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By Simon & Schuster UK on November 21, 2010
Lisa McMann first introduced us to Janie Hannagan – the independent 17 year old with the involuntary power to get sucked into people’s dreams – in New York Times teen bestseller WAKE. Now, in the final book of the triliogy, GONE, we revisit Janie one last time as her gift is beginning to take its toll…Here, Lisa shares how her reluctance to let Janie go initially stood in the way of writing her a fitting goodbye.
Posted in Fiction, Young Adult | Tagged Articles, Interviews, paranormal, supernatural, young adult
By Simon & Schuster UK on May 18, 2010
Monique Roffey was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and educated in the UK – here she talks about the inspiration for her latest novel, recently shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction.
Posted in Fiction, General and literary | Tagged Articles, Orange Prize
By Canongate on May 17, 2010
Libby Miller, a character in Scarlett Thomas’s new novel Our Tragic Universe, exclusively reveals a very special knitting pattern…
Posted in Contemporary Fiction, Fiction | Tagged Articles, exclusive, Extracts
By Simon & Schuster UK on April 15, 2010
The author is a practising psychoanalytic psychotherapist. She wrote the bestselling Why Love Matters, an accessible account of the neuroscience of early development. The Selfish Society is her latest book.
Posted in Non-fiction | Tagged Articles, psychology, relationships
By Faber on March 22, 2010
Former Guardian design correspondent and acclaimed biographer Fiona MacCarthy discusses the ambitious social experiment which formed the basis of her debut book, The Simple Life. She explains the drive to set up an experimental artistic community and analyses its success and legacy.
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction | Tagged Articles, crafts, Faber Finds
By Canongate on February 16, 2010
What’s it like to have your novel turned into an Oscar-tipped blockbuster?
Jay Parini describes the experience of adapting his novel The Last Station into a screenplay, and about what happened after that…
Posted in Fiction, General and literary | Tagged Articles, historical fiction, Russia
By Canongate on February 5, 2010
Kate Grenville penned an author’s note at the end of The Lieutenant, published in Feburary 2009.
Posted in Fiction, General and literary | Tagged Articles, historical fiction, history
By Sceptre on February 4, 2010
What do writers read? Irene Sabatini, whose debut novel The Boy Next Door has just been published, tells us about the books that have made her laugh, cry, kept her awake at night, and more.
Posted in Fiction, General and literary | Tagged Articles, exclusive, The Book That
By Simon & Schuster UK on February 3, 2010
“When I talk to readers about my book I often lead with a joke that goes something like this: My last book Vows, was about how my father the Catholic priest met my mother the Catholic nun, so it was inevitable that my next book would be about Yiddish.”
Posted in Fiction, General and literary | Tagged Articles, language, religion, Video
By Simon & Schuster UK on January 18, 2010
In this Bookhugger exclusive, the authors of You Need This Book to Get What You Want, Mark Palmer and Scott Solder, help you get your New Year’s Resolutions back on course.
Posted in Health and fitness, Non-fiction | Tagged Articles, exclusive
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