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Monday, July 31, 2017

Sales of mind, body, spirit books boom in UK amid 'mindfulness mega-trend'

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While fewer titles are selling in other genres, reading that offers a path to spiritual growth has risen 13% in 2017 The UK’s “mindfulness ...
Friday, July 28, 2017

Iranian artist to attend Edinburgh book festival after visa ban lifted

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Children’s book illustrator Ehsan Abdollahi was denied entry to UK but decision has been overturned by UK embassy in Tehran A respected Ira...

Self-published archaeological thriller takes £20,000 Amazon award

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The Relic Hunters by David Leadbeater is inaugural winner of online retailer’s DIY publishing prize The writer David Leadbeater has struck ...

'Sensational' lost play by Peter Pan author JM Barrie published

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The Reconstruction of a Crime, which the Scottish author co-wrote with the humorist EV Lucas, has been unearthed by the Strand magazine An ...

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror novels – reviews roundup

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Shattered Minds by Laura Lam; Lost Boy by Christina Henry; Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory; Mormama by Kit Reed; The Truants by Lee Markham In...

The Commuter Pig Keeper triumphs at oddest book title award

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Fresh from a win at the Weald and Downland rare breed show, author Michaela Giles ‘beyond excited’ to have taken the annual Diagram prize as...

Der Spiegel removes 'antisemitic' book from bestseller list

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Finis Germania by Rolf Peter Sieferle has been withdrawn from influential list over ‘right-wing extremist’ content The influential German n...
Thursday, July 27, 2017

Colson Whitehead adds Arthur C Clarke award to growing prize haul

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The Underground Railroad, a fantastic reimagining of US slavery, takes the UK’s pre-eminent science fiction prize a day after being longlist...

Colson Whitehead adds Arthur C Clarke award to growing prize haul

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The Underground Railroad, a fantastic reimagining of US slavery, takes the UK’s pre-eminent science fiction prize a day after being longlist...

Stephen King's child-killing clown returns in latest It trailer

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Pennywise is back to scare a new generation in the latest take on the bestselling novel, arriving in a year filled with King adaptations St...

Hillary Clinton to 'let her guard down' in candid 2016 election memoir

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What Happened, due out in September, will tell her story of the electoral battle with Donald Trump in ‘a deeply intimate account and a cauti...

Rates hike 'could leave 275 towns without a bookshop'

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Booksellers Association’s chief executive tells meeting at parliament that ‘if something isn’t done, booksellers will be put out of business...
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Man Booker prize 2017 longlist led by Arundhati Roy's return to fiction

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Twenty years after her first novel took the same award, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness leads a field of 13, ranging from established stars...
Monday, July 24, 2017

Nelson Mandela book withdrawn after outrage from widow

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Graça Machel had threatened legal action over book by Mandela’s doctor revealing family disputes over his care A new book detailing Nelson ...