…Sam takes on the art world and the CID, armed with nothing more than her reliable weapons: satire, cynicism and a stock of irrelevant information culled from novels. Recommend This:…

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…article in Publisher’s Weekly, Murray states that he ‘writes’, he doesn’t simply translate. For him, ‘the translator is an essential partner in the creative process and should always share in…

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I think we’ve seen the last of the fireworks (a brilliant display nearby our offices last night which we watched out of our skylight) and the end of the mild…

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As a relatively new iPhone user, I’m still discovering plenty that my new gadget has to offer. A browse through the app store the other day revealed plenty of freebies……

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In the A&B office, we’ve been talking about our personal resolutions which range from starting yoga, cooking a new recipe once a week and writing more letters (that’s right, proper…

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Phew, a mere three days at Earls Court, having largely lovely conversations and dashing off to the odd seminar, how exhausting the whole thing was. And as suspected it was…

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  I first heard of Rich Mix as the venue for a DocHouse documentary screening (more of that here) and was keen to learn more about the charitable/social enterprise, which…

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…download sample chapters from novels care of the good people at i-cue. I have on there a plethora of tid-bits, including the chapters from the entire Richard & Judy list….

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…I’ll be checking out this online test mentioned in the book to see what font would express me best: see test here. Lesley-Anne Crooks, Sales & Digital Manager Recommend This:…

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…a day, which is incidentally about the length of my tube journey. Find out your reading ‘potential’ using this Daily Mail test– just think how many wonderful A&B books you…

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…which you can download for free and in the blink of an eye here or when prompted at the retailer sites. It is also the recommended ‘library’ in which to…

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…answered questions from the audience, bantered with eachother, competed at one point on how fast they’d all written their novel (Cat Clarke lost: 3 years against James Dawson’s winning 6…

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…to its fellow literary prizes, the criteria was simply that the novel be written in the English language by a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Yet overshadowing this year’s…

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…few views. And in doing so it struck me how my attitude to a book changes when I’m not simply reading it for pleasure. I mentioned a few things that…

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…locals, like we did, you get free entertainment for the evening. For the architecturally minded among you, take a drive through the beautiful landscapes to the Bodegas Ysios with its…

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Book of the Month! Buy now and get £2 off – just submit promocode BOTMX3 in your shopping basket to receive the discount. Luc and Lisette Ravens – a former…

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Disney has “Mickey Mouse”.  Lamaar Studios has “Rambunctious Rabbit”… but the man in the rabbit suit is dead. When the actor wearing the costume of the cherished mascot is murdered…

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…(and finest) apprentice, Mary Russell.   Sherlock Holmes is fending off a particularly dark mood as he roams the Sussex Downs, in search of wild bees. The Great War may…

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April, 1933. To the costermongers of London, Eddie Pettit is simply a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When he is killed in a violent accident,…

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…ancient book, offers a £1 million reward for anyone who can find it along with a missing Murano vase. But the price on the book’s head brings all sorts of…

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…and so I feel it’s time to cheer things up with some fun and games and a chance to have you win some free books! So, below are four book…

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