An utterly captivating reinvention of the Rapunzel fairytale weaved together with the scandalous life of one of the tale’s first tellers, Charlotte-Rose de la Force. Charlotte-Rose de la Force exiled…

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Last week the Guardian website published a list of writers’ favourite classic book illustrations, as part of a joint campaign with the Folio Society to celebrate beautiful books. Many of…

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I have been working on website-related things and have spent some time understanding how to read Google Analytics which tracks the activity on our website. I was only recently introduced…

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I received an email the other day from a finance company wishing to advertise on our website with a link back to their site. I didn’t think it was appropriate,…

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A unique mix of the comical, and the touchingly humane, this brilliantly perceptive novel sees a group of parents, trapped in middle-class stability, dealing with marriage, kids and their suburban…

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DCI Hannah Scarlett is determined to uncover the truth behind Emily Friend’s mysterious drowning in the Serpent’s Pool. Though the evidence at the time did not rule out suicide, why…

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…itself. The two men vow that the knowledge of gunpowder must die with them as the consequences are otherwise too fatal to contemplate.   1290. Hurnwych Green, England. After his…

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…good for business, and when it is discovered that the woman was neither a guest nor a member of staff, the Lotus’s reputation as a safe haven is cast in…

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…House, intended as a safe house for women in trouble by a charitable benefactor, and there encounters Kathleen. Their lives are set to intertwine and neither will be the same…

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…destinations, but they did, and all have the postmarks to prove it! Their safe delivery is a tribute to the heroic postal employees who rose to the challenge. Recommend This:…

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…vampires) all the way through to post-Daylighters, the final novel in the series. Midnight Bites includes more than 50,000 words of brand-new content, alongside stories collected from the author’s website…

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When tragedy strikes Alba Ashby, she finds herself at the door of a house she’s never noticed before. Number Eleven, Hope Street in Cambridge is no ordinary house. Its walls…

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A breathtaking dystopian novel where words are the most dangerous weapon of all… Seventeen-year-old Charlaina knows she has exceptional but perilous powers. In the far future, in a land controlled…

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Saturday 25 July, 6.15pm Crown Hotel, HARROGATE Part of the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival: Cath Staincliffe will be taking part in the Come Dine (Die) With Me: Murder…

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The word-of-mouth sensation that has captivated readers across the globe. Over a million copies sold worldwide. Over 2 years on the New York Times Bestseller. Translated into 30 languages. #1…

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Selected as one of the Top 7 British crime novels for 2010 by Deadly Pleasures DI Charlie Priest is on holiday, or meant to be at least, when he gets…

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INCLUDES A SHORT MORGANVILLE STORY   The adventure continues…   There is a question Claire has long been asking: why do vampires live so far out in a sunny desert…

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Chief of the Intelligence Department Sir Leonard Wallace – bearing always the hall mark of coolness and wit – is up to his earlobes in trouble. Summoned by the Viceroy…

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…was fairly non-existent. It turns out that the country has an interesting publishing history, particularly as all literary material was previously produced by the state, and private publishing houses were…

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So, last week author Tony Parsons was a ‘writer in residence’ at Heathrow airport (read more about that here…) apparently using his time there to gather material for his next…

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