Sunday 13 May, 3.00pm-5.00pm   WATERSTONES, BIRMINGHAM Come and meet Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series. Rachel will be signing copies of her hotly anticipated twelfth instalment, Black Dawn, at Waterstones, 128 New Street, Birmingham B2 4DB. For more information contact the bookshop on 0843 290 8151.

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Sunday 13 May, 12.00noon-2.00pm    WHSMITH, MERRY HILL Come and meet Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series. Rachel will be signing copies of her hotly anticipated twelfth instalment, Black Dawn, at WHSmith Store D Merry Hill Centre, Brierley Hill, West Midlands DY5 1QX. For more information contact the bookshop on 01384 79485.

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Saturday 12 May, 6.00pm WATERSTONES, LANCASTER Come and meet Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series. Rachel will be signing copies of the hotly anticipated twelfth instalment, Black Dawn, following a talk and Q&A at Waterstones, Unit 5/6, Corn Market, Marketgate Shopping Centre, Lancaster LA1 1AL. For more information contact the bookshop […]

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Saturday 12 May, 11.00am-1.00pm   WHSMITH, MANCHESTER Come and meet Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series. Rachel will be signing copies of book twelve, Black Dawn, at WHSmith, Store 5, Manchester Arndale Centre M4 3AD. For more information contact the bookshop on 0161 834 8300.

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Friday 11 May, 5.00pm   WATERSTONES, LIVERPOOL Come and meet Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series. Rachel will be signing copies of book twelve, Black Dawn, at Waterstones, 12 College Lane, Liverpool L1 3DL. For more information contact the bookshop on 0151 709 9820.

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Monday 7 May, 12.00-2.00pm WATERSTONES, OXFORD Come and meet Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series. Rachel will be signing copies of book twelve, Black Dawn, at Waterstones, William Baker House, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AF. For more information contact the bookshop on 0843 290 8537.

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Sunday 6 May, 12.00-2.00pm   WHSMITH, BRENT CROSS Come and meet Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series. Rachel will be signing copies of book twelve, Black Dawn, at WHSmith, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, London NW4 3FB. For more information contact the bookshop on 020 8202 4226.

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Friday 4 May, 6.00pm-7.00pm FORBIDDEN PLANET, LONDON Come and meet Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series. Rachel will be signing copies of book twelve, Black Dawn, at Forbidden Planet, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8JR. For more information contact the bookshop on 0207 420 3666.

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Some of our authors do not dedicate themselves to writing full-time, but amazingly find the time to write novels whilst enjoying another successful career. For example, there’s Martin Edwards (author of the Lake District mysteries) who is a partner in a national law firm, Elizabeth Corley (author of the DCI Fenwick crime novels) who is […]

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I think this blog warrants a soundtrack… (hit play) It’s fair to say that our Art Editor, Christina, seems to be going through a ‘yellow’ phase. We’ve just released Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Militant Midwives (£2 off this month!) and today we received advance copies of The Stationmaster’s Farewell (the new hardback in the Railway […]

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Recently I read this article on The Guardian website, which made me actually want to post an argumentative comment underneath it (don’t worry, I didn’t – I know it would only be a downward spiral from there). In her blog post entitled ‘Sob stories: classic books I’m too cowardly to finish’, Imogen Russell Williams claims […]

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Today, I began my commute to the office buzzing with excitement, which is not that usual (however much I like my job) for a Monday morning. The reason? Our posters for Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford, have now officially gone up across London underground stations! It’s our first-ever tube […]

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Saturday 14th April, 10.30am    THE COTSWOLD BOOKSTORE, MORETON-IN-MARSH Rebecca Tope, author of the bestselling Cotswold mystery series, will be signing copies of her new hardback, Malice in the Cotswolds (as well as her other titles) at the Cotswold Bookstore, 20 High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0AF. For more information call the bookshop on 01608) 652666.

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As I leafed through the Metro this morning, I read the news that Paddington Bear has been named Britain’s Favourite animated character. It was announced at the British Animation Awards following an online public vote. Lovely news for our author Michael Bond, who brought Paddington Bear into our world back in 1958 with his wonderful […]

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It’s certainly no surprise that there are plenty of new book releases jumping on the Olympic bandwagon. Commemorative photography books, books on inspirational athlete stories… there’s bound to be a new Usain Bolt book coming out soon (a quick Google and low and behold – yes, the paperback release of his autobiography Usain Bolt: The […]

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A little anecdote for the day. The editor of Booksmonthly, Paul Norman, recently requested a copy of The Girl on the Beach, by Mary Nichols for review. I dutifully set about sending him one. And, as life and its little coincidences would have it, whilst waiting for this copy to materialise in the post, he […]

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I’ve just discovered the perfect gift shop – The Literary Gift Company – and hoped to delight my fellow colleagues with such a discovery, only to fine I’m actually a bit late off the mark, as the other A&B girls were well aware of this online treasure trove (and blogged about it too here, before […]

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Before I moved out of London, I lived in a house-share in Rotherhithe, East London. A place that recommended itself to me for its links to central London (I particularly liked the bus routes which took in London and Tower Bridges and the old wharf buildings), relatively cheap rent and proximity to then-boyfriend. What I […]

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Thursday 15th March, 6.00pm    FORMBY BOOKS, FORMBY Come and enjoy a A Night of Crime with authors Martin Edwards and Kate Ellis who will be talking about their books at Formby Books, Derbyshires, 22-24, Chapel Lane, Formby, Merseyside, L37 4DU. Further entertainment will include a local magician and a singer. Tickets only £3 including nibbles […]

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‘It’s the first great novel of the new millemium…of our post-9/11 age… of the new year…of the month…since lunch.’ Ron Charles, Fiction Editor at The Washington Post had me chuckling (and choking on my cereal this morning) with his video-quip about standard phrases used by reviewers. So, following on from yesterday’s blog post, if you […]

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We love hearing about writing competitions and whilst we see plenty for budding novelists and short story writers, here’s one that’s a little out of the norm. A competition for wannabe art review critics – launched by the International Anthony Burgess Foundation in associationg with The Observer. Anthony Burgess, who died in 1993, was (and […]

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