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November 2009
Interview with Anna Sam
Anna Sam spent eight years working as a checkout girl and writing about her experiences in a blog which attracted a huge international following. Anna's blog has now been turned into a book, Checkout: A Life on the Tills. We chat to Anna about blogging, writing and championing supermarket workers.
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October 2009
Bookarmy's Top Vampire Books
Films, TV shows, magazines and of course, books, are full of vampires and with Halloween drawing
near, there's never been a better time to embrace the trend. So, get your teeth into our pick of must-read books featuring the fanged
fiends!
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October 2009
Final Words
Whenever you read about a person’s ‘last words’, you should take it with a pitch of salt, but here are a few last words that made us a chuckle.
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October 2009
How to Survive the Credit Crunch in Style
Amy Silver, the author of Confessions of a Reluctant Recessionista, shares her top tips with us to help us stay stylish in these financially strained times. A must read as the party season approaches!
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October 2009
Style Guides Old and New
Tons of books about looking good have landed on our desk recently, so we decided to feature some of our favourite fashion titles from 2009, as well as some that are a bit less recent...
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October 2009
Interview with Hilary Mantel
Earlier this month Hilary Mantel won the 2009 Man Booker Prize for her novel, Wolf Hall. In this interview, Hilary talks about her extraordinaty award winning book.
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October 2009
Fiction's Creepest Characters
The world of fiction is filled with characters
you wouldn't want to bump into on the street. As
Halloween fast approaches, we've decided to share some of the ones that really give us
the creeps.
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October 2009
Interview with Mark Billingham
Mark Billingham is a award winning crime fiction novelist and now he has now been nominated for the prestigious CWA Gold Dagger Award, but Mark actaully started his career as a stand-up comedian. So how on earth did he get into writing about crime? Find out in this interview.
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October 2009
Interview with Mark Mills
Mark Mills is a hugely popluar crime writer who has been nominated for mulitple awards, most recently the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award. We caught up with Mark to talk about awards and the Second World War.
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October 2009
Interview with Caroline Cox
Caroline Cox is a fashion historian who knows a thing or two about style.In this exclusive interview, Caroline explains how she is helping women to bring the classic glamour of Hollywood greats like Marilyn Monroe into their everyday lives.
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October 2009
Interview with Penny Sparke
Penny Sparke is a specialist in the history of design. Her career spans almost forty years, and she has written extensively on the topic of design. We find out more about her beautiful new book.
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October 2009
Top Ten Book Halloween Events
The witching hour is almost upon us. If you haven’t made any spooky plans we have some suggestions that are bound to scare you witless! Whether you are in London, Los Angeles or New York, we can help sort out your Halloween evening.
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October 2009
Herta Müller wins Nobel Prize
Herta Müller has just won the world's most prestigious literary award, but you may be forgiven for not having knowing any of her books. Read our summary to find out more about the extraordinary work of this Nobel Prize winner.
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October 2009
CWA Award's Shortlist
The CWA Awards are the most thought after crime fiction awards. The writers in the running this year are an eclectic mix. Read our summary of the nominees and reviews from the media and bookarmy members.
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October 2009
Wolf Hall Wins the Booker
Hilary Mantel was
tipped to take the 2009 Man Booker Prize early on in the proceedings,
and what do you know? She won! Read about Hilary and her winning novel,
Wolf Hall.
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October 2009
Booker Prize Shortlist
The winner of the Man Booker Prize will be announced soon. For those of you feeling out of the loop, here’s a rundown of the shortlisted authors, as well as what the papers and our own bookarmy members are saying about their novels.
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October 2009
The Atheist's Guide to Christmas
The Atheist's Guide to Christmas is edited by Ariane Sherine, the creator of the Atheist Bus Campaign. 42 atheist celebrities, comedians, scientists and writers give their funny and serious tips for enjoying the Christmas season. Get exclusive FREE content until Christmas!
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October 2009
Interview with Darren Shan
Darren Shan really is the man of the moment. Not only is he the author of several enormously successful series, he's also got a film coming out just in time for halloween. Read our interview with him here!
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September 2009
Interview with Antonio Carluccio
Antonio Carluccio is the godfather of Italian gastronomy. The world's best loved Italian cookery writer is on booktour for his latest title, Antonio Carluccio's Simple Cooking. We caught up with him on the run, to ask him about writing about food and mushroom picking.
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September 2009
Interview with Leigh Russell
Leigh Russell's debut novel Cut Short is the first of her Geraldine Steel books, which promises to be one of the most compelling thriller series out there. Recently we got to the chance to ask Leigh some questions about her new book, her upcoming projects and more.
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September 2009
Interview with Lauren Willig
Lauren Willig is the author behind the fabulous Pink Carnation historical romance series. Here Lauren talks about the trials,
tribulations and - of course - the pleasures of being a writer. She
also shares some very intriguing details about her new book, The Masque of the Black Tulip.
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7 Cookbooks for the Money-saving Chef
It's harder than it used to be to save money, and for many of us that means cutting back on our favourite edible luxuries. But credit crunch cuisine needn't be all doom and gloom. Check out this list of our 7 favourite recession-busting cookbooks for proof that a depressing bank balance doesn't have to mean a depressing dinner.
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Interview with Chris Ryan
Chris Ryan was a member of the SAS for ten years. Fight to Win: Deadly Skills of the Elite Forces is his latest book.
We caught up with Chris and found out just what it takes to be an elite fighter.
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September 2009
Mo Smith aka The Lazy Cook's Top 5 Cookbooks
Mo Smith is the Lazy Chef and is the queen of creating
delicious meals without any fuss. She was one the first TV chefs, and
she continues to write fantastic cookbooks which inspire others to get
cooking, but we wondered which cookbooks inspire Mo in the
kitchen.
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August 2009
Interview with Tiffany Goodall
TIffany Goodall is a chef and cookery writer. Her debut title is From Pasta to Pancakes: The Ultimate Student Cookbook.
In this interview she tell us how her mission to help students to eat better on a tight budget all
started, and gives us some great tips on how we can all save money.
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August 2009
Interview with John Drake
John Drake lists his top five books. He tells us why he nominates Toad from The Wind in the Willows as one of the best characters in English literature, and compares reading Brideshead Revisted to slamming a door on your own hand. Intriguing analogy!
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August 2009
Interview with Jon Stock
Jon Stock is a writer and journalist. His latest book, Dead Spy Running, is the first installment in his spy thriller trilogy. Jon talks about spy thrillers, and getting 'the call' from Hollywood.
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August 2009
Interview with Josa Young
Josa Young is a writer, editor and internet consultant, and now she is also a novelist. Josa discusses her new book, One Apple Tasted, 1970's taboos, and tells how important the internet is for all authors.
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August 2009
Top Holiday Reads
Summer is here and whether you are relaxing at home or abroad, it's an ideal time to get stuck into a good book. But what to pick? We've asked three top travel writers, Will Randall, Tom Kevil Davis and Geoff Dyer to recommend their top holiday reads.
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July 2009
Amanda Craig's Top Books
Amanda Craig is a well known broadcaster, journalist and author. Her books include In a Dark Wood and Love in Idleness and her writing is often compared to Dickens, Balzac and Jane Austen. We recently caught up with Amanda and asked her her choice of top reads.
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July 2009
Interview with Eleanor Catton
The Rehearsal
is quite a novel for a 24-year-old debut author: witty, extraordinarily
well written and uncommonly confident, it has prompted fellow author Joshua Ferris to declare it is ‘the future of the novel.’ Our Bookarmy reviewer was also overflowing with praise for the book, so we invited Eleanor Catton to tell us a little more about herself and her first novel.
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June 2009
Interview with Helen Walsh
Helen Walsh's first novel Brass received much critical acclaim but has also attracted attention for its drink, drugs and sex. Once Upon a Time in England,
Helen's second novel doesn't feature so many bodily fluids, but it is
no fairytale. In a Northern City somewhere between Manchester and
Liverpool in the mid 70s and late 80s, the Fitzgerald family
struggle to live, love and survive. After reading it, we just had to
ask Helen more about it.
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June 2009
Interview with Kate Pullinger
Author Kate Pullinger talks about the inspiration for her new book, The Mistress of Nothing, and why the future of digital storytelling lies with the sixteen year olds.
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June 2009
C.E. Morgan's Top Books
C.E. Morgan
has only published one novel, but already she has been heralded as one
of the most significant American voices of recent times. As such she is
in great demand by literary interviewers, each wanting to dig into
Morgan's life and discover her own interpretations of All The Living.
C.E. Morgan has chosen to back away from such interviews, so we are
delighted that she has allowed us to take a glimpse at her bookshelf
and see her choice of great books.
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June 2009
Interview with Anne Berry
Anne Berry has two of the most coveted careers on the planet; actor
and now author.
Anne was born in London but spent much of her infancy in Aden and then
in Hong Kong, where she worked for a time as a journalist for the South
China Morning Post.
The Hungry Ghosts is Anne's first novel, so we have asked Anne a few questions to get to know her a little better.
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