Features

The Last Station - from page to screen
The Last Station author Jay Parini discusses the writing of the novel and the recent film adaptation.
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Woodlands - extract
Read an extended extract from Oliver Rackham's fascinating study of the British woodland.
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Into Suez - extract
Read the first chapter of Stevie Davies' compelling novel.
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Stevie Davies on Into Suez
Stevie Davies describes her experiences as a child in post-war Egypt and how they inspired her to write her latest novel.
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Alternative Alices
Read about the weird and wonderful range of books inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. 
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Visions of Alice
Have a look at some of the weird and wonderful visual intepretations of the character of Alice by a range of illustrators. 
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Review: The Unnamed
A review of the supremely talented Joshua Ferris' brilliant and multi-layered second novel.
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Keep smiling... or else!
Barbara Ehrenreich discusses the ideas behind her latest book Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World. Read a review of Smile or Die here too.
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A thrilling download
Download and read the first three chapters from Brunonia Barry’s exciting new novel The Lace Reader. 
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Download if you dare!
Download a preview chapter of Witchfinder: Dawn of he Demontide, the first part of William Hussey’s terrifying trilogy. 
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Exclusive Indian recipes
Download delicious recipes from The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook.
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Get your hands on a hilarious extract
Read an extract from and a review of Dan Rhodes’ funny new novel Little Hands Clapping. 
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Review: The Blasphemer
Read a review of Nigel Farndale’s The Blasphemer. 
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Review: The Museum of Innocence
Read a review of Orhan Pamuk’s The Museum of Innocence. 
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Review: A Life Apart
Read a review of Neel Mukherjee’s A Life Apart. 
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Review: Ruby's Spoon
Read a review of Anna Lawrence Pietroni’s Ruby’s Spoon. 
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Review: This Bleeding City
Read a review of Alex Preston’s This Bleeding City. 
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Review: Truth
Read a review of Peter Temple’s Truth. 
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