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LIFE TIME one of Waterstones’ Best Paperbacks of 2023
Professor Russell Foster’s bestselling Life Time - about the science of our body clocks - is one of Waterstones’ favourite paperbacks.
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Elly Griffiths goes on tour
The Great Deceiver, the 7th book in the Brighton Mysteries series, is published on 24 October.
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Publication day for THE BRITANNIAS
Ten years in the making, Alice Albinia’s remarkable history of Britain via its islands is published today.
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DARK EARTH shortlisted for HWA Gold Crown 2023
Rebecca Stott’s brilliant novel set in post-Roman London has been shortlisted by the Historical Writers Association.
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David Van Reybrouck awarded the Geschwister Scholl Prize
The judges said that Revolusi “presents Indonesia's liberation from colonial rule as a gripping global history that is highly topical.”
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BRING NO CLOTHES: Charlie Porter in conversation
In celebration of his new book Bring No Clothes and the related Charleston exhibition ‘Bloomsbury and Fashion’, Charlie will be in conversation with Anastasiia Fedorova.
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Elly Griffiths’ BLEEDING HEART YARD wins Crime Novel of the Year
Bleeding Heart Yard (Quercus) wins Crime Novel of the Year at the Fingerprint Awards 2023.
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Xiaolu Guo at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Xiaolu Guo will be at the Edinburgh Festival talking about Radical: A Life of My Own.
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Zephyr publish Tania Unsworth’s NOWHERE ISLAND
Tania Unsworth’s fifth novel for children is published on 3 August.
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‘On writing non-fiction proposals’
An extract of Rebecca Carter’s piece in the Writers’ & Artists’ 2024 Yearbook.
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Ithaka Press publish BBC’s Andrew Harding on Ukraine
A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, Death and Defiance in Ukraine is published on 6 July.
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![PMJ pre-empts Tim Coulson’s ‘dazzling’ history of the universe](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65096d506b38990dbf559475/1701783293780-HDN27HK5Q4D6TG7PMR37/Tim+Coulson.jpeg)
PMJ pre-empts Tim Coulson’s ‘dazzling’ history of the universe
A Universal History of Me, Coulson’s first book, explains the science of why we exist.
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Viking wins THE IDEOLOGICAL BRAIN in 13-way auction
Leor Zmigrod’s “landmark” debut, based on her ground-breaking research, is about how ideologies take hold in the brain.
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Ali Smith’s ‘Debut Writers’ with Nell Stevens
Nell Stevens, Michael Magee and Jyoti Patel feature on Ali Smith’s Debut Writers panel at the Cambridge Literary Festival 2023.
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A LITTLE GIVE Book Launch
Marina Benjamin celebrates the launch of her memoir, A Little Give: the unsung, unseen, undone work of women.
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Fig Tree wins auction for Ferdia Lennon's debut
Helen Garnons-Williams at Fig Tree has acquired Lennon’s debut Glorious Exploits.
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Quercus publish Elly Griffiths’ THE LAST REMAINS
The Last Remains, the final instalment in the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries, is published on 31 January.
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BRIEFLY, A DELICIOUS LIFE longlisted for Dylan Thomas Prize 2023
Congratulations to Nell Stevens whose debut novel is on the Dylan Thomas longlist.
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Rebecca Carter launches ‘Rebecca Carter Literary’
After 10 years at Janklow & Nesbit, Rebecca Carter sets up as an independent agent.