The Most Popular Authors in the UK
Who are the best selling writers in Britain ?
An interesting Top Ten has been compiled that includes sales from the past 3 years
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Visit Cleethorpes the Ninth Best Place in the UK
Regular viewers will be well aware that I am a frequent visitor to the Costa Del Cleethorpes and those who regularly comment have sometimes been derisive and facetious.
Well laugh no more, there are only 8 places in the whole of the United Kingdom that are happier !
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Devil May Care First Edition Book Sebastian Faulks
The new 007 novel written by Sebastian Faulks to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ian Fleming seems to have become something of a literary sensation.
New James Bond books, all written under licence by the likes of Kingsley Amis, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, have, up until now, been fairly low-key affairs, this one already seems a huge success with readers, critics and book collectors.
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Esox The Story of a Pike
Esox The Story of a Pike a Book Written By Wolfgang Zeiske and Illustrated By Hans Baltzer
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The Historian By Elizabeth Kostova ~ Book Review
In an attempt to bring a little culture to the site, for culture: read posts that few people are interested in, we are mentioning a couple of books we’ve just read and can recommend.
It is also World Book Day today !
If you’ve any recommended reading let us know
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Billy Bunter Centenary ~ Is He Still Acceptable ?
Do literary characters such as the 100 year old Billy Bunter still have a place in our politically correct world ?
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George MacDonald Fraser Obituary
George MacDonald Fraser, author of the popular series of Flashman books, has passed away at the age of 82
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Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer’s Disease
Terry Pratchett has Announced he has Alzheimer’s Disease
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Is the Hardcover Novel Dead
Has time been called on the hardcover novel ?
Notable British publishing house Picador has issued a press statement declaring that all their newly released novels next year will be Paperback Originals !
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Translating Books Into English
Translating Books Into English - What Gets Lost in Translation ?
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The Top 10 Most Re-Read Books
What defines a great book ? Very difficult to say due to taste and preferences.
One thing I would suggest as a telling factor is …
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Should I Write a Book
I’ve often wondered whether or not to have a go at writing a book and with the onset of winter, and man-flu, now could be the right time !
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Reginald Heade Hank Janson and Me
Reginald Heade was one of the greatest cover artists this country ever produced.
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What is the Funniest Book Ever Written
Trying to decide what is the funniest book ever published could be argued as a futile venture as defining humour is obviously difficult, much rests on personal taste and proclivities, but working on the premise that I know best 
I feel I can present you with a fait accompli
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John Gardner Obituary Author of 007 James Bond
John Gardner the thriller writer and the author who continued the James Bond book franchise has sadly passed away at the age of 80.
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Bargain Harry Potter Books Absolute Madness
For those out there who have not heard the seventh, and final, instalment of the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling is out. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the most hyped and eagerly awaited book in publishing history but what on earth are the morons selling it up to ?
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Condensed Classic Literature
The Orion publishing house is to publish slimmed down versions of the great novels, much to the indignation of purists and scholars.
At this point regular readers would expect me to start banging on about dumbing down and a new half-witted generation … but …. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Dibdin is Dead
The author Michael Dibdin has passed away following a brief illness.
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William Faulkner Lost Manuscript Dreadful Hollow
A lost manuscript by Nobel prize winning author William Faulkner has been found by the authors daughter, Jill Faulkner, amongst family papers.
The manuscript is all the more surprising in that it is a screenplay and looks set to be made into a movie !
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Books You Didn’t Read
We all know about lists of best selling books, books you should read before you die but what about books people bought but never finished ?
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