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10 Australian novels you must read
If your bookshelf is like mine, it isn’t heaving with Australian fiction. So let’s put that right with the help of this list of 10 Aussie novels that demand a place on it.
The Iron Lady’s façade slips
The hype surrounding Meryl Streep’s portrayal of Margaret Thatcher made it an obvious choice for the Politics, Polemics and Pints Reading Group’s first cinema trip.
The mystery of Waterstones’ missing apostrophe
Waterstone’s – the last major bookshop chain on our high streets – should really know better than to drop the apostrophe from its name. But is it just a ‘Pasta Hut’ style PR rouse?
Interview with epic adventurer T.D. Griggs
Writer T.D. Griggs talks about the British Empire, pen names, emigrating to Australia – and his forthcoming appearance at our Aussie Christmas Party literary event on Sat 28 Jan.
Too great expectations?
Why the Beeb’s cheeky Dickens pastiche ‘The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff’ rather than its lavish adaptation of one of the great man’s most famous works will have inspired more readers this Christmas.
Join one of our reading groups for 2012
Kick start a more sociable and cerebral new year by joining the North London Reading Group. Here’s why and how.
How World Book Night chooses its books
World Book Night returns on 23 April to give away almost half a million books to encourage people to read. Our very own Demelza Burrell helped judge which books will be given away on the night…
The Skype’s the limit: Interview with Damian McNicholl
Fancy a reading group meeting with a difference? Pennsylvania-based writer Damian McNicholl is offering to Skype into your next one from his home in the States.
Interview with Anna Stothard
Bookstock highlight Anna Stothard talks about The Pink Hotel – a novel inspired by her discovery of her mother’s love letters and living in Los Angeles.
Looking for a reading group?
Help get through winter by discussing fantastic fiction in welcoming London pubs! Join us on Wed 19 or Mon 24 October when we’ll be setting up new reading groups.
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