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3 wonderful books nominated by The Reading Desk for February Book of the Month Award
Only a Mother – Elisabeth Carpenter @LibbyCPT
The Wait for Shadows – Karl Holton @KarlHolton
The Puppet Show – Mike Craven @MWCravenUK
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Overview
2018 was my first year contributing book reviews to the book industry, which I started rather cautiously in January 2018. I had no concept of how it would all play out, whether readers and authors would see value in the content I provided, and how they would use that…
An Overview of the 6 Books Shortlisted
Milkman – Anna Burns
In this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman. But when first brother-in-law…
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John Boyne launched his new book “A Ladder to the Sky” last night, 9th August 2018, at Hodges Figgis, on Dawson Street, Dublin.
John was emotional as he thanked his editor of 10 years, Bill Scott-Kerr, and his agent of 20 years, Simon Trewin, not only for their ongoing support but their support,…
An Overview of the 13 Books Longlisted
Warlight – Michael Ondaatje
London, 1945. The capital is still reeling from the war. 14-year-old Nathaniel and his older sister Rachel are abandoned by their parents who leave the country on business and are left in the dubious care of a mysterious figure named The…
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We’re very excited to launch this new website. Primarily we will continue to focus on great independent and honest reviews, however we also have exciting plans to add more great content to our readers. This will include interviews with authors, additional image, audio(podcast) and video content to complement the…
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