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Dame Penelope Lively discusses new novel, How It All Began

Rating: 0

May 23rd 2012

Nicola Venning discovers that Islington author Dame Penelope Lively still has that passion for a good story

Children's author visit Butterfly World, Chiswell Green

Rating: 3

May 20th 2012

Bestselling children’s author, Anne-Marie Conway, will be appearing at Butterfly World Project Chiswell Green on Wednesday May 23 to celebrate the publication of her new novel Butterfly Summer.

A Good Read...

Rating: 3

April 26th 2012

A round-up of books with strong local interest.

Tales of the Old Frog at Weston

Rating: 2

April 10th 2012

FOR years Bob Clements penned amusing tales about the village of Weston for the village’s parish newsletter - and now his tales have been transformed into a book

Book review: Indian.English

Rating: 2

April 9th 2012

Indian.English by Jillian Haslam

BOOK REVIEW: Days Like This

Rating: 3

April 8th 2012

Nicholas Owen has spent almost 50 years in journalism, in newspapers and on television. He has just written a new book Days Like This about his life. In this piece, adapted from the book, he tells us some of his memories of Sussex

Book review: A Visitor's Guide to the Ancient Olympics

Rating: 3

April 8th 2012

A Visitor's Guide to the Ancient Olympics by Neil Faulkner

Book review: Chilly the Lost Polar Bear

Rating: 2

April 7th 2012

Chilly the Lost Polar Bear, by Michael Rosenberg

Literary Life: April

Rating: 2

April 1st 2012

edited by Angela Wintle

Did Stonyhurst College inspire Arthur Conan Doyle to write Sherlock Holmes?

Rating: 2

March 8th 2012

The world’s most famous detective owes much to the historic school in the Ribble Valley, as Paul Mackenzie reports Photography by Kirsty Thompson

Book Review: Leavesden Aerodrome

Rating: 3

March 7th 2012

Leavesden Aerodrome: From Halifaxes to Hogwarts, by Grant Peerless and Richard Riding

Literary Life

Rating: 3

March 1st 2012

Recently released and forthcoming books

Literary Life

Rating: 2

March 1st 2012

Recently released and forthcoming books with a Sussex feel

Georgette Heyer - private life un-earthed

Rating: 3

March 1st 2012

Georgette Heyer pioneered Regency romance, but the novelist was circumspect about her own life, declaring it concerned no one but herself and family. Biographer Jennifer Kloester paints a portrait of a driven, contradictory woman, as Ann Hill reveals

Win a copy of The 7 Secrets of Money

Rating: 2

February 29th 2012

Written by four finance professionals The 7 Secrets of Money is an interesting and informative read for anyone who is apprehensive about finding good financial advice

Reading, writing and Rwanda

Rating: 3

February 22nd 2012

RESEARCH for a book turned into a real labour of love when author Warren Fitzgerald decided to set up a charity in Africa.

Harbottle novelist B.A. Morton on her debut success

Rating: 2

February 20th 2012

A mum-of-three from Harbottle has had international success with her debut book plus advice from the experts on how to get your book published

Book review: From the Valleys to Verulamium

Rating: 3

February 17th 2012

From the Valleys to Verulamium by George Dunn and Carried Dunn

Val McDermid on becoming the queen of crime and her love affair with Alnmouth

Rating: 2

February 9th 2012

Former tabloid newspaper journalist Val McDermid on becoming the queen of crime and her love affair with Alnmouth. Interview by Paul Mackenzie Photography by John Cocks

Book review: A Taste of Capel Manor

Rating: 3

February 9th 2012

A Taste of Capel Manor by Madam Susanna Avery (republished)