The Times Golden Years of Rail Travel 3rd October 2019 Hardback Collins 9780008323752 RRP £30 Celebrate the heyday of passenger rail travel around Britain with this beautiful Times railway book. The perfect gift for…
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‘Indie bookshops are the lifeblood of the high street’ Dear booksellers, I’m lucky to live in a neighbourhood that has a magnificent corner shop. It is nothing like the sad specimens where everything’s wrapped…
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Starfell Dominique Valente Illustrated by Sarah Warburton 2nd May 2019 Hardback HarperCollins Children’s Books 9780008308391 RRP £12.99…
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ConversationsOn Scrabble – Former World Scrabble Champion Brett Smitheram on Collins Official Scrabble Words
One minute you’re on top of the world, the next you are falling into a chasm of despair. Many things can take you on such a roller coaster ride of emotion, but few are…
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Anna James on the inspiration for her story ‘How Things Disappear’ from the collection, I am Heathcliff, curated by Kate Mosse Full disclosure: I’m a Jane, not a Cathy. So when I was asked…
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I discovered as you and your readers also will, that Joy isn’t interesting merely because C. S. Lewis fell in love with her. Not even close. What a privilege and an honour to talk…
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ConversationsOn writing someone else’s book – Michael Davies on finishing a ‘lost’ Desmond Bagley novel
Discovered after more than 40 years, a vintage action-adventure novel by one of the world’s most successful thriller writers, involving murder, corruption and a daring hijack in the Caribbean. How I got to ‘write’…
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‘Mini Rabbit is a bit like an animal representation of myself when I was a child’ Mini Rabbit was created during a series of self-initiated illustrations, back in 2015. I was having fun experimenting…
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‘There are those who would tell you that you must keep one eye on your children, and one eye out for the gentle-folk.’ It thrills me to imagine you, seated by a window, or…
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‘It’s our mission to show you just how deliciously wonderful eating plants can be. That’s why we exist. It’s what we do.’ We are massive food lovers, and we made the decision to adopt…