Elliot & Thompson snaps up Campbell memoir

Elliot & Thompson has snapped up a memoir by writer Nancy Campbell, whose recent book Fifty Words for Snow (Elliot & Thompson) was Waterstones’ November Non-Fiction Book of the Month. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 21:39:33 UTC ]

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Every Tory MP sent This Is Going to Hurt as reminder of Jeremy Hunt's record

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[ The Guardian | 2019-06-12 11:40:05 UTC ]
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Last minute Father’s Day gifts for 7 different kinds of book-loving dads

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-11 17:30:00 UTC ]
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Former NBA star Dwyane Wade to publish a memoir this fall

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-05 17:29:40 UTC ]
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Review: Colin Dayan's 'In the Belly of Her Ghost' exorcises memories of mother after she's gone

Colin Dayan's brief but explosive memoir of her relationship to her mother should find a place among the more indelible life histories of the last several years. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-05 16:00:01 UTC ]
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Rob Zabrecky's memoir 'Strange Cures' is an ode to a forgotten L.A.

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-30 18:01:20 UTC ]
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Debbie Harry of Blondie to release her first memoir

Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry will tell the story of her career as a musician and actress in a new memoir set for release this fall. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-30 16:44:35 UTC ]
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Jonas Brothers announce a memoir for fall release

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What We're Reading – April 2019

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[ British Council global | 2019-04-11 08:49:28 UTC ]
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Slimming cookbook becomes fastest selling non-fiction book since records began

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[ The Guardian | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ British Council global | 2019-03-19 11:10:28 UTC ]
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TV presenter Helen Skelton signs with Walker

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bodley Head to publish Cooke's 'lucid and brilliant' non-fiction

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador to publish Bret Easton Ellis polemic in May 2019

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Hachette Children’s Group buys body positive title

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4th Estate snaps up Day's tribute to failure

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