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Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Publishers' Miss Becomes A Hit

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Patricia O'Brien's The Dressmaker , a work of historical fiction about a seamstress on the Titanic , was rejected 13 times based on ...
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Monday, 27 February 2012

News: New Village, (Maybe A) New Book, Peter Mayle and Libraries

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After weeks of trawling the web, finally! Some big book news from home. Headman of New Village Feeling upbeat for See Tshiung Han (is tha...
Friday, 24 February 2012

Language of The Reviewer

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Ron Charles's hilarious video "Sh*t Book Reviewers Say" awesomely explains, without much explanation, how some overused words...
Wednesday, 22 February 2012

The Week Before Last

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...I was busy with things to buy, things to rush, things to eat and drink, and things to read. Dust mite-busting After uncovering the mai...
Monday, 20 February 2012

News: E-Book Rush, Book Deals And Libraries In The Lurch

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The big news last week was the passing of artiste Whitney Houston. As tributes poured in, some people decided to cash in by publishing e-boo...
Friday, 17 February 2012

When New World Changes Old, And Vice Versa

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I don't have much to add to this review, other than the doubts I had about the "Mongol empire in ruins". A quick but much-bela...
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Thursday, 16 February 2012

MPH Quill Issue 33, Jan - Mar 2012

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This issue is a bit... subdued, but still interesting. Cover for this issue (left), and the Richard Zimler interview Andrew Matthews, w...