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Wonderful day @WomensPrize had the best time even if the weather tried to wash us out! The order of the day was coats & umbrellas!
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Thursday night saw the @WomensPrize winners crowned; @bbclysedoucet for The Finest Hotel in Kabul and @VirginiaEwrites for The Correspondent. What do they both hope that readers will take away from their books and what did it mean to both of them to win? waterstones.com/category/cul…
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Sunday book chat is some exciting news, plus ... Three Thrilling Thrillers!
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Listen to this brilliant astute reader 🙌🏻
Finished. Good read. Happy to recommend. #NoOilPainting @stgenevieve @WomensPrize @BurtonMayers
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Apologies for the brevity (and the socks) - I was trying to beat the rain. This is first unboxing video of the year: advance copies of Poe 8: The Killer’s Mark, coming to bloggers, podcasters, booksellers & librarians soon. It’s published Aug 14- see website for tour details
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Finished. Good read. Happy to recommend. #NoOilPainting @stgenevieve @WomensPrize @BurtonMayers
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We're thrilled to announce that #Gloam has been voted the winner of this year's #NEBA Teen category. Congratulations to @jamackay_ @rocktheboatnews!
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Huge congratulations to all of our shortlisted authors this year. Only the very best books make it onto our #NEBA shortlists! Thank you for keeping us reading!
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The winner of the #NEBA YA category is the darkest of thrillers #TraumaLand The second time that #JoshSilver has won the award! Congratulations @RocktheBoatNews
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The NE Book Awards have been running for almost 30 years now and this is the very first year that Northern authors have been voted winners in each #NEBA category! Not only that, both of our winners are published by the fabulous @RocktheBoatNews. Definitely something to celebrate!
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It’s my birthday, so here’s a present for you all - Doug and Susie are back! Hope you enjoy catching up with them as much as I enjoyed bringing them back… (and to everyone I promised a book to, sorry for delay, be in post soon!) amzn.eu/d/0eML2sTS
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'I was in a writing workshop one day where we were asked to imagine our characters sitting in a chair in front of us... and I just thought, "Oh, Tata wouldn’t even sit in the chair"’ Book of the Month author Lucy Steeds on her Debut Fiction Prize winner: waterstones.com/blog/an-excl…
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Always great stories & brilliant illustrations from @LittleTigerUK
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Always a joy @LittleTigerUK
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Some brilliant panels at @women’s PrizeLive on Wednesday! Despite a few short showers, Bedford Square was buzzing!
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'We all have stories inside us. And, sometimes, there comes a time to write.' @bbclysedoucet shares the inspiration behind her @WomensPrize-winning history of modern Afghanistan, The Finest Hotel in Kabul: waterstones.com/blog/lyse-do…
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BBC: 'Most unusual book' wins Walter Scott historical fiction prize The Matchbox Girl tells the story of Adelheid Brunner - a patient of Dr Hans Asperger in the now-infamous Vienna Children's Hospital, while the city is under Nazi occupation. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkv…
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🎉 WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 🎉 Huge congratulations to Alice Jolly and The Matchbox Girl! “Originality, innovation, ambition ... confronts a topic of immense complexity in a gripping tour de force."
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