Crime time in HarrogateFriday, 27th July 2012
I knew I was in a very special place when I banged through the doors of the Old Swan Hotel, plopped down my bags, glanced around the lobby, and immediately spotted behind...
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A book for every illThursday, 26th July 2012
Ella Berthoud first began thinking about Bibliotherapy as a way of dealing with life's issues while studying English Literature at Cambridge, when she and Susan Elderkin...
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Tallis, James and Music for PleasureTuesday, 17th July 2012
So the Tallis Scholars' recording of Thomas Tallis’s 40-part motet Spem in alium, written around 1570, has hit the top spot on the UK’s Official Classical Singles Chart (a...
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Packing in the punters - authors, publishers and summer festivalsMonday, 25th June 2012
Tania Harrison, Arts Programmer at Latitude, on how festivals got literature.
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Capturing the public mood is easy - in retrospectThursday, 21st June 2012
Geraint Anderson on why he thinks his new novel will get a sympathetic response from readers.
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Writing in a Digital Age: Discoverability and the Pen FactorWednesday, 13th June 2012
Traditional linear narrative was not about to disappear, but new technology offered scope for a host of original ideas, said Hari Kunzru, setting the tone as the keynote...
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Belafonte: singer and history manFriday, 8th June 2012
Three cheers for Canongate, which had the courage and vision to buy My Song: A Memoir by the great Harry Belafonte, now 85 and still a head-turner.
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Reading to live wellFriday, 1st June 2012
Research is increasingly showing that reading - a simple everyday pleasure for most of us - brings measurable health benefits for the those who are unwell or on society's...
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Never mind Downton - every home should have a real libraryThursday, 17th May 2012
A library - that is, a collection of books - is a civilising influence, mind-expanding and entertaining, writes Trevor Dolby.
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An inner revolutionFriday, 11th May 2012
Bi Feiyu, one of the Authors of the Day at the London Book Fair, describes his path to becoming a writer
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