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The Road Home - Rose Tremain
"Vivid, original and always engaging"
The Times
READ our special feature on Rose Tremain, winner of the Orange Prize 2008. |
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Gods Behaving Badly - Marie Phillips
"Ingeniously imagined and satisfyingly lusty"
Guardian
READ Marie Phillips fondly remembering her juvenilia which sadly
the world has yet to see! |
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The Devil Within - Stephanie Merritt
"A moving and powerful account of possibly the most hideous emotional problem – bipolar disorder."
Oliver James
READ what our marketer thinks about the book. |
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South of the River - Blake Morrison
South of the River is acclaimed to be ‘the big British novel for our times’.
READ Blake Morrison says about his book as first published in newbooks – the magazine for readers and reading groups. |
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Mudbound - Hillary Jordan
When I think of the farm, I think of mud…There was no defeating it. The mud coated everything. I dreamed in brown...
READ our publicist's review of the book! |
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World Book Day - Spread the Word
We are proud of having two titles on the Spread the Word shortlist: Before I Die by Jenny Downham and Ishq and Mushq by Priya Basil.
READ how our colleagues feel about the books! |
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Going Under - Ray French
Ray French explains why his central
character is enclosed in a coffin, though still very
much alive...
READ this special feature as first published in newbooks – the magazine for readers and reading groups. |
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The Invisible Wall - Harry Bernstein
The Times Literary Supplement praised Harry Bernstein's The Invisible Wall as "a remarkable memoir ... vivid, compassionate and notably unsentimental".
READ what Harry Bernstein's wrote about his life. |
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In Praise of Reading Groups
Read our special feature this month written by Mary Lawson. She tells us why reading groups are so important to the writing process and recommends her favourite Random House reads.
FIND OUT MORE |
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Random House Staff Picks
Just in time for summer, Random House staff have gathered together to give you the inside word on some of their favourite books to wile away the hours on the beach this summer!
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Honor and Evie - Susannah Bates
Honor & Evie is the latest novel by Susannah Bates, a charming
novel about the trials and tribulations of friendship. In our special
feature this month, Susannah Bates tells us how her brother’s
determination and courage inspired her writing.
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New Year, New Reading Group
Now we've entered into 2007, there's a chance that you and your
reading group will be looking for different ways to spice up your
Reading Group for the New Year.
FIND
OUT HOW |
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When Jack Sued Jill: Nursery Rhymes for Modern Times - Felix
Dennis
When Jack Sued Jill is the latest collection of original verse
by maverick multimillionaire publisher Felix Dennis. Taking the
innocence of nursery rhymes and turning them into something altogether
darker, Dennis turns his piercing eye on the follies and absurdities
of modern life.
READ
OUR Q&A TO FIND OUT MORE |
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PREVIOUS FEATURES |
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Rose Tremain
With her imaginative and perceptive style of writing, Rose Tremain
is a favourite with reading groups. Click here to find out more
about Rose and her latest novel, The Darkness of Wallis Simpson.
Also check out the best of her backlist.
FIND
OUT MORE |
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The Sunday Night Book Club
In collaboration with Woman & Home and Breast Cancer Care,
an exceptional line-up of bestselling authors have come together
to bring you The Sunday Night Book Club, twenty- four tales of friendship
and love, passion and betrayal.
CLICK
HERE to find out more. |
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Author Recommends
Stuck for something to read on the beach this summer? Our authors
have told us what they will be taking on their holidays this year,
why not take a look for some ideas?
CHECK
OUT our special author feature! |
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Biography and Autobiography
Has your reading group tried discussing biographies? They can often
provide fascinating insights into a particular person, time period
or profession.
CHECK OUT
our special feature for a lively reading group discussion!
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Yoga School Drop Out - Lucy Edge
From advertising to enlightenment…
After over a decade spent working and drinking too much in the
world of advertising, Lucy decided she had to leave town for an
altogether more spiritual and, well, meaningful way of life. Would
she come home looking like Christy Turlington and pick up some Buddhist
serenity on the way? Or did something much funnier, interesting
and complicated happen?
CHECK
OUT our special feature to find out!
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Lost in Translation?
You won't be...
With Vintage's fabulous collection of fiction in translation your
reading group will be spoilt for choice.
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OUT our favourites. |
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European Crime Writers
Whodunnit? Solve some mysteries on the continent with our European
crime writers…
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OUT our most wanted… |
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A Country Wife - Lucy Pinney
'irresistibly funny'
Woman and Home
CLICK HERE to
find out what Lucy has been up to since writing her memoir.
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In a Good Light - Clare Chambers
"Charming…A funny and moving story with a great deal
of style"
Sunday Telegraph
CLICK
HERE to find out more about Clare Chamber's irresistibly enjoyable
new novel In a Good Light. |
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The Last Family in England - Matt Haig
'I love this book. Its fabulous and moving and funny and strange.
It will go down among the great animal books'
Jeanette Winterson
Matt Haig tells us about his inspiration for his book…
CLICK HERE
to read all about it. |
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OUR HIDDEN LIVES
A lovely book. It will appeal to anyone who appreciates the
richness and diversity of human experience.' Tony Benn
In 1936 anthropologist Tom Harrison, poet and journalist Charles
Madge and documentary filmmaker Humphrey Jennings set up the Mass
Observation Project. The idea was simple: ordinary people would
record, in diary form, the events of their everyday lives. In Our
Hidden Lives, Simon Garfield has skilfully woven a tapestry of diary
entries in the rarely discussed but pivotal period of 1945 to 1948.
The result is a moving, intriguing, funny, at times heartbreaking
book.
CLICK
HERE to read more about the book and find out more about Simon
Garfield in the author Q&A. |
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I'll Go to Bed at Noon was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
2004
Read an interview with author Gerard Woodward and read about
his first novel August.
CLICK
HERE for details. |
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All This is Mine
Ray French, author of All This is Mine, and exceptional and
funny debut novel about growing up in Wales in the 1960's, reveals
his ideas and inspirations behind the novel.
CLICK
HERE for details. |
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Hottest books in summer
Curious about what will be popular poolside? Well, you've come
to the right place… five of our most exciting summer reads
are uncovered in a sizzling Summer Special Feature.
CLICK
HERE for details. |
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Something Might Happen
Julie Myerson's Booker longlisted novel, Something
Might Happen has been a huge hit with reading groups nationwide.
In response to the novel's popularity and to aid group discussions
we have put together a more comprehensive guide to this title which
includes an exclusive feature written by the author about her inspiration
for writing the novel.
CLICK
HERE for details. |
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ADAPTATIONS
You've read the book, now see the film… or is it the other
way round? It's hard to ignore the recent flurry of book to film
adaptations, so we have taken a closer look at some of the most
popular examples of books that best demonstrate this translation.
Take a look at our handy discussion points and in depth examples
House of Sand and Fog and The Human Stain.
CLICK HERE
for details. |
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BIG READ FINALE
a closer look at the shortlist - in particular, Captain Corelli's
Mandolin, To Kill A Mockingbird and Catch-22.
Take a look at our handy discussion points, author interviews and
relevant extracts taken from Vintage
Living Texts.
CLICK
HERE for details. |
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CRIME WRITING
We take a closer look at crime writing; check out our handy discussion
points and ideas to tackle this genre along with inspirational interviews
from two of our crime writers.
CLICK
HERE for details. |
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WRITING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX
A look at how some authors are able to write successfully from the
perspective of the opposite sex.
CLICK HERE
for details. |
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SAGAS
A good way of changing the format of your reading group is to concentrate
on a theme within a group of books rather than choosing one title
to discuss on its own merits. This month we've put together some
ideas for discussion around the category of sagas.
CLICK HERE
for details.
THE BIG READ
On Saturday 17th May the BBC finally revealed the list of 100 titles
that the nation has been voting for over the last month. To find
out if you agreed with the rest of the UK and if your best-loved
title is part of the list CLICK
HERE.
AUTHOR PICKS
We've asked our own authors what their best-loved book is and over
the next few months we will post up more and more of their choices
so be sure to keep coming back for an update. For our latest list
of author picks CLICK
HERE.
READING GROUPS AND THE BIG READ
The BBC are really keen for reading groups to get involved in the
initiative, to find out how CLICK
HERE. |
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A SENSE OF PLACE
A good way of changing the format of your reading group is to concentrate
on a theme within a group of books rather than choosing one title
to discuss on its own merits. This month we've put together some
ideas for discussion around the idea of A SENSE OF PLACE.
For ideas on how to explore this theme in your reading group CLICK
HERE. |
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 READING
GROUPS FOR THE COMMUNITY
As a member of a successful reading group you may have wondered
how you could bring this great experience to other members of your
community and help to encourage others to start or join groups and
enjoy the benefits of reading and discussion.
Sarah Turvey, an active member of her reading group in Roehampton,
wrote in to tell us about a prison reading group near Oxford
that she and a friend have started with some of the inmates CLICK
HERE. |
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