The current feature at the Page 69 Test: Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett.About the book, from the publisher:The eagerly anticipated debut novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist You Are Not a Stranger Here: a deeply affecting portrait of the modern gilded age, the first decade of the twenty-first century.At the heart of Union Atlantic lies a test of wills between a young banker
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Colourful publisher, writer and zealous promoter of poetry John Rety, who has died aged 79, was a writer, publisher, poetry entrepreneur, community worker and general arts gadfly. He was one of the most resourceful and colourful characters of the London literary scene. Born Reti Janos in Budapest, as a child partisan in the second world war he saw his grandmother shot in front of him. As...
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I’m delighted to be today’s stop of the first Spotlight Series tour. This is a blogger-created event done to increase awareness of small presses (much like the Classics Circuit does for classic authors), and their first publisher is Unbridled Books. Before this, I’d read four novels published by Unbridled, and I’d enjoyed all
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More winners...This time for Apologize, Apologize by Elizabeth Kelly. They are: EDMONTONJB RUBYNREBA SUE Congrats everyone! I'll be sending out emails today to get your mailing addresses. Your book will be coming to you directly from the publisher. Enjoy!
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Baldacci Hopes Enhanced E-Book Will Put Focus on Content, Not Price – 2010-03-16 18:53:08 | Publishers Weekly Bestselling author David Baldacci said he was eager to work on the new enhanced e-book that will be released with his new hardcover Deliver Us from Evil because he didn't like the way the landscape was playing out in
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