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Notwithstanding, Nostalgic Tales of Rural Idyll: Review of Louis de Bernières Short Stories of English Village Life

By: Feature Writer Martin P Wilson

Book Review – Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant: Discover a Female Experience of Sixteenth Century Renaissance Italy

By: Victoria Robinson

Master and Commander's Varied Sources: Many of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin Novels Inspired Film

By: Feature Writer Luke Arnott

Review of C J Sansom's Revelation: Fourth Novel Featuring Medieval Lawyer Matthew Shardlake

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

A Look Back At A.L. Kennedy's First Novel: The Scottish Writer's Looking For the Possible Dance Still Sings

By: Douglas Nordfors

Glover's Mistake Makes Some Good Choices: Nick Laird's Novel of Contemporary London Is a Welcome Sight

By: Douglas Nordfors

Review of Louis de Bernieres' Notwithstanding: New Short Stories From the Author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

Pat Barker's Novel The Ghost Road: Book Three in Barker's Critically Acclaimed Trilogy

By: Azharul Islam

On Kazuo Ishiguro's Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music And Nightfall

By: Gail Mangold-Vine

Virginia Woolf's Beautiful Symmetry: An Analysis of the Structure of To the Lighthouse

By: Kristin Hanneman

A Curious Incident, a Portrayal of Autism? A Review of Mark Haddon's Novel

By: Jeffrey Donaldson

Review of Lynda La Plante's The Red Dahlia: A Modern-Day Killer Re-enacts the 1940s Murder of "The Black Dahlia"

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier: Another Great Book From the Author of Girl With the Pearl Earring

By: Elaine Walker

Review of C J Sansom's Sovereign: Murder in York as Henry VIII Makes His Progress to the North

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

God's Hazard is a Safe Bet: Nicholas Mosley Continues to Dazzle With His New Novel

By: Douglas Nordfors

Marina Lewycka –Two Caravans: A Review of the Author's Second Novel

By: Holly Thacker

Review of C J Sansom's Dark Fire: The Race to Recreate Deadly Greek Fire

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

Review of CJ Sansom's Dissolution: Murder in Tudor England During the Time of the Reformation

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

The Other Hand by Chris Cleave: A Review of One of This Year's Best Kept Secrets

By: Claudia J. Beresford

Book Review of Missy by Chris Hannan: Debut Novel by Award-Winning Playwright

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

Blind Faith by Ben Elton – Novel Review: Satirical Novel by Blackadder Writer a Light Update of Orwell's 1984

By: Feature Writer Luke Arnott

Confessions of a Shopaholic, by Sophie Kinsella: When you shop, the world gets better...or does it?

By: Mayra Calvani

Review of The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant: Enjoy a New Perspective on Renaissance Florence

By: Victoria Robinson

The Whole Day Through by Patrick Gale: Novel About Carers From the Author of Notes From an Exhibition

By: Elaine Walker

A Synopsis of Bridget Jones's Diary: An Introduction to Helen Fielding's Second Novel

By: Sabrina Louise Webb

Review of Adam Foulds' The Quickening Maze: John Clare and Alfred, Lord Tennyson at High Beach Asylum

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

Book Review – Martina Cole's The Take: Gritty Gangland Novel Featuring Freddie and Jimmy Jackson

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

Biography of British Crime Author Stephen Booth: Award-Winning Writer of the Ben Cooper and Diane Fry Series

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

The Slang of A Clockwork Orange: Anthony Burgess Mixed Russian and Cockney Speech for Alex's Lingo

By: Feature Writer Luke Arnott

Irvine Welsh – A Master of the Linked Novel: Author of Glue, Trainspotting and More Connects the Pieces to Make a Whole

By: Pamela Mooman

Hornby's "NippleJesus" Ultimately Confounds: Hornby Uses Illusion to Encourage Fascination and Contemplation

By: Pamela Mooman

Illusion in Hornby's NippleJesus Questions Art: Hornby Uses Illusion to Encourage Fascination and Contemplation

By: Pamela Mooman

Hornby's "NippleJesus" Mystifies With Illusion: Hornby Uses Illusion to Encourage Fascination and Contemplation

By: Pamela Mooman

Free Fall Rises To The Top: William Golding's Still-thrilling Prose Masterpiece

By: Douglas Nordfors

Land of Marvels Doesn't Disappoint: Barry Unswroth Proves Once Again That Fiction and History Go Together

By: Douglas Nordfors

Review of Kate Mosse's Sepulchre: Best-Selling Follow Up to Labyrinth

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

Review of Sophie Hannah's Hurting Distance: Chilling Thriller by the Author of Little Face

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

The History Boys by Alan Bennett Reviewed: The Script Behind the Sensational National Theatre Production

By: Steve Williams

Miss Garnet's Angel Leads Pilgrims to Venice: The New Pilgrimage to Julia Garnet's Church of the Archangel Raphael

By: James Parsons

Review of The Rose Labyrinth by Titania Hardie: Historical Puzzler for Fans of The Da Vinci Code

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

Review of Mark Billingham's In the Dark: Cleverly Plotted Crime Novel From the Creator of DI Tom Thorne

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

Case Histories Book Review: Kate Atkinson’s First Mystery Weaves Together Three Unsolved Crimes

By: Noreen Mulcahy

A Review of The Dare by John Boyne: A Tale of Adolescent Angst From the Quick Read Series 2009

By: Catherine Whitlock

Review of the Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai: A Tale About East Indian Life Battling Against the West and Within

By: Carmen Sofia Grant

Review of Justine Picardie's Daphne: Du Maurier’s Fascination With the Brontes

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

Top 10 British Writers of Chick Lit Books: The Best UK Authors of Novels in the Chick Lit Genre

By: Magdalena Healey

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, A Review: A Royal Journey Through a Passion for Books, Literature and Reading

By: Feature Writer Martin P Wilson

Book Review: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro: A Modern British Literary Classic by Author of Remains of the Day

By: Jennifer Palombi

Jamaica Kincaid - On Seeing England: Kincaid Battles Internal Struggles About England; Invokes Anguish

By: John Hansen

Review of John Harvey's Cold in Hand: A New Case for DI Charlie Resnick

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

Knowledge of Angels By Jill Paton Walsh: A Review of a Philosophical Religious Fable Set in Medieval Europe

By: Patricia Deavoll

Accelerando - Review: A Review of Charles Stross' Futuristic Opus

By: Robert Guthrie

Review of Andrew Taylor's Bleeding Heart Square: Atmospheric Thriller Set in Georgian London

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

The Look and Sound of Byrne: A Novel: Metrical Clues Reveal if Anthony Burgess's Book is Novel or Poem

By: Feature Writer Luke Arnott

Review of Charles Elton's Mr Toppit: The Legacy of The Hayseed Chronicles

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

Gods Behaving Badly: An Entertaining Novel by Marie Phillips

By: Natalia Heilke

New Author of Jewish Fiction: Golders Green Setting for Andrew Sanger's Novel about London's Jews

By: Feature Writer Mike Gerrard

Language in Jean Rhys' Voyage in the Dark: Streams of Consciousness and Disjointed Narratives

By: Holly Thacker

Identity in Jean Rhys' Voyage in the Dark: The Loss of Home and Belonging

By: Holly Thacker

Review: On Beauty by Zadie Smith: Two Multi-racial Families Struggle to Find the True Beauty in Life

By: Michelle Ward

Atonement Review: Ian McEwan's writing style prevails over his plot.

By: Christine Deakers

Review of Raven's Deep by Jane Jordan: A Gothic Deadly Romance Between the Living and the Undead

By: Jessica Workman

Patrick Gale - Rough Music: Unnerving Novel by the Author of Notes From An Exhibitition

By: Elaine Walker

Book Review: David Lodge, Deaf Sentence: New Novel by Writer of Author, Author and Nice Work

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

Book Review: The Tales of Beedle the Bard: A Book of Fables by J K Rowling for Fans of the Harry Potter Series

By: Feature Writer Susan Whelan

Book Review: The Secret Lives of Sisters: New Popular Fiction Novel for Women by Author Linda Kelsey

By: Feature Writer Susan Whelan

The Ghost, by Robert Harris: Pompeii and Imperium Author Tackles the War on Terror

By: Paris Franz

Book Review: Nation by Terry Pratchett: New Novel by Popular Author of the Discworld Series

By: Feature Writer Susan Whelan

The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther: Frustration and Conflict Poignant in Story of Family Culture Clash

By: Katherine Kocisky

Book Review: Emma Darwin, A Secret Alchemy: Second Novel for Author of The Mathematics of Love

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

A Review of Restless By William Boyd: Boyd’s 2006 Costa Novel Award-Winning Text

By: Jen Syrkiewicz

Agatha Christie Addiction: Why Readers Can't Get Enough of Hercule Poirot's Creator

By: Tanja Meece

Book Review: The Other Hand by Chris Cleave: Compelling and Challenging New Novel by Author of Incendiary

By: Feature Writer Susan Whelan

Review: Michael Cox, The Glass of Time: Mystery and Melodrama in Victorian England

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

The Line of Beauty Reading and Analysis Guide: Questions for Analysis and Discussion of Hollinghurst's Novel

By: Heather Kemp

Review: David Gaffney's Never Never: Debut Novel by Acclaimed Short Story Writer

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

Review The Warrior's Princess by Barbara Erskine: Latest Novel by Popular Historical Fiction Author

By: Feature Writer Susan Whelan

A Short Review of Pat Barker's 2nd Novel: A Brief Introduction Blow Your House Down

By: Sabrina Louise Webb

Review: The Book of Other People: A Diverse Short Story Anthology Edited by Author Zadie Smith

By: Feature Writer Dale Van Every

Djuna Barnes and "Nightwood": Love, Language, and Gender Identity

By: Michael Dellert

The Rendezvous and Other Stories: A Review of Short Stories by Daphne du Maurier

By: Claire Cowling

The Journal of Dora Damage: Sex, Violence and Book-Binding in Victorian London

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

The End of Mr. Y: A Fan's Review: Why Ariel Manto's Bizarre Adventure is a Must for Bookshelves

By: Richard Jan Vale

Scarlett Thomas: The End of Mr Y: Recommended Summer Reading

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

The Magus: John Fowles's 1965 Masterpiece

By: Meredith Barnes

Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty: Contemporary Literary Fiction with a Dangerous Edge

By: Judith Faucette

Quick Reads Book Series: For Today’s Readers – Both Reluctant and Experienced

By: Claire Cowling

New James Bond Novel Published: Ian Fleming Centenary Launch for Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks

By: Susan Morris

Asking For Trouble: A Novel: The Book That Inspired The Wedding Date

By: Feature Writer Lindsey Michelle

Agatha Christie's Short Stories: A review of While the Light Lasts

By: Claire Cowling

Harry Potter and Magical Thinking: The Enchanted Appeal of the J.K. Rowling Series

By: Feature Writer Jeannie Delahunt

The Book Boy by Joanna Trollope: Illiteracy, Abuse and Fight for Freedom

By: Claire Cowling

Sebastian Faulks' Engleby: Murder at Cambridge in the 1970s

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

Harry Potter: Brief Analysis: A Sociological-Psychological Perspective of the J.K. Rowling Epic

By: Feature Writer Jeannie Delahunt

Sebastian Faulks Bibliography: Author of Birdsong and Engleby

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

Review of Brick Lane by Monica Ali: Bangladeshi Immigrants' New Lives in London, Women's Roles Change

By: Sabine Schmidt

Crime Writer Simon Kernick: Author of Relentless, Severed and Deadline

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby: A Novel of Four Londoners’ Journey in the Direction of Wholeness

By: Mary Hiers

Dead Simple - Peter James Review: Mystery Novel - Four bodies, One Suspect, No Trace

By: Feature Writer Rachel L. Webb

My House in Umbria: A Novella of Recovery from a Terrorist Attack in 1980's Italy

By: Mary Hiers

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