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Xiaolu Guo talks to New York audiences

25th September 2014

Guo Xiaolu, author of I am China, recently visited New York for an event at Asia Society sponsored by Pen America. Follow this link for a full write-up and videos of her reading and performing.

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M.J. Arlidge Back on Bestseller List

23rd September 2014

The second book in M.J. Arlidge’s DI Helen Grace series has gone straight in at number 9 on the Sunday Times Bestseller List following its first week of sales. A huge marketing campaign supports publication of Pop Goes the Weasel with Helen returning to the backstreets of Southampton chasing a serial-killing prostitute. This is the second time this year Arlidge has hit the bestseller list. The third in the series, The Doll’s House, is out February 2015.

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KT Medina Review Round-up

22nd September 2014

“White Crocodile certainly has plenty of teeth for a debut novel… It is a mightily impressive effort to combine a fine, taut story with so many topical issues. Here we find the evils of modern day slavery, sexual tourism, child abuse, and domestic violence alongside the lingering legacy of the Khmer Rouge ordnance (even Jeremy Clarkson gets a mention). It sounds like a tall order but it’s not clunky and you rarely feel preached at. You may sometimes feel you want to put the book down, but that is a testament to the unflinching strength of Medina’s story.

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Bradley Garrett Google Zeitgest talk

19th September 2014

Zeitgeist talks give perspectives on global issues from the leading thinkers of our time - from business leaders to statespeople, renowned writers and bloggers, professors and publishers, inventors and humanitarians, activists and musicians.Follow this link to watch Bradley Garrett in action.

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Elly Griffiths Long-listed for Dagger in Library 2014

16th September 2014

Elly Griffiths is among ten authors longlisted for the CWA 2014 Dagger in the Library award, sponsored by Dead Good and honouring an author’s body of work. For the first time, the list has been compiled by readers - 1,384 crime fans voted for 636 authors, a 60% increase from 2013. Here is the complete longlist:

MC Beaton (Constable & Robinson)
Tony Black (Black and White Publishing)
Sharon Bolton (Transworld)
Elly Griffiths (Quercus)
Mari Hannah (Pan)
James Oswald (Michael Joseph)
Phil Rickman (Corvus)
Leigh Russell (No Exit)
Mel Sherratt (Thomas & Mercer)
Neil White (Sphere)

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We are hiring: Administrative Assistant

3rd September 2014

Janklow & Nesbit are looking to employ a general Admin Assistant who will take responsibility for some of the routine office tasks including:

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Bradley Garrett talks at the Sydney Festival of Dangerous Ideas #FODI

3rd September 2014

Author of Explore Everything Bradley Garrett gave a fascinating talk in Sydney last weekend about his research into Urban Exploration and his resulting legal battles. What is public space, and who should have access to it? The podcast is available here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_VDYrvnvLk&feature=youtu.be

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