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Remember Me by Sophie Kinsella (Book Review)

Remember Me by Sophie Kinsella (Book Review)
                Remember Me by Sophie Kinsella is now in paperback. Ms Kinsella is the author of the internationally best selling Shopaholic Series. She writes funny chic lit with happy endings and this novel has all her usual ingredients for a great read. It is a well written easy read [...:]

Grow Your Own Drugs (Book Review)

Grow Your Own Drugs: Easy recipes for natural remedies and beauty treatments by James Wong. (Book Review)
 
Grow your own drugs is the accompanying book to the BBC Series by James Wong. It is published by Collins and its ISBN is 0007307136. This hardback book is beautifully laid out and gives clear and easy to follow [...:]

This Year Will Be Different by Maeve Binchy (Book Review)

This Year Will be Different is a collection of 15 short stories by Maeve Binchy. It was previously published abroad as The Return Journey. The paperback’s ISBN is 9780752876283 and it is published by Orion in Ireland and the UK. Its theme is Christmas with a twist and it discusses feelings that cannot be hidden. [...:]

Blog of the Week 25th May 2009

Authors on the Internet Writing Journal : http://www.internetwritingjournal.com...
The Best Author Blogs
It is no secret that authors write some of the very best blogs. Our editors have compiled a list of author blogs that they believe are truly outstanding. Although the styles and subject matter of the author blogs vary widely, they all share two [...:]

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Book Review)

 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini is a number one bestseller. It is published by Bloomsbury in paperback and its ISBN is 978074758297724. It is a wonderful romance story but also a powerful and sad insight into war and the carnage and chaos it causes. One cannot read this and be unmoved by the [...:]

39th Listowel Writers Week

Listowel Week is available online at : http://www.writersweek.ie/2009/compet... Prize€15,000 for a published work of fiction by an Irish author. ShortlistDISGUISEby Hugo HamiltonNETHERLANDby Joseph O’NeilMOLLY FOX’S BIRTHDAYby Deirdre MaddenTHE SECRET SCRIPTUREby Sebastian BarryJOHN THE REVELATORby Peter Murphy   AdjudicatorsNiall MacMonagle & Giles Foden Winner 2008 Anne Enright | The Gathering   Shortlist 2008 Joseph O’Connor | Redemption Falls James Ryan | South of the Border Dav

Irish Bestselling Books May 2009

Mass Market Fiction Bestsellers May 2009
1. The Secret Scripture by Sebstian Barry
2. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
3. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
4. The Business by M Cole
5. The Damned UTD by David Peace
 
Paperback Non Fiction Bestsellers
1. 4 Ingredients by Kim Mc Cosker and Rachael Bermingham
2. Dying to Survive by Rachael Keogh
3. Forever in my [...:]

My Literary Blog of the Week 17/5/09

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Thursday May 14, 2009
Denise Oswald Outlines Soft Skull Plans

In her first official statement since taking the helm of Soft Skull Press three weeks ago, Denise Oswald assured readers: “I’m just an old school punk rock girl with a love of smart thinking, good writing, and culture both highbrow and gutter low.”
The publisher hired Oswald [...:]

Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (Book Review)

Brooklyn is a new novel by Colm Toibin.It is now available in paperback , its ISBN is : 067091813x and its publisher is Viking. This enchanting novel is narrated in the third person but told from Eilis’s perspective. Set in Ireland after World War 11, Enniscorthy  was a poor and Catholic place to live. Rose and her [...:]

Irish Book Award 2009

Irish Fiction Award 2009: The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
This book is now available in paperback, published by Faber and Faber and its ISBN is: 0571215297. It was short listed for the man Booker Prize 2008 and won the Costa Book of The Year 2008. It is literary Irish fiction at its best. It records [...:]