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New book club features books made into movies
02 Apr 2025 15:01 GMT
… in the Woods" by Bill Bryson will be the topic of … have been his 110th birthday.
•Books & Bagels - Friday, April … the Corydon branch; choose any book from the HCPL collection to … overview and thoughts on the book you selected.
•Manga & Anime …
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Magic Cat pounces for Jamie Oliver’s 'game-changing' pre-school cookery books
31 Mar 2025 09:39 GMT
… award-winning indie publisher, bought world rights to four books in Jamie … -fiction author since records began, having sold £210m through Nielsen BookScan UK (Bill Bryson … is the distant second non-fiction author on …
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‘More are published than could ever succeed’: are there too many books?
21 Mar 2025 16:12 GMT
… printing press.
Now the bestselling author Bill Bryson has added his voice to … the deflating experience of publishing his fourth novel, A Hunger, to positive … overproduction. Too many publishers buy lots of books and publish them relatively cheaply …
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Russell Brand deal reveals a book trade gone astray
17 Mar 2025 02:25 GMT
… with Bill Bryson, he’s wrong to deplore the boom in self-publishing … about the surge in self-published books, facilitated online: although some … .
I have had 37 books published by conventional houses and self … to stick by a new author, make them feel listened …
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Book Leader Julie A. Sellers Discusses "The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America" by Bill Bryson
02 Feb 2025 11:05 GMT
… ones. The Lost Continent details author Bill Bryson’s self-proclaimed “journey of … you live in the present.”
Book Leader Julie A. Sellers … Atchison. She is the author of the novel, Ann of Sunflower … Finalist for the High Plains Book Award. Julie’s creative …
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Sophie Elmhirst wins £30k Nero Gold Prize for her 'enthralling' book Maurice and Maralyn
05 Mar 2025 21:36 GMT
Journalist and author Sophie Elmhirst’s Maurice and … described by chair of judges Bill Bryson as "an enthralling, … quot; Bryson said. "Impressively novelistic in its narrative approach, it … the Nero Gold Prize 2024 Book of the Year."
Continues …
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Sophie Elmhirst’s Maurice and Maralyn wins Nero book of the year prize
05 Mar 2025 19:59 GMT
… spirit”, said judging chair Bill Bryson. “Impressively novelistic in its narrative approach, it … Gold prize judging panel included Booker-winning author and Royal Society of … Maralyn by Sophie Elmhirst is published by Vintage (£10.99). To …
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Real-life shipwreck story wins major book award
05 Mar 2025 19:53 GMT
… after it sank.
Author Bill Bryson, who chaired the judges … books Maurice published after their rescue.
Her book won the Nero Book … said: "Impressively novelistic in its narrative approach, … other judges were novelist Bernardine Evaristo and journalist …
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Journalist Sophie Elmhirst wins book of the year at Nero Book Awards
05 Mar 2025 19:55 GMT
… a prestigious £30,000 book prize.
The book, Maurice And Maralyn: An … by renowned journalist and bestselling author Bill Bryson.
Bryson, who chaired the judging … of the human spirit.
“Impressively novelistic in its narrative approach, it …
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The 14 best books for escapism
21 Feb 2025 10:54 GMT
… from the Jamaican Booker Prize winning author, this novel is an entrancing … Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson
Bryson’s escapades through … they were when he first published this memoir in 1991. … adventure story from the author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage …