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Meet the 84-year-old author of 50 best-selling novels from Weymouth
03 Apr 2025 13:24 GMT
… incredible five million best-selling novels. Many have a festive … her head. ‘Oh dear, “Author has husband locked in the … like Thackery, Austen, Neville Shute, Wilbur Smith (who she once met) and … agent, meaning her first book wasn’t published until she was 65 …
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Little, Brown snaps up Emma Styles' The Shark
07 Apr 2025 16:31 GMT
… Heath. The Shark will be published by Sphere in March 2026 … the Sussex coast. Her debut novel, No Country for Girls (Little … Award in 2021 and the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize in 2023 … Crime Writing Festival.
Styles’ new novel takes place at the height …
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Books: Drop everything and read this season
14 Dec 2024 04:30 GMT
… daughter. Presley began the book before her unexpected passing, … . Park is an Australian author who spends much of his … Wilbur Smith but with a focus on wildlife,” Spain said. “His books … books always seem to captivate,” Spain said and added that the author …
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Book review: The Haunted Wood: A history of childhood reading by Sam Leith
29 Nov 2024 00:20 GMT
… childhood reading” often involves books that are definitely not … Agatha Christie or Wilbur Smith, as well as books that were … form, then explore the books in chronological chunks through … and illuminatingly about the books in question, combining summary …
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Georgia’s Unhealed Scars Limned With Dark Humor in New Novel
21 Oct 2024 16:00 GMT
… Leo Vardiashvili, a Georgian-British author who left his native Georgia … readers. His book has been shortlisted for the 2024 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing … the main character of your novel, and of many Georgians, for …
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Children's author Vicky Cowie on working with CHARLIE MACKESY: 'How lucky was I to get in there before he was famous!'
12 Oct 2024 11:48 GMT
… the table. One evening the novelist Wilbur Smith was present. (Cowie’s … to have a book of his own published. What did she … Originally, Cowie self-published her children’s books and sold a … , remember, is the same publishing house that discovered Harry Potter …
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Georgian-British author Leo Vardiashvili paints the country's unhealed scars with dark humor in first novel
03 Oct 2024 04:56 GMT
… Leo Vardiashvili, a Georgian-British author who left his native Georgia … readers. His book has been shortlisted for the 2024 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing … the main character of your novel, and of many Georgians, for …
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Where the Wild Things Roam
02 Apr 2025 15:52 GMT
… published work by this Sri Lankan explorer, photographer, and author, the book … cannot retain, lending the book an authenticity and depth … by literary giants like Wilbur Smith. With its blend of … at life. Through this book, Senaka transforms his lifelong …
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It’s not too late to become registered voter
02 Apr 2025 14:48 GMT
… you.
And now to books! Spring always feels like … Astronaut” books was released last month.
• “River God” by Wilbur Smith. This … in a highly acclaimed nine book series.
• “Mr. Churchill’s … violence. The third book in this series was published last year.
• …
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Wilbur Smith Golden Fox
05 Jan 2024 00:51 GMT
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Book: Golden Fox
Author: Wilbur Smith
Reviewed by: SK
Wilbur Smith is a famous South African novelist. He … to a vividly imagined world.
Wilbur Smith’s Courtney series spans generations … ’s history and its people.
Wilbur Smith’s Courtney series is a …