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Renfrewshire author's new book showcases poems from soldiers of WW1

Tracy Patrick's collection - called Braw Lads are Marching Awa - tells stories of the Great War in verse

Daily Record · Sep 17, 2022

Distinguished authors shortlisted for top ACT book award

Six local authors have been shortlisted for the ACT Book of the Year award.

The Canberra Times · Sep 17, 2022

Novelist Gayl Jones is among National Book Award finalists

Novelist Gayl Jones is a fiction nominee for the National Book Award, the rare established name on a list of 10 that features eight debut works of fiction

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022

These high school 'classics' have been taught for generations – could they be on their way out?

If you went to high school in the United States anytime since the 1960s, you were likely assigned some of the following books: Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” “Julius Caesar” and “Macbeth”; John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”; F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”; Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”; and…

The Conversation · Sep 16, 2022

King Charles 'shrieked' as he 'didn't know what cling film was'

The then Prince is said to have 'trembled' when he saw it

Liverpool Echo · Sep 16, 2022

Crime writer scoops McIlvanney Prize after missing out last year

A NOVELIST has won a crime writing prize after missing out on the award last year.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 16, 2022

Second time lucky for crime writer as he scoops McIlvanney Prize

Alan Parks was declared the winner for his book May God Forgive.

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022

King Charles had never seen cling film and 'shrieked' the first time he saw it

The new King of England ''trembled'' the first time he discovered clingfilm according to author, Tom Bower in his book about Prince Philp.

Daily Record · Sep 16, 2022

All the Broken Places by John Boyne review – a sequel of sorts

The follow-up to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a powerful novel about secrets and atonement after Auschwitz

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2022

George Floyd biography among National Book Award nominees

A biography of the late George Floyd and poetry by Pulitzer Prize winner Sharon Olds were among the works included Thursday on long lists for the National Book Awards

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022