It was a real treat for us to finally get to hear Mark Thwaite, one of the UK's best and brightest book bloggers, as he makes the case (and for some, apparently, the case still needs to be made) for re...

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First up, there's a new episode of Titlepage online - this installment focuses on non-fiction writers. Elsewhere, TEV reader Robert Ne...

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"But fans of the bookstore need not get too distressed. A new, smaller location will open up at 86 Nassau Street, in Kensington Market....

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"Diana Garrett, who serves on the Program Committee of Friends of the Princeton University Library, adopted a natural history book...

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"'We're going to be dead center in an exciting new area in Columbus,' said Richard Rubin, the Kent State program's director. 'I'd love...

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You'll want to see what happens in the final round of the Tournament of Books. ...

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In her memoir The Mistress’s Daughter, A.M. Homes writes about being found by the woman who gave her up at birth for adoption. To ...

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Fiona Maazel’s debut novel attempts a doubled apocalyptic vision of our American times.

Nice to see the support but hard not to ask oneself - as many of us did as we stood around - whether if everyone present ha...

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The votes are in, and a British trade magazine has announced the winner of the Diagram Prize for the oddest book title of 2007.