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WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations

New York : St. Martins Press, 1996.
Call No.: RIP [MY]
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If you enjoy stories with a murder thrown in, and if you happen to love gardening, this is a book for you.
Louise, an accidental amateur sleuth and homemaker, finds herself a suspect when the prima-donna hostess she […]

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HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets>
British-born Australian author Elizabeth Jolley passed away on 13 February 2007 in a Perth nursing home. She was 83.
Elizabeth Jolley only had a first book published when she was 53 as she found difficulty in getting publishers to print her works. Since that first book, she has written 14 […]

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New York: Bantaqm Books, c1991
Call No.: English 305.32 KEE
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Sargunan writes:
Keen meanders through the ideas of what it was being a man in the ages before the world began a rush towards the women’s movement, globalisation and more peaceful resolutions than wars which pretty much changed the ideology of how someone is […]

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What better way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon than to hang out at the library to talk about serial killers/evil geniuses? Free posters and free books up for grabs, chianti and fava beans not provided ;p
Who’s Hannibal? A journey into the psyche of a villian
Date: 25 February 2007 (Sunday)
Time: 3.00pm - 5.00pm
Venue: Programme Zone, […]

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HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets
Well, at the moment, my favourite is Ian McEwan.
When the Guardian last week revealed that Martin Amis was to become professor of creative writing at Manchester University, it lapsed into a dangerous piece of journalistic shorthand: “Amis, who is often described as Britain’s greatest living author . . .”
Is […]

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HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets

Yesterday was WH Auden’s centenary - you know the guy whose poem, ‘Funeral Blues’, was read in the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral.
For more information about Auden, you can read:
The Guardian - Poet of the Century
The Auden Society
The Independent - The Scourge of a Sick England
The Telegraph […]

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Well, the header says it all.
Here’s wishing you a good year ahead from all of us at High Browse! Anybody intending to read or finish a book by this CNY period? I’m hoping to start on Zoe Heller’s Notes on on a Scandal.
Take care, and we’ll see you when the long weekend’s over.

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FICTION . HORROR

Milwaukie, Or. : DH Press, 2006.
Call No.: OIS -[MO]
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Husbands, if you suspect your wives of adultery, it may be a good idea to verify whether this is true; lest you beat up and torture her to death with a box cutter and she comes back to haunt you and […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events

London: Harvill Press, c2000.
Call No.: MUR
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About the book
For February’s book discussion, Heartlands Book Club has chosen to discuss Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, which sold 4 million copies when first published and launched the author as a pop-icon. A coming-of-age rendition of the pain and […]

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HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets
What are the most borrowed books in British public libraries - my guess would be romances…
Top 10 Most Borrowed Authors
1996-06
1 Catherine Cookson 25 million loans
2 Danielle Steel 18 million loans
3 R L Stine 18 million loans
4 Josephine Cox 15 million loans
5 Jacqueline Wilson 13 million loans
6 Janet & Allan […]

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