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Anne Sebba on her Favourite Biographies

It is really hard to recommend a new biography that does not look like patting on the back a friend and colleague. Obviously Jane Ridley is a master of the art where royal biography is concerned but increasingly I am turning for pleasure towards memoir more than...
Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Submissions Now Open

Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Submissions Now Open

Submissions for the 2022 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards are now open, including the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award in association with the Authors’ Club. Eligibility & criteria for 2022 submissions Book publication dates: Books first...
Books to look out for in Jan to April 2022

Books to look out for in Jan to April 2022

Article by Lucy Popescu, originally published in the Camden New Journal. Some of the best titles to be published early in the year. January • Louise Welsh’s The Second Cut (Canongate) is a detective story with shades of gothic that explores the dark side of 21st...