Monthly Archives: March 2011

Cambridge Wordfest

Posted on March 27, 2011 by nickywhiting

Cambridge Wordfest, a spring literary festival will be kicking off in Cambridge from 15th to 17th April.  Visiting authors will include Dawn French, Ian McEwan and P D James to name a few. Full details can be found at the … Continue reading →

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Please Help Support Newmarket Library

Posted on March 24, 2011 by nickywhiting

Suffolk County Council is planning to cut 30% from its libraries budget and Newmarket Library may be at risk as a result. To help ensure the long-term survival of this valuable service, the library has a petition it is asking … Continue reading →

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The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark

Posted on March 24, 2011 by nickywhiting

PLEASE RATE THE BOOK NOT THE POSTING A series of flashbacks to post-war London in 1945 tells the story of the lives of several young women who live at The May of Teck Club, a boarding house for ladies of … Continue reading →

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Orange Prize for Fiction 2011 Longlist Announced

Posted on March 22, 2011 by nickywhiting

The 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction longlist has been announced. The books list is: Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) – Sudanese; 3rd Novel Jamrach’s Menagerie by Carol Birch (Canongate) – British; 10th Novel Room by Emma Donoghue … Continue reading →

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Reading Group Verdict on People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

Posted on March 8, 2011 by nickywhiting

The reading group had a bit of a “Marmite” moment about this book. They seemed to either love it or hate it! There was some consensus in that the group seemed to, on the whole, like the historical aspect of … Continue reading →

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People of the Book By Geraldine Brooks

Posted on March 3, 2011 by tonymalindine

Please rate the book,not the posting People of the Book Geraldine Brooks The story starts in the boardroom of a bank in the middle of a city where people have just stopped shooting at each other – five minuets ago! … Continue reading →

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People of the Book By Geraldine Brooks

Posted on March 1, 2011 by kathiebutcher

PLEASE RATE THE BOOK NOT THE POSTING This is an unusual story that is a mixture of fact and fiction, including an historical time line that spans 500 years. The main object of the story is a medieval Jewish book … Continue reading →

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