tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47311626784401021212024-03-05T06:13:47.415-08:00Compass PointsCompass Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00044178292310792343noreply@blogger.comBlogger345125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731162678440102121.post-58051550347406293692020-04-03T08:23:00.002-07:002020-04-03T08:25:55.526-07:00Compass Points 344<br />
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booksellers, I hope that everyone is keeping safe and well. This will be the last
</span><b style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Compass Points</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">for
a while. As we know, although plenty of customers are still buying books, bookshops
are closed and festivals, launch parties, readings etc are postponed, so there
is not going to be much marketing and publicity news to relay to you over the
next few months! I look forward to coming back some time in the summer with lots
of fun events to tell you about and plenty more fabulous books for you to order!
In the meantime, of course </span><b style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Compass IPS</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">is still very much here for you. Questions about
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">With life seeming ever scarier and more
difficult, <b><span style="color: red;">The Simplicity Principle: Six Steps Towards
Clarity in a Complex World</span></b> (£14.99, hb, 978 1789663556) by <b><span style="color: red;">Julia Hobsbawm</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>OBE
is what we need. You can hear her talking about it </span></span><a href="https://alisonjones.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=2f10dc54f784975eada9eca7c957c8da&i=67A171A7A537" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
on the <i>Extraordinary Business Book Club</i> podcast. Published this week by <b>Kogan
Page</b>, during the pandemic that was unimaginable when it was written, this
book passes the ultimate test: its principles retain their power and relevance
despite the seismic shift that’s taken place in the world. Essential listening.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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are the ideal popular pastime for now, giving all generations the opportunity
to while away the hours uncovering the scenes, faces and creatures hidden
within the dots. The range of activity books from <b>Southwater</b>, take
dotting to the next level, each offering 40 intriguing pictures to discover.
Intricate, challenging and rewarding to finish, the puzzles range from 136 to
1098 dots and will have you transfixed as you progress from dot to dot and
gradually recognise what you have drawn. They are all £7.99, 96 pages, 282 x
216mm and the ISBNs are listed below.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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9781780194967<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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9781780194950<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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9781780194943<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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9781780194936<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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9781780195131<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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9781780195117<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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9781780195148<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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9781780195124<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Outsized editions are also available,
great for families to do together! These each have 20 floor puzzles and are £5.99,
24 pages, 400 x 344mm<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Giant Join the Dots - Amazing
Animals</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">: 9781780195032<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Landmarks</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">: 9781780195018<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Paintings</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">: 9781780195025<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Faces</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">: 9781780195001<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is regularly updating its page of advice for booksellers during the pandemic </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/38SpZ3H"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> with coronavirus resources and they'll
continue to give you help and share advice as they continue to monitor the
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forthcoming paperback release on 21 May in the UK from <b>Comma</b>, <i>Literary
Hub</i> have published <b><span style="color: red;">Kamila Shamsie</span></b>'s
contributing story <i>Savage</i>, which you can read </span></span><a href="https://lithub.com/savage/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">For those looking for calming
activities at home, look no further than the colouring in titles from <b>Southwater</b>.
For young and old alike, these beautiful activity books will provide hours of
peace in an increasingly stressful world. In each unique colour-by-numbers
book, the 45 illustrations have been separated into segments marked with a
number. Each number corresponds to one of 12 colours on a palette guide
provided. <b><span style="color: red;">Patterns from Nature</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1780195070) and <b><span style="color: red;">Relaxing
Patterns</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1780195063) are both £7.99,
96 pages, 282 x 216mm. There are loads more great activity titles on the <b>Anness</b>
website at </span></span><a href="http://www.annesspublishing.com/PORTAL/BROWSE.php?id=7886476&path=/PDFstore/PDF_Portal/Flip_Books&server=0&siteurl=&page=1"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">www.annesspublishing.com</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Pieces of Me</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
(£8.99, pb, 978 1787198036 )which was shortlisted for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Costa First Novel</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>and
<i>Prima Magazine</i> called <i>‘an astounding debut'</i> has been shortlisted
for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Waverton Good Read Award</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>which you can read more about </span></span><a href="http://www.wavertongoodread.org.uk/index.php/contents"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. It’s published by <b>Legend</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">One of the contributors to <b>Comma</b>’s
forthcoming <b><span style="color: red;">Book of Shanghai</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, £9.99, 978 1912697274), <b><span style="color: red;">Chen Qiufan</span></b>, is speaking on <i>BBC World Service</i>
tomorrow about writing dystopic science-fiction in China amidst the corona
crisis. Do tune in! The characters in this literary exploration of one of the
world’s biggest cities are all on a mission. Whether it is responding to events
around them, or following some impulse of their own, they are defined by their
determination – a refusal to lose themselves in a city that might otherwise
leave them anonymous, disconnected, alone. From the neglected mother whose
side-hustle in collecting sellable waste becomes an obsession, to the schoolboy
determined to end a long-standing feud between his family and another, these
characters show a defiance that reminds us why Shanghai – despite its hurtling
economic growth –remains an epicentre for individual creativity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><b><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Gardners </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">are
reinstating their home delivery service, after temporarily closing last week
due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The move will allow bookshops to service remote
customer orders from their websites or via telephone. The wholesaler confirmed
it had <i>‘managed to set a safe working environment for a team of staff,
adhering to guidelines previously set out, and working comfortably within
current government guidelines.’</i> Customers will be restricted to ordering
one book per order, to preserve the safety guidelines surrounding minimal
handling of items. Booksellers responded positively on Twitter to the news. <b>Booka
Booksho</b>p tweeted: <i>‘Really appreciate the lengths you’ve gone to deliver
a safe and workable solution to support the indie bookselling sector’</i>. In
response to a question about delivering to bookshops, Gardners added: <i>‘That
will follow in due course, we are reviewing each area as we go, first and
foremost our staff need a safe working environment.’</i> You can read more on
that in the <i>Bookseller </i></span></span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/gardners-reinstate-home-delivery-service-1199502"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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1784106553), was the <i>Poem of the Week</i> in last week’s <i>Guardian</i>. You
can read it </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2020/mar/23/poem-of-the-week-antidotes-to-fear-of-death-by-rebecca-elson"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. Elson was an astronomer. Her work
took her to the boundary of the visible and measurable, involving research into
‘dark matter’ and as the <i>Guardian</i> writes, the poem <i>‘includes readers
by its imaginative accessibility and universal theme. <b><span style="color: red;">A Responsibility to Awe</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>was
first published in 2001, and was reissued in 2018 as a <b>Carcanet Classic</b>.
To read Elson’s brave and gentle work during the current pandemic crisis is to
take a fresh breath, and to see a little farther.’<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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quite a few organisations in the UK at the moment who are going to be looking
for the key ingredients for successfully delivering large projects and <b>Tony
Llewellyn</b>’s <b><span style="color: red;">Big Teams</span></b> is what they
need! This week it reached #1 on Amazon in Hot New Releases in Project
Management and there’s been some good coverage including an article for the <i>PI
Medium</i> page <i>'Leading Big Teams in the 21st century’</i>, that’s <a href="https://medium.com/@practicalinspiration/leading-big-teams-in-the-21st-century-5cfeca576a">here</a>,
a three-page featured extract in the March issue of <i>The HR Director</i> and
an article and review in <i>Project</i>, the journal of the Association for
Project Management.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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finding their homes have never been cleaners as millions of people stuck indoors,
look for something to occupy themselves with. At the same time, millions of
others are finding that their houses have never been messier, as families all
squashed in together, cause chaos and disruption! <b><span style="color: red;">Practical
Tidiness: How to clear your clutter and make space for the important things in
life</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£12, 978 0754834878, bb) by <b><span style="color: red;">Martha Roberts</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>which
is out from Lorenz on 30 April is just what they need. Humans need order, calm
and sanctuary in a chaotic and frankly frightening world, and this inspired
handbook gives practical pointers on how to start, working through your home
room by room to find order in your life, with lots tips on how to tackle the
physical and mental gremlins you may encounter along the way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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rather than panic are selling well, and <b>Southwater</b> have a good one! <b><span style="color: red;">Survival: The ultimate practical guide to staying alive in
extreme conditions and emergency situations in all environments, anywhere in
the world</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£11.99, pb, 9781780191034)
is ilustrated with 1400 photographs and illustrations, including step-by-step
sequences throughout, and will show you how to protect your your loved ones
whatever the conditions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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have a great blog page entitled <i>Ten Ways to keep Yourself Entertained if You’re
Self-Isolating</i> which you can read </span></span><a href="https://www.v-publishing.co.uk/blog/v-publishing-blog/2020-03-16---ten-ways-to-keep-yourself-entertained-if-youre-self-isolating/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. It includes lots of top
recommendations to get both adult and child readers through the next few
months. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of the nation is a topic that is going to be much in the news for the foreseeable
future, so a good time to talk about <b><span style="color: red;">Enemies of the People:
How Judges Shape Society</span></b> (£14.99, 978-1529204506) by <b><span style="color: red;">Joshua Rozenberg</span></b>. <i>The Critic</i> published an
extended article written by Rozenberg on the 23rd of March discussing the book
and current affairs titled <i>‘Supremely Impartial‘</i> which you can read </span></span><a href="https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/april-2020/supremely-impartial/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> and the <i>Law Gazette</i> published
an article written by Rozenberg titled <i>‘An Insider’s Account of the Brenda
Agenda’</i> on the 3rd of February which you can read </span></span><a href="https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-and-opinion/an-insiders-account-of-the-brenda-agenda/5102903.article"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. It’s out on 21 April from <b>Bristol
University Press</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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inspired by the words of <b>David Hockney</b>, who urged us to remember that <i>‘these
days will pass …. and do remember that they can’t cancel the spring.’</i> You
can read more from him, and look at the wonderful pictures </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52109901"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Topics</b>,</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/quarantine-coronavirus-jokes/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic">here's</a>
a link to the fifty best Coronavirus memes, </span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><a href="file:///D:/Catherine/Documents/Mum's%20Bits%20and%20Bobs/Compass%20Points/here's%20" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">here's </a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">a link to the </span></span><b style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Virtual
Pub Quiz</b><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLeErO8nXsc" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">here's</a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
a link to an exciting announcement from </span></span><b style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Andrew Lloyd Webber</b><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">here's</a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> a link to </span></span><b style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yoga
with Adriene</b><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z05939ZMbE" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">here's</a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
a link to </span></span><b style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">PE with Joe</b><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> and </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzqcRwWVv8k" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">here's</a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> a link to the </span></span><b style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">National
Theatre</b><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> performance of </span></span><i style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">One Man, Two </i><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><i>Guvnors</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">!</span></span></div>
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more when the virus allows!<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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John Donne famously said that <i>‘no man is an island’</i>, but let’s talk
about those famous literary loners who DID want to be islands! I’ve opted not
to include those who were self-isolating because they were prisoners, so that
rules out Rapunzel, Bertha Mason, Andy Dufresne, Ma and Jack, etc. Here are my
suggestions, d</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk13837432"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">o get in touch with your own literary loners – you can do that on Twitter </span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/CompassIPS/status/1243508933689573378"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<i>‘<b>Badger</b> hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort
of thing’</i> says Rat in <i>Wind in the Willows</i>, but their elusive and
somewhat grumpy friend comes out of seclusion to help them on many subsequent
occasions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">9.</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">Living alone in the bell tower of Notre
Dame, <b>Quasimodo</b> has been hidden away for his own protection. He is hated
for his deformities but like many literary loners, is kind at heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Robinson Crusoe</b>, Defoe’s castaway spends twenty-eight years on a remote
tropical island, but learns <i>‘to look more upon the bright side of my
condition, and less upon the dark side, and to consider what I enjoyed, rather
than what I wanted.’</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Gollum</b> is <i>‘shrunken by the years that had carried him far beyond his
time, beyond friends and kin’ </i>and spends his time in Tolkien’s novels using
a combination of self-isolation and social distancing to sneak ever closer to
his <i>‘precious’</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Frederick Clegg</b>, the terrifying, solitary <i>Collector</i> of John
Fowles’ novel believes <i>‘if more people were like me, in my opinion, the
world would be better.'<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Dr Seuss’s bitter, grouchy <b>Grinch</b> with a heart <i>‘two sizes too small’</i>
finally comes to realise that no one should be alone at Christmas, or at any
other time of year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">4.</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">The reclusive widower <b>Tom Oakley</b>
in <i>Goodnight Mister Tom</i>, is required to take in an evacuee during WWII.
Although emotionally distant, he is compassionate, and thanks to the effect of
company, <i>‘he felt as if a heavy wave of sadness had suddenly been lifted
from out of him.’<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b>Miss Havisham</b>, <i>‘an immensely rich and grim old lady who lived in a
large and dismal house barricaded against robbers, and who led a life of
seclusion’</i> has been driven to solitude by sorrow, but nonetheless manages
to exert huge control over other people's lives without ever leaving the house.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Hermione</b> in <i>A Winter’s Tale</i>. There is some debate as to whether
Shakespeare’s heroine really has been sequestered for sixteen years, or whether
she is magically brought back to life at the end of the play; but in all
likelihood this ‘<i>sweet'st, dear'st creature’</i> has been in <i>‘a removed
house’</i> with Paulina bringing her food and drink. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">1.</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">Boo Radley</span></b><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">,
the heroic loner in Harper Lee’s masterpiece, ‘<i>just stays in the house,
that’s all. Wouldn’t you stay in the house if you didn’t want to come out?’</i>
He only appears in the final chapters of the book, but his literal and symbolic
invisibility dominates the novel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">The translator of <b>Amber</b>’s new
edition of <b><span style="color: red;">Miyamoto Musashi’s Five Rings </span></b>(£19.99,
hb, 978-1782749431)<span style="color: red;"> </span>has written about her
translation process in a fascinating blog post, which I highly recommend,
that’s </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/maisykuv/japan-alogue-blog/localising-musashis-five-rings"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">. Anyone with the slightest interest in
language is going to find it extremely interesting. This classic Japanese work
on mastery in swordsmanship, leadership and conflict remains influential not
only in the realm of martial arts but in the business world, too. Musashi's
no-nonsense approach to combat includes understanding that technique should
simply be understood as defeating your opponent, and appreciating that the same
qualities apply in all conflicts. This new edition which has just been
published by <b>Amber</b>, is produced using exquisite traditional Chinese
bookbinding techniques and the brand-new translation by <b><span style="color: red;">Maisy Hatchard</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>makes
it extremely readable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">Exciting to hear about <b>The Big Book
Weekend</b>, a three-day, virtual festival that brings together the best of the
British Literary festivals cancelled due to coronavirus, featuring the biggest
names in books alongside unknown debut authors and rising talents. You can
find out more at </span><a href="https://bigbookweekend.com/"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">bigbookweekend.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">First up in the Self-Isolation Songlist
is Eddie Cantor </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0r6GBDim0w"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;"> singing <i>‘<b><span style="color: red;">We’re Staying Home Tonight,</span></b> my baby and me, doing the patriotic
thing’</i>, which really could have been written for the current crisis, but
was actually recorded in 1943!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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new title <b><span style="color: red;">Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>in <i>Gal-dem</i> this week and you can read it </span><a href="https://gal-dem.com/why-imagination-is-the-most-powerful-tool-that-feminists-have-at-our-disposal/"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">. Writer and organiser <b><span style="color: red;">Lola Olufemi</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>explains
why creative thinking is crucial in the path towards a radical feminist future
and how feminism has opened up her world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">For those who are doing their very best
to make working at home deliver a good outcome for their employers, the idea
that publishers are encouraging staff to continue taking holidays during the
period of lockdown, doesn’t seem like the fairest idea. Bonnier Books UK have
asked staff to use up half of their 28-day holiday allowance by 30th June,
to avoid the absence of too many staff when the lockdown due to
coronavirus is over, and Hachette is only allowing staff to take pro-rated
holiday </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">(i.e. up to a
quarter of their total allocated leave) in the last quarter of the year. Unsurprisingly
this request has been met with some resistance by employees; you can read more
on that story </span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/publishers-encourage-staff-use-holiday-1198266"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">Now is the perfect time to get stuck
into a new crime series! We’d suggest that the <b><span style="color: red;">DCI Daley</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>series from <b>Polygon</b> is ideal. Bookshops could
offer their customers offer a ‘DC Daley Reading Box’ as pictured, which contains
all seven books. You can see the seven titles </span><a href="https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-dci-daley-box/"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">. Fans will then be all ready for be
ready for number eight, <b><span style="color: red;">Jeremiah's Bell</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£8.99, pb, 978 1846975202) which is out on 4 June
2020.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">Comma</span></b><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">’s
new online book club for translated fiction was featured in <i>Bookbrunch</i> </span><a href="https://secure4.ehaus.co.uk/bookbrunch/account/log-in/?__redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fbookbrunch.co.uk%2Fpage%2Farticle-detail%2Fnew-online-club-for-translated-fiction%2F&__token=q9p4tcuojt1mkbd8r5v5el5vf3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">
and a good selection of their titles featured on the <i>Manchester’s Finest</i>
website as part of a new initiative to support local Manchester bookshops through
the crisis with a delivery service, that’s </span><a href="http://www.manchestersfinest.com/articles/support-local-manchester-book-shop-new-delivery-service/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">Book sales are surging during the crisis,
hurrah! Total physical book sales in the UK jumped 6% in the week to Saturday
21 March, according to Nielsen, noting a 212% growth in volume sales for ‘home
learning’ titles and a 77% boost for school textbooks and study guides. Arts
and crafts book sales were also up by 38% week on week and with paperback
fiction sales were up by 35% last week as self-isolating readers stocked up on novels
and sought solace in imaginary worlds. Waterstones,
finally shut its stores after staff complained that they felt at risk from the
coronavirus, but its online sales were up by 400% week on week. You can read
more on that story in the Guardian </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/25/book-sales-surge-self-isolating-readers-bucket-list-novels"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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a surge, this next book from <b>Crown</b> is perfect! <b><span style="color: red;">Teaching on a Shoestring: An A–Z of everyday objects to
enthuse and engage children and extend learning in the early years</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£16.99, pb, 978 1785833076) Russell Grigg and Helen
Lewis explore the educational value of familiar objects and suggest practical
activities to help develop young learners’ cross-curricular skills. Underpinned
by solid theory, <b><span style="color: red;">Teaching on a Shoestring</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>investigates the learning potential of
twenty-six inexpensive, readily available resources – from apples to ice cubes
to zebra-patterned fabric – and shows how they can be exploited to develop in
young learners the four skills widely regarded as essential in the twenty-first
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seen an increase in sales recently – his heart warming and optimistic tales are
just what the nation needs. He’s written a lovely poem about our troubled
times, and has said ‘<i>These are very difficult times for so many. I have
written a poem especially for this moment. It comes to you with my warmest
wishes, and my hope that you are keeping well.’ </i>You can read it </span><a href="https://www.alexandermccallsmith.co.uk/news/poem/"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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BBC archive that may in some way resonate with you at this time. Everything
from advice on binge watching, to scrabble tips, to how to spot a conspiracy
theory! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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forget about <b><span style="color: red;">How to Survive Anything Anywhere: A
Handbook of Survival Skills for Every Scenario and Environment</span></b> (£14.99,
pb, 978 1782747000) which is the complete single-volume handbook of
professional survival skills. Heavily illustrated throughout with more than 500-line
artworks and diagrams, <b><span style="color: red;">How to Survive Anything
Anywhere</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>gives the reader practical
measures of survival which are easy to memorise and apply and is a vital single
source of invaluable survival information for everyone who wants to be well prepared.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pb, 978 1910974445) this week. Firstly in the <i>Times Literary Supplement</i> who
said <i>'Palestine +100 gives the pleasure of a collection whose entries engage
in conversation: about absence, borders and belonging'</i> that’s </span><a href="https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/ibtisam-azem-house-disappearance-palestine-ghalayini/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">
and also in <i>Sabotage Review</i> who called it <i>'a thought-provoking and
inspiring book’</i>, that’s </span><a href="http://sabotagereviews.com/2020/03/20/palestine-100-edited-by-bhasma-ghalayini/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">.
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">Congratulations to all the Compass
winners of the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Business Book Awards</span></b>
on Monday night. The <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">HR & Management Book of
the Year</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>winner was <b><span style="color: red;">Boards: A Practical Perspective by Patrick Dunne</span></b> (£29.95,
978 1916256903) which provides a realistic, thought-provoking and useful guide
to life as a board member. It’s published by <b>Governance Publishing/Gazelle</b>.
The winner of <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Sales & Marketing Business
Book of the Year</span></b> was <b><span style="color: red;">Your Business, Your
Book by Ginny Carter</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£14.99,
9781788601306) published by <b><span style="color: red;">Practical Inspiration</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>and Highly Commended as the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">HR & Management Book of the Year </span></b>was <b><span style="color: red;">Driving Performance Through Learning by Andy Lancaster</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£19.99, 9780749497439) which is from <b>Kogan Page</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Capildeo</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>who has been longlisted for
the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">BOCAS Prize for Caribbean Literature </span></b>for
<b><span style="color: red;">Skin Can Hold</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£9.99,
pb, 9781784107314). The <i>Financial Times</i> said <i>‘Capildeo has a gift for
examining the lives of others’</i> and this title was a <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Telegraph Book of the Year </span></b>for 2109. The poems
are about Caribbean masquerade and French theatre and are based on
collaborations towards productions of multimedia events, immersive experiences
and performances. This is the third <b>Carcanet </b>collection from the Trinidadian
poet whose <b><span style="color: red;">Measures of Expatriation</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>won the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">2016 Forward
Prize</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of conversation already, <b><span style="color: red;">A Tin of Thunks</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£9.99, 978 1781353431) from <b>Crown</b> is a good
resource for to use in order to generate a stimulating debate. Since publishing
<b><span style="color: red;">The Little Book of Thunks</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>over a decade ago, <b><span style="color: red;">Ian
Gilbert</span></b>'s beguilingly simple-looking questions have got us all thinking
new thoughts about everyday life, love, the things around us and the world
beyond. Published at the end of last year, fifty probing provocations suah as <i>Can
a robot be kind? Can you touch the wind? Is there more future than past?</i> are
presented in a brand-new format as a specially designed set of cards with a
range of fun and innovative ideas as to how they can be used. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">My third and final <b><span style="color: red;">Self-Isolation Song</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is
the fabulous Fats, </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FIqTX6SSRY"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;"> with <b><span style="color: red;">Ain’t
Misbehavin’</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>– <i>‘Don’t go out late,
got no place to go, just me and my radio.’</i> Perfect. But I think those girls
are getting just a bit too close to you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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book trade. If you would like to order any of the titles mentioned, then please
talk to your Compass Sales Manager, or call the Compass office on 020 8326
5696. Every Friday an e-newsletter containing highlights from the blog is sent
out to over 700 booksellers and if you’d like to receive this then please
contact </span><a href="mailto:nuala@compassips.london"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">nuala@compassips.london</span></a><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Compass Points has a resolutely optimistic tone! We will be bringing you the
books both humorous and useful that we think could sell well in these
extraordinary times, and also a miscellany of cheering music! </span><a href="https://www.booksellers.org.uk/industryinfo/industryinfo/Coronavirus-Resources-for-Booksellers" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">Here</a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
is the </span><b style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Booksellers Association</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">page with lots of coronavirus information for
booksellers, it contains useful links with advice and business support, as well
as help with mental health and wellbeing. The book trade has pulled together to
launch a series of emergency measures to support authors and booksellers
affected financially, and you can find out more about that </span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/trade-rallies-launch-emergency-hardship-funds-authors-and-booksellers-1196439" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">here</a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.
</span><a href="https://booksfromscotland.com/2020/03/bookshop-information-across-scotland-covid-19/" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">This</a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
is from Books from Scotland: a one stop page advising on the plans of bookshops
around Scotland as they react to the crisis.</span><br />
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handwash, <b><span style="color: red;">Homemade Soap by Tatyana Hill</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£8.00, hb, 978 0754834335) will show you how to make
twenty all-natural pure and fragrant soaps to use instead! Lavender and olive
oil, honey and oatmeal, cinnamon and orange are just some of the natural
ingredients that can be used in this an age-old craft that makes the perfect
task for self-isolation. It’s simple, rewarding and fun, and at the end you
have produced something genuinely useful! Clear step-by-step instructions and
photographs take you through each stage of the soap-making process. It’s
published by <b>Lorenz</b> and you can flip through its pages </span></span><a href="http://www.annesspublishing.com/mint_pageturn/excite/preview/829887197"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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they socially distance, is going for lots of long solitary walks and the ideal publisher
for that is <b>Wild Things</b>. Wild Running: Britain's 200 Greatest Trail Runs
(pb, £16.99, 978 1910636152), Islandeering (£16.99, pb, 978 1910636176), and
Scottish Bothy Walks (£16.99, pb, 978 1910636190) are all full of great
suggestions for getting away from other people. And if you just want to sit on
the sofa and plan adventures a little further afield from home, then <b>Wild Things</b>
are the perfect publisher for that too, with their gorgeous guides to all those
places in the world we’ll be able to go again once the virus has been
vanquished. Have a look at their website </span></span><a href="http://www.wildthingspublishing.com/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> for more inspo!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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still haver (what even is that?) and as long as we keep our distance, we can
still </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNlMtqrYS0"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><i><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Walk</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><i><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> 500 Miles</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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for many families right now is <b><span style="color: red;">The Board Game Family</span></b>
(£12.99, pb, 978 1785834332), which shows board gaming can be integrated into
family life and is filled with irresistible ways to engage even the trickiest
of teenagers and manage social isolation with flair. <b><span style="color: red;">Ellie Dix</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>shares useful tips on
the practicalities of getting started and how to go about cultivating the right
mindset and a healthy culture of competition. It presents parents with guidance
on how they can build a consensus with their children around establishing a set
of house rules that ensure fair play and eloquently explains how playing board
games together can strengthen relationships and ensure that spending all that
extra time together will be a pleasure not a pain.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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who this week were announced as regional winner for the North of England for
the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Small Press of the Year</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>in the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Nibbies</span></b>.
The full announcement is in the <i>Bookseller</i> </span></span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/british-book-awards-small-press-winners-revealed-1195860?fbclid=IwAR2HsSv8pzoAi73bEdXswa2LF0M6w_u8reAuzx7nLozZXnedb454JWg4-JA" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.
Richly deserved, 2019 has been the most successful year to date for Comma, they
launched their acclaimed podcast, and published two debut collections in
translation. In in other prize news, the <b>Comma Press Podcast</b> was highly
commended in the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">UK Book Blog Awards</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>by the judges, who said <i>'this indie, literary
podcast produces above its cloud. It's only the beginning, and we are excited
to hear more.'</i> Here’s to an equally successful 2020 and congrats guys – we
love you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Come on, Ian Dury’s right, these are some cracking </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcjh1a9Yoao"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><i><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Reasons</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><i><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> to be Cheerful</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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that indies across the country are closing their doors to protect staff and
customers and encouraging customers to support their businesses and place
orders online. But <b>Waterstone’s</b> boss James Daunt says the coronavirus
crisis has led to <i>‘unprecedented demand for books’</i> and has called for ‘<i>all
bookshops to be kept open to meet a social need.' </i>BA MD Meryl Halls said: <i>‘We
want to remind consumers that they can still use their local bookshop to buy
books even if they are practising social distancing. We are very keen for
publishers and authors to help reinforce the message not to default to Amazon
as the de facto buying option, but to link to bookshops and to reiterate the
importance of shopping locally, supporting their local community.’</i> You can
read more on that story </span></span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/insight/book-shops-close-coronavirus-advice-comes-1195864"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. A shout out to the <b>Newham Bookshop</b>
who although closed to the public, are now running a delivery service to those
who are vulnerable or self-isolating with the help of a network of cycling
volunteers. <b>Vivian Archer</b>, who co-runs the bookshop with <b>John Newham</b>
believes the momentum is down to <i>‘the community support we have, and that’s
what the shop has been built on.’ </i>You can read more on that one </span></span><a href="https://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/bookshop-delivering-books-on-bike-to-people-who-are-self-isolating-1-6568592"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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are relaunching <b><span style="color: red;">Preparing to Survive: Being Ready For
When Disaster Strikes</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, £12.99,
978 1838860462) by <b><span style="color: red;">Chris McNab</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>on 26th March, which includes a big section on
pandemics. It begins with the possible catastrophe scenarios such as virus
outbreaks and disease, as well as environmental disasters, wars and terrorism.
Chapter by chapter, the book looks at the areas you need to prepare:
pre-preparing food for a crisis, finding clean water, maintaining your health,
defending yourself, and creating power supplies. With tips and techniques from
survival experts, this book shows you what to do in the weeks, months and years
that follow disaster. With more than 300 easy-to-follow artworks and handy
pull-out lists of key information, this book teaches you all the skills and
offers you all the tips and information, you may need if things really go
wrong. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of the daily commute in London, then you could just have a little flick through
of <b><span style="color: red;">Seats of London</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£12.99, pb, 978 1916045316) to remind yourself of all those journeys
you won’t be making for the foreseeable! This title has had five start reviews
and is a brilliantly colourful guide to all the patterns and designs used by
London Transport from the first horse bus to the latest Tube train. It’s published
by <b>Safe Haven</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and panicking? <b><span style="color: red;">Attention! The Power of Simple Decisions
in a Distracted World</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£12.99, pb, 978
1788601450) which is coming from <b>Practical Inspiration</b> in May, could be
just what you need. Research shows that having more to choose from causes
anxiety and decreases our likelihood of taking action. We have become paralyzed,
ceding control of our decisions to a continuous onslaught of information,
marketing, and interruption. We live in an age where we struggle to decide which
information is real or fake and find it challenging to make even the most
straightforward decisions. <b><span style="color: red;">Rob Hatch</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>sets out a powerful framework and flexible approach
that gives you the space to focus your attention on what is important, and the
ability to take action with confidence. It’s had some fab endorsements from
business leaders such as Aime Miyamoto, who says ‘<i>with <b><span style="color: red;">Attention!</span></b> <b><span style="color: red;">Rob Hatch</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>offers an inspiring and practical guide that can
support us all.’</i> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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1780194387, £11.99, pb) by <b><span style="color: red;">Jenny White and Joanna
Farrow</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>shows you how you can make
over 400 fuss-free and fast recipes using only four ingredients or less and has
over 1,550 step-by-step photographs. You can see a preview </span></span><a href="http://www.annesspublishing.com/mint_pageturn/excite/preview/878228437"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. This terrific cookbook from <b>Lorenz</b>
shown you how to make more with less, and could be just the thing for those who
have found the supermarket shelves bare!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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we all need to help us stay calm, and </span></span><a href="https://readdurhamenglish.wordpress.com/2020/02/12/new-podcast-poet-caroline-bird-speaks-to-the-98-percent/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">this</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> is lovely: poet <b><span style="color: red;">Caroline Bird</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>in conversation
with Suzannah V. Evans, recorded at the <b>StAnza Poetry Festival</b>. <b><span style="color: red;">The Air Year</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is a
time of flight, transition and suspension: signatures scribbled on the sky.
Bird's speakers exist in a state of unrest, trapped in a liminal place between
take-off and landing, undeniably lost. Love is uncontrollable, joy comes and
goes at hurricane speed. They walk to the cliff edge, close their eyes and step
out into the air. <b><span style="color: red;">Caroline Bird</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>has five previous collections published by <b>Carcanet</b>.
Her fifth, <b><span style="color: red;">In These Days of Prohibition</span></b>,
was shortlisted for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">2017 TS Eliot Prize</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>and the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Ted Hughes
Award</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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And I think to myself, despite everything, <i>It’s a Wonderful </i></span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWzrABouyeE"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><i><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">World</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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are one of the six presses taking part in the <b>Translated Fiction Online Book
Club</b>. Hosted by Peirene Press, and in collaboration with Charco Press,
Istros Books, Nordisk Books and Tilted Axis Press as well as <b>Comma</b>, this
aims to be a welcome way to keep readers' spirits up if they're isolated, and a
great way to find new fiction! Sessions are free and open to all via Zoom,
every Thursday at 8pm. You can find out all about it </span></span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/tn6wn85"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> and see the schedule of books that
will be discussed. <b>Comma</b>’s <b><span style="color: red;">Thirteen Months of
Sunrise</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£19.99, pb, 978 1910974391)
by <b><span style="color: red;">Rania Mamoun</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is
on April 23rd, with the session led by the translator (from its original
Arabic) <b><span style="color: red;">Elisabeth Jaquette</span></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the nine <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Regional Independent Bookshop of the
Year Award Winners</span></b>! The shops on the shortlist for <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Independent Bookshop of the Year</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>are: <b>Book-ish</b> in Crickhowell , <b>BrOOK’S</b>
in Pinner, <b>Button & Bear</b> in Shrewsbury, <b>Forum Books</b> in
Corbridge, <b>Hunting Raven Books</b> in Frome, <b>Lighthouse Books</b> in
Edinburgh, <b>Philip’s</b> in Mallow, County Cork, <b>The Book Hive</b> in
Norwich and <b>The Book Shop</b> in Lee-on-the-Solent. You can read more on
that story </span></span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/regional-independent-bookshop-year-award-winners-announced-1195859"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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an extract of <b><span style="color: red;">Lola Olufemi’s Feminism, Interrupted</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>in <i>Refinary29</i> </span></span><a href="https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/feminism-interrupted-lola-olufemi"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here,
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article by <b><span style="color: red;">Ben Tippet</span></b>, author of <b><span style="color: red;">Split: Class Divides Uncovered</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>entitled ‘<i>The Cornonavirus is Exposing Britain’s
Class Divisions’</i> in <i>LabourList</i> </span></span><a href="https://labourlist.org/2020/03/the-coronavirus-crisis-is-exposing-britains-class-divisions/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">, an article by <b><span style="color: red;">JJ Bola</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>for <b>Mask
Off: Masculinity Redefined</b> in the <i>Huffington Post</i> </span></span><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/mental-health-social-work_uk_5e6fa950c5b60fb69ddb75f1" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
and a mention for <b><span style="color: red;">Surviving Climate Change: The
Struggle to Avert Global Catastrophe</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>in
Counterpunch </span></span><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/03/13/climate-victims-violent-klares-paean-to-the-american-military/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Page</b> who are shortlisted along with Bloomsbury Academic, Cambridge
University Press, Collins and our old pals Jessica Kingsley for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Academic, Educational and Professional Publisher of the
Year</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>in the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Nibbies</span></b>. Good luck all – the hotly contested
awards will be announced at this year’s ceremony which has been rescheduled to
29<sup>th</sup> June.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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1789506495 £6.99, pb) are two titles from <b>Arcturus</b> published this month
that will be ideal for helping anxious children cope with this crisis. By <b><span style="color: red;">Dr Katie O'Connell</span></b>, a child and family
psychotherapist with years of experience, they are brilliant activity books for
kids to colour, doodle, and puzzle their way to expressing negative feelings
and learning how to deal with their worries. The fun activities build
resilience, increase inner calm, improve understanding of emotions and
encourage positivity. They are suitable for children aged 6+.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to be taught at home for the foreseeable future, there should be good demand
for the <b>Legend/University of Buckingham Press</b> study at home titles, such
as the <b><span style="color: red;">TeachitRight</span></b> series, the <b><span style="color: red;">Numerical Crosswords</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>and
the <b><span style="color: red;">Code-It</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>workbooks
pictured here. You can find all the details on their website at </span></span><a href="https://ubpl.buckingham.ac.uk/catalogue"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">https://ubpl.buckingham.ac.uk/catalogue</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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round, this title which cuts through the media frenzy and over-sentimentality
surrounding mental health could be just what’s required. <b><span style="color: red;">Sweet Distress: How Our Love Affair With Feelings Has Fuelled
The Current Mental Health Crisis (and what we can do about it)</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Gillian Bridge</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£12.99, pb, 978 1785834677) is a book of ‘loving
logic’ which puts emotional well-being and resilience centre stage. It’s just
been published by <b>Crown</b>, and Gillian has already done a great interview with
<i>Spiked</i> magazine that you can read </span></span><a href="https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/10/11/we-need-to-put-an-end-to-the-emotional-wnkfest/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. Gillian will also be interviewed on <i>Love
Sport Radio</i> and the <i>Sunday Times</i> and has participated in a panel
discussion on the <i>BBC Radio Manchester Breakfast Show.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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leader is coping with the practical issues thrown up by the coronavirus, but
one thing’s for sure, he’s certainly enjoying the opportunity to give us plenty
of speeches. Boris is the most verbose Prime Minister of recent years, as one
reviewer said <i>‘perhaps the most beguiling wordsmith of the age, soaring to
the peak of high office on wings of glittering prose.’</i> <b><span style="color: red;">The Borisaurus</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Simon Walters</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is a
lexicon of the Prime Minister’s funniest, wittiest, most interesting words and
phrases compiled into one brilliant dictionary, with every entry accompanied by
a guide to its etymology, pronunciation, meaning and the intention of its use. <b><span style="color: red;">The Borisaurus</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£12.99,
hb, 978 1785905698) will be serialised in the <i>Daily Mail</i> on 4th and 11th
April and is published by <b>Biteback</b> on 9 April. As Anthony Seldon said <i>‘Boris
sees language as Play-Doh, as raw material to be manipulated into an infinite
number of novel shapes and combinations. This ingenious book takes us on a
journey into the mind of our Play-Doh player-in-chief.’</i> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Don’t panic, we can beat the apocalypse together. I’m
happy to say that this two-minute film has already gone viral – in the best
possible way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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our overconsumption of natural resources, reduce waste, cut energy use, and
make a positive contribution to reducing our carbon footprint. I’m pleased to
tell you that on 16 March, <b>Lorenz</b> are publishing a new updated edition
of <b><span style="color: red;">How to Create an Eco Garden</span></b> (£15, hb,
978 0754834717), which is bursting with practical advice and great ideas for
creating your own eco garden on any scale from a small courtyard to a large
garden or allotment. Simple projects include saving energy by harvesting
rainwater, improving biodiversity, attract pest-eating insects, making a pond
and a wildlife hotel, turning a lawn into a wildflower meadow, and planting a
‘fedge’. There are over 500 gorgeous photographs. This is for everyone who
wants a beautiful, productive garden that won’t cost the earth. <b><span style="color: red;">John Walker</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>writes
about greener gardening for national newspapers and magazines in the UK,
including the <i>Telegraph</i>, and has won the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">British
Garden Media Guild Environmental Award</span></b> three times. You can find
more about him at <a href="http://www.earthfriendlygardener.net/">www.earthfriendlygardener.net</a></span></div>
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prose about mountains category in <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">The Best
Publications on Mountains International Competition</span></b>. In this
affectionate, but scrupulously fair biography, Michael profiles a man whose life
was shaped by both triumph and tragedy, building on a wealth of unpublished
material, as well as his extensive personal experience. <i>The Glasgow Evening
Times</i> said it <i>‘gives the reader a great insight into both the physical
and emotional aspects of mountaineering and polar adventures. A brilliant read
which will be enjoyed by anyone who loves the great outdoors and explorations.'</i>
It’s published by <b>Vertebrate</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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book about London's street trees seemed somewhat esoteric. But <b><span style="color: red;">Paul Wood</span></b>'s brilliant and acclaimed book went on
to sell out three printings, and its revelations that London's streets are
actually an amazing 'urban arboretum' have even led local tree groups to plant
the rare species featured in it to beautify their own streets. Now, to take
account of all the new species planted on the capital's streets <b>Safe Haven </b>is
publishing a new, expanded, fully revised edition of <b><span style="color: red;">London’s Street Trees</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978
1916045330, pb, £14.99) that includes not only more trees and new features, but
also more of its hugely popular tree-walk routes. There’s publicity and events lined
up for it, and in early May, Paul will be on <i>BBC Radio 4 Gardeners' Question
Time</i>, talking about the book in a feature on street trees in Shoreditch.
Before then, Paul will be at a guided tree walk and book signing at <b>Daunts,
Marylebone </b>on 20 March, the Herne Hill cherry trees festival on 29 March, Brokedown
Palace outdoor shop, Shoreditch on 5 April, <b>Daunts, Hampstead Heath</b> on 26
April and at London’s Urban Tree Festival between 16-24 May. The new edition is
published on 28 March.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i>Guardian Long Read</i> to be published around the publication date (25
March) of <b><span style="color: red;">Too Hot to Handle?</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£12.99, pb, 978 1529206029). Based on interviews
with leading politicians and activists, and the author’s twenty years on the
frontline of climate politics, this book explores why climate is such a
challenge for political systems, and asks if is it possible to hope for a
democratic solution to climate change? It argues that more democracy, not less,
is needed to tackle the climate crisis, and suggests practical ways forward. Juliet
Davenport form Good Energy said ‘<i>The political process that is central to
our democracy is faltering just as we need it most to lead on the climate
crisis. Rebecca Willis articulates the problem elegantly and outlines options
with great insight’</i> It’s published by <b>Bristol University Press</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ran a feature on ground-breaking European writers. It included award-winning
Iraqi author <b><span style="color: red;">Hassan Blasim</span></b>, who was
forced to flee Iraq as a refugee and is now based in Finland. His second short
story collection <b><span style="color: red;">The Iraqi Christ</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>won the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Independent
Foreign Fiction Prize</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>in 2014,
and his debut novel, <b><span style="color: red;">God 99</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, £9.99, 978 1905583775) is out from <b>Comma</b> on
16 July. You can check out the full interview </span></span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fbooks%2F2020%2Fmar%2F07%2Fshock-of-new-novelists-stories-europe%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2cve-2iyD4c6fzySyCJXapu19b-fvufKSYdqF0S7bTgsiqncdalxrTxVk&h=AT0j4AFr49ubZDEJSdgmI6BEYXgZophsXTCOxpdZQ_R2GJZtXy5oUG1bXr0ZbJ_41vuF3Klq1m1llD2IQMm6qaBe9KmpYvHsMbZai7Y2UWYmIa1jywTghKkTn-gCP9EBhAk2L5m8bVWcsqYBAA3xs-5OKKauu8eVmUwyLuXGBhloU4TFvsX8fzAm4A23G3ALGcVnDb4gPzZzjeUtFf459ADB8VmnaNBc9s1K3FKSn4jBzNDSfdfXTMMp7mXBeJwNwN6yjUtsj66XKScr7sdLRsinMdBdaXmidWVIVxhD0E8s5X-4S5Q_UJpkeueNOtf10gltO2Gk1kjXH752F9EmNo_GACIG-cTMCxocEoKtp7Gd-YXZxkEtXf9q46fc7e4kJQSEyVSXi98WfqW8xj6FzGCdFFc5XrIwFvdgAmrCiRgiMOHaKcyFsicZeS93gf-watapeOj_-ELWQ1jSxkzHQ974OzXplE51qgyI8DJwhIx3bE428wHL8wwY09brThdFy-VHX03YHA60dXm9Xvb0IfThgaKwSjgjHatR2uv45sp0dbmJ3t_x5Cl6nDmqZ5Vmo3ZuzE2SrfX0oe2PA14NDeVB5F7cwtHyrn40AGm_-RQJ0Ja2AnoA3VV_MDxmcNRK2qNJ" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass:
dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and
place of origin. They do not mention that the objects are all stolen. There was
a great piece by <b><span style="color: red;">Dan Hicks</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>in the <i>Guardian</i> last weekend which you can
read </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/mar/07/europe-museums-decolonisation-africa-empire#img-2"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
which fully credited his forthcoming book, <b><span style="color: red;">The
Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution</span></b>
(£20, hb, 978 0745341767) It’s published by <b>Pluto</b> on 20 August. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to gather coverage, and it’s still the number one seller in the PR category for
Amazon! You can hear <b><span style="color: red;">Lucy Werner</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>talking on The Future is Female podcast </span></span><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/the-future-is-female/id478842241"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
and read a great review on the Book Therapy blog </span></span><a href="https://www.booktherapy.io/blogs/news/a-fabulous-new-book-on-mastering-your-own-pr"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.
Everything that’s going on now is listed below!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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slot on <i>Love It or Leave It</i> </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://samanthaand.libsyn.com/love-it-or-leave-it-lucy-werner" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">http://samanthaand.libsyn.com/love-it-or-leave-it-lucy-werner</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Feature
in <i>Thrive Global</i> </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://thriveglobal.com/stories/why-what-you-think-is-a-weakness-could-be-your-greatest-strength/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">https://thriveglobal.com/stories/why-what-you-think-is-a-weakness-could-be-your-greatest-strength/</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Column
in April edition </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Absolutely Mama</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> magazine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Influencer
Victoria Emes (112k followers) has just done 9 stories on the book and a swipe
up for Amazon!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Selected
as a Top 100 Female Entrepreneur </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://f-entrepreneur.com/ialso-top-100-bio/lucy-werner/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">https://f-entrepreneur.com/ialso-top-100-bio/lucy-werner/</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Just Entrepreneurs</span></i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> 'Top 4 Reads for Startups' </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8OKEHzgv25/?igshid=beddack0z65r" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">https://www.instagram.com/p/B8OKEHzgv25/?igshid=beddack0z65r</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Review
in </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">The Homeworker</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">, freelance / self-employed magazine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Double
page feature in </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Startups Magazine</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">, and on front cover</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Review
in <i>GoWrite</i> magazine </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.gowritemagazine.co.uk/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">https://www.gowritemagazine.co.uk/</a></span></span><br />
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in <i>Support Local</i> magazine </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.support-local-magazine.co.uk/articles/2020/1/12/spotlight-on-lucy-werner" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">https://www.support-local-magazine.co.uk/articles/2020/1/12/spotlight-on-lucy-werner</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Woman
in Work interview with Lucy Werner in </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Absolutely Mama</i><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Slot
on <i>Home Business</i> podcast </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://homebusinessmag.com/marketing/publicity/podcast-hype-yourself-a-good-press-release-is-more-valuable-than-ever/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">https://homebusinessmag.com/marketing/publicity/podcast-hype-yourself-a-good-press-release-is-more-valuable-than-ever/</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Life Like You Mean It</span></i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> podcast </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.lifelikeyoumeanit.com/lucywerner-impossible" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">https://www.lifelikeyoumeanit.com/lucywerner-impossible</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Podcast
interview on </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">The Inspiration Space</i><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Interview
blog with <i>The Marshmallowist</i> </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.themarshmallowist.com/blogs/thoughts/hype-yourself-with-lucy-werner" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">https://www.themarshmallowist.com/blogs/thoughts/hype-yourself-with-lucy-wern</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">How
to Promote a Business Book for <i>Found Flourish</i> </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://foundflourish.co.uk/2020/01/03/how-to-promote-a-business-book/?_thumbnail_id=8924" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">https://foundflourish.co.uk/2020/01/03/how-to-promote-a-business-book/?_thumbnail_id=8924</a></span></span><br />
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slot for <i>Women on Top 'WotPod'</i> with Frankie Cotton </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep20-lucy-werner-on-pr-getting-published-how-bigger/id1473936283?i=1000462319756" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep20-lucy-werner-on-pr-getting-published-how-bigger/id1473936283?i=100046231975</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Project Anywhere</span></i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">
'Choose Your Own Career Adventures With Lucy Werner' </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://projectanywhere.co/2019/12/19/choose-your-own-career-adventures-with-lucy-werner/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">https://projectanywhere.co/2019/12/19/choose-your-own-career-adventures-with-lucy-werner/</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Review
by <i>Everywoman SelfMade Entrepreneurs Hub</i> </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.everywoman-selfmade.com/informed/finance/7-tips-on-how-to-pr-your-small-business" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">https://www.everywoman-selfmade.com/informed/finance/7-tips-on-how-to-pr-your-small-business</a></span></span><br />
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on <i>Tobacco & Lemonade</i> podcast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Webinar
with Sam Missingham for </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">The Empowered Author</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">, March 20</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Europa28</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (£12.99, pb, 978 1912697298) </span>was
published yesterday and a review is forthcoming in the <i>Guardian</i>. You see
it here looking mighty fine at <b>Foyles Charing Cross Road</b> – thanks guys! <i>The
Literary Addict</i> said ‘<i>If you are interested in exceptional women
writers, immersive, thought-provoking writing, for hope and inspiration, then
do pick Europa28 up.'</i> You can read that review </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2TXewKY" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
and one of the contributors, <b><span style="color: red;">Saara Turunen</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>was interviewed for the new episode of The Europeans
podcast which you can hear </span></span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3aItiMk%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1Y-4WgZt38TlH1qTNQjRq4O46lPTUUEVYoB-19YJNB4d6Gu39f_L5v8CI&h=AT2Z73-JW8GL7a1jhsmnTopwLqOAPUzsdc6XOvsDYYr-QBnJiEUG5BPvjUEJUhIM6-VV4pzG0omEIsGZaTg1lhHv8oothxXRITj4QSful1XlsMKrkI-gjAWZjW3LdTmGzmG5ZUS_JPBLg_31Ob5mY9u5w8Vpgvt4owd0jm5125enNoD_7sAzNDiJjv0t9MqMILdlATPjMzvwaGMGhVzZF6YUwE-QyK2_MyEDpbb41BSoajmhjK5mTV7-MQFrTxfBAw12RzPVOCQSLANhQklJpQibNRo1mXhwY7QW3iGAlFOBKOHoKJvbHgDSvi1g7iuP-imy7IJovpyMgFR_ayz2c-xqT9eqfZT2pTU50l9Pv_Q1Orl_RmfHhhp9ndUTmCEBQkyJHoB3_yB3XdFRZfoReQCd_FxEzqr2JADLRz--b9aL79ZqogthVxaRZ3WO4UNOE0lW051qrvHrv2A7PvTKNGswMM3tssmYD2T5QlYlFxgwU2v-Q0TBow38_NoAu0UX1AToYbcR5OH9CZswRbPmEez29AKYYRU8sws3SQcssOtGy2r_kPFKyf0PA2Ml_Aa7sTJp6K6UCgiMdrRh1EqTPeZtY3Efnxx9Qd2gtbBgxZdN7iAVHf7Q2ciCwXIj3dXFYm1g6mXzGpzDjOhlFYA4oaKhEocyZO9MvL6_Plph_WptlVNCjZ_GqDbf9M7mJZymdRiXdD9NRtNEaw23bAldcfwlcqqALQIMzLi4486t_LaVPiPDuGLaOLFj7VXo_f-XS80DpgdeqtUmKF0tP2aX8qIEDbI6x6kks7sgmnYuLAdSU4sau4U0YXCtajo9M2nkbZmmjOUWcHQCrnysoRw5VZEKDfQj" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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with the opening of a new Hockney exhibition display at the National Portrait
Gallery week, to great acclaim by the Guardian </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/feb/25/david-hockney-drawing-from-life-review-national-portrait-gallery-london"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.
You can see <b><span style="color: red;">The Hockneys: Never Worry What the
Neighbours Think </span></b>by <b><span style="color: red;">John Hockney</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£25, hb, 978 1789550733) featured here in their
bookshop; this rare and spirited look into the lives of an ordinary family with
extraordinary stories poignantly illustrated by both famous and private
pictures and paintings from <b><span style="color: red;">David Hockney</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is still selling very well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">A terrific review from review from <i>Trek
and Mountain</i> for <b><span style="color: red;">Crack Climbing</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£25, pb,.978 1911342762), saying it was <i>‘a
masterpiece, we can’t recommend this book highly enough, and essential reading
for anyone serious about improving their crack skills.’</i> You can read that </span></span><a href="https://trekandmountain.com/2020/02/23/book-review-crack-climbing-by-pete-whittaker/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
and <i>The Training Beta</i> podcast interviewed its author <b><span style="color: red;">Pete Whittaker</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>which
you can listen to </span></span><a href="https://www.trainingbeta.com/media/pete-whittaker/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.
It’s just been published by <b>Vertebrate </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a very interesting piece in the <i>Guardian</i> about how the coronavirus might
bring changes to our everyday lives that last forever – and they’re not
necessarily bad ones. </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOsLIiBStEs"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
is the trailer for the new Pixar film <i>Soul</i>, and </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7my5baoCVv8"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
an old favourite to cheer everyone up from Peter Kay!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Women’s Day on Sunday of course, and we have many appropriate titles to talk
about today, including a collection of writing by women on the future of Europe,
a new collection from an award-winning poet, a revolutionary book reclaiming
feminism and a thrilling tale of the only woman to sail on the Golden Hind!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">But first today is a book about a man! Polarising,
combative, unconventional: few embody the fraught nature of British politics
today quite like John Bercow. <b>Biteback</b> are publishing <b><span style="color: red;">John Bercow: Call to Order</span></b><span style="color: red;">
</span>(hb, £20, 978 1785905582) by political journalist <b><span style="color: red;">Sebastian Whale</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>on
24th March, which will be serialised in the <i>Mail on Sunday</i> on 15th and
22nd March, after which the author will be doing a LOT of publicity. This
includes interviews in the <i>Daily Express</i>, on <i>BBC Westminster Book Talk</i>,
on <i>LBC</i> and on <i>Red Box</i>, <i>CapX</i>, the <i>Telegraph’s Brexit
Chopper</i> and Iain Dale’s podcasts. There is confirmed review coverage so far
in the <i>Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian</i> and <i>TLS </i>and I think we
can assume that there will be widespread coverage of this assessment of a man
who has never been short of controversy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Based on exclusive interviews with both Bercow’s
allies and detractors, the book includes substantial new material on the former
speaker's background, character, private life and there are new revelations on the
allegations of bullying. John Bercow's own book, published three weeks ago, has
sold over 11,000 copies, and this title promises to be a much more engaging
read so I think it should do really well! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of many of us, and <b><span style="color: red;">How to Sleep: A Natural Method</span></b>
by <b><span style="color: red;">Lucinda Ford</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978
1912054237, £7.99, pb) is a really helpful, clear and straightforward titles
which introduces eight easy-to-use techniques for falling asleep. Finding ways
to turn off the racing mind and negative thoughts or stress is an essential
step, and these simple sleep techniques, along with their accompanying notes,
are designed to calm the mind and allow sleep to come naturally. They are distilled
from the best of thinking from the East and the West, including cognitive
behavioural therapy, mindfulness and meditation, is going to be extracted in
the April issue of <i>Fit and Well</i> magazine. Its published by <b>Fairlight</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Feminism, Interrupted</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£9.99, pb, 978 0745340067), including </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/29/row-erupts-womens-liberation-anniversary-conference"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">this</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> <i>Guardian</i> article featured at
the weekend in which <b><span style="color: red;">Lola Olufemi</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>appears as a go-to feminist for comments on current
trans-rights issues. There is also </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/29/candice-carty-williams"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">this</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> on the <i>Guardian</i> books pages, </span></span><a href="https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/03/womans-place-uk-selina-todd-oxford-university-feminism-transphobia-lola-olufemi/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">this</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> in <i>Pink News</i>, </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-51737206"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">this</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> on the BBC and </span></span><a href="https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/row-erupts-at-women-liberation-conference-50th-anniversary"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">this</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> in the <i>Morning Star</i>. This
revolutionary book reclaims feminism from merely being a popular slogan, by
exploring state violence against women, reproductive justice, transmisogyny,
sex work, gendered Islamophobia and much more, showing that the struggle for
gendered liberation is a struggle for justice that can transform the world for
everyone. Lola will be speaking <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">at <b>Foyles in London</b> on 25th
March, that info is </span></span><a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/events/outspoken-2/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> and at the <b>Oxford Literary Festival</b>
on 31st March, that info is </span></span><a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/events/lola-olufemi-oxford/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. If any bookseller would like a reading
copy of this title which is out from <b>Pluto</b> on 20 March, then do email</span></span><a href="mailto:%20jessica@plutobooks.com"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> jessica@plutobooks.com</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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pretty gorgeous. No prizes for guessing who’s top of the list – but who’s last?
</span></span><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/jennaguillaume/jane-austen-men-thirst-ranking"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> are twenty Austen men rated from ‘trash
to would smash’ according to <i>Buzzfeed</i>!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Europa28</span></b> (£12.99, 978 1912697298, pb), a collection
of 28 essays and fiction which amplifies the voices of European women and is
out next week. The <i>London Magazine</i> said it was ‘<i>informative,
touching, and occasionally funny, the book is enough to make one optimistic
about the future’</i> that’s </span></span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2uS6vOY%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0xtuWjO4jlU3UHCCyT1YtLE5s-1LiHdH9tNkAYydR5BK91CQ97trQoG5w&h=AT05HW9eMV91RdaaSVzVihpwfd87NM23CuPUr6bxqvh0d6z_Wu8JI3edZHH2y2TWJeqK1hooTIByr30VjpOxYNrmayO8xQVv6kwM0HJEZOQhA1kCKIJ9oG5yxmGj5UJMsf0sW3N6BhZBD3Llfj8VKF9a_fmg00lObfMHqroS_h1525UfS9RKrD3NC8x2Hi0CQlPvtmdkSDI6bHygU1-PwuskmNRDAqzNLDGwLjsqO3KbFAI5KtWgMRaUUJEEcvR2gR3-H8xe11xXGbOqFkRNfwPkqWaLNPslo25QTS-rp7ASSjrgA79CZ-KTn-mWEgcIzd7VGhSORpAwK_Dy2ivyc9ufLP-pTN9si1v548jCPJ4K8UaBn9o4WgiKSBDqiycSN7h9MlWiQvjZiFMlo3AlzhREl0fZ-S8QW4QHjGIDdEaBeZ92HjSz1M2Pp0QPnB95vCv2IR3pzRTTbkMNhaIrXV1fwphspukWjnkoeLJDgbmsOabwhAPeNpzPGoJRRA3ShrxgxB-kkrOffvklbM9moREZYV8yvbplRggUOiAZBe8un-BZdpziUfXHyhStplpZVA1b-Ryim0ciVstHkR5S62_g0MFX-A5Z61YXOTGdCoeMRn1RNnF3g8t986vHgqiD9pdz" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">,
you can read <b><span style="color: red;">Leila Slimani</span></b>'s contributing
essay in the <i>Guardian</i> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2VCeXNf" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
(we’re expecting an appearance by Leila on <i>Channel 4</i> very shortly) and <b><span style="color: red;">Lisa Dwan</span></b>'s contributing essay in the <i>Irish
Times</i> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/32IzfWW?fbclid=IwAR1LnJPknjGGEHWMSe0UKeq8QdgEYiY_u4pX9Ylos1l91o7Tvvoe05teu1g" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.
<b><span style="color: red;">Europa28</span></b> has also been included in <i>Translated
Lit's 'Most Anticipated Books of March 2020</i> and you can see that list </span></span><a href="http://translatedlit.com/listology/most-anticipated-books-of-march-2020/?fbclid=IwAR2QoFPUGu3h1R4cjuGaql8yykFOfjTYbdSwF8h3yC0-iUTb56_Z5oaZjEc" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">!
Information on the <b><span style="color: red;">Europa28</span></b> book tour is
featured on the left.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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lamenting the fact that world dressing up day is only marginally related to
books – yes Sonic the Hedgehog and Elsa from <i>Frozen</i> we do mean you! What
it is definitely related to, at least in this part of the world, is parental
showing off, in fact I think it should be renamed World Mothers Staying Up All
Night Making A Costume That Their Child Refuses To Wear Day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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true feminine courage. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The brilliant bloggers
involved are <b>@NorthernReader, @pscottwriter, @JoannaLouisePar, @LoveBooksGroup,
@cherylp59, @bookreviewb, @bookpage5</b> and <b>@thebooktrailer</b>. <b><span style="color: red;">On Wilder Seas</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is inspired
by a true story of an enslaved woman who seizes the chance to escape, but unwittingly
joins Francis Drake’s circumnavigation voyage. Sailing into the unknown, a lone
woman among eighty men, this is the tale of one woman’s uncharted voyage to
freedom. It’s published by <b>Legend</b> on 16 March.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and <b><span style="color: red;">Andy Salkeld</span></b>’s <b><span style="color: red;">Life is a Four-Letter Word: A Mental Health Survival Guide
for Professionals</span></b> (£14.99, pb, 978 1788601559) is published by <b>Practical
Inspiration</b> on 14 May. Andy struggled with depression, anxiety, stress and
ultimately suicide whilst working as a high-flying and often highly-strung
accountant and in his book, he gives a brutally honest critique of the
high-pressured life of professionals and the toll it can place on mental health
and well-being. The book is full of great advice and warnings of common
pitfalls, equipping readers with the confidence, tools and understanding to
save themselves and their colleagues when they are struggling. There will be a six-week
publicity campaign by <i>The Book Publicist</i> for this title which so far includes
being <i>A Recommended </i></span></span><a href="https://wearethecity.com/recommended-read-life-is-a-four-letter-word-a-mental-health-survival-guide-for-professionals-andy-salkeld/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><i><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Read</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> by <i>We Are The City</i>, an article
for the <i>The</i> <i>HR Director</i>, events for International Day of
Happiness on 20th March, a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>piece in the April
issue of <i>Therapy Today</i>, and article on mental health in the workplace
for <i>We Are The City</i>, a Podcast/Vodcast retrospective <i>Breaking the
Stigma' </i>tour with Squire Patton Boggs, a panel discussion launch event
Leeds in association with Wellington Place businesses on the mental health
crisis, during Mental Health Awareness Week on 19th May, a panel discussion
launch event in association with Price Waterhouse Coopers on 20th May, a launch
event at <b>Blackwell’s Holborn</b> on 22nd May , a podcast slot with <i>Dark
Coffee Podcast</i> mental health and wellbeing podcast, a review in <i>PQ
Magazine</i> (an award-winning magazine for part-qualified accountants), a </span></span><a href="https://events.icaew.com/pd/16443/the-net-present-value-of-happiness"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">webinar</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> for the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of England and Wales <i>The Net Present Value of Happiness</i> in April,
a slot on <i>Men's Radio Station.com</i> and regular blog posts for <i>The HR
Director</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ff3399;">London Book Fair’s UK Book Blog Awards</span></b>!
The others on the list are <i>Backlisted, Down the Rabbit Hole, Literary
Friction, Sentimental Garbage</i> and <i>We’d Like A Word</i>. You can find out
more about the awards </span></span><a href="https://commapress.co.uk/news/the-comma-press-podcast-longlisted-for/?fbclid=IwAR0_iridtUPOSaKThAGnK-A7qZoi7a8yRWjXDI5vMD6MDbcC9fzos2_9kcc" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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York Times</i> entitled <i>Why Is Europe So Islamophobic?</i> by <b><span style="color: red;">Narzanin Massoumi</span></b>, who is a co-editor of the <b>Pluto</b>
book <b><span style="color: red;">What Is Islamophobia?</span></b> (£18.99, pb, 978
0745399577) which is fully credited in the article, you can read it </span></span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/opinion/europe-islamophobia-attacks.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. As racist undercurrents in many
western societies become manifestly entrenched, the need to understand what
perpetuates Islamophobia has never been greater. This book demonstrates that it
is not simply a product of abstract, or ideological processes, but of concrete
social, political and cultural actions undertaken in the pursuit of certain
interests. It concludes with reflections on existing strategies for tackling
Islamophobia, considering what their distinctive approaches mean for fighting
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sixty-nine routes in England, Scotland and Wales, <b><span style="color: red;">Hard
Rock</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(hb, 978 1912560295) epitomises
all that is great about traditional climbing in Britain. Ken Wilson’s first
edition of <b><span style="color: red;">Hard Rock</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>was published in 1974 and quickly established itself
as the definitive representation of British rock climbing. His vision for the
book’s format as part guidebook, part literary celebration and part coffee
table visual showcase is one that has been much copied but never equalled and in
this new edition published today, editor <b><span style="color: red;">Ian Parnell</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>has ensured <b><span style="color: red;">Hard Rock</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>continues to honour the original concept, in
particular keeping the route, not the climber, centre stage. UK Climbing has
just shared </span></span><a href="https://www.ukclimbing.com/videos/play.php?i=5025"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">this</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> terrific 7-minute video of <b>Vertebrate</b>’s
MD, <b>Jon Barton</b>, climbing a classic <b><span style="color: red;">Hard Rock</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>route, Right Unconquerable on Stanage Edge. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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been reflecting on her journey of identity as a trans woman as part of <i>Radio
4’s Lent Lectures</i> this week, you can listen to that </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fvzz"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. Rachel is the author of five books,
including <b><span style="color: red;">Fierce Imaginings: The Great War</span></b>,
<b><span style="color: red;">Ritual, Memory and God</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>and her poetry was anthologised in <b>Carcanet</b>'s <b><span style="color: red;">New Poetries VII</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Travel </i>last weekend by <b><span style="color: red;">Geoff Allan</span></b>,
talking about his new title, <b><span style="color: red;">Scottish Bothy Walks:
Scotland’s 28 Best Bothy Adventures</span></b> (£16.99, pb, 978 1910636190) which
has just been published by <b>Wild Things.</b> Have a look </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/feb/29/bothy-mountain-huts-scotland-highlands-walking-routes-hikes-highlands"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> – if it doesn’t make you immediately want
to set off for a hike in the hills, then I don’t know what will! A follow-up to
the bestselling <b><span style="color: red;">The Scottish Bothy Bible</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£16.99, pb, 978-1910636107), this beautifully
illustrated walking companion guides the reader on a mix of day walks and
multi-day adventures with detailed maps, highlighting the incredible wildlife,
geography, history and culture that you will find along your walk.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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poet and dramatist <b><span style="color: red;">Caroline Bird</span></b>’s <b><span style="color: red;">The Air Year</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is the
<i>Telegraph </i><b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Poetry Book of the Month</span></b>,
saying <i>‘Bird’s poetry is consistently, effortlessly fun</i>’ – you can read
that article </span></span><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/poetry-book-month-air-year-caroline-bird/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. A <b>Carcanet</b> poet since she was
15 years old, Bird has twice been shortlisted for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Dylan Thomas Prize</span></b>. This is her sixth
collection, her previous titles <b><span style="color: red;">In These Days of
Prohibition</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>was shortlisted for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">T.S. Eliot Prize</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>and
the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Ted Hughes Award</span></b>. She also was
one of the five official poets at the 2012 London Olympics. These poems about
identity, place, and finding oneself while lost in the moment are darkly humorous
with telling social commentary and the book will be launched with a reading at <b>The
Second Shelf</b> in London on 26th March. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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refund if an event you’re planning to attend this spring and summer is
cancelled due to you know what, </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51742156"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> a fun map where you can check how
wealthy your neighbourhood is, </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51762753"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> a man who was jailed for licking an
ice cream on social media and </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2NqkjWzSdkWqV3D5F2xgKnc/first-look-line-of-duty-sport-relief-special"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> the first look at the <i>Line of Duty</i>
Sports Relief special, featuring Lee Mack! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk13837432"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Carol Vincent</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">, the author of <b><span style="color: red;">Tea and the Queen</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£40.00,
978 1447351955, hb), was on <i>Thinking Allowed</i> on <i>BBC Radio 4</i> on
Wednesday, you can listen to that </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fq88"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. Carol explored the way in which
children are being taught about ‘fundamental British values’ such as democracy
and tolerance and asks whether this government-imposed requirement too easily
results in a celebration of reductionist symbols and stereotypes of Britishness?
Drawing on observations of teaching, as well as teachers' views and experiences
Carol's book which has just been published by <b>Policy Press</b> analyses how
teachers make sense of the mandatory promotion of these values, and what ideas
of citizenship and identity they offer to their pupils. This is the first
research book to look at this subject in detail and is highly topical, exploring
the intersection of counter terrorism/extremism policy and education.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">And talking of fundamental values, </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsFKDNWUwqE"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> are the top ten movies that definitely
overdid the Britishness! Cor blimey guvnor, I think you’ll all enjoy these truly
painful stereotypes!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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core of a climber's craft. <b><span style="color: red;">Crack Climbing</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(£26, pb, 978 1911342762) </span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">by <b><span style="color: red;">Pete Whittaker</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(widely regarded as one of the best crack climbers in
the world) provides a single point of reference for all crack climbing
techniques, regardless of the grade you climb. Pete is touring throughout March
to promote his book which has just been published by <b>Vertebrate</b>. The tour
encompasses Horsham, Andover, Exeter, Leamington, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness,
Stirling, Penrith, Brecon, Cheltenham, Malvern, Caernarfon, Chesterfield, Gateshead
and Sale and you can find out more about that </span></span><a href="https://www.speakersfromtheedge.com/theatre-tours/2020/3/9/pete-whittaker-solo-and-free"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></div>
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contemporary Arabic literature in translation </span></span><a href="https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/0224/1117251-arabic-literature-translation/?fbclid=IwAR0wsh0m50301JT2CiWZOKsjptcvXTvZ01XBwoeUc3gXvQTz1L4uI79DgSw" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
in <i>RTE</i> this week. One of the authors talked about is Hassan Blasim, the
award-winning short story writer of <b><span style="color: red;">The Iraqi Christ</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>and <b><span style="color: red;">The Madman of Freedom
Square</span></b>. His eagerly awaited debut novel, <b><span style="color: red;">God
99</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1905583775, £9.99, pb) is
coming from <b>Comma</b> in July.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Terrific article </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/26/inequality-political-choices-change-narrative"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> in the <i>Guardian</i> this week by award-winning
journalist and author <b><span style="color: red;">Mary O Hara</span></b>, author
of <b><span style="color: red;">The Shame Game</span></b><span style="color: red;">
</span>arguing that extreme inequality and poverty is caused by political
choices, so we need a new narrative to challenge the stereotype that it is
caused by personal flaws or bad life decisions. Drawing on a two-year
multi-platform initiative, this book by, asks how we can overturn this
portrayal once and for all. Crucially, she turns to the real experts to try to
find answers the people who live it. <b><span style="color: red;">The Shame Game</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1447349266, £19.99, pb) was published this week
by <b>Policy Press</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Sutherland, Austen expert and trustee of the Jane Austen House Museum has come
up with what BBC Arts claim is <i>‘the hardest Pride and Prejudice quiz ever.’</i>
You can try it </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/articles/zbcd8xs"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> to see if you know your Bingleys from
your Bennets, your Wickhams from your Williams, and indeed Fitzwilliams!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Human Resources? Combining her own research with twenty years’ experience of
leading OD and cultural change, <b><span style="color: red;">Kath Howard</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>encourages HR leaders to think big and to think
personal. Accessible and compelling, <b><span style="color: red;">People Not
Paperclips</span></b> (978 1788601337, pb, £14.99) is a refreshing blend of
practical insights, stories, and tools that will help you create an environment
in which people can do their best work. It’s just been published by <b>Practical
Inspiration</b> and there are articles in the newsletter of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>the Academy of Executive Coaching</i>, the
March issue of <i>Business & Management Magazine</i> entitled 'How to move
beyond free fruit and table tennis to really engage staff', three pages in <i>The
HR Director</i> and a feature on <i>Medium.com</i> which you can read </span></span><a href="https://medium.com/@practicalinspiration/a-little-bit-of-practical-inspiration-on-holding-people-to-account-with-kindness-ad947ffb6279"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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now have more information for you! <b><span style="color: red;">Track Record </span></b>(pb,
£13.99, 978 1902719832) the autobiography of Olympic gold medallist <b><span style="color: red;">Darren Campbell </span></b>will be published on 21 May by <b>St
David’s Press</b> – how exciting! Darren is one of Britain's most successful
and popular athletes, yet despite his prominence as a public figure the true
story that lies behind his fame and success has not been made public, until
now. <b><span style="color: red;">Track Record</span></b><span style="color: red;">
</span>tells Darren’s remarkable story as an athlete, businessman and
broadcaster. From painfully humble and deprived beginnings in a father-less
home on one of Europe ‘s most notorious inner-city estates, Darren reveals his
life growing up on the streets of Moss Side, Manchester and how breaking out of
a cycle of misbehaviour and petty crime via his athletic ability transformed
his life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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pb, 978 1912560424), which is published by <b>Vertebrate </b>next week. There’s
a great review on <i>LoveReading</i> which you can read </span></span><a href="https://www.lovereading.co.uk/book/19861/The-Last-Blue-Mountain-by-Ralph-Barker.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> saying <i>‘as I reached the end of The
Last Blue Mountain and closed the final page I confess I said a silent thanks.
It was not just to the late <b><span style="color: red;">Ralph Barker</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>for writing this excellent book, but to Tony
Streather and his fellow climbers, who are the kind of men who inspire us and
whose tales of bravery and resilience will continue to enthral for generations
to come.’</i> There’s more information in the <i>Bookseller</i> </span></span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/vertebrate-reissuing-mountaineering-book-last-blue-mountain-1192790"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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10pm to hear poet <b><span style="color: red;">Mina Gorji</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>on <i>The Verb</i> with Ian McMillan as they explores
the language of leaving, resettling and exile with songwriter Ana Silvera and
poets John McAuliffe, Igor Klikovac, and André Naffis-Sahely. You’ll be able to
listen to it </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fpx2"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Mina Gorji</span></b>’s
colourful and vivid first collection, <b><span style="color: red;">The Art of
Escape</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, £9.99, 9781784108823) continues
her meticulous exploration of <i>'the strange and sometimes darker side of
nature' </i>and the different forms and meanings of escape: dandelions crossing
the ocean, the journey of a gall wasp from Aleppo to England, the
transformation of an armadillo into music. It’s just been published by <b>Carcanet.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Points is a coronavirus-free zone, so </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L6xyaeiV58"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> the new song from Lady Gaga, </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iS-lV909T4"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> the UK’s Eurovision entry and </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqAJLh9wuZ0"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> the latest Taylor Swift video!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Compass Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00044178292310792343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731162678440102121.post-72907433438808280522020-02-21T09:06:00.002-08:002020-02-21T09:25:58.344-08:00Compass Points 338<br />
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<span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You are no doubt aware of
the BBC4 television series <i>A Very British History</i> which focuses on the
many migrant communities who have settled in the UK and the positive
contribution they have made to British life. Next week sees the airing of a
really interesting documentary examining the migration history, settlement and
experiences of the brilliant British Bangladeshi community. <i>A Very British
History: British-Bangladeshis</i> goes out on Wednesday 26th February at 9pm on
BBC4, presented by <b><span style="color: red;">Aminul Hoque</span></b>; you can
watch a trailer for it <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fp082bnt8&data=01%7C01%7Ca.hoque%40gold.ac.uk%7C4c1bcb35ccab4bb35c2e08d7b31aa902%7C0d431f3f20c1461c958a46b29d4e021b%7C0&sdata=0QcCvl4YvhjYHDGvUPfXselMl4mBB2TeMeBN87GwQns%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p082bnt8. Click or tap if you trust this link.">here</a>
and <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fmediacentre%2Fproginfo%2F2020%2F08%2Fa-very-british-history&data=01%7C01%7Ca.hoque%40gold.ac.uk%7C4c1bcb35ccab4bb35c2e08d7b31aa902%7C0d431f3f20c1461c958a46b29d4e021b%7C0&sdata=JHjfKwVyc3VTKVrHZeqD5CEbCyUWwasx1fci%2F1iue1Q%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2020/08/a-very-british-history. Click or tap if you trust this link.">here</a>
is a BBC press release on the series. It’s already available on the iPlayer <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000f4xy/a-very-british-history-series-2-british-bangladeshis">here</a>.
<b><span style="color: red;">Aminul Hoque</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is
the author of a book that links in really well to this programme, <b><span style="color: red;">British-Islamic Identity</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978
1858566030, £16.99, pb). By looking at the lives and multifaceted identities of
six British-born third-generation Bangladeshis from East London. it examines how
it feel to be constructed as the violent, terrorist, un-British ‘other’. It
shows how these young people have constructed a new British-Islamic identity
for themselves, offering important new insight and understanding of their own
stories of identity. Do they see themselves as Bangladeshi, British, Muslim,
Londoners, none of these or a fusion of them all? Their stories are powerful,
clear and unsettling, charting their journeys from invisibility to visibility
and from the periphery to the core of social life. The issues explored in both the
documentary and book are so relevant in this current climate of heightened
xenophobia and hate towards minority communities; and hopefully both will help
to increase understanding and tolerance. <b><span style="color: red;">British-Islamic
Identity</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is published by <b>Trentham
Books</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Congratulations to <b>Carcanet</b>, <b>Comma</b>,
<b>Parthian</b> and <b>New Island</b>, who have all made the regional shortlists
for <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Small Press of the Year </span></b><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">in the<b> </b></span><b><span style="color: #ff3399;">British Book Awards</span></b>! In total, 40 publishers
are shortlisted. Philip Jones, chair of the judges and editor of the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Bookseller</span></b>, said: <i>‘For a second year, this
shortlist shows how publishing is thriving across the regions and countries of
the United Kingdom and Ireland. The shortlist shows companies every bit as
dedicated to their authors as the bigger publishers and with some notable
success stories contained in their submissions. It is our pleasure to platform
their hard work once again.’ </i>You can see the lists in full </span></span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/british-book-awards-2020-small-press-year-1192782"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.
The regional and country winners will be announced on 20th March and the
overall winner will be announced on 18th May.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">And in more <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">British
Book Awards</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>news, the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Independent Bookshop of the Year Regional Shortlists</span></b>
are in too! Have a look </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2P7vzID"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
to see them – it’s terrific to see so many of our favourite customers on the
lists – congratulations all! Tom Tivnan, one of the judges, said: <i>‘There is
a new strength and vibrancy of the indie bookshop sector and you can see why
with this year's regional finalists, who all meld passion, creativity and
innovation to become true hubs of their communities.’</i> Hear hear!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and Art</span></b> by <b><span style="color: red;">Helen Mort</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>this week in a big travel feature in the <i>Guardian</i>
that you can read </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/feb/16/horse-marathons-roman-running-11-great-uk-adventures"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
entitled ‘<i>From horse marathons to Roman running: 11 great UK adventures’</i>.
Winner of the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Mountain Literature Award in the
Banff Mountain Book Competition 2019</span></b>, <b><span style="color: red;">Waymaking</span></b>
(pb, 978 1910240755, £17.99) is a stirring anthology of prose, poetry and
artwork by women who are inspired by wild places, adventure and landscape. It’s
published by <b>Vertebrate.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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interview with <b><span style="color: red;">Inua Ellams</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>talking to Jon Snow on the <i>Channel 4 News</i> on
Monday evening about his bold new retelling at the National Theatre of <b><span style="color: red;">Chekhov</span></b>'s classic play, <b><span style="color: red;">Three Sisters</span></b>. The iconic characters are relocated to Owerri,
1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil War, where Lolo, Nne Chukwu and Udo are
grieving the loss of their father. Months before, two ruthless military coups
plunged the country into chaos. Fuelled by foreign intervention, the conflict
encroaches on their provincial village, and the sisters long to return to their
former home in Lagos. You can see the <i>Channel 4</i> interview </span></span><a href="https://www.channel4.com/news/chekhovs-three-sisters-re-worked-with-black-cast"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
and this new edition of <b><span style="color: red;">Three Sisters</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1786829665, pb, £9.99) is published by <b>Oberon</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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has been shortlisted for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">CAMEO Awards 2020</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>in the <i>Book to Film</i> category! Huge
congrats to <b><span style="color: red;">Mathew Holness</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>who adapted his short story of the same name from <b>Comma</b>’s
<b><span style="color: red;">The New Uncanny</span></b>, (£7.99, pb, 978
1905583188) into this terrifying film. You can watch a trailer </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EIQfQxQu_A"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
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broke into London bookshop <b>Gay’s the Word</b>, after police caught them
quaffing prosecco in the shop’s basement! You can read the full story in the
Guardian </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/14/bookshop-burglary-foiled-after-prosecco-distracts-raiders?CMP=share_btn_tw"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.
The thieves took money from the box on the counter where they had been
collecting for the LGBT+ youth charity Mosaic, but as bookseller <b>Uli Lenart</b>
explained, <i>‘We were sad about the money for charity but we’ve received so
many donations we’ve got far more money for Mosaic now than we had before. The
positive community response has been wonderful. Customers turning up with
bunches of flowers, people dropping off bottles of prosecco, publishers sending
us free books and boxes of chocolates. We’ve felt really held and supported,
and we’ve found that deeply touching.’</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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last weekend which you can read </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/16/students-abuse-campus-woke-political-correctness-sexual-racial-bullying"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
about life Britain’s uni campuses. It reveals that far from being hotbeds of
political correctness as the media might have you believe, universities are
ignoring victims of sexual harassment, racism and bullying. The author of <b>Pluto</b>’s
next title in their <b>Outspoken</b> series, <b><span style="color: red;">Lola
Olufemi</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>was quoted at length. Her
title <b><span style="color: red;">Feminism Interrupted: Disrupting Power</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£9.99, pb,978 0745340067) is published along with <b><span style="color: red;">Split: Class Divides Uncovered</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 0745340210, £9.99, pb) on 20th March.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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shortlisted for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">NZ Booklovers Award for Best
Adult Fiction Book 2020</span></b>. They are <b><span style="color: red;">The
Claim</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£9.99, pb, 978 1910453735) and
<b><span style="color: red;">The Fell</span></b>. <b><span style="color: red;">The
Claim</span></b> is a gripping novel about love, loss and companionship, set
during one claustrophobic summer, against the remote and beautiful backdrop of
New Zealand's southern Alps which was also longlisted for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Michael Gifkins Prize</span></b>. <b><span style="color: red;">The Fell</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb,
£9.99, 978-1910453742) is a debut novel set in an unspecified time and
location, with an unnamed boy who is sent to a boarding house for dysfunctional
youths. As one reviewer said <i>‘clever, funny, sad, disturbing and uplifting –
entirely absorbing.’</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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March. To celebrate, <b>Carcanet</b> are holding an event at the <b>London
Review Bookshop</b> with Lorna and <b><span style="color: red;">Linton Kwesi
Johnson</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>which you can find out more
about </span></span><a href="https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/events/2020/3/lorna-goodison-linton-kwesi-johnson"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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weekends? Have Sunday evenings become depressing, as the working days ahead
come into view? Has your week been reduced to pointless meetings,
over-complicated tasks and disillusioned colleagues? <b><span style="color: red;">David Mansfield</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is convinced
there’s a better way, and his new book <b><span style="color: red;">The Monday
Revolution</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is getting lots of PR including
a <i>Recommended Read</i> by </span></span><a href="file:///D:/Catherine/Documents/Mum's%20Bits%20and%20Bobs/Compass%20Points/We%20Are%20the%20City"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">We
Are the City</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">, numerous speaking events, Q&A
sessions and presentations and interviews on the </span></span><a href="https://www.businessleaders.fm/about/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Right Angles</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
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<b><span style="color: red;">The Monday Revolution</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978-1788601481, pb, £12.99) has also had some major
endorsements , with the chairman of Burberry saying <i>‘I know from experience
David doesn’t do waffle and I wish he’d written this no-nonsense and no-jargon
book years ago’</i> and the CEO of ITV writing: <i>‘David Mansfield was always
known as a tough operator from his earliest days in TV. He is also known for
building strong teams who share a unified vision and have a lot of fun. His
range of experience written in his inimitable, no-nonsense, dry style will make
this a very useful and readable book.’</i> It’s published on 19 March by <b>Practical
Inspiration</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Mountain</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(pb, £14.95, 978 1912560424) by <b><span style="color: red;">Ralph Barker</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is one
of the great mountaineering classics. It tells the harrowing true story of the
1957 expedition to Pakistan’s Mount Haramosh when two of a team of four
climbers were avalanched into a snow basin at 20,000 feet, only for the rescue
attempt by their teammates to result in the plight of all four climbers as they
tried to liberate themselves from an icy grave. Irish Mountain Log said the
book is <i>‘Equalling, if not excelling, Touching the Void’</i> and the <i>Daily
Telegraph</i> commented, <i>‘the last part of the book is merciless to the
feelings of the reader.’</i> It has long been out of print with second-hand
copies fetching large prices, but on 5 March <b>Vertebrate</b> are publishing a
new edition. With reports of stricken climbers rarely out of national media,
there was some nice publicity in <i>My Outdoors.co.uk</i> with the announcement
<a href="https://myoutdoors.co.uk/uk-news/vertebrate-publishing-supports-mountain-rescue-with-new-edition-of-the-last-blue-mountain">here</a>
that <b>Vertebrate</b> is donating £5 to Mountain Rescue England and Wales for
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have joined with more than fifty major retailers including Asda, Sainsburys and
Morrisons, calling on the government to take the first steps towards
fundamental business rates reform in the upcoming budget. BA MD Meryl Halls said:
<i>‘The BA has been lobbying on business rates reform for many years. Bookshops
of course play an exceptional role on those high streets lucky enough to have
one, and we know the added benefit that bookshops bring to their communities,
their local cultures and to their customers, over and above the commercial
drivers they represent.’</i> You can read more on that story in the Bookseller </span></span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/ba-and-retailers-demand-business-rate-reform-1191916"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.
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<b>Donald Trump</b> asking <i>'What was that all about?'</i> as he mocks Oscars
winner <i>Parasite</i>, here’s </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXLS2IzZSdg"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Dave</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
live at <b>The Brits</b> and </span></span><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/christopherhudspeth/book-nooks-bookcases-shelves-creative-art-diy"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
are some really cool <b>Book Nook Shelf Inserts</b> – who knew!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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book trade. If you would like to order any of the titles mentioned, then please
talk to your Compass Sales Manager, or call the Compass office on 020 8326
5696. Every Friday an e-newsletter containing highlights from the blog is sent
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do have a love poem for you – taken from <b>Carcanet</b>’s new collection by <b><span style="color: red;">Peter Gizi</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>which
the <i>Guardian</i> said was ‘<i>a new love song … a remarkable fusion of sound
and vision, realism and fanciful flight.’</i> Read on to find out more!</span></div>
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very pleased to welcome </span><b style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">CAMRA</b><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> to our ever-growing list of client
publishers! </span><b style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">The Good Beer Guide 2020</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">(£15.99, pb, 978 1852493585), now in its 47th edition
is fully revised and updated, with detailed entries recommending 4,500 of the
UK’s best real-ale pubs in rural and urban areas. All entries are selected by </span><b style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">CAMRA</b><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
members and it includes a unique breweries section along with hundreds of </span><b style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">CAMRA</b><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
tasting notes. The full-colour introduction includes a foreword by eminent
physicist Professor Brian Cox, who fresh from working alongside Manchester
brewers J.W.Lees to brew a beer aptly named Cosmic Brew, gives us his personal
story of the importance of beer and brewing. British Guild of Beer Writers’
Beer Writer of the year Emma Inch writes about how diversity enriches the beer
world while licensee and former model Jodie Kidd writes about the importance of
preserving the local, drawing upon her experiences as the licensee of the Half
Moon in Kirdford. As well as the Guide, </span><b style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">CAMRA</b><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> have loads of other delectable
titles – have a look </span><a href="https://shop1.camra.org.uk/" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">here</a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> for more
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for the good of the nation? Or do they create new laws in line with their
personal views? When newspapers reported a court ruling on Brexit, senior
judges were shocked to see themselves condemned as enemies of the people. But
that did not stop them ruling that an order made by the Queen on the advice of
her prime minister was just a blank piece of paper. <b><span style="color: red;">Enemies
of the People? How Judges Shape Society</span></b> (£14.99, pb, 978 1529204506)
by <b><span style="color: red;">Joshua Rozenberg</span></b>, asks how the judges
can maintain public confidence while making hard choices. <b><span style="color: red;">Joshua Rozenberg</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is
Britain’s best-known commentator on the law and the only journalist to be made an
honorary QC. There have already been high-profile testimonials for this title from
professionals and lawyers including Lord Pannick, Dinah Rose QC, Baroness Ruth
Deech and Lord Dyson, calling it <i>‘informed and entertaining’</i> and <i>‘clear
and entertaining’</i>. The author will be heavily promoting the book via his
own Twitter (@JoshuaRozenburg, 82.1K followers) and Facebook pages and there are
a whole array of promotional events including: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">8th
March Jewish Book Week event with Blackwell’s</span></li>
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profile panel launch event at Gray’s Inn 21st April. Confirmed speakers:
Dominic Grieve QC, Lord Pannick, Professor Alison Young <o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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High Holborn launch 29 April <o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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Festival of Ideas at We the Curious in Bristol 5th May <o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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Festival 25 May <o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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Literary Festival 14 June <o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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de Reya client evening 23 June <o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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Book Festival August <o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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of Legal Scholars conference September (TBC) <o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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Conference November (TBC) <o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">There will be lots of media coverage including
a <i>Law Society Gazette</i> article which you can read </span></span><a href="https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-and-opinion/an-insiders-account-of-the-brenda-agenda/5102903.article"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">, a feature in the <i>Jewish Chronicle</i>,
a slot on the <i>Better Human</i> podcast: in April and an extract in <i>Booklaunch</i>
magazine. We also expect plenty of reviews in the broadsheets and tabloids, on
the regional news stations and the BBC. <b><span style="color: red;">Enemies of
the People</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is published on 21 April by
Bristol University Press.</span></span></div>
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after pictures from <b>The Bookcase in Hebden</b> this week. Great to hear that
their flood resilience methods have made such a difference to their ability to
recover. Fingers crossed that storm Dennis doesn’t cause any damage this
weekend. If it’s not too close to the bone, you may enjoy </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p080c7fg/inside-cinema-shorts-28-perfect-storms"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">this</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> little five minute film from <i>Inside
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this week is <i>Song </i>(£14.99, 978 1784108229, pb) by <b><span style="color: red;">Peter Gizzi</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>taken
from <b><span style="color: red;">Sky Burial: New and Selected Poems</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>which is out from Carcanet this month. Gathered from
over thirty years of work, the poems in this generous selection strike a
dynamic balance of honesty, emotion, intellectual depth and otherworldly
resonance. Haunted, vibrant and saturated with luminous detail, Gizzi enlists
the American vernacular in a magical and complex music. The <i>Guardian</i>
said <i>Song</i> was <i>‘alive with thought-in-action’</i>, and you can read it
</span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/10/poem-of-the-week-song-by-peter-gizzi"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><i><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">‘Shame is how they get away with it.
Shame is the weapon they use. Shame is the weapon you use on yourself that
makes you feel so useless. And those who are shamed most often and most deeply,
made to feel ashamed for so much of their life, are the poorest among us. Shame
beats you down. Shame is an ancient form of control. Shame is the mechanism
used to control behaviour.’</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> You can read more of Danny Dorling's
powerful foreword to <b><span style="color: red;">The Shame Game</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, £12.99, 978 1447349266) </span></span><a href="http://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2020/02/13/shame-is-how-they-get-away-with-it/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. In this book, <b><span style="color: red;">Mary O’Hara</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>shows
why the ‘shame game’ being played out against poorer people in the US and the
UK is so destructive and effective and dissects how it works to help keep the
poor, poor. It’s published by <b>Policy Press</b> this month.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anything to Absolutely Anyone: The Art and Science of Teacher Explanation</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
has just had a great review on <i>UK Ed Chat</i> saying <i>‘In just seven
chapters Andy Tharby has written a stunningly helpful and clear guide to
explanation. I suppose given the title of the book it would be horribly
ironic if he was not able to explain things clearly – but this is clearly a man
who can put his theory into practice.’ This is a book packed with helpful
ideas, some to challenge the reader to think, some to inspire the reader to
improve their practice and some to help remind us about our core beliefs about
teaching.’</i> This wise and compelling exploration of curriculum, knowledge,
memory, human psychology, is new from <b><span style="color: red;">Crown House</span></b>.
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History</i> podcast this week discussing the anthology, that’s </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/384PEa0?fbclid=IwAR01ISJpf8X-GxA1oTbn8r0Y4HfDN_9W0Rv3Q4UGcRXW-Rng_Diulc4Qtik" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.
The paperback is out from <b>Comma</b> on 21 May. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of Olympic gold and silver medallist <b><span style="color: red;">Darren Campbell</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>– the popular athlete now turned coach and pundit, written
with <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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David’s Press</b> in May 2020. Watch this space for more details! </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm82MNk8O90"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> he is in action!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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for <b><span style="color: red;">Significant Other</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, £9.99, 978 1784107116). This debut collection exploring
ecology, extinction and climate change was a <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Telegraph
Book of the Year</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>for 2019, and
has already been shortlisted for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Forward Prize</span></b>.
<b><span style="color: #ff3399;">The John Pollard Poetry Priz</span></b>e is awarded
annually for an outstanding debut English language poetry collection. It is an
international award which places no restriction on place of publication and is
distinguished by its global reach. You can find out more and see who else is
shortlisted on the <b>Carcanet</b> website </span></span><a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/np111.shtml"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Lucy Werner</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">was announced a <b>Top 100 Female
Entrepreneur</b> by the <i>F:Entrepreneur</i> campaign this week, that story is
</span></span><a href="https://f-entrepreneur.com/ialso-top-100-bio/lucy-werner/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> and <b><span style="color: red;">Hype
Yourself</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(£14.99, pb, 978 1788601238)</span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">is selling really well!
Other recent coverage includes <i>Just Entrepreneurs</i> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8OKEHzgv25/?igshid=beddack0z65r"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Top
4 Reads for Startups</span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">,
a review in The Homeworker, a double page feature and cover in <i>Startups
Magazine</i>, a review in </span><a href="https://www.gowritemagazine.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">GoWrite magazine</span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> a piece in </span><a href="https://www.support-local-magazine.co.uk/articles/2020/1/12/spotlight-on-lucy-werne"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Support
Local magazine </span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">and
a guest slot on </span><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/the-future-is-female/id478842241"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">The
Future is Female</span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
podcast. It’s published by <b>Practical Inspiration</b>.</span></div>
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– a website championing creativity – on <b><span style="color: red;">Seats of
London</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£12.99, 978 1916045316),
entitled <i>What’s Under Your Bum? The Importance of Moquette Design on the
London Underground</i>. You can read that one </span></span><a href="https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/seats-of-london-andrew-martin-publication-product-design-100220"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. It’s published by <b>Safe Haven</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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wellness. Marmalade is the key to a long, healthy life’</i>, noted how much correspondence
they’d had recently on their readers’ marmalade-making habits with reflections
on its powers for longevity. <b><span style="color: red;">Marmalade</span></b> by
<b><span style="color: red;">Maggie Mayhew</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978
0754830450, £4.99, hb) is a great little hardback, and a fab introduction to
this classic preserve. There are recipes such such as Oxford Marmalade, St
Clement's Marmalade and Lemon and Ginger Marmalade, as well as more unusual
combinations like tangerine and lemongrass and peach and kumquat. It also
features lots of recipes that include marmalade and the beautiful photographs
are sure to inspire and the easy-to-follow instructions guarantee successful
results every time. It’s published by <b>Lorenz</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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theme from <b>Billie Eilish</b> with a fascinating piece </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/16/midas-touch-how-to-create-the-perfect-james-bond-song-billie-eilish-no-time-to-die"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> in the <i>Guardian</i> about whether these
sultry anthems, usually sung by women, are actually subverting 007. </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-51493282"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Here's</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> the man that got himself a Valentine’s
date by putting up a billboard and in case you need something to pep you up </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pILCn6VO_RU"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> <b>Shakira and J. Lo</b>'s Super Bowl show
from missed it last week! And OMG, a </span></span><a href="https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/tv-and-film-the-first-trailer-for-stranger-things-4-has-been-released-20200214"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">trailer</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> for <i>Stranger Things 4</i> was just released!
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book trade. If you would like to order any of the titles mentioned, then please
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">Great big double spread the <i>Mail </i>last Saturday, which you can see online </span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7954259/New-book-tells-story-elite-band-ex-special-forces-wreaked-havoc-world.html"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"> for <b><span style="color: red;">Keenie Meenie: The British Mercenaries Who Got Away with War Crimes</span></b> (978 0745340791, £12.99, pb) which has just been published by <b>Pluto</b>. Lots of other publicity too, the author <b>Phil Miller</b> was interviewed on the <i>BBC Asian Networks Big Debate</i> this week and <i>Novara Media's TyskySour</i> too, that’s </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYu-jNsGa_Q"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">here.</span></a><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"> It’s already been in the <i>Observer</i>, that’s </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/18/mercenaries-clandestine-actions-in-thatcher-years-revealed-keenie-meenie" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">, on two <i>Open Democracy</i> blog posts </span><a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/how-mercenaries-and-advisers-fight-the-wars-the-uk-wont-own/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/why-british-secrecy-bad-british-security/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"> and <i>Yardstick Films</i> have just released a trailer for the documentary based on the book you can view </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Yardstick_Films/status/1218596178859872256" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">here. </span></a><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">It’s also in </span><a href="file:///D:/Catherine/Documents/Mum's%20Bits%20and%20Bobs/Compass%20Points/Forces%20Watch,"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">Forces Watch, </span></a><a href="https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-01-24-the-benefits-of-doing-nothing-at-all-why-britain-is-unlikely-to-support-a-ban-on-russian-mercenaries/"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">The Daily Maverick, </span></a><a href="https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2020/02/06/India-used-British-pilots-in-fight-against-LTTE-Book.amp.html"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">The Week, </span></a><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">and there’s likely to be more, including the <i>Times</i>.</span><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">Lovely to see <b><span style="color: red;">In the Rose Garden</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Helen Tookey</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>as <i>Poem of the Week</i> </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2020/feb/03/poem-of-the-week-in-the-rose-garden-by-helen-tookey"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"> in the <i>Guardian</i>! It’s taken from <b><span style="color: red;">City of Departures</span></b> (978 1784107598, pb, £8.99) which is Helen’s second collection published by <b>Carcanet</b>. It mixes prose and verse, and a multitude of voices and structures mingle on its pages. The poems connect through repeated images, themes and tones, which echo and re-echo; neglected houses and gardens, canals, wrecked boats... liminal worlds where absence has a presence of its own, fertile ground for ghosts, fantasies, memories, and dreams. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">Compass author <b><span style="color: red;">Katie Hopkins</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>has been back in the news with a bang this week, thanks to entertaining YouTuber Josh Pieters, who managed to fool her into accepting an entirely fake award. Most amusing – you can read the whole hilarious story in the <i>Metro</i> </span><a href="https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/31/youtuber-josh-pieters-fooled-katie-hopkins-elaborate-prank-including-speech-left-lost-words-12158958/"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"> and watch the prank itself on YouTube </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRIdtMlqwNA&t=446s"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Rude</span></b> (£9.99, pb, 978 1785902468), Katie’s book which <b>Biteback</b> describe as <i>‘part memoir, part handbook for the modern woman’</i> is available in paperback now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">I’m very much looking forward to reading <b><span style="color: red;">Recipe for a Perfect Wife</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Karma Brown</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1789559798, £8.99, pb) which is just out from <b>Legend</b>. This is the number one bestselling novel in Canada this week, was one of <i>She Reads</i> <b>Most Anticipated Books by Women in 2020</b> and a <i>New York Post</i> <b>Best Book of the Week</b>. In this dual narrative novel, a modern-day woman finds inspiration in hidden notes left by her home’s previous owner, a quintessential 1950s housewife. As she discovers remarkable parallels between this woman’s life and her own, it causes her to question the foundation of her own relationship and what it means to be a wife fighting for her place in a patriarchal society. Reviews have called this a <i>‘brilliant, brooding, timely novel, fraught with tension, that packs a punch. Brown knows how to keep readers riveted until the very last page.'</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">A great review in the <i>New York Journal</i> for a gorgeous new <b>Lorenz</b> cookbook, <b><span style="color: red;">China: A Cookbook, 300 recipes from Beijing and Canton to Shanghai and Sichuan</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 0754831006, £25, hb) saying <i>‘Historically, it’s been a ticklish problem for Chinese food writers to put together comprehensive primers of dishes that Westerners can relate to and want to cook. Tan’s latest effort beautifully meets this challenge. Absorbing, readable, uncomplicated, and delicious, China, A Cookbook, can easily fill the needs of the typical home cook yearning to dabble in Chinese.’</i> You can read the whole thing </span><a href="https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/china-cookbook-300"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">here.</span></a><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">Are you getting excited about the footie World Cup yet? A great blog review recently for <b><span style="color: red;">Simon Hart</span></b>’s seminal biog of Italia 90, <b><span style="color: red;">World In Motion</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>which you can read </span><a href="https://krismolewriter.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/world-in-motion-an-italia-90-masterpiece/"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"> saying <i>‘the access he has to the faces of Italia ’90 is astounding. Seemingly every name that resonates from that World Cup, was interviewed for the book which is excellently written; Hart’s prose is often beautifully evocative,'</i> <b><span style="color: red;">World in Motion</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1916278431, pb, £12.99) is out in paperback on 20 April from <b>DeCoubertin</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Compass Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00044178292310792343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731162678440102121.post-209100799241137722020-01-31T04:31:00.001-08:002020-01-31T04:58:35.377-08:00Compass Points 335<br />
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<span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The mental health of our children
is a vitally important topic and much in the news at present as you can see in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/10/one-in-four-children-with-mental-health-referral-rejected-nhs">this</a>
<i>Guardian</i> feature raising concerns that many are still failing to get
vital support at an early stage. <a href="https://www.tes.com/news/how-schools-can-boost-students-mental-wellbeing">This</a>
article in the <i>TES</i> talks about how schools can boost the mental
wellbeing of their pupils and <b>Critical</b> have an excellent series edited
by <b><span style="color: red;">Jonathan Glazzard</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>on tackling mental health in schoolchildren. There
are three books each entitled <b><span style="color: red;">Meeting the Mental
Health of Learners</span></b>, for <a href="https://www.criticalpublishing.com/meeting-the-mental-health-needs-of-young-children-0-5-years">0-5
Years</a> (978 1912508891), <a href="https://www.criticalpublishing.com/meeting-the-mental-health-needs-of-children-4-11-years">4-11
years</a> (978 1912508082) and <a href="https://www.criticalpublishing.com/meeting-the-mental-health-needs-of-learners-11-18-years">11-18
Years</a> (978 1912508129). There is also Jonathan’s brilliant <a href="https://www.criticalpublishing.com/social-media-and-mental-health-in-schools">book</a>
<b><span style="color: red;">Social Media and Mental Health in Schools</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1912508167) which helps teachers tackle this
tricky issue with a range of practical solutions, discussing both the problems and
benefits that social media presents and helping children to develop their
digital resilience. <b>Critical</b> is a featured a <b>Bertram’s Publisher of
the Month</b> in February, offering an extra 5% on all orders so this really is
a great time to order these titles! And if you want to find out more about <b>Critical</b>
have a look <a href="https://www.criticalpublishing.com/critical-study-skills">here</a>,
they also have a terrific study skills series that is for various careers, including
education, nursing, social work, and policing.</span></div>
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by almost general consent, is Israel’s greatest playwright. Born in Tel Aviv in
1943, he composed over sixty plays, garnering numerous awards and huge critical
acclaim in his lifetime. Published now for the first time in English
translation, his <b><span style="color: red;">Selected Plays Volumes One</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1786829139) <b><span style="color: red;">Two</span></b>
(978 1786829146,) and <b><span style="color: red;">Three </span></b>(978 1786829122)
translated by <b><span style="color: red;">Evan Fallenberg, Jessica Cohen and
Naaman Tamuz</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>will be published by <b>Oberon</b>
in March. These three volumes enable access to work that has been highly
regarded in Israel and Europe for years and provide a fascinating addition to
the canon of world drama. The <i>Guardian</i> said of his writing: <i>‘Like
Pinter, Levin could delve deep into a family's dysfunctionality; like Stoppard,
he could take form and make it the essence of the play; and like Ayckbourne, he
used comic routines to portray a black and sinister tale.’</i> We have five
proof copies of Levin’s <b><span style="color: red;">Selected Plays Volume One</span></b>,
to give away, if you’d like one then please email Cara Thompson </span></span><a href="mailto:cara@oberonbooks.com"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">cara@oberonbooks.com</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. Their publication will be marked by an
exciting <b>National Theatre Platform Event</b> on 3 March featuring a panel of
directors including David Lan and Ari Folman and performances by high profile
UK actors; the details are </span></span><a href="https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/world-playwright-hanoch-levin"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. If any bookseller would be interested
in attending this event then please email Cara, as above.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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independent publishers that featured in the <i>Irish Times</i> this week. Two books
are on it from Comma: <b><span style="color: red;">The Book of Newcastle</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1905583102) and <b><span style="color: red;">Europa28</span></b>
(978 1912697298); two from <b>New Island</b>: <b><span style="color: red;">A
Quiet Tide</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1848407541) and <b><span style="color: red;">The True Story of the Making of Ryan’s Daughter </span></b>and
two from <b>Parthian</b>: <b><span style="color: red;">Riverwise</span></b> (978 1912109289
) and <b><span style="color: red;">Hello Friend We Missed You</span></b> (978 1912681495).
Have a read – there are loads really exciting reads for 2020 here!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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debut collection for <b>Carcanet</b>, <b><span style="color: red;">The Art of
Escape</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1784108823, £9.99, pb) is
the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Poetry Book of the Month</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>in the <i>Telegraph</i> you can see that </span></span><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/poetry-book-month-art-escape-mina-gorji"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. This colourful and vivid first
collection continues the course of <b><span style="color: red;">Gorji</span></b>'s
meticulous explorations of <i>'the strange and sometimes darker side of nature'</i>
and the different forms and meanings of escape: dandelions crossing the ocean,
the journey of a gall wasp from Aleppo to England, the transformation of an
armadillo into music. These poems shift by degrees until new patterns and
sounds emerge, transforming the familiar into unexpected configurations.
There’s a launch event for it on 18 February at <b>Heffers in Cambridge</b>
which you can find out more about </span></span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-launch-art-of-escape-with-mina-gorji-tickets-90161139395"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Poetry</span></b> (£18.99, hb, 978 1913062071) this week, first in </span></span><a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/2020/02/his-own-worst-critic-clive-james-the-poet/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">The Spectator </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">and secondly in </span></span><a href="https://standpointmag.co.uk/issues/february-2020/last-lines-clive-james/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Standpoint.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
It’s available from <b>Red Door</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and <i>Scotsman</i> for <b><span style="color: red;">Trump and the Puritans</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1785905087, £20, hb) which has just been published
by <b>Biteback</b>. The year 2020 marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival of
the Mayflower Pilgrims to the New World and their establishment of a godly
colony in (what was for them) the 'American wilderness'. But it is also the
year of the next Presidential election, one where the current occupant is
expected to stand for re-election. Many millions of Americans will not see this
as a random juxtaposition of events, since for them the unlikely person of
Donald Trump is the one chosen by God to implement a twenty-first-century
programme of godly rule and <b><span style="color: red;">Trump and the Puritans</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>argues that while Donald Trump is certainly no
Puritan, the long-term influence of these 17th century radicals has played a
major part in delivering political power to Trump.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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brought together the modern greats from the past twenty years; those books that
have flown off their shelves and kept readers turning the pages. Have a look at
their selection, and see if you agree with their choices of what’s been
important in the last two decades!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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if you’re looking for a way to make yourself more productive, then <b><span style="color: red;">The Monday Revolution</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb,
£12.99, 9781788601481) by <b><span style="color: red;">David Mansfield</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is the book for you. Coming in March from <b>Practical
Inspiration</b> it shows how directors, managers and business owners can get
more done, more quickly. David’s advice is widely sought from start-ups to
established organisations. All are looking for help to solve those tricky
everyday problems and there isn’t much he hasn’t seen. His early career in the
commercial operations of the advertising and media industries exposed him to
the best and worst excesses of the business world. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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absolutely tireless in his promotion of <b>London Stereo</b>’s fabulous 3D publishing
programme, and so it was great to see these pics of him in Tokyo making dreams
come true today signing books for his ecstatic fans! <b><span style="color: red;">Queen in 3D</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>has shot up Japan's
charts to position No1 in Rock Books! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is also a featured publisher of the month in February with Bertram’s and there’s
lots to like about their <b>Big Ideas</b> titles which present critical thought
and evidence in a succinct and readable way to help to untangle contemporary
social issues. These books aim to surprise, disrupt and change the way we
think, addressing cross-cutting issues such as class, race, gender, politics
and social inequality. One such title is <b><span style="color: red;">The Class
Ceiling</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1447336105) which is new
in paperback. This important book takes readers behind the closed doors of
elite employers to reveal how class affects who gets to the top. Two more key
titles are <b><span style="color: red;">Too Hot to Handle: The Democratic
Challenge of Climate Change</span></b> (978 1529206029, £12.99, pb) and <b><span style="color: red;">The Shame Game: Overturning the Toxic Poverty Narrative</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1447349266). And look out too for <b><span style="color: red;">The Research Journal</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978
1447352785 which is coming in March and <b><span style="color: red;">Enemies of
the People</span></b> (978 1529204506) coming in April.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Know</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Norman
Baker</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1785904912, £20, hb) which
came out in the autumn from <b>Biteback</b>. The way the royals seem to be
behaving at the moment this book is likely to run and run! There have been
interviews with Norman on <i>Sky</i>, <i>Radio 4</i>, <i>BBC, Talk Radio</i>
and <i>LBC</i> and features in the <i>Mail</i>, <i>Sun</i> and <i>Times</i>.
What makes this book so unusual is that Baker is himself a member of the Privy
Council, the body that officially advises the monarch. By turns irreverent and
uncompromising, <b><span style="color: red;">And What Do You Do?</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>asks important questions about the future of the
world's most famous royal family. You can watch an illuminating interview with
Norman talking about the book on YouTube </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvFhpgnWfds"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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author favours which font? According to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/29/when-fonts-fight-times-new-roman-conquers">this</a>
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<span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Look out for a
big piece in the <i>Daily Mail</i> this weekend on <b><span style="color: red;">Keenie
Meenie: The British Mercenaries Who Got Away with War Crimes</span></b> (978 0745340791,
£12.99, pb) in both the paper and online. This is an utterly explosive account
of a secret group of mercenaries based on chilling new intelligence. Keenie
Meenie Services are the most famous mercenary business you’ve never heard of,
made up of war criminals from Sri Lanka to Oman. They’ve escaped both public
perception and penalty, but in this book, extraordinary evidence (only recently
declassified) exposes the extent of the war crimes that were committed and the
British government’s tacit involvement. It includes testimonies from SAS
veterans, spy chiefs, MPs and key figures involved in the Troubles in Northern
Ireland and the Iranian Embassy siege. Investigator <b><span style="color: red;">Phil
Miller</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>asks, who were these
mercenaries: heroes, terrorists, freedom fighters, or war criminals? There’s already
been a big piece on this book in the <i>Observer</i> which you can read </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/18/mercenaries-clandestine-actions-in-thatcher-years-revealed-keenie-meenie"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> and there will be loads
more with pieces in the <i>Independent</i>, <i>Guardian</i>, <i>Financial Times</i>,
<i>WIRED</i> and <i>Prospect </i>and interviews on <i>Novara Media</i>, <i>France
24</i> and <i>Channel 4 News</i>. It’s just been published by <b>Pluto</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Terrific to see that <b>Kogan Page</b> have
nine and <b>Practical Inspiration</b> have four titles shortlisted in the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Business Book Awards 2020</span></b> which were announced
last week. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner on the 23rd of March.
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b>Start-up Inspiration Category</b></span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Start-Ups, Pivots and
Pop-Ups: How to Succeed by Creating Your Own Business</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
by <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">Richard
Hall & Rachel Bell</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(9780749497460,
£ 14.99) </span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b>Sales and Marketing</b></span></span><b style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;"> Category</b><br />
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Omnichannel Retail: How to build winning stores in a digital
world</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Tim
Mason & Miya Knights</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 0749484460,
£ 19.99) </span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b>HR and Management</b> </span></span><b style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;"> Category</b><br />
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Competitive People Strategy: How to
Attract, Develop and Retain the Staff You Need for Business Success</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Kevin Green</span></b> (978
0749484545, £ 29.99) </span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Driving
Performance Through Learning: Develop Employees through Effective Workplace
Learning</span></b> by <b><span style="color: red;">Andy Lancaster</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 0749497439, £ 19.99)</span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Strategic Human Resource Management: A HR Professional's
Toolkit</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Karen Beaven</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 0749484040, £29.99) </span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">The Robot-Proof Recruiter: A Survival
Guide for Recruitment and Sourcing Professionals</span></b> by <b><span style="color: red;">Katrina Collier</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(9780749493226,
£19.99). </span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b>Specialist Book</b><b> Category</b><br /><b><span style="color: red;">The Business Analysis Handbook: Techniques
and Questions to Deliver Better Business Outcomes by Helen Winter</span></b> (978
0749497064, £29.99) </span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b>International Business Book Category</b><br /><b><span style="color: red;">The End of Marketing: Humanizing Your Brand in the Age of
Social Media and AI</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Carlos Gil</span></b> (978 0749497576, £14.99) </span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b>An Exceptional Book that Promotes Diversity Category</b><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Building an
Inclusive Organization: Leveraging the Power of a Diverse Workforce</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Stephen Frost &
Raafi-Karim Alidina</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>as (978 0749484286, £ 29.99). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b>Sales and Marketing </b><o:p></o:p></span></span><b style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;"> Category</b></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Your Business, Your Book: How
to plan, write, and promote the book that puts you in the spotlight </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">by
<b><span style="color: red;">Ginny Carter</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(9781788601306,
£ 14.99) </span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">PR for Humans</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Mike Sergeant </span></b>(9781788600552,
£ 15.99).</span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b>Start-up Inspiration</b></span></span><b style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;"> Category</b><br />
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">True Profit Business</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Karen Skidmore</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1788600842, £14.99) </span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b>Specialist Book</b></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">The Customer Success
Pioneer </span></b>by <b><span style="color: red;">Kellie Lucas</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1788600392, 15.99) </span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">You
can see the full shortlists at </span></span><a href="https://www.businessbookawards.co.uk/shortlist2020/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">www.businessbookawards.co.uk/shortlist2020</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">All of us love the written word, so you
may well enjoy </span></span><a href="https://www.historytoday.com/history-matters/pause-and-effect"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">this</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> interesting article in <i>History Today
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<span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">A fabulous and extensive feature this
month by the author of </span><b style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Yorkshire Coast Path</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">(£14.99, pb, 978 0 9932911 8 0) on the walk in </span><i style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;">This
is Yorkshire</i><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> magazine. It’s produced by </span><i style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;">Welcome to Yorkshire</i><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> (the
Yorkshire tourist board), the print-run is 300,000, and it's distributed all
over the county and as an insert in the </span><i style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;">Sunday Times</i><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> and as an online
version. The Yorkshire coast is the second most visited tourist destination in
England, but astonishingly, until now there has been no walking guide to its
entire length. </span><b style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Andrew Vine</span></b><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">, an
experienced walker and distinguished Yorkshire journalist, has put this right
with this definitive walking guide, bursting with colour photos and covering
whole route with OS large-scale maps. It’s published by </span><b style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;">Safe Haven</b><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">As the world leaders disagree about
which direction, we should go, it is inspiring to read <b>Policy Press</b>’s <b><span style="color: red;">Generation Share</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb,
£25, 978 1447350101) which takes readers on a journey around the globe to meet
the people who are changing and saving lives by building a Sharing Economy. Through
stunning photography, social commentary and interviews with 200 change-makers, it
showcases extraordinary stories demonstrating the power of Sharing. From the
woman transforming the lives of slum girls in India, to the UK entrepreneur who
has started a food sharing revolution; readers can discover the creators of a
life-saving human milk bank, a trust cafe and a fashion library who are
changing the world. You see it here looking mighty fine on display at <b>Blackwell’s
</b>at <b>Kent uni</b> – thanks guys!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Well done <b><span style="color: red;">Jessica
Andrews</span></b>, who won the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Portico Prize</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>last night for her novel <i>Saltwater</i>.
Jessica is the author of one of the stories in <b>Comma</b>’s new anthology <b><span style="color: red;">The Book of Newcastle </span></b>(£9.99, pb, 978 1905583102),
so we are overjoyed to see her receive this award recognising exceptional
Northern writing. <b><span style="color: red;">The Book of Newcastle</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>has itself had absolutely stellar reviews! Karen
Langley, said </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2RpeuLP?fbclid=IwAR0LIqbyOhHndeVC_LxcfEhnW57tchFp9Xxli9IleXw9er1vFC5cJxBLrvo" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> <i>‘<b><span style="color: red;">The Book of Newcastle</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is
a stunning collection of writing, each story is clever, memorable and moving. I
suppose it’s the measure of a really good book when you get to the end to find
you wish there was more’</i>. </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/36H3Tkv?fbclid=IwAR23mOGJYDRreglTGkMYBnVuYIm_gyUcr2qQp8BaPNdln6HcoslUdBc_u-w" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">The Bright Star</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> wrote <i>'I unwittingly tore through
this collection in little over a day, which is undeniable testament to its
vibrancy, virtuosity and command.'</i> </span></span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F35Dh98E%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3wcW-YFX_l6TTSEKpEadOTGR29XtGhY_MqVqTQcekPQN2B2v2TJ4l6SWI&h=AT0GttO9aWNQceddwoeqV-QkdJehXuDrP6DFNr6XeX5cKUCya8nrBhdYAmkPLDY-0y2FJ8zwkuDFkq-Aoslz3W9Ej9o35tZcj2LNxFqfGIE7DZdUN1y4BFcSDgrJsTqHKCmc0-2ESzSFnli8ehI-lASANP_E_59mgXJIabB_BuCHFeIxQDM6qB0aMoex6Efmm4BslQhTLw0cbi8j_P9dDnNdHl1U1bXq_W8IhamWJZd-s5fjzJYRRsIWUNw-rxww7pPUDUO1Rs2PVaC7PVaFQhnR2iUuLguOWvFm2K6xe6Xmv2JQny-TqhUZJbss56icNBNRPiyUctyEj18YbVd8Kc_iR-BTdBvdb7HA5wx3Iy0uvsQzBshd-3q3Spbdv1oBtfaCtKTRLDHN-aLR_DtppiLrISEnKU59dKm-ndslvOX6Yh0oyI35to8P5esQoyBOXlN5xfwFkDFFcXVvuWz0hqOJaBwdZoDaBpnUGvVGH_fXtox1z443TF-gQj8HbSi5WUr9TLk5PL9xtdGlC5tCkD-GO03bdyKVu3D1Sp5bmpEdnhavXssOWKkaZC6ELubEyCAzMECnZ2DQoEcgUxrLfivsMoMuxSLEiRp9hxMKcwJvbdZzFI82_lvMTDXpbQikv0B6" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Number 9</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
called it <i>'engaging and easy-reading,'</i> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/39WMh6a" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Cathy Castling</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> said <i>'great writing has the ability
to touch the reader, and the words of these authors definitely stay with you
long after you've put the book down.' </i>and </span></span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F35WzhdM%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR375ebqPkZt03RJI2LM6IVNS71uyXbagdVtPVp5spYp1YfCTIu_3_oYFnQ&h=AT3AB-ojJJldqt5KfcNA8r5W202FWNE1_E6O_-tSc-ZTaAUnxvAKdp4t8zgAC58EEmdoWIhC2XkKMtCb-EREXauAkNAak8yXLykeEFzj4YL5hlxDrbtqZnsDegEnGAxUErEUkbZ_ae-YvPDX4cAuhugZW60qx9V6EhKFSsraFZt5rZgU3M7V1j82aNKyLRPh29SuJt1NRi_JAiGubtToEODldBbrHxWyJrvQ7GjPlzOM619wVaZrpn4LK9A9irZeB9ulte563QW4Y36nbub0vAzVg5nSDmQst6kszf_MpapLrR21CxYrYf969Ea2f2w9Lh5uPofJg5s-66_tUgx4CUPcDcWaf4nYxnAIEzYOSN0u372nD7BvUPkWwXglrs5WLtW9I4mLZEmWSiE3sC8fi81YpyLAf_dKJR3n2t2BeuQaENuZRe7WAFFkTYTeu9J4HAhnRwCAV3NhXV3y5lwnNYaHj0db-sntLb5abms2imJ2xwBWiO0BPX7ypEduanh3l3auQUZR9N3KhomCR4db5clOXgSHg5gTo-r0Xj2_XWAw4qN3bHqI2wtx3Rn5m90OaAoaT4j9w2eo0F_Sr2oMmNyz7eDnv04ZRJ0GSkpLJgWMnECsPZ4OvgUlbT22TxaP-lYL" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">What Kate Read</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> said <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>'I urge everyone to buy this book, whether
familiar with Newcastle or not – explore the city’s past, its future, and its
people, whether a trip of nostalgia, or an introduction to the North East.’</i> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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author <b><span style="color: red;">Celia Gaze</span></b><span style="color: red;">
</span>whose business won a major award this week. Her team at The Wellbeing
Farm were crowned the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">UK Winners</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>for <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Events
Team of the Year</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>at the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">National Wedding Industry Awards</span></b>! All
brilliant publicity of course for <b><span style="color: red;">Why Put a Bow Tie
on a Llama? How a Crazy Idea Can Change Your Life and Transform Your Business</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, £12.99, 978 1788601245)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><b><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Comma</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
announced today that they are working with Manchester Metropolitan University
to launch a new MA in Publishing, you can read more on that in the Bookseller </span></span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/manchester-metropolitan-launches-new-masters-publishing-1173921" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
The course will include a focus on employability, supported by the university’s
links with the publishing industry and local literature festivals, and an
international focus backed by the Northern Fiction Alliance’s expertise in
promoting translated literature. Livi Michael, leader of the course, said:
<i>‘We are really excited about this MA which will enrich Manchester's
incredibly vibrant landscape of independent presses and cultural opportunities,
and reflect the growth of interest in it as a literary capital.’<o:p></o:p></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">A wonderful full-page interview with <b><span style="color: red;">Alison Booth</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>in the
January issue of <i>North East Lifestyle</i> magazine talking about her new
novel, <b><span style="color: red;">The Philosopher’s Daughters</span></b>
(£8.99, pb</span> </span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">978 1913062149). This magazine has a
print run of 15,500 copies per edition and readership 100,000+ per edition and
you can read that article </span></span><a href="http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?EID=b580aeab-3df7-4f4f-9e5b-89c776430471" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
– it’s on page 98. This is a tale of two very different sisters whose 1890s
voyage from London into remote outback Australia becomes a journey of
self-discovery, set against a landscape of wild beauty and savage
dispossession. It’s out from <b>Red Door</b> on 2 April.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">An interesting interview with author <b><span style="color: red;">Dan Hicks</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>in <i>History
Today</i>, who describes himself as ‘<i>a contemporary archaeologist with an anthropological
sense of the past’</i> and deeply mistrusts the phrase <i>‘global history.’</i>
Good publicity for his book <b><span style="color: red;">The Brutish Museums: The
Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(978 0745341767).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b>Walk into
any European museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They
sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card
offer a name, date and place of origin. They do not mention that the objects
are all stolen. In <b><span style="color: red;">The Brutish Museums</span></b>,
Dan Hicks makes a powerful case for the urgent return of such objects, as part
of a wider project of addressing the outstanding debt of colonialism. This is a
hot topic at present – and there’s certain to be more on this book as we get
closer to its publication by <b>Pluto</b> in August.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Absolutely loads of publicity for than <b><span style="color: red;">Hype Yourself</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1788601238.
£14.99, pb) which is definitely leading to customer purchases as this title is
flying out of the wholesalers (as well as being #91 on Amazon sales for ALL
books ) so do make sure you are getting your share of the sales!! It’s out now from
Practical Inspiration.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Have a look </span></span><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/tc03917n/answer-these-questions-random-quiz-and-well-tell-co02wjxgw9"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> to answer eight questions to find out which
<i>Little Women</i> Character you are. Because we can't all be Jo,
right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">And in this week’s Hot Topics, </span></span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/margin-call-1173926"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> <i>The Bookseller</i>’s opinion on that
Blackwell’s terms letter, </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40RsbcFRwNA"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> the trailer for the Taylor Swift
documentary and </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZavfBN9Uba8"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> everything you need to know about the
Coronavirus. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Compass Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00044178292310792343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731162678440102121.post-79394050837165920242020-01-17T07:08:00.003-08:002020-01-17T07:08:50.837-08:00Compass Points 333<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk13837432"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Celia Gaze</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">has
been on <i>BBC Breakfast</i> this week (13 January) discussing <b><span style="color: red;">Why Put a Bow Tie on a Llama? How a Crazy Idea Can Change Your
Life and Transform Your Business</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb,
£12.99, 978 1788601245) which has just been published by <b>Practical
Inspiration</b>. You can watch that interview </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bbcbreakfast/videos/this-woman-quit-her-job-to-become-a-llama-farmer/702743113588614/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. Stressed and unhappy, Celia resigned
from her high-powered health management role and started transforming a
neglected farm into an award-winning wedding venue. You only get one chance at
life so don’t waste it, is the message of this book which shows you how to be
brave and follow your passion. And it’s had loads of publicity; as well as <i>BBC
Breakfast</i>, there was a double page spread in the <i>Sunday Express</i>
(12th Jan), a three page feature in the January 2020 issue of <i>The Lady</i>
magazine <i>‘How Llamas Saved My Sanity’</i>, an article in the <i>Huffington
Post</i>, a four page feature in the northern edition of the <i>Metro</i> and
the coverage still to come includes features in <i>Psychologies</i>, <i>Wedding
Ideas</i>, <i>County Wedding</i>, <i>Bespoke Bride</i>, <i>Farm Diversity</i>
and <i>Hitched</i> magazine. There’s a short film of Celia talking about her
book on her website at </span></span><a href="https://celiagaze.com/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">celiagaze.com</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in the Mail this week about what we’ll be eating if Armageddon strikes?
According to this expert, the ‘nuclear apocalypse diet’ which could save
humanity will be mushrooms and seaweed because they are the only crops that
will survive. What good fortune then that <b>Lorenz</b> have the two top books
on the subject, <b><span style="color: red;">The Mushroom Cookbook</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 0754832867, £15, hb) and <b><span style="color: red;">The Seaweed Cookbook</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978
0754832874, hb £15)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/mixed-martial-arts/51093202"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> for all you need to know as he make
his much-anticipated return to the octagon in Las Vegas when he fights Donald
'Cowboy' Cerrone. The <i>Independent </i>are running an extract of <b>De
Coubertin</b>’s <b><span style="color: red;">Chaos is a Friend of Mine</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1909245907, £14.99, pb) and <i>CNN</i> will be
featuring it too. This biography by <b><span style="color: red;">Ewan MacKenna</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is a full exploration of McGregor's journey, from his
upbringing in the Irish capital, to his early days as a wide-eyed, prodigiously
talented martial arts obsessive, to his recent antics outside the ring which
have seem him grow bigger than the sport itself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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pb, 978 1916045316), most recently in the <i>Journal of the 20th Century
Society</i>. </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsJ-MgM-ynk"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> is an absolutely fascinating five-minute
film made by its author <b>Andrew Martin</b>, in conjunction with the London
Transport Museum, that tells you everything you could want to know about
moquette. Genuinely interesting and as the comments say (31,500 views so far)
it really makes you want to buy the book and find out more!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Former air stewardess from Ware, Herts <b><span style="color: red;">Jackie Ladbury</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>has
her first book <b><span style="color: red;">The Potters Daughter</span></b> (pb,
£7.99, 978 1912550234) published by <b>Choc Lit</b> this month and it’s set in
Stoke-on-Trent in the heart of the Potteries where she was born. This
refreshing and engaging historical romance transports the reader back to the Potteries
in 1902, where the difference between the lifestyles of the haves and have-nots
are clear for all to see… <i>Female First</i> have featured an article by Jackie
all about the book and her writing style this week, you can see that </span></span><a href="https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/books/jackie-ladbury-the-potters-daughter-1223836.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. There’s plenty of confirmed local
publicity for this one too with <i>Herts Life</i> featuring it on their <i>Bookshelves
</i>page, <i>Axis</i> magazine covering it in February and the <i>Stoke
Sentinel</i>, will feature it next month. The first five booksellers to email </span></span><a href="mailto:info@choc-lit.co.uk"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">info@choc-lit.co.uk</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> with <b>Potter Please</b> in the
subject line and their bookshop name and address will win a reading copy!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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submissions for the <b><span style="color: red;">BBC National Short Story Award
2020</span></b> opened, and the judges were announced. It is the 15th
anniversary of the prize this year, and <b>Comma</b> are delighted to once again be
publishing the anthology in September.<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you fancy the £15,000
prize then you can find out how to enter </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2QXsYTZYWZ40CTc8lbH0FdV/how-to-enter">here.</a></span></div>
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mentioned <b><span style="color: red;">Deception in High Places: A History of
Bribery in Britain's Arms Trade</span></b> this week, which reveals the
corruption endemic in Britain’s biggest arms deals over the last fifty years.
Based on painstaking research in government archives, collections of private
and court papers and documents won by the author in a landmark Freedom of
Information Tribunal against the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the book illuminates
a shadow world of bribery and elite enrichment. The <i>Guardian</i> called it <i>‘a
remarkable book that exposes the trickery, humbug, buck-passing, and cover-ups,
by successive British governments as they turned a blind eye, and even
encouraged, the payment of bribes to secure British arms contracts.’</i> It’s
published by <b>Pluto</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><i><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Northern Soul</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
reviewed <b>Comma</b>’s <span style="color: red;"><b>Resist</b></span> (978-1912697076,
£14.99, hb) last week, calling it a <i>'powerful collection'</i>, that’s </span></span><a href="https://www.northernsoul.me.uk/book-review-resist-stories-of-uprising/?fbclid=IwAR31_vPVHSY5EDsmj4OIkqJFJ4GALL-PBcA5YheYucB7tFmw_3s6yfFDOMo" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">This
title has already been hailed as one of Waterstones' <i>‘Best of 2019’</i>, one
of <i>'30 books for autumn 2019'</i> at <i>iNews</i> and one of the <i>'11 best
fiction and feminist reads'</i> at <i>Stylist</i> magazine and I’m sure there
are plenty more sales to be had before it’s published in paperback in May.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Anyone looking for help to build their
brand in 2020 need look no further than <b><span style="color: red;">Hype
Yourself</span></b> (978 1788601238. £14.99, pb) by <b><span style="color: red;">Lucy
Werner</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>This invaluable toolkit is
crammed full of insider advice, includes expert tips from journalists and
industry specialists and is supported by a stack of online resources. Lucy took
part in a discussion on <i>Badass Women’s Hour</i> on <i>Talk Radio</i> (5/1/20),
it was featured in <i>Stylist</i> magazine <i>’11 books to help kick start your
career in 2020’</i> and there was a recent piece in <i>Courier</i> magazine, reporting
on modern business and start up culture. <b><span style="color: red;">Hype
Yourself</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>hit Number 1 in Amazon Hot
New Releases in Public Relations, and in fact became the cover pic for Public
Relations! There’s lots more to come with a feature in the February issue of <i>Absolutely
Mama</i>, and a tonne of scheduled guest blogs, interview Q&A’s and
pre-recorded podcast slots! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in <i>The Guardian</i> this week, which you can read </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/13/poem-of-the-week-ghazal-myself-by-marilyn-hacker"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. It’s <b><span style="color: red;">Ghazal:
Myself</span></b> by <b><span style="color: red;">Marilyn Hacker</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>from her <b><span style="color: red;">book Blazons: New
and Selected Poems, 2000-2018</span></b>. (978 1784107154, £14.99, pb) which
the <i>Guardian</i> calls <i>‘a beautiful and resonant collection.’ </i>It
gathers work from the past fifteen years, mixing politics with narrative poetry
and humour, as well as translations from the French and Arabic. This multiple
award-winning American poet is the author of thirteen collections, and these
poems explore Paris, language, refugees and revolution. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Masculinity Redefined</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£9.99, pb, 978
0745338743) includes an article for the <i>Guardian,</i> which you can read </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/02/manhood-mental-health-masculinity" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">,
a mention in <i>Creative Review</i> of the striking jacket </span></span><a href="https://www.creativereview.co.uk/book-covers-of-the-year-2019/?nocache=true&adfesuccess=1" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
and a piece in the <i>Hackney Gazette</i>, that’s </span></span><a href="https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2019/12/17/outspoken-jj-bola-natalie-fiennes-pages-of-hackney-sex-education-masculinity/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">It’s
published by <b>Pluto</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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published by <b>Comma</b> in March from Elif Shafak saying <i>‘Inspiring,
essential, honest and deeply humane... This brilliant collection takes readers
on a brave journey into our beloved continent, Europe, daring to tell the
stories beyond its centres of power and privilege.’</i> This anthology
brings together twenty-eight acclaimed women writers, artists, scientists and
entrepreneurs from across the continent to offer new perspectives on the future
of Europe, and how it might be rebuilt.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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January gym routines! Great stuff and with a banging soundtrack too! It reminds
me to remind you that cycling is not just a summer thing – <b><span style="color: red;">Bikepacking</span></b> (pb, £16.99, 978 1910636084) from <b>Wild
Things</b> has loads of great winter rides and off-road adventures on some of
Britain s most beautiful hidden trails and ancient trackways. From easy
city-escapes with the family to epic trails in the Scottish Highlands, this
ultimate adventure guide is filled with inspiring stories and packed with tips
on kit, planning, camping and route-finding. All routes can be reached by train
and are accompanied by downloadable maps and GPX files. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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hot water on last night’s <i>Question Time</i> over whether the criticism of
Megan is racist. Talking of racist, </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb1M5r8KjnQ"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> some shocking new evidence as why <b>Stormzy</b>
may be Britain’s most dangerous racist. And as <b>Donald Trump and Greta
Thunberg</b> head to Switzerland for a climate crisis showdown </span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/M0tcJWIVpIw"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> what Greta’s parents are getting up to
while she’s away! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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week!<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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book trade. If you would like to order any of the titles mentioned, then please
talk to your Compass Sales Manager, or call the Compass office on 020 8326
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<br />Compass Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00044178292310792343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731162678440102121.post-31913321523398852092020-01-10T04:28:00.003-08:002020-01-10T04:55:58.839-08:00Compass Points 332<span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Happy New Year everyone! I
hope the Christmas season has been a happy and profitable one for all
booksellers with lots of jingling and jangling from your tills! Today’s titles take
us on a world tour, from Wales, to the Ukraine, Jamaica, Iran, Egypt and China!</span><br />
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general release in the UK. You can see a trailer for it </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o7VoM1jlOs"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> Starring James Norton in the lead
role, it tells the story of Welsh journalist Gareth Jones, who first broke the
story of the Holodomor (man-made famine) in 1930’s Ukraine when up to ten
million Ukrainians died following Stalin's decision to punish them for opposing
collective farming. After exposing the famine Jones was murdered a few months
later in Mongolia on the orders of the KGB, aged just 29. Jones is a national
hero in Ukraine but almost unknown here. The <i>Guardian</i> gave the film four
stars – that review is </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/11/mr-jones-review-agnieszka-holland-james-norton-berlin-film-festival"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. <b>Welsh Academic Press</b> has an
excellent book that ties into the film, <b><span style="color: red;">Gareth
Jones: Eyewitness to the Holodomor</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by
<b><span style="color: red;">Ray Gamache</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb,
£19.99, 978 1860571282) This is an extraordinary story of the efforts made by
the Aberystwyth journalist to investigate the Soviet Government’s denials that
its Five Year Plan had led to mass starvation and alert the world to the
suffering, exposing Stalin’s policies and prejudices. I think this will get a lot
of media attention, the story has resonance today due to Russia's occupation
and annexation of Crimea and eastern Ukraine, and also highlights the issue of
fake news. Gareth Jones’s credibility and integrity were attacked and
denigrated by Soviet sympathizers as the film shows, most famously by Walter
Duranty of the <i>New York Times</i> who has since been discredited for
publishing stories fed to him by his Soviet handlers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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House</b> should certainly be your go-to publisher for supplying physical and
spiritual nourishment to your customers, so I think it’s helpful to see what
their top ten bestsellers are at the moment – see it as a quick hack for ten
sure-sellers! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Good Vibes, Good Life: How Self-Love
Is the Key to Unlocking Your Greatness</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">(978
1788171823) by <b><span style="color: red;">Vex King</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Life and Soul: How to Live a
Long and Happy Life</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">(978
1788173537) by <b><span style="color: red;">William Roache</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">(978 1848508569) by <b><span style="color: red;">Joe Dispenza</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Magic of Lunar Cycles</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">(978
1781807422) by <b><span style="color: red;">Yasmin Boland</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Manifesting a Life beyond Your Wildest Dreams</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">(978 1401957162) by <b><span style="color: red;">Gabrielle Bernstein</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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pic of the amazing Stormzy with a copy of <b>Comma</b>’s <b><span style="color: red;">Refugee Tales III</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£9.99,
pb, 978 1912697113) anthology this week! <i>Still Disappointed</i> is the #1
trending video on YouTube at present, and you can watch it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=912YaSKGdlo">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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reviews for <b>Comma</b>’s <b><span style="color: red;">Palestine +100</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£9.99, pb, 978 1910974445) this week, including <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/content/palestines-sci-fi-future-todays-repressive-reality/29256?fbclid=IwAR0MHl8-vQsYQ3uOzjsj20QniEUD88SOySy45DhSLyPB6xjC4h4FdXUSAz8" target="_blank">this</a> one from <i>Electronic Intifada</i> that called the
collection <i>'refreshing'</i> and <i>'unique'</i>. World Lit Today also <a href="https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2020/winter/palestine-100-stories-century-after-nakba?fbclid=IwAR0xIuS6PLl6Zpm0rvEX-Vw2a8iy8uqh5J4mF1yzFhvY8WsgVNrtGieDiYw">reviewed</a>
the collection, saying it offers <i>'moments of insight and humour'</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Interesting news from our friends over
at <b>Legend</b>, who announced this week that they are launching a new
non-fiction imprint called <b>Hero</b>. They say that ‘<i>Hero came to life
from a passion to publish non-fiction books that would inspire, provoke
conversation and spark ideas. The team are invested in discovering new voices
within general non-fiction, well-being, gift, popular science and culture. As
its ultimate mission, Hero aims to produce books of the highest quality,
provide a global platform for authors and to create conversations with book
readers around the world.’ </i>We look forward to hearing more!<o:p></o:p><br />
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Handbook: How to Maximise Your Income from Grants, Sponsorship and Many Other Sources
of Finance</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">(pb,
£16.99, 978 1785834264) by <b><span style="color: red;">Lindsey Marsh</span></b>
is a great way to get schools off to a good start in 2020! It’s an absolute
treasure trove of tips, tools and key contacts to help schools in the UK save
money and boost their income. This indispensable guide throws schools a
lifeline by revealing the abundance of fundraising streams available to them
and sharing shrewd advice on how to coordinate specific projects and
initiatives successfully and is an invaluable resource for keen parents, school
business managers, PTA members and anyone involved in school fundraising. It’s
just been published by <b>Crown House</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">David Ross</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£19.99,
hb, 978 1782748984) has been picked as <i>Book of the Month</i> in <i>Coast</i>
magazine’s February 2020 issue. It says <i>‘Dorset’s mighty Durdle Door,
Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland and Antony Gormley’s iconic iron men at
Crosby Beach in Merseyside are just several British coastal sites to star in a
new photojournalism book documenting the magic of where the land meets the sea.
From deserted beaches and busy ports to surfers’ paradises and a ship-breakers’
yard, Coast is a celebration of shorelines all around the world – a visual
feast comprising 160 photographs complete with fascinating captions. Your
coffee table will thank you.’</i> It’s published by <b>Amber</b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of the celebrations for <b>Carcanet</b>’s 50th anniversary. Firstly there’s a
launch for <b><span style="color: red;">Gabriel Josipocivi</span></b>’s <b><span style="color: red;">Forgetting</span></b> (£10.99, pb, 978 1784108908) at <b>Daunt
Books in Hampstead</b> on 30th January, you can find out more about that one </span></span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forgetting-by-gabriel-josipovici-carcanetlittle-island-book-launch-tickets-88486199605?aff=ebdssbdestsearch"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
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then there’s a <b><span style="color: red;">PN Review 250</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>celebration in Manchester on February 3rd, that
information is </span></span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pn-review-250-launch-party-tickets-87959436041"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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hb, 978 1913062071) was a <i>New Statesman Recommends</i> title over the
Christmas period. This offbeat and affectionate book is full of surprises, wit
and warmth and is selling extremely well online, so do keep it on display! It’s
published by <b>Red Door</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Throw Down</i> began this week on Channel 4 and you can find out more about
that </span></span><a href="https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/the-great-pottery-throw-down-unveils-its-12-contestants-38830875.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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have an ideal companion volume, <b><span style="color: red;">The Practical Potter</span></b>
by <b><span style="color: red;">Josie Warshaw</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978
0754834304, hb, £15) which shows you how to create your own beautiful ceramics,
with practical step-by-step instructions. It explains all the basic pottery
techniques in six clear sections, each including an inspiring gallery of work
by contemporary ceramic artists. Over thirty projects explore the fantastic
creative possibilities with clay – from a simple hand-coiled pot needing the
minimum of equipment, to a press-moulded plate with printed overlays.
Accessible and inspiring, the book uncovers both the practical essentials and
the artistic secrets.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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course, with a majority government for the first time in recent years. A new
book, <b><span style="color: red;">The Public Affairs Guide to Westminster: The
Handbook of Effective and Ethical Lobbying </span></b>(£19.99, pb, 978
1860571343 ) by <b><span style="color: red;">Robert McGeachy</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is the essential handbook for organisations seeking to
influence legislation and shape policy development in the UK Parliament and at
UK Government level, and is packed with invaluable advice on devising cost
effective public affairs strategies and campaigns that achieve success on a
limited budget. It's part of a three-book series that includes <b><span style="color: red;">The Public Affairs Guide to Scotland: Influencing Policy and
Legislation</span></b> (978 1860571268,) and <b><span style="color: red;">The
Public Affairs Guide to Wales</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1860571428). They are all published by <o:p></o:p></span></span><b style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;">Welsh Academic Press.</b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Night Sky: Stargazing with the Naked Eye</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(hb, £19,99, 978 1782749189) made it on the <i>Daily
Mail’s Illustrated Books of 2019</i> list, which you can see </span></span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-7813125/Picture-perfect-dogs-Dali-pick-years-best-illustrated-books.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Night Sky</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>presents two hundred colour photographs of stunning
nocturnal vistas all visible to the naked eye ranging from the majesty of the
Northern Lights as seen from Norway or Canada, to seeing the clarity of the
Milky Way over an Italian forest, from witnessing a lunar eclipse in Indonesia
to charting the course of the International Space Station across the Indian
night. There are also additional inset photographs indicating the formation of
the constellations and fascinating captions It’s published by <b>Amber</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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selected as the recipient of the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Queen's Gold
Medal for Poetry 2019</span></b> and will be presented with the medal by the
Queen at Buckingham Palace in 2020. <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">The Gold
Medal for Poetry</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>was established
by King George V in 1933 at the suggestion of the then Poet Laureate, John
Masefield, and is awarded for excellence in poetry. Each year’s recipient is
from the United Kingdom or a Commonwealth Realm. On receiving the award, Lorna
said <i>‘I am honoured and deeply grateful. As one of a generation of
Commonwealth writers whose engagement with poetry began with a need to write
ourselves and our people into English Literature, I feel blessed. Love and
justice, hope and possibility, healing and redemption are the themes I've always
turned to, and that this enterprise has led to my being placed in the company
of the memorable poets who have been awarded this medal before me is truly
humbling</i>.’ You can see more on the <b>Carcanet</b> website </span></span><a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/np108.shtml"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of Ancient Egypt</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£19.99, hb, 978-1782748595)
in the Jan/Feb issue of <i>Kindred Spirit</i> magazine saying <i>'This book lavishly
illustrates why so many of us continue to be utterly enchanted by ancient
Egypt. Looking at different eras of the country’s history and the best of what
has been discovered by archaeologists, you learn plenty about the country’s
rulers and beliefs. Some of the more obscure pieces will amaze you, such as
some of the naturalism found in ancient Egyptian art. If you are unable to
travel to the exhibition of treasures from Tutankhamun’s reign in London,
compensate with this lovely book.’</i> It’s published by <b>Amber</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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excuse than that for a three minute burst of cultural appropriation, so let’s
watch </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv6tuzHUuuk"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">this</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> timeless classic from The Bangles!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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world over, but take a closer look, and you’ll discover that there is much more
to this nation’s cooking. A new book from <b>Lorenz</b>, <b><span style="color: red;">China: A Cookbook: 300 recipes from Beijing and Canton to
Shanghai and Sichuan </span></b>(978 0754831006, hb, £25) by acknowledged
expert <b><span style="color: red;">Terry Tan</span></b>, is a must-have
reference for anyone who is passionate about the food of China. From bustling
cosmopolitan cities to remote rural landscapes, the varied food and cooking is
explored, from aromatic soups and simple stir-fries to banquet-style roasted
meats, with congees, dim sum, and sizzling street food along the way. Its 600+
pages are bursting with local recipes and ingredients, with fascinating
background information on regional geography and culinary history and beautiful
photographs of both the food and this extraordinary country. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">With all that is happening in Iran, <b><span style="color: red;">Jack Straw</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>has been
doing lots of interviews over the last couple of days, including <i>BBC
Breakfast</i>, <i>Radio 4’s Westminster Hour</i> and <i>Emma Barnett R5</i>
this week. The <i>Times</i> have asked for a piece too, which hopefully will
include a mention of Jack’s excellent <b>Biteback</b> title, <b><span style="color: red;">The English Job: Understanding Iran and Why It Distrusts
Britain</span></b> (£20, hb, 978 1785903991). This book seeks to illuminate
Britain’s difficult relationship with Iran, and in doing so provide a better awareness
of this extraordinary country. William Hague said of it <i>‘Jack Straw has developed
a rich understanding of the country’s culture, psychology and history revealed
in this book. It will be required reading for anyone who wants to understand
how to improve relations with Iran in the coming years, and is an accurate
record of the attempts many of us have made to do so.’</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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article this Sunday (12th January) featuring all the authors that are
shortlisted for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Portico Prize</span></b>,
including of course Glen James Brown with <b><span style="color: red;">Ironopolis</span></b>
(pb, £9.99, 978 1912681099) published by <b>Parthian</b>. The six books explore
Northern lives and landscape across fiction and non-fiction and the winnong author
will win £10,000 which will be announced on 23rd January<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">And in this week’s Hot Topics, </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-mE0KZnzyc"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Ricky Gervais telling it like it is at
the Golden Globes, </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-51007094"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">are some eye-popping ice sculptures in
China and </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wup88iR0Tc"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> are some celeb reactions to Harry and
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Christmas to all you lovely booksellers – we hope you have a prosperous and
peaceful festive period and a thoroughly jolly new Year! Lots of silly merriment
for you this week along with 2019’s final round-up of latest publicity and PR </span><br />
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Prize Shortlist</span></b> has been announced and hurrah, <b><span style="color: red;">Glen James Brown</span></b>’s <b><span style="color: red;">Ironopolis</span></b>
(pb, £9.99, 978 1912681099) published by <b>Parthian</b> is on it! The six books
explore Northern lives and landscape across fiction and non-fiction and Simon
Savidge, chair of judges, commented: ‘<i>This list defies the rumour that it’s
grim up North. Yes, it can be gritty up North; yes, it can be gothic up North;
but more than anything it’s glorious and great up North.’</i> Once described as
<i>‘the Booker of the North’</i>, <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">The Portico
Prize</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>awards £10,000 to the winner,
which will be announced on 23rd January. You can see the full shortlist and
find out more </span></span><a href="https://www.theportico.org.uk/portico-prize-for-literature"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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you that <b><span style="color: red;">The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2019</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is to be awarded to <b><span style="color: red;">Lorna
Goodison</span></b>, poet laureate of Jamaica. <b><span style="color: red;">Collected
Poems</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(9781784106386, pb, £19.99) is
of course published by <b>Carcanet</b>. Derek Walcott said of her poetry, ‘<i>What
is the rare quality that has gone out of poetry that these marvellous poems
restore? Joy’</i> and I think we could all do with a bit of that right now – especially
at this time of year! and you can find out more on the <b>Carcanet</b> website </span></span><a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/np108.shtml"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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another of the titles in <b>Comma</b>’s <b><span style="color: red;">City Lit</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>anthology series <b><span style="color: red;">The Book
of Newcastle</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£8.99, pb, 978 1905583102)
which is out in January and you can read an interview with its editor,
award-winning author <b><span style="color: red;">Angela Readman</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>in this month's Northern Fiction Alliance column in <i>The
State of the Arts</i> </span></span><a href="https://www.thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/nfa-column-interview-with-the-book-of-newcastle-co-editor-angela-readman/?fbclid=IwAR2XIJkV3sYH_2uvytJjR_bpLnrEP9Kzr_ywH99qQKff9Oc38LQhIz-F8PM"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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they don’t get much dafter than the news that California’s beaches have been piled
high with penises! Read all about it </span></span><a href="https://www.theinertia.com/news/thousands-of-penis-fish-washed-up-on-a-beach-in-central-california/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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£12.99, pb) have just been published in the <i>Sunday Times</i> magazine and
the Christmas double issue of <i>Women’s Weekly</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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out, any mention of <i>Women’s Weekly</i> immediately brings to mind the fabulous
Victoria Wood sketch – so </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFI5Jl_IqsE"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> it is! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in <i>The Bookseller</i> 150 last Friday, where Tom Tivnan wrote: <i>‘In the
long-overdue department is Carcanet’s Michael Schmidt, who in 2019 celebrated
50 years as being arguably Britain’s most important poetry publisher’ </i>You
can see all 150 people on this annual list of the most influential people in UK
publishing </span></span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/the-bookseller-150"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">And we were also very pleased indeed to
see the big half page article a couple of weeks ago in the <i>Telegraph</i>, headlined
<i>‘Meet Michael Schmidt: the quirkiest man in publishing who reads every
submission and rejected Leonard Cohen</i>’. It went on to talk glowingly about
both Michael and our friends at Carcanet saying <i>‘Punching above its weight
for a tiny firm that employs just five full-time staff, Carcanet should be
famous as one of the jewels of British publishing.’ </i>You can find that article
</span></span><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/meet-michael-schmidt-quirkest-man-publishing-reads-every-submission/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">And
of course, the feature was also great promotion for <b><span style="color: red;">Fifty
Fifty: Carcanet’s Jubilee in Letters</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£14.99,
978 1784108786, pb) which has just been published. This is a rare glimpse into
the inner workings of a small, ambitious press over a period of radical
transformation in publishing. Each of Carcanet's fifty years is marked by an
exchange of letters, beginning in 1969 with the response to an invitation to
subscribe to Carcanet for two guineas, and the book traces the publisher’s
progress with the relationship of author, editor and reader at its heart.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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about the first recorded evidence of a British child’s letter to Santa Claus, showing
that the Post Office was able to “communicate” with Father Christmas in 1895 on
behalf of a little girl who had asked for a box of paints. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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last week with the news that <b>Kogan Page</b> will be publishing a book in
April 2020 by entrepreneur and public intellectual <b><span style="color: red;">Julia
Hobsbawm</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>on how to keep things simple
in a complex world. <b><span style="color: red;">The Simplicity Principle: Six
Steps Towards Clarity in a Complex World</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£14.99,
hb, 978 1789663556), shows you that it's easy to streamline and simplify both
your professional and personal lives with lessons based on the natural world. It
challenges the assumption that all things that are complex must stay that way. You
can read that article </span></span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/kogan-page-keeps-things-simple-hobsbawm-deal-1133026"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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dolphin all feature in selection of best news pictures from 2019, which you can
see </span></span><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/photos/what-a-year-floods-flyovers-and-a-photobombing-dolphin-all-feature-in-selection-of-best-news-pictures-from-2019/ss-BBY8q98?ocid=spartanntp"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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Woman's Hour</i> last week, discussing the effects that weaning a child can
have on a mother, as written about in her story, <i>Weaning</i> in <b><span style="color: red;">The Book of Sheffield</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£9.99,
pb, 978 1912697137). You can listen to that </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000c4pj" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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details </span></span><a href="https://shop.londonstereo.com/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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book <b><span style="color: red;">Hype Yourself</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£14.99, pb, 978 1788601238) which is coming from <b>Practical Inspiration</b>
in January 2020, received some brilliant coverage in the latest <i>Stylist</i>
magazine where it was included in <i>’11 books to help kick-start your career
in 2020’</i> roundup, you can see that </span></span><a href="https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/best-motivational-books-career-success-women-melinda-gates-reshma-saujani/264135"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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has a circulation of over 400,000 and is available in six cities – London,
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just a little bit faster with the news that Olivia Newton John and John
Travolta were back together as Sandy and Danny! You can see some pics and video
from their reunion at the fabulously titled ‘Meet n Grease’ event </span></span><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/john-travolta-olivia-newton-john-grease-reunion-927185/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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New Year!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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book trade. If you would like to order any of the titles mentioned, then please
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<br />Compass Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00044178292310792343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731162678440102121.post-58990562746925451112019-12-06T08:34:00.001-08:002019-12-06T08:49:41.811-08:00Compass Points 330<span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Last week we talked about
the sad death of Clive James, and of course on the same day, theatre and opera
director, television presenter, comedian, writer, and neurologist <b><span style="color: red;">Jonathan Miller</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>also
passed away. <b>Oberon</b> publish two great books on him, a biography and a
selected writings collection.</span><br />
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Selected Writings 1954-2016</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">(£20.00,
pb, 9781783197453) is a fully-authorized comprehensive collection of Miller’s
best-known writing. It contains previously lost and undiscovered material, with
extensive meditations on the arts, philosophy, medicine, technology, opera,
Shakespeare and the philosophy of science and contains interviews with Richard
Dawkins, Arthur Miller, Dick Cavett and Susan Sontag.</span> </span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">In
keeping with Miller’s grasshopper mind, <b><span style="color: red;">One Thing
and Another</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>leaps from discussions of
human behaviour, atheism, satire, cinema and television, to analysis of the
work of M. R. James, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens and Truman Capote, by way
of reflections on directing Shakespeare, Chekhov, Olivier and opera.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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by <b><span style="color: red;">Kate Bassett</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£12.99,
pb, 9781783190898) is a bestselling biography which was critically-acclaimed, received
blanket review coverage and was shortlisted for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Theatre
Book Prize</span></b>, the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Sheridan Morley Prize
for Theatre Biography</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>and the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">HW Fisher Prize for Best First Biography</span></b>. The <i>Telegraph</i>
called it <i>‘a remarkable portrait of a complex and Coleridgean figure’</i> Descended
from immigrants who fled Tsarist anti‐Semitism to become shopkeepers in Ireland
and London’s East End, Miller was born into an intellectual milieu, between
Bloomsbury and Harley Street – the son of a novelist and a leading child
psychiatrist. Miller trained as a doctor but then forged a career as a stellar
comedian and as a world‐renowned theatre and opera director. He was without
doubt one of post‐war Britain’s most intriguing polymaths.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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have FOUR winners in the just-announced and very prestigious <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Gourmand International Cookbook Awards 2020</span></b>. All
have been chosen as best in UK in their categories which means they are all now
shortlisted for the best in the world which will be judged next June! <b><span style="color: red;">My Bangladesh Kitchen</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by
<b><span style="color: red;">Saira Hamilton</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£20,
hb, 978 0754834502) won <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Best Asian Cookbook</span></b>,
<b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Fermentation</span></b> by <b><span style="color: red;">Asa Simonsson</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£15,
hb, 978 0754834649) won <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Best Fermentation
Cookbook</span></b>, <b><span style="color: red;">Ramen</span></b> by <b><span style="color: red;">Heather Whinney</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978
0754834366) won <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Best Japanese Cookbook</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>and <b><span style="color: red;">The Perfect
Afternoon Tea Recipe Book</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Antony Wild and Carol Pastor</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£15, hb, 978 0754834519) won <b><span style="color: red;">Best Pastry and Desserts Cookbook</span></b>. You can see all
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him the only author in the award’s history to have won three times. <i>The
Great Romantic: Cricket and the Golden Age of Neville Cardus</i> is published
by Hodder & Stoughton, but this is undoubtably a good opportunity to promote
the ideal companion volume of <b><span style="color: red;">Cardus</span></b>'s
writings on cricket; <b>Safe Haven</b>'s <b><span style="color: red;">A Field of
Tents and Waving Colours</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£14.99, hb,
978 1916045309) This is the perfect Christmas present for any for every lover
of fine writing on cricket and this handsome volume includes Cardus on Don
Bradman, Denis Compton and Richie Benaud, as well as new talents like Garry
Sobers and Clive Lloyd, at the arcadian cricket festival at Dover beneath
Shakespeare Cliff, seeing the Australians defeated at Eastbourne, and of course
at the home of cricket, Lord's. In <i>The Great Romantic</i>, Duncan Hamilton
demonstrates how Cardus changed sports journalism for ever and in <b><span style="color: red;">A Field of Tents and Waving Colours</span></b>, readers can
see how! As the <i>Guardian </i>said, it <i>‘nicely complements’ </i>the
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publisher at <b>Pomona</b> and author of <b><span style="color: red;">That Summer
Feeling</span></b>, ponders the nature of our personal book collections, why
and how we gather books, what it says about us, and how we ever expect to find
time to read them all, on a super little documentary on <i>Radio 4</i> on
Thursday last week which you can listen to </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bp3s"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. I would highly recommend it – there’s
been lots discussions about it on Twitter etc. <b><span style="color: red;">That
Summer Feeling</span></b>, which one reviewer described as <i>‘an absolute
belter of a book’</i> will appeal to fans of Nick Hornby or Tony Parsons
(although, as the reviewer says, it’s much better!) Mark’s radio programme, <i>So
Many Books, So Little Time</i>, is repeated on Saturday 28 December at 2pm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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dramatization that will be broadcast next week. This is, as Elaine Feinstein
said <i>'the story of a teenager crossing Hitler's Europe with only her own
courage and luck to sustain her. ... Stunning.'</i> It has just been published by
<b>Pluto</b> in paperback and I think there will be a lot of interest following
the <i>Radio 4</i> drama – so do order it! <b><span style="color: red;">Mira
Hamermesh</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is an award-winning film
maker, painter and writer, and the theme of political conflict, so often
explored in her films, is brought to life here in an intimate account that will
live long in the memory. As a young Jewish teenager she escaped the horrors of
German occupied Poland and was spared the experience of the ghetto and the concentration
camp that claimed most of her family. The journey led her across Europe and
eventually to Palestine in 1941; her account of that region, before the
establishment of Israel, provides a fascinating insight into the historical
setting for today's conflict. Having settled in London where she studied art
and married, she then won a place at the celebrated Polish Film School in Lodz.
At the height of the Cold War Mira Hamermesh commuted across the Iron Curtain
and her experience of a divided Europe offers many insights into the political
factors that affected people's everyday lives. The 45-minute play, will be broadcast
on Monday 9 December at 2:15pm and will remain available on <i>BBC Sounds</i>
for 30 days after the broadcast.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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where the editor of <b><span style="color: red;">The Book of Sheffield</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, £9.99, 978-1912697137) <b><span style="color: red;">Catherine Taylor</span></b>, spoke to the website in Minor Literatures
about her influences, putting together the collection and the vibrant literary
scene in the city. <b><span style="color: red;">The Book of Sheffield</span></b>
is part of <b>Comma</b>’s popular <b>Reading the City</b> series and from the
aspirations of young creatives, ultimately driven to leave, to the more
immediate demands of refugees, scrap metal collectors, and student radicals,
these stories offer ten different look-out points from which to gaze down on
the ever-changing face of the 'Steel City'. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">‘No Regrets’ was the name given to
Welsh rugby's three-year masterplan to give the national team the best possible
chance of success at the 2019 Rugby World Cup. </span></span><span style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;">In </span><b style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">No Regrets:
Welsh Rugby's Plan to Conquer the World</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: corbel, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(£13.99, pb, 978 1902719818) </span><span style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;">acclaimed rugby correspondent </span><b style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Matthew
Southcombe</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: corbel, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;">reveals how the masterplan
led to the 2017 tour success in Argentina, a clean sweep in the 2018 autumn
internationals and, in 2019, a Six Nations Grand Slam, a record 14-game
unbeaten run and a World Rugby #1 ranking. Hopes were high, amongst the squad
and the nation, as the team headed to Japan with a genuine expectation winning
the tournament. Essential reading for all Welsh rugby supporters, Southcombe also
recalls the highs and lows of Wales at the previous eight World Cups and asks
what is required for this rugby-obsessed nation to reach the World Cup final,
and finally lift the Webb Ellis Trophy. It’s published on 20 December by </span><b style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;">St
David’s Press</b><span style="font-family: corbel, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<i>Bookseller</i> under <i>Literary Short Stories for March</i>. With so many
flare-ups of nationalism and isolationism in recent years, there is a sense
that Europe needs to be fixed, or, at the very least, profoundly reconfigured;
whether it is to address the grievances of those feeling disenfranchised from
it, or to improve social cohesion. Bringing together 28 acclaimed women writers,
artists, scientists and entrepreneurs from across Europe, this powerful and
timely anthology looks at an ever-changing Europe from a variety of different
perspectives and offers hope and insight into how we might begin to rebuild. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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featured on the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Books of the Year</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>lists we’re pleased to see! The <i>Telegraph</i>
included <b><span style="color: red;">In Nearby Bushes</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Kei Miller</span></b><span style="color: red;">,</span> <b><span style="color: red;">Significant Other</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Isabel Galleymore</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>and <b><span style="color: red;">Skin Can Hold</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Vahni Capildeo</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>that’s </span></span><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/50-best-books-2019/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here,
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<b><span style="color: red;">Significant Other</span></b><span style="color: red;">
</span>was also on their list of the best new poetry books to buy for Christmas,
that’s </span></span><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/best-new-poetry-books-buy-christmas/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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Marsack</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>was chosen as the best of 2019
poetry in the <i>Morning Star</i> that’s </span></span><a href="https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/c/best-2109-poetry"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> and the <i>Times Literary Supplement</i>
included <b><span style="color: red;">Blazons</span></b> by <b><span style="color: red;">Marilyn Hacker</span></b>, <b><span style="color: red;">Douglas
Crase</span></b>’s <b><span style="color: red;">The Revisionist</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>and <b><span style="color: red;">The Astropastorals: Collected
Poems</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>in their Books of the Year,
that’s </span></span><a href="https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/books-of-the-year-2019/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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finally, the <i>Sunday Times</i> chose <b><span style="color: red;">Mimi Khalvati</span></b>’s
<b><span style="color: red;">Afterwardness</span></b> and that’s </span></span><a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sunday-times-best-poetry-books-of-the-year-2019-2mn8d8q7w"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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take their toll on the nation, don’t forget to display plenty of copies of <b><span style="color: red;">Liver Rescue</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£26,
hb, 978 1401954406). It’s been a big bestseller this year for <b>Hay House</b>
and in it <b><span style="color: red;">Anthony William</span></b>, the Medical
Medium, shares unparalleled insights into undiscovered functions of our
life-saving livers. Learn how to sleep well, balance blood sugar, lower blood
pressure, lose weight, and look and feel younger. A healthy liver is the
ultimate de-stressor, anti-aging ally, and safeguard against a threatening
world, if we give it the right support.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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(£8.99, pb, 978 1789550221) has been featured in <i>WI Life magazine</i> (220k
circulation) where it is listed as the Best Contemporary Fiction novel in their
Christmas Edition Book Gift Guide calling it ‘<i>a powerful and tender book,
with even more emotional punch than Crosskey’s debut.'</i> This is a gripping
and highly topical novel, inspired by the rise of racism and nationalism, which
will appeal to all fans of dystopian fiction and political thrillers. The <i>Daily
Mail</i> said <i>'This compelling page-turner is so disturbingly real; I can't
stop thinking about it.'</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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James</span></b>’s death last week, there there’s been huge media interest in
his work, especially in his poetry, so do make sure you keep <b><span style="color: red;">So Brightly at the Last</span></b> (£18.99, hb, 978
1913062071) which Clive read and called <i>‘energetic, informal and beautifully
written’</i>, on the tables with his last <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>book, <i>Somewhere Becoming Rain</i>, his
recent volumes of poetry (<i>Sentenced to Life</i> and <i>Injury Time</i>) and
his perennial bestsellers, such as <i>Unreliable Memoirs</i> and <i>Cultural
Amnesia</i>. There has been tremendous press and broadcast coverage and a vast
amount of praise and discussion about Clive and his poetry on social media and
there will be more to come. The <i>BBC News Channel</i> interviewed <b><span style="color: red;">Ian Shircore</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>on 27
November as did Iain Dale on <i>LBC</i>. Reviews and/or coverage for the book
are now confirmed in the <i>Times</i>, the <i>New Statesman</i>, the <i>Spectator</i>
and <i>Prospect </i>and there will be more to come.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Singing Winger</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(hb, £20, 9781909245952)
for his ability both out wide on a football field and centre stage at a concert
hall, <b><span style="color: red;">Colin Grainger</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>had the privilege of sharing a changing room with
Duncan Edwards and Stanley Matthews and a bill with The Beatles. Starting out
in 1950, Grainger’s professional football career spanned sixteen years, taking
in all four divisions, and after Nat Lofthouse persuaded him to perform while
on England duty, a successful singing career was born. <b><span style="color: red;">Grainger</span></b> continued to marry his passions in the
years to come, and this tale tells the story of life on the road as a
professional in two industries and the joy of forging friendships with icons of
a bygone era. This book is perfect Christmas present material for dads and grandpas
methinks, and it was reviewed on <i>Football Reviews.com</i> last week who said
it was ‘<i>an intriguing look at a unique career that simply wouldn’t be
possible in the modern era.’</i> You can read that </span></span><a href="http://footballbookreviews.com/reviews/book-review-the-singing-winger-by-colin-grainger-and-hyder-jawad"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">It’s
new from <b>De Coubertin</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and evening reading is on Saturday 25th January at the National Centre for Writing
in Norwich. There’s lots more information about it on Facebook </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1223917091126026"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> and tickets are available from the
National Centre for Writing’s website – for the full day </span></span><a href="https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/whats-on/carcanet-at-50-panels-and-evening-event/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> and just the evening </span></span><a href="https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/whats-on/readings-from-carcanet-poets-carcanet-at-50/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> The day promises to be a fantastic
occasion, with presentations, discussions and poetry readings, designed to
explore the relationship between publisher and poet over the years, the
development of an indie poetry press that has survived half a century, and the
state of indie poetry publishing today. Speakers include Caroline Bird, Mimi
Khalvati, Peter Scupham, Neil Astley, Jane Commane and Anthony Anaxagorou. Poets
include: Laura Scott, Mimi Khalvati, Caroline Bird, Alison Brackenbury, Philip
Terry, Rory Waterman, Peter Scupham, Sasha Dugdale, Julia Blackburn, Sophie
Hannah and Miles Burrows. This is an essential day of events for anyone
interested in poetry and publishing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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at the speed of Mbappé – if you haven’t got it front of store then you’re
missing out! Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the launch of the UK's
favourite sports radio station, it gives us an amazing behind the scenes, warts
and all, look at the station and its presenters capturing the funniest stories
from the early days right through the World Cups and European Championships to
its move into plush new studios in 2019. It is a hilarious and highly
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<span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">We were so sad
this week to hear of the death of the popular critic and broadcaster,
bestselling author and much-loved poet, <b><span style="color: red;">Clive James</span></b>.
<b><span style="color: red;">Ian Shircore</span></b>’s <b><span style="color: red;">So Brightly at the Last</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£18.99,
hb, 978 1913062071) the first poetic biography of Clive, has been brought forward
and was published yesterday by <b>Red Door Press</b>. <b><span style="color: red;">So Brightly at the Last</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is
a fond and revealing account of James’s 60-year poetic career, from early
successes like <i>The Book of My Enemy Has Been Remaindered</i> to recent
internet hits like <i>Japanese Maple</i> and <i>Sentenced to Life</i>. In the
book, James talks for the first time about his nightmare experience of being
locked up in a mental hospital for two months. He also explains why he turned
his back on his lucrative TV career and how his ten-year battle against
leukaemia, emphysema and several other life-threatening conditions led him to
focus his energy on the poems that have established him as <i>‘a major minor
poet’</i>. Oxford Professor John Carey has called <b><span style="color: red;">So
Brightly</span></b> <i>‘terrific’</i> and said he <i>‘read it with astonishment
and learnt a huge amount’</i>. Clive himself was able to read a pre-publication
copy in the days before his final illness and called it <i>‘a wonderful book, energetic,
informal and beautifully written’</i> and said he was <i>‘thrilled and
delighted’</i> with its exploration of his work. I think this will do extremely
well – order it today and it will be in your shops by Monday!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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what has been described as his <i>‘farewell poem’</i>, and from which the lines
<i>‘So brightly at the last’</i> are taken; <i>Japanese Maple</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">An absolutely ace review in The Irish
Catholic for <b><span style="color: red;">A Matter of Interpretation</span></b> (£12.99, hb, 978 1912054701) which has
just been published by <b>Fairlight</b>. You can read the whole thing </span><a href="https://www.irishcatholic.com/the-middle-%E2%80%A8ages-in-light-%E2%80%A8and-darkness/"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> but the highlights are: ‘<b><span style="color: red;">Elizabeth
MacDonald</span></b>’s absorbing novel is built up around the character of the celebrated
Michael Scot and his relations with the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick
Hohenstaufen II and various other players in the Middle Ages, the Church, the
Arabs, the Jews and the plotting and conniving that was all so important an
aspect of ecclesiastical and academic life. Very powerful indeed …this is a
book which anyone interested in the development of Europe will want to read … this
is a book filled with interest … very thought provoking …those who read will
long keep it in mind. Here one suspects is something very close to the truth,
and the truth is always interesting, and often astonishing.’ There has also
been a review this week in the RTE Christmas Guide.</span></div>
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as Poem of the Week this week in The Guardian! You can read it </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/25/poem-of-the-week-harvest-by-isabel-galleymore"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> It’s from <b><span style="color: red;">Significant Other</span></b> (£9.99,
pb, 978 1784107116) which is published by <b>Carcanet</b>. The Guardian writes <i>‘Significant
Other observes a range of fauna and flora with a 19th-century collector’s
loving alertness. Galleymore’s reach extends to the Amazon rainforest, but
there’s a particularly intense focus on marine life (the slipper limpet, the
goose barnacle, the spiny cockle). These studies, sometimes interwoven with wry
reports on human specimens emphasise the strangeness and uniqueness of some of
our less noticed housemates on Earth. Harvest thoroughly deserves its place
among the exhibits.’</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Steve Wright in the Afternoon on Radio 2 this week, talking about Life and
Soul: How to Live a Long and Happy Life (pb, £12.99, 978 1788173537) which is
new in paperback from <b>Hay House</b>. You can listen again to that </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07vq23f"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Steve Wright has a massive listenership
of 8.1 million listeners, so this really is a fantastic promotion for the paperback
of this bestselling book and Roache talked very engagingly, sharing his strategies
for keeping fit and healthy, maintaining his youthful looks and coping with
life's most challenging times. He spoke about the power of love, kindness and
positive thinking and said his top bit of advice is ‘life is to be enjoyed.’
Hear hear Bill!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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for <b><span style="color: red;">Alicia Eaton’s First Aid for Your Child’s Mind</span></b> (978 1788601177, pb, £12.99)
is available to view </span></span><a href="https://coveragebook.com/b/a0b4371b637ea901"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> Highlights include a feature in Raring
2 Go, 'Keeping Kids Calm and Happy in an Age of Anxiety' , a piece in Daily
Telegraph 'How taking risks in sport is good for kids mental wellbeing and
why?' and interview feature in Women's Weekly and a ‘How to Support a Worried
Child' feature in Families nationwide magazine. It was published last month by
Practical Inspiration and is packed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>full
of practical suggestions and common sense for all those parents who want to
encourage their children to be well-rounded, independent thinkers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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mixed martial arts fighter <b><span style="color: red;">Conor McGreg</span></b>or is sitting in McDonald's as he enjoys
his weekly coffee, a treat in the eyes of a dedicated fighter. He’s not yet
cashed his £60,000 prize money after his maiden UFC victory, but he savours the
win, since only recently had he found himself in the social welfare queue. Five
years on and McGregor is late for his own press conference before eventually
launching into a diatribe against his opponent, which turns into a sales pitch
for his own brand whiskey. Somewhere along the line, the fighter has become a
stranger to his art. But what is McGregor? Dedicated athlete? Cultural
phenomenon? Troubled soul? Narcissist? Arrogant thug? Or sporting icon? In <b><span style="color: red;">Chaos
is a Friend of Mine: The Life and Crimes of Conor McGregor</span></b> (£14.99, hb, 978 1909245907),
former Irish Sportswriter of the Year, E<b><span style="color: red;">wan MacKenna </span></b>examines McGregor's
journey, from his upbringing in the Irish capital, to his early days as a prodigiously
talented martial arts obsessive, to his recent antics outside the ring which
have seem him grow bigger than the sport itself, but threaten to spiral out of
control. The Independent called it ‘a supremely written book, that touches
topics way beyond the character at the centre of it all’ and it’s just been
published by<b> De Coubertin</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Night Sky</span></b> by <b><span style="color: red;">Robert Harvey</span></b> (hb, £19.99, 978 1782749189) showing off just a selection
of the two hundred outstanding colour photographs of stunning nocturnal vistas,
in this this amazing book of astronomical wonders It’s published by <b>Amber</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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now, and how interesting to see that John Lewis is being challenged as to where
exactly they get their ideas from. Guess what, they nick them from books! </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2019/nov/18/excitable-edgar-john-lewis-under-fire-from-authors"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">This</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> piece in the <i>Guardian</i> names Oliver
Jeffers, Chris Riddell and now Jen Campbell, Danielle Smurthwaite and Fay Evans
as the authors feeling thoroughly pissed off that the retailer is pinching their
stories! As the article asks, <i>‘are John Lewis plagiarism claims now a Christmas
tradition?’<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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Woman’s Hour</i> this morning (22 November) talking about her debut novel <b><span style="color: red;">Sea of Bones</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb,
£8.99, 978 1789550023) and you can listen to that </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000bgnr"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">, it was trailed intriguingly <i>as ‘does
crime writing make you a bad feminist?’ </i>This atmospheric psychological
thriller with a compelling female lead tackles very big questions while totally
enthralling the reader. Matthew Spangler, (the author of <i>The Kite Runner</i>
stage play) said of it <i>‘Sea of Bones is an addictively readable, all around
terrific novel. It unwinds like an elaborately layered ball of yarn, perfectly
paced, revealing its secrets at just the right moment. Part Jane Austen, part
Raymond Chandler, part House of Cards, this book is for anyone who likes a
gripping read from the first page to the last.’ </i>It’s published by <b>Legend</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a great time for <b>Emerald</b> to be publishing <b><span style="color: red;">Reality
Television: The TV Phenomenon that Changed the World</span></b> (978 1839090240,
pb, £16.99) which is out on Monday. This book provides an overview of key
theories and debates in the study of reality television and asks why it has
become such a huge phenomenon, and what is its future in an age of streaming
and social media? Reality TV has not just changed television, but every other
area of the media too and media and communications expert <b><span style="color: red;">Ruth Deller</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>investigates
the phenomenon right from its documentary roots to where it is now, featuring
people from all walks of life and covering everything from romance to religion.
There are plenty of interviews with participants and analyses of key
programmes, and <b>Deller</b> also examines why people take part in reality TV,
how they are represented and impact this has on their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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you can watch the Top Ten WTF<b> </b><i>Love Island </i>Moments </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHgjR52hHDY"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">, the ten most shocking exits from <i>I’m
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<b><span style="color: red;">James Trapp </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">(£14.99, hb, 978 1782747222) and </span><b style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Astrology: Understanding Your Star Sign</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">by </span><b style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">Marisa St Clair</b><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> (£14.99, hb, 978 1782746775)
in the current issue of the </span><b style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">Astrological Journal</b><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> which calls them </span><i style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">‘stunningly
well produced books … custom-made to be given as gifts … the publisher <b>Amber
Books</b> is to be congratulated … each book is illustrated with 85 specially
commissioned artworks and beautifully presented on high-quality paper … a bonus
from an aesthetic point of view is that both titles are Chinese bound in the
traditional style, that is to say, stitched together in red or black lace at
the spine … as a starter, this can’t be bettered… a masterclass in
simplification without misrepresenting the purpose and detail.’</i></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Hype Yourself: A No-nonsense DIY PR Toolkit for Small
Businesses</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, £14.99, 978 1788601238)
which is published by <b>Practical Inspiration</b> on 9th Jan has already
reached number one on Amazon’s <b>PR Wish List</b> and two on <b>Hot New Releases
In PR</b>, and as you would expect from a writer, speaker, blogger, teacher and
podcaster Lucy has a steady flow of speaking events, book reviews, and
Instagram coverage throughout November, December and January leading up to the
publication of her book. You can read a great interview with he intitled <i>Inspirational
Women: Lucy Wern</i> on <i>WeAretheCity.com</i> </span></span><a href="https://wearethecity.com/inspirational-woman-lucy-werner-founder-the-wern/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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clever and engaging design for <b><span style="color: red;">Kei Miller</span></b>’s
<b><span style="color: red;">In Nearby Bushes</span></b> (pb, £9.99, 978 1784108458)
which is published by <b>Carcanet</b>, has been shortlisted for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Saltire Society Book Cover Award</span></b>. The judges
called it <i>‘a conceptually strong and unique work that sees the title and
author hiding in a newspaper like text’</i>, adding <i>‘The use of the strong
yellow colour gives a brightness to the overall design.’</i> The winner of the award
will be announced, together with all the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Saltire
Literary Awards</span></b>, at a ceremony at the National Museum of Scotland on
Saturday 30th November. To see the full shortlist, visit </span></span><a href="https://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/news/2019/10/25/saltire-book-cover-of-the-year-2019" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">the Saltire Society website here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Higgins</b>, and referencing the latest scientific research, <b><span style="color: red;">Mindfulness at Work and Home</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, £9.99, 978 1910453803) which is new from <b>Red
Door </b>is a down-to-earth beginners’ guide. Gillian has pioneered work in
mindfulness amongst her professional peers, rapidly building a reputation as a
leader in the field and this book is packed with simple hints, tips, quotes, and
answers to frequently asked questions. Whether it’s Brexit, Xmas or work that’s
pushing your buttons right now, we’re probably all feeling a little frazzled, so
why not try some of Gillian’s practices for yourself? </span></span><a href="https://www.practicalmeditation.co.uk/podcasts/2018/10/2/the-three-minute-breathing-space"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> is the three-minute breathing space
meditation and </span></span><a href="https://www.practicalmeditation.co.uk/podcasts/2018/10/2/natures-sounds-meditation"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> is an 9-minute guided mediation that
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have just launched a <b><span style="color: red;">PN Review</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>collection at the <b>Poetry Archive</b> to celebrate
250 issues. There are some fantastic pieces from the archives available to read
and listen to, including some by poets published right back in the first ever
issue in 1973, when it began as Poetry Nation, making this a truly
publication-spanning retrospective. You can read all about it </span></span><a href="https://pnreviewblog.wordpress.com/2019/11/18/pn-review-reaches-its-landmark-250th-edition/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> and </span></span><a href="https://www.poetryarchive.org/content/pn-review"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the link to access all the amazing free content!
I like </span></span><a href="https://www.poetryarchive.org/poem/elegy-flowing-touch"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">this
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<i>Elegy of the Flowing Truth</i> by <b><span style="color: red;">Christopher Middleton</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>which begins:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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hb, 978 1912697212) for <i>The Manchester Review</i> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/344AqQr" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> saying <i>'The worlds he creates
are heterotopic, yet within each one he generates skilfully, often with minimal
brushstrokes, the sense of a whole life, as in the short stories of Raymond
Carver.' </i>It’s published by <b>Comma</b><i>.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Andrew, </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwzLiQZDw2I"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the trailer for <i>Frozen 2</i> and </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/6a59cd74-d96a-47c7-a8db-0e421e676b9c"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> the winner of the first ever UK
edition of <i>Ru Paul’s Drag Race</i> with Michelle Visage saying ‘<i>The
audience saw the pure, beautiful, gritty, British ropiness.’</i> And talking of
British ropiness, if you’re not feeling festive yet, then </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP_bGeZn2yU"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> the new Little Mix Christmas single,
which should sort you out!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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book trade. If you would like to order any of the titles mentioned, then please
talk to your Compass Sales Manager, or call the Compass office on 020 8326
5696. Every Friday an e-newsletter containing highlights from the blog is sent
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who are ten years old this month! Founder <b>James Corbett</b> says <i>‘I wish
that I could give you an exciting anecdote about a eureka moment but the
reality was more prosaic. In late 2009 I was working as an international sports
correspondent, contracted to a US sports business website and freelancing for
the BBC. My modest ambition, was to take creative and editorial control over my
own book project – I’d had two books published at that stage – and to work with
likeminded friends and colleagues, utilising our experiences from the worlds of
journalism, design and digital to produce outstanding publications. The birth
of deCoubertin was prosaic. With my sister, Anna, who worked with me in these
early days, we laid out a statement of principles in a South London coffee
shop, and argued about a name. I wanted to call it after my son – Joshua
Charles Publishing but Anna argued in favour of De Coubertin – after the
founder of the modern Olympics. Anna, as she often does, won the day.’</i> You
can read the whole piece by James on the deCoubertin website <a href="https://www.decoubertin.co.uk/blog/decoubertin-turns-10/">here. </a></span></div>
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former VP of sustainability at McDonald's, <b><span style="color: red;">Bob
Langert</span></b> works with companies and their strongest critics to find
solutions that are good for both business and society. His book <b><span style="color: red;">The Battle to Do Good: Inside McDonald’s Sustainability
Journey</span></b> (hb, £6.99, 978 1787568167) which is packed with first-hand
anecdotes, and scores of lessons learned is published by <b>Emerald</b>. His recent
<i>Ted Talk</i> went live at the start of November and has since had well over
750,000 views – you can see it </span></span><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/bob_langert_the_business_case_for_working_with_your_toughest_critics"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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1784108298, £6.99, pb) has just been published by <b>Carcanet</b> – what a
great achievement for this magazine which John Ashbery called <i>‘the most
informative and entertaining poetry journal in the English-speaking world.’ </i>Highlights
in this special celebratory issue include <b><span style="color: red;">Sinéad
Morrissey</span></b>’s StAnza lecture exploring <b><span style="color: red;">Denise
Riley</span></b>’s A Part Song, <b><span style="color: red;">Elaine Feinstein</span></b>’s
last poems, a compelling sequence of Inuit tales, and new poems by <b><span style="color: red;">Sujata Bhatt, Jane Yeh, Angela Leighton</span></b>, and <b><span style="color: red;">Parwana Fayyaz</span></b>, winnerof the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">2019 Forward Prize for Best Poem</span></b>. You can read
<b>Michael Schmidt</b>'s editorial from the magazine on the <b>Carcanet </b>blog
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new BBC series entitled <i>The Novels That Shaped Our World</i> which has just
started on BBC2 and is part of a year-long celebration of literature at the BBC
and traces the form through three themed documentaries in Saturday evenings at
9:45pm. You can read about this </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50302788"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">on the BBC, </span></span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7653399/From-Austen-Zadie-English-languages-100-best-books.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">in the <i>Daily Mail</i> and there have
also been articles in the </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/05/discworld-dishes-moby-dick-bbc-unveils-100-novels-that-shaped-our-world"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Guardian
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first episode, which shows the way that women writers, women readers and
women's lives have been central to the novel, is available to watch on the
iPlayer </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000b8mf/novels-that-shaped-our-world-series-1-1-a-womans-place"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Pianos and Flowers</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">(£12.99, hb, 978 1846975240),
Alexander’s new book has of course just been published by <b>Polygon</b>. In
these stories, inspired by long-lost photographs, we are glimpse a world long
departed. The lives of the people in the frame are imagined and then explored,
layer by layer. and to celebrate its publication we’re giving away a copy to
the first bookseller to email </span></span><a href="mailto:laura@birlinn.co.uk"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">laura@birlinn.co.uk</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
with <b>Piano</b> in the subject line, plus their name and bookshop address.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Puzzle Book</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> (pb, £9.99, 978 1788281911) has now
sold over 40,000 copies for <b>Arcturus</b>! Published in association with The
Turing Trust, this incredible collection of puzzles allows you to test your own
codebreaking skills and if you can solve every puzzle in the book then that
juts proves that you are sufficiently clever to have been recruited to join the
ranks of the codebreakers at Bletchley Park, cracking intercepted coded
messages and enabling the Allies to defeat the Nazis! It contains a
breathtaking range of different types of puzzles, and is the perfect stocking
filler –more stock is coming in in December, so order it now! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A very interesting interview
this week with <b><span style="color: red;">JJ Bola</span></b>, author of <b><span style="color: red;">Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£9.99, pb, 978 0745338743 ) on <i>BBC Radio 3's Free
Thinking</i> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000b0mx">here,</a> talking
together with authors Ben Lerner and Derek Owusu to Laurence Scott about how
men now deal with ideas of masculinity. <b><span style="color: red;">Mask Off</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is published by <b>Pluto</b>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Anthony Seldon</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">was on <i>Good Morning Britain</i> last
week, talking to with Piers and Susanna for a good fifteen minutes about his
biography <b><span style="color: red;">May At 10</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1785905179, £25, hb) which has just been
published by <b>Biteback</b>. As well as the big serialisation in the <i>Times</i>,
there have also been pieces in the <i>Telegraph</i>, the <i>Sun</i> and the <i>Daily
Mail</i> and Anthony has been interviewed on <i>BBC R4’s Today</i> programme,
Radio 5’s <i>Emma Barnett Show</i>, <i>BBC Radio Berkshire Breakfast Show</i>, <i>Sky
with Adam Boulton</i>, <i>TalkRadio</i> and <i>BBC Politics Live</i> with
Andrew Neil where he was a guest for whole show. There have also been
interviews in the <i>Daily Express</i>, <i>Chopper's Brexit Podcast</i>, the <i>Sunday
Times</i>, the <i>Observer</i>, the <i>Spectator</i> and the <i>Washington Post</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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night sky? Or Orion's Belt? Cassiopeia? The Great Bear? In fact, a great deal
can be seen if you know what you're looking for. <b><span style="color: red;">Night
Sky</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Robert
Harvey</span></b> (hb, £19.99, 978 1782749189) presents two hundred outstanding
colour photographs of stunning nocturnal vistas, all visible to the naked eye. An
extract from this amazing book of astronomical wonders has just gone live on the
MailOnline </span></span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-7672325/Amazing-images-book-Night-Sky-astronomical-wonders-without-telescope.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here,
</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">have a look, the pictures are
breathtaking! It’s published by <b>Amber</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">The Lipstick Principles</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, £12.99, 978 1788601368) is published next week
by <b>Practical Inspiration</b>, and there’s lots of PR surrounding the launch of
this life manual which promises to free you to let go of worry and fear, live
in the moment and love your life! Amanda will be on <i>BBC Radio Manchester</i>
on 20th November between 7-8pm , there’s a launch in Manchester with local
press attending the day after (the info on that is </span></span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-party-the-lipstick-principles-tickets-76247164321"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
). Amanda is writing a guest article for <i>Female First</i> entitled <i>Let go
of fear, love life, and be happy</i> and also one for <i>Just Breathe</i>. There
will be a feature in the December issue of <i>Soul & Spirit</i> magazine and
an article in the January issue of <i>Living Quietly</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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(£10, pb, 978 1911508724) on <i>Radio 4's Saturday Review</i> recently (you can
listen again to it </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009z3f"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">).
All the reviewers on the programme LOVED it, with Ellah Watakama Allfrey saying
<i>'I was transported'</i>, Christopher Frayling saying the characters were <i>'drawn
absolutely beautifully'</i>, and Kathryn Hughes calling it <i>'an extraordinary
novel'</i>. AND they named the translator, <b><span style="color: red;">Martin
Aitken</span></b>, in very favourable terms. It’s published by <b>And Other
Stories</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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author of <b><span style="color: red;">Britain’s DNA Journey</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, £9.99, 978 1780276298) appeared alongside Ant
and Dec last Saturday as they embarked on their own DNA journey. <i>Ant &
Dec’s DNA Journey</i> was launched at Bafta on Saturday, to a standing ovation,
and there has been absolutely loads of publicity for this two-part series, and
the revelation that the winsome twosome are, in fact, distant cousins. You can
see the trailer </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGUZXslLopY"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">,
the first episode </span></span><a href="https://www.itv.com/hub/ant-decs-dna-journey/2a5252a0001"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">and
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</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">All terrific publicity for <b><span style="color: red;">Britain’s DNA Journey</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>which
has just been published in paperback. <b>Polygon</b> are giving away a copy of this
epic and revealing narrative to the first bookseller who emails </span></span><a href="mailto:laura@birlinn.co.uk"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">laura@birlinn.co.uk</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
with DNA in the subject line, plus their name and bookshop address.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Guardian which you can read </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/08/michelle-tea-interview-memoir-writing-elfish-act?CMP=share_btn_tw%3E%20-"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
It takes up four pages of the Saturday Review section, and Michelle comes
across brilliantly! Among other praise it comments, <i>'what’s striking about
this and other essays is how Tea was grappling with themes fifteen or so years
ago that are widely and often ferociously debated today.’</i> Among the many
books discussed, she is talking about her new title <b><span style="color: red;">Against
Memoir</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, 978 1911508625, £10)
which is <i>‘a typically visceral and defiant collection of essays spanning
nearly two decades of work that variously touches on art, music, alcohol
addiction, her stint as a sex worker, her family life and adventures in queer
culture.’</i> This kaleidoscope of love and adventure was published by <b>And
Other Stories</b> this autumn.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is back on the agenda big time in the run up to 12 December, and as always,
many authors are weighing into the various issues up for debate. I like the
look of <b><span style="color: red;">The Literary Politics of Scottish
Devolution: Voice, Class, Nation</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb,
£24.99, 978 1474418140, pb,) by <b><span style="color: red;">Scott Hames</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>which has just been published by <b>EUP</b>. This
book is about the role of writers and intellectuals in shaping constitutional
change. Considering an unprecedented range of literary, political and archival
materials, it explores how questions of voice, language and identity featured
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the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, but decades later traces of the
places prepared for a conflict that thankfully never happened still remain. <b><span style="color: red;">Abandoned Cold War Places</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by
<b><span style="color: red;">Robert Grenville</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£19.99,
hb, 978 1782749172) explores many of these relics, including such remarkable
sites as the an immense aircraft scrapyard housing more than 4000 USAF
aircraft; the vast, remote former nuclear test site in Kazakhstan, disused
concrete pagodas on the east coast of England, and old Soviet fighter aircraft
left for scrap in the wastes of Siberia. With 170 outstanding photographs, this
is a fascinating pictorial examination of the remnants of a global superpower
rivalry that defined the world for over forty years. There’s a terrific feature
about the book on the <i>CNN website</i> which you can see </span></span><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/abandoned-cold-war-places-book/index.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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have also run an extract , that’s </span></span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-7610049/Haunting-images-fascinating-new-book-Abandoned-Cold-War-Places-Robert-Grenville.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
and since it went live on Saturday, the page has had well over 100,000 views.
It has just been published by <b>Amber</b>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">The Sea Cloak</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£9.99,
pb 978 1905583782) has had some astonishing reviews, and there’s another one
this week in <i>STORGY</i> in which they called her debut collection ‘<i>impassioned
and glorious, it is a stunning addition to the rapidly growing voice of
Palestinian writers.’</i> You can read the whole thing </span></span><a href="https://storgy.com/2019/11/14/the-sea-cloak-by-nayrouz-qarmout/?fbclid=IwAR0Q7KBcZMmSQDXwXDOxiUGT4R-tXn2YgcMpGjVK3ch_ArZ7T6RNZ1wpK_8" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here. </span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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this should carry on selling well as a Christmas gift. The fab promo video from
<b>London Stereoscopic</b> is on YouTube </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oss8VFt81w"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here </span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">and
the <i>Guardian </i>gave it a full page </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/oct/28/brian-mays-stereoscopic-devil-cards-diableries-collection-complete"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
Brian was interviewed on <i>Sky News</i> </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amJHkyQMW0I"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here, </span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Zoe
Ball enthused about it on <i>Radio 2</i> </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07s1zfb"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here, </span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">as
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Art Newspaper</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> featured it </span></span><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/brian-may-of-queen-presents-demonic-diableries-images-in-a-halloween-spectacle"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
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<i>Amateur Photographer</i> </span></span><a href="https://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/latest/articles/infernally-good-day-132319"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
and <i>Hello Magazine</i> </span></span><a href="https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2019103179918/queen-brian-may-plans-open-museum-diableries/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here!</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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from her high-powered management role and started transforming a neglected farm
into an award-winning wedding venue. She faced nearly every type of challenge
an entrepreneur can face – tribunals, near bankruptcy, staff issues, system
problems, but the moment that transformed her business from a struggle to a
success was the moment she put a bow tie on a llama. <b><span style="color: red;">Why Put a Bow Tie on a Llama?: How a Crazy Idea Can Change Your Life and Transform
Your Business</span></b> is published by <b>Practical Inspiration</b> in
January and there’s has lots of publicity coming up, including a piece in <i>Farm
Diversity</i> magazine, an article in <i>Alpha Babe Society</i>, an interview
on <i>Prosperity Kitchen Podcast</i>, features in the <i>Spring Wedding Ideas</i>
venue guide, <i>County Wedding</i> magazine, <i>Hitched</i> magazine, and interviews
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largest urban forest? More than a fifth of the capital is trees and London is
so packed with foliage that it’s technically a forest (according to a United
Nations definition that states that a forest is anywhere that’s at least 20%
trees)! There are a massive 8.4 million trees across the capital, nearly one
for each of the 8.6million Londoners. These stats are from a fascinating piece in
the latest edition of Time Out which you can read </span></span><a href="https://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/did-you-know-that-london-is-the-worlds-largest-urban-forest?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&cid=~london~natsoc~twitter~echobox#Echobox=1573496094"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
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<b><span style="color: red;">Paul Wood</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb,
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introduction to <b>Comma</b>’s <b><span style="color: red;">Resist: Stories of
Uprising</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>anthology (hb, £14.99, 978
1912697076 ) (chosen by Waterstones as one of their <i>'Best of 2019'</i>) was
published this week by <i>Bookanista</i>; read it </span></span><a href="http://bookanista.com/disobedience/?fbclid=IwAR1AiHwuN6n4C5f5mPGIh9EV7Aw_BvDRMPOlDeKR1bKrPV1GRLrj2Oj9s4A" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here </span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">to get a great taster of what follows
in the collection! <b><span style="color: red;">Resist</span></b> was also is a <i>Stylist</i>
best fiction and feminist read for November, who said <i>‘these 20 essays about
uprising are essential reading.' </i>You can read that feature </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2NhbL5c" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here. </span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">And
it was also reviewed by <i>Meteor Magazine</i> and that’s </span></span><a href="https://www.themeteor.org/2019/11/04/review-resist-stories-of-uprising/?fbclid=IwAR1B4jxSfoxoPTWa4oiju_kMDRK6BSZAKqwhP-fhFe4beCx31H-MNW7UKJY" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here. </span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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indie publisher <b>Honford Star</b> to the team. You can read more about this
list in the <i>Bookseller </i></span></span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/honford-star-announces-trio-contemporary-fiction-titles-2020-1109466"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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contemporary fiction with three new books by up and coming east Asian fiction
writers in 2020 and founder and publisher <b>Anthony Bird</b> said: <i>‘Although
all the books could be lumped together as of being from ‘East Asia’, in reality
the voices are massively disparate and come from different socio- political and
cultural perspectives. Readers who delight in new voices, new literary forms,
and want to learn more about the cultural landscape from outside Europe will
greatly enjoy the titles.’</i> There’s lots more info on their website </span></span><a href="http://www.honfordstar.com/about"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">www.honfordstar.com</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.
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promoting his new jazz album! I’ve seen him on <i>Radio 2 </i>and <i>The Graham
Norton</i> show and there have been multiple sightings in the national press.
And I’m pleased to say that <b><span style="color: red;">The Goldblum Variations:
Adventures of Jeff Goldblum Across the Known (and Unknown) Universe</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, £7.50, 978 1912489244) a collection of flash
fiction, stories and games, is selling very nicely thank you for <b>404Ink</b>.
Just don’t forget to keep it piled high on those Christmas book tables – there are
a LOT of Goldblum fans out there! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of his very special brand of fabulousness then </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD88UV7GMvQ"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's </span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a track from that new album, where he’s playing
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all about Children’s in Need! The current Children in Need format was born in
1980, and if you fancy a burst of nostalgia, have a look at </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9wnS9Bw1f8"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">this </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>clip
from 1984! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/11cyJyD0Z7C62flqxtVJyRq/10-reasons-rylans-great-ka-ry-oke-challenge-was-so-memorable"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> are the highlights from <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>this year’s Rylan Clarke Neal’s 24 karaoke
challenge which includes him singing <i>It Takes Two</i> with Ken Bruce, and </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5fsjLQbt8tvnyp2sRbL4FrT/bbc-children-in-need-s-most-surprising-fundraisers"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> are some of this year’s most
surprising fundraising ideas – from sleeping in a tree to guessing where a cow
will poo next!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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so we all know what come next, and I will draw your attention to this new title
from <b>Armadillo</b>. <b><span style="color: red;">Christmas Fairy Tales</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(hb, £10, 978 1861478740) is a collection of twelve traditional
fairytales in very readable retellings by folklore expert <b><span style="color: red;">Neil Philip</span></b> (with introductory notes for the
interested). Some, such as <i>The Nutcracker</i> are well known, others such as
the joyous <i>Schnitzle Schotzle and Schnootzle</i> less so; but all offer glorious
views of the true meaning of Christmas. It is exquisitely illustrated by <b><span style="color: red;">Isabelle Brent</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>with
gold leaf trims to all the pictures, and the pages are beautifully designed
with intricate borders and lots of lovely festive details; you can have a look <a href="http://www.annesspublishing.com/mint_pageturn/excite/preview/330857283">here</a>.
Finished copies have just come in looking absolutely gorgeous and I would highly
recommend it! Of course, there are plenty of Christmas anthologies around but this
one really is something special and it’s just £10!</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">A brilliant article in the <i>Observer</i>
last weekend about <b><span style="color: red;">Patrick McCabe</span></b>, which
talks a lot about his new book <b><span style="color: red;">The Big Yaroo</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£12.99, pb, 978 1848407411) which is published by <b>New
Island Books</b> this month. </span></span><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2019/10/i-used-cringe-irish-novels-plays-and-television-one-book-changed-all"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Here's
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">another
piece on <i>New Statseman.com</i> by the same writer (Megan Nolan, also an
Irish author who’s just signed a big book deal, and is quite in vogue right now)
explaining exactly why this sequel is something to be thrilled about and why <i>The
Butcher Boy</i>, published in 1992, was such a turning point for Irish
literature. <b><span style="color: red;">The Big Yaroo</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is a roller-coaster of a read, it’s uproariously
funny, terrifying and profound. As Nolan says, it reminds you of <i>‘the joy of
McCabe’s sentences, and … how dangerous and thrilling Irish writing can be.’ </i>Nicole
Flattery called it ‘<i>dark, irreverent, sharp and energetic—Pat McCabe’s
exceptional gifts remain unparalleled’</i> and I’m sure there will be more rave
reviews to come.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Parkin</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is on a bit of a roll at
present, he’s got a non-fiction title <i>A Game of Birds and Wolves</i> out
from Sceptre this month, which is currently being turned into a film by Steven
Spielberg's production company! He’s also a regular contributor to the <i>Guardian</i>'s
Long Read, a contributing writer for the <i>New Yorker</i>, and the game critic
for the <i>Observer</i>. A good time therefore to flag up a new edition of his
blockbusting <b>Lorenz </b>title, <b><span style="color: red;">An Illustrated
History of 151 Video Games</span></b> (978 0754823902, £14.99, hb) which has just
been published in a new and updated edition. Beginning in the early 1970s, the
book charts five decades of the game evolution. The story of each game is wittily
described with loads of great trivia and quotations, and fully illustrated with
over 1,000 photographs, screenshots and artwork. This celebratory reference and
history by the man whom the <i>New Statesman</i> called <i>‘one of the most
effortlessly masterful voices in video game writing’</i> will enthral any video
games aficionado whether they are playing as a supersonic hedgehog, athletic archaeologist
or moustachioed Italian plumber!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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978 1785905179) by Downing Street's official historian <b><span style="color: red;">Anthony Seldon</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>began
this week in the <i>Times</i>, you can see </span></span><a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/election-victory-spelt-disaster-for-miserable-may-crf6s508h"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">part
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</span></span><a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/may-at-10-book-extract-trusted-aides-became-the-real-power-behind-throne-n9gjv2bfj"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">two
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and there were two more big extracts also. Written by one of Britain's leading
political and social commentators, <b><span style="color: red;">May at 10</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>describes how Theresa arrived in 10 Downing Street in
with the clearest, yet toughest, agenda of any Prime Minister since the Second
World War: delivering Brexit. What follows defies belief or historical
precedent. Including a comprehensive series of interviews with May's closest
aides and allies, and with unparalleled access to the advisers who shaped her premiership,
Seldon decodes the enigma of the Prime Minister's tenure. Here’s a review in
the </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/26/theresa-may-inflexible-introverted-and-surly-biography-claims"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Guardian</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> entitled <i>‘Theresa May inflexible,
introverted and surly, biography claims’</i> and also one in the </span></span><a href="file:///D:/Catherine/Documents/Mum's%20Bits%20and%20Bobs/Compass%20Points/Times"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Times</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
saying <i>‘Readers of his 640-page account of May’s neuralgic time at the top
may feel less indulgent to this brine-washed limpet of a prime minister, as
incurious and foggy a figure as ever led this country.’<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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about Labour’s crusade against ‘the elite’ with questions about who exactly ‘the
elite’ are and whether they are necessarily bad! Plenty of reference was made
to <i>BBC Two</i>'s recent <i>How to Break into the Elite</i> documentary (available
on the iPlayer </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000772n/how-to-break-into-the-elite"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
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where Amol Rajan looked at how much class matters in Britain's top professions.
It featured <b><span style="color: red;">Daniel Laurison and Sam Friedman</span></b>,
authors of </span></span><a href="https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-class-ceiling"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">The
Class Ceiling</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.
Sam was described by Amol as <i>‘the Don when it come to the link between class
and top jobs’ </i>and discussing his research into social mobility, he reveals
stats that are both shocking and depressing. <b><span style="color: red;">The
Class Ceiling: Why it Pays to be Privileged</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978
1447336105, £9.99, pb) is published by <b>Policy Press</b> and the paperback of
is coming inJanuary.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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publishers on the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Saltire Awards</span></b> shortlists
this year! 404 Ink, winners of the Emerging Publisher Award in 2017 are
shortlisted for the prestigious <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Publisher of the
Year Award</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>a <b><span style="color: red;">Jane Haining</span></b>’s <b><span style="color: red;">A Life
of Love and Courage</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is up for <b><span style="color: red;">The Saltire Society Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the Year
Award</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>and <b><span style="color: red;">First
Among Equals</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>for <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">The Saltire Scottish History Book of the Year Award</span></b>,
both are published by <b>Birlinn</b>. <b><span style="color: red;">Scotland,
1846: Living an Antislavery Life</span></b> from <b>Edinburgh University Press</b>
is also shortlisted for the <b><span style="color: red;">Saltire Scottish History
Book of the Year</span></b>. <b><span style="color: red;">Polygon New Poets: Iona
Lee</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is shortlisted for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Calum Macdonald Memorial Award</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>and <b><span style="color: red;">Roseanne Watt's</span></b>
Shetlandic/English collection <b><span style="color: red;">Moder Dy</span></b>,
also published by <b>Polygon</b>, is on the on the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Poetry
Award</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>shortlist. The winner of
each book award receives a cash prize of £2,000 and goes on to be considered
for the top prize of <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Saltire Scottish Book of
the Year</span></b>, receiving a further £5,000.</span></span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The winners of all eleven
prizes will be announced at a ceremony in Edinburgh on Saturday 30 November.</span></div>
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in Hove</b> who won last week’s giveaway, a copy of <b><span style="color: red;">Thunderbook:
The World of Bond According to Smersh Pod</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(hb,
£16.99, 978 0957507623) is now on its way to you! The Bond films have
entertained annoyed, excited, bored, aroused and invigorated cinemagoers for
more than fifty years. Who hasn't wanted to kick a big bloke with metal teeth
in the groin? Fly a small plane out of a pretend horse's bottom? Or push a
middle-aged man into space? No one, that's who. <b><span style="color: red;">Thunderbook</span></b>
affectionately examines Bond with tongue firmly in cheek and elbow dug in ribs.
Join <b><span style="color: red;">John Rain</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>as
he goes film-by-film pointing out all the good, the bad, and the double-taking
pigeons contained within Bond's half-century of world domination. It’s out from
<b>Polaris</b> on 7 November.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Bond knowledge – then why not try </span></span><a href="https://www.007.com/quizzes/bond-quiz/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">this </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">quiz from the 007.com website!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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A Race Today Anthology</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">(£17.99,
pb, 978 0745339757) which has just been published by <b>Pluto</b> was extracted
in <i>Ceasefire magazine</i>, you can read that one </span></span><a href="https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/stay-fight-celebrating-race-today/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">and
there’s a brilliant interview which you can watch on YouTube </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mR1v-utN-8"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">with one of its authors <b><span style="color: red;">Leila Howe</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>talking about
the book and also discussing racist and sexist abuse against Dianne Abbott, FBI
infiltration of Black Panther-inspired groups, the knife crime epidemic in
London and the difference between the activism of the previous generations and
the activism today. Fascinating stuff. <b><span style="color: red;">Here to Stay,
Here to Fight</span></b>, is the first book-length anthology of its kind, providing
an overview of <i>Race Today</i>'s 15-year history, as well as exploring its impressive
legacy in contemporary social movements.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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£14.99, 978 1912697212) in the <i>Guardian</i> this week </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/31/dressing-up-box-other-stories-david-constantine-review?CMP=share_btn_tw&fbclid=IwAR341aD6KlYE8k6QWOXj4gsTbzz0fwV2xTEBc3U5TGhxMIHyhLiwUncCIzM" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">calling
it an <i>‘intelligent, unshowy and often moving collection.’</i> David also
wrote a piece for <i>Big Issue North</i> this week, about his work with the
homeless in the 1960s, and how it inspired him to tell the truth about people
through his stories. The characters in <b><span style="color: red;">The Dressing
Up Box</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>are all in pursuit of
sanctuary; the violence and mendacity of the outside world presses in from all
sides be it the ritualised brutality suffered by children at a Catholic
orphanage, or the harrowing videos shared among refugees of an atrocity 'back
home'. In each case, the characters withdraw into themselves, sometimes
abandoning language altogether, until something breaks and they can retreat no
further. In <b><span style="color: red;">Constantine</span></b>'s luminous prose,
these stories capture such moments in all their clarity. It was published by <b>Comma</b>
in September.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in <i>Families Nationwide</i> magazine, Jan/Feb 20, a review in <i>Families SE</i>,
Jan/Feb 20, a double page interview in <i>The Weekly News</i>, a 500 word
feature in <i>Toddle About</i> entitled <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>'Practical
Techniques and Words to Manage Children's Worries'</i>, and a feature in the Spring
2020 issue of <i>Country Child magazine</i>. <b>Alicia Eaton</b> is a Harley
Street practitioner with over fifteen years’ experience of helping children to
feel more confident and as Elaine Halligan (Director of The Parent Practice)
says, ‘<i>This book will come as a huge relief to so many parents by helping
them understand that much anxiety is actually part of everyday childhood
worries and doesn’t need to be catastrophised.’</i> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Norway 1940-1945</span></b> (978 1785904776, £25, hb) in the <i>Times</i> this
week. <b><span style="color: red;">Secret Alliances</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is published by <b>Biteback</b> next week, and is an extraordinary
book in which historian <b><span style="color: red;">Tony Insall</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>reveals how some of the most striking achievements of
the Norwegian resistance were the detailed reports produced by intelligence
agents living in the dangerous conditions of the country's desolate wilderness.
Offering dramatic details on operations such as the Nazis plans to build an
atomic bomb and the sinking of the Tirpitz in November 1944, <b><span style="color: red;">Secret Alliances</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is
an authoritative new perspective on some of the most remarkable exploits of the
Second World War.</span></span></div>
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excerpt from <b><span style="color: red;">Resist</span></b> (£14.99, hb, 978 1912697076) from <b>Comma</b>’s collection of British protest history inspired stories, on
the <i>Minor Literatures</i> website <a href="https://minorliteratures.com/2019/10/25/the-done-thing-luan-goldie/?fbclid=IwAR3qjVKHoyaQxvMGIEEAYG6E86c40NScg7wcF_Cvm9KmfyIFQIOQBFscYFc" target="_blank">here. </a><i>The Done Thing</i> by <b><span style="color: red;">Luan
Goldie</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is based on the Ford Dagenham
Women's Strike of 1968. At a time that feels unprecedented in British politics,
with unlawful prorogations of parliament, casual race-baiting by senior
politicians, and a climate crisis that continues to be ignored it's easy to
think these are uncharted waters for us, as a democracy. But Britain has seen
political crises and far-right extremism before, just as it has witnessed
regressive, heavy-handed governments. Eventually, people have called it out,
stood up, resisted and in this new collection spanning two millennia of British
protest, authors, historians and activists re-imagine twenty acts of defiance.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Andrew Vine</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(pb, £14.99, 978 0993291180) </span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">in
the November issue of <i>Yorkshire Life</i>, which has a circulation of 12,000.
You can see the online version </span></span><a href="https://www.yorkshirelife.co.uk/out-about/walks/yorkshire-coast-path-1-6339585"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
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admire some of the gorgeous pics from this terrific book! This definitive
walking guide maps the whole route on large-scale OS maps and is packed with
colour photos, making it an essential purchase for the long-distance walker and
afternoon stroller alike. It’s published by <b>Safe Haven</b>.</span></span></div>
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how <b><span style="color: red;">Brian May</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>found
the two missing cards needed to complete the new edition of <b><span style="color: red;">Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£60, hb, 978 1999667436). which has just been
published by <b>London Stereoscopic</b>. The tale of how for nearly 30 years,
May has attempted to collect all 182 of the 19th-century French stereoscopic
photography cards featuring scenes such as <i>The Infernal Cavalry</i>, <i>Satan
the Journalist</i> and <i>Bicycle Race in Hell</i> is a fascinating one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ghouls and ghosties are back in their coffins, I enjoyed </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/31/horror-authors-spookiest-books-anne-rice-dracula-lauren-beukes"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">this
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scary read in the <i>Guardian</i> about which books frighten the bejezus out of horror
authors!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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special <i>‘Airpool Karaoke’</i>, </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50123717"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">the
BBC on the correct etiquette for asking for a celeb selfie, (as Dame Emma
Thompson is said to have been horrified to learn a waiter lost his job for
asking for one with her) and </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLXYfgpqb8A"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">a trailer for series three of <i>The
Crown</i> which is starting on 17 November – I can’t wait! That’s all folks,
more next week!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Compass Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00044178292310792343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731162678440102121.post-69260630668845492052019-10-25T07:39:00.000-07:002019-10-25T07:45:43.094-07:00Compass Points 325<br />
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<span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">The <b>James
Bond</b> franchise is one of the most successful in cinema history. It’s now
over fifty years old, yet still as popular and lucrative as ever. <b><span style="color: red;">Smersh Pod</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is a cult
podcast celebrating the films, with 40,000 downloads a month, and now its
creator <b><span style="color: red;">John Rain</span></b><span style="color: red;">
</span>has written <b><span style="color: red;">Thunderbook</span></b> (£16.99, hb,
978 0957507623) which is, as Al Murray commented,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> ‘an affectionately droll Bond-by-Bond stroll
through the films we know and love, whether we like them or not.’ </span></i><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">It is the perfect Christmas gift for
Bond lovers, an entertaining and informative read that will prime them for the
new adventure <i>No Time To Die</i> which is due for release in April 2020. It has
been selected for the <i>BA Christmas Catalogue </i>and there is a full-page ad
in the November issue of <i>Total Film</i>. Reviews, features and interviews are
planned for <i>Empire</i> and the <i>Guardian</i>. As well as Al Murray,
another celeb endorsement comes from Kathy Burke who called it <i>‘beautifully
observed and a laugh-out-loud joy’</i>. <b><span style="color: red;">Smershpod </span></b>is
already promoting the book extensively through all their social media channels
and one lucky bookseller can win a copy of it by emailing <a href="mailto:laura@birlinn.co.uk">laura@birlinn.co.uk</a> with their bookshop
name and address and <b><span style="color: red;">Thunderbook</span></b> in the
subject line.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">And for Bond fans, you can watch a
trailer for <i>No Time to Die</i> </span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA3kQKTbjzs">here.</a></span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Sustainability is the buzz word for
businesses right now, and as the <i>Economist</i> said, <i>‘<b><span style="color: red;">The Battle to Do Good: Inside McDonald’s Sustainability
Journey </span></b>(hb, £6.99, 978 1787568167) is a must-read even for those
who are cynical about the business of corporate social responsibility.’ I</i>n
it, former McDonald's executive <b><span style="color: red;">Bob Langert</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>takes readers on a behind-the-scenes eye witness
account of the mega brand giant's decades-long battle to address numerous hot-button
issues, such as packaging, waste, recycling, obesity, deforestation and animal
welfare. Bob gave a talk at the TEDSummit 2019 earlier this year which will be
released on TED.com on 4th November and should lead to plenty of promotion from
TED on their social media channels, newsletters, homepage, etc. You can find
out more at </span><a href="http://www.ted.com/speakers/bob_langert"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">www.ted.com/speakers/bob_langert</span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">. Packed with first-hand anecdotes, and
scores of lessons learned, <b><span style="color: red;">The Battle to Do Good</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is a real page turner that provides unique insights
and guidance. It’s published by <b>Emerald</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Always a pleasure to hear the wonderful
<b><span style="color: red;">Brian May</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>talking
about his books with <b>London Stereoscopic</b>, and this morning he was on <i>Radio
2’s Zoe Ball’s Breakfast Show</i> promoting <b><span style="color: red;">Diableries:
Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£60,
hb, 978 1999667436). This cult classic (in a new edition which now includes the
two long lost cards that were missing from the first edition) provides a rare
and satirical look at an 1860s view of Hell. Thanks to Brian's imagination and
his determination to share the wonders of these weird and wonderful 3D cards which
show scenes of torture, fire, and every variety of licentious behaviour; readers
can find themselves transported them to a nightmarish netherworld. And it’s
published (of course) on Halloween! You can listen again to Brian on <i>Radio 2</i>
this morning </span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0009ln1"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.</span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">A fantastic party at the <b>Tate Modern
in London</b> this week for <b>Carcanet</b>’s 50th birthday. In November, there
will be more festivities in <b>Carcanet</b>’s home town of Manchester and there
are also lots of events at bookshops and literary festivals to come. You can
find out more about the celebrations for the Jubilee on their website </span><a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/scribe?showinfo=ip051"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
</span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Pictured
here is founder and MD <b>Michael Schmidt</b> speaking at the party and </span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/feature/carcanet-50-1040556"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
</span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">in
the <i>Bookseller</i> you can read an interview where he discusses the highs
and lows of the press's history and their plans for the future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Shelf Festival Of Words</b> in Sheffield this week for <b><span style="color: red;">The Book of Sheffield</span></b> (£9.99, pb, 978 1912697137).
You can hear its editor <b><span style="color: red;">Catherine Taylor</span></b>,
and contributor to the collection <b><span style="color: red;">Desiree Reynolds</span></b>,
discussing the book on <i>BBC Radio Sheffield</i> also this week </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bbcsheffield/?__tn__=K-R&eid=ARAr3ByyvWvcQSECEHPDrqOMe5vSmogiTaorbXXziWCAY5We3uN33yspLBAZwRcVir5At_RHjmqMkPe9&fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCl1RUL9g17NNr2BZQbgik9F1ssaRepzK8GG_CN7jI9v68apOd0Xp21d5pK0UnRkRSo-94pWw_dppXSY8nhZHyjgCZeO8cP2iX63ZQuJeQtU5olgu5G7OOflVLbUHX93MiAUIoBRXqwVg6OKIZqpDGveGfhZi_aH3ynA8QdBP-iJqce4RMVWpfFCySLncYElKYp_60FpI5OS2I0xLr7DYCmoLlfdjcBJ_fLvzHlGkUGydBKxCLIbTIZ1fZv4yV6Tdbs3xTLwtBs9g9ZJTZDYPAa2jYzO_U6IHZWiCISgZCpeP8x0l6EsbuG_s-MBxSNf-B_9PNLa2-hZQyTfbV9KAAraNYU" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
and you can read Catherine's fab piece for the <i>Guardian</i> about her summer
job in a cutlery factory in Sheffield in the late 1980s </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/30/summer-job-sheffield-cutlery-factory?CMP=share_btn_tw"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
</span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">From
the aspirations of young creatives, to the more immediate demands of refugees,
scrap metal collectors, and student radicals; these stories offer ten different
look-out points from which to gaze down on the ever-changing face of the 'Steel
City'. It’s part of <b>Comma</b>’s popular <b>Reading the City</b> series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">A former marketing director at Pepsi
and managing director at HEAD sports, <b><span style="color: red;">Chris Radford</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>launched his own strategy consulting firm in 1996. He
helped Mars create the Celebrations chocolate brand, turned Galaxy into a brand
leader in the Middle East and helped make Miracle Gro the market leader in
gardening. He has enabled many businesses to take their brands to the next
level with his distinctive 'Differentiate' method and now he’s put it all into
a book: <b><span style="color: red;">Attractive Thinking: The Five Questions that
Drive Successful Brand Strategy and How to Answer Them</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 11788601030, pb, £15.99). In it, readers can discover
the five key questions you must answer to create a better brand strategy and
the tools to deliver it. It’s out from <b>Practical Inspiration</b> on 1
November. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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these days of endless tests, children’s imagination and originality is getting
lost. A new title from <b>Crown</b> <b><span style="color: red;">Storycraft</span></b>
(978 14785834028, pb, £16.99) is a practical resource to support secondary
school teachers in developing their students’ creative writing. This book is
not a style manual. Authors <b><span style="color: red;">Martin Griffin and Jon
Mayhew</span></b> think there are plenty of those about. Instead, it picks
apart the craft of narrative writing and provides activities designed to help
their students overcome the difficulties they experience when tasked with
creating something from nothing. Written by two fiction writers and experienced
teachers, <b><span style="color: red;">Storycraft</span></b> packs in expert
guidance relating to idea generation and the nature of story and provides writing
prompts that teachers can immediately adopt and adapt in the classroom. We have
three reading copies available for booksellers. Email </span><a href="mailto:rwilliams@crownhouse.co.uk"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">rwilliams@crownhouse.co.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> with <b><span style="color: red;">Storycraft</span></b>
in the subject box and your name and bookshop address to receive one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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978 1909245969) by <b><span style="color: red;">Clive Allen</span></b>. <i>‘You
need to keep moving forward. If you stand still you eventually end up going
backwards,’</i> </span><a href="https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/clive-allen-certain-spurs-sign-17097040"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">said</span>
</a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Clive
chatting to <i>Football.London</i>. <i>‘It was completely bizarre,’</i> he says
of that deal<i>. ‘People who hear about it now can’t comprehend it. If someone
paid what would be the equivalent these days of £50</i></span><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">million
for a teenage striker, they wouldn’t be moving them on without even playing
them,’</span></i><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> that’s </span><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/10/16/clive-allen-interview-hate-harry-kane-breaks-record-deserve/"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
</span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">in
his interview by Jim White for the <i>Telegraph</i>. <i>‘I am not drinking with
you,’</i> he said. <i>‘You are cheats.’</i> The <i>Evening Standard</i> ran an
extract of Clive and Arsene Wenger’s turbulent meetings, that one’s </span><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal/clive-allen-on-arsenal-arsene-wenger-called-us-cheats-and-i-will-never-forgive-him-a4263121.html"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
</span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> <i>Knees Up Mother Brown</i> sat down with
Clive and talked career, West Ham and his new book, that’s </span><a href="https://www.kumb.com/story.php?id=133987"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here </span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">and finally </span><a href="https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/clive-allen-believes-harry-kane-can-break-his-tottenham-goalscoring-record-38604073.html"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's
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article in the <i>Belfast Telegraph</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Forward Prize for Best Single Poem</span></b>
for <b><span style="color: red;">Forty Names</span></b>, which was originally
published in <b><span style="color: red;">PN Review 241</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1784101527, £6.99). You can find out more and
read about all the winners </span><a href="http://www.forwardartsfoundation.org/2019-forward-prizes/"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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the leading awards for poetry published in the UK and Ireland and Parwana’s
poem draws inspiration both narrative and lyrical from medieval Persian
traditions. You can read the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Forty Names</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.forwardartsfoundation.org/poetry/forty-names/"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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which words have made it into the new edition of the <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i>
and whether you know what they all mean! <i>Omnishambles? Sumphy? Chirpse? Arlarse?</i>
For all 650 new additions, have a look </span><a href="https://public.oed.com/updates/new-words-list-october-2019/"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> and there’s an entertaining article
discussing them </span><a href="https://public.oed.com/blog/new-words-notes-for-october-2019/"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.</span></a><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk13837432"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">Good Vibes Good Life</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">by
Instagram guru <b><span style="color: red;">Vex King</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£10.99, pb, 978 1788171823) is flying high for <b>Hay
House</b> at the moment, they sold almost 5,500 copies last month, which is their
highest monthly volume on any one title had to date. It you’re not stocking it
then you are seriously missing out! <b><span style="color: red;">Vex King</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is an optimist, visionary and philanthropist. His
father died when he was six months old and his single mother raised him and his
siblings alone in a traditional Indian household, although they were often
homeless. He suffered racist abuse in a violent neighbourhood but did well at
school, then went on to work in a corporate job, while pursuing a career in
fashion and music production where he worked with stars including Tinie Tempah.
He is now a major voice in the world of personal development and spiritual
wisdom through his Instagram account @vexking. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">If you want a bit of Vex vibes in your
life right now, then </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/vexking/status/1060184995623550976?lang=en"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">this
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when you feel the urge, to receive your own personalised message from the
universe! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Know </span></b>by <b><span style="color: red;">Norman Baker</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1785904912, £20, hb) began last weekend with
four pages in the <i>Mail on Sunday</i>, who trumpeted <i>‘Where did Princess
Margaret get £20m and how about the Queen Mother's £70m legacy? In his
controversial new book, MP Norman Baker examines the family's finances as he
accuses the Windsors of Right Royal Robbery’</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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another extract to follow this weekend. You can read it </span></span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7566439/Where-did-Princess-Margaret-20m-Queen-mothers-70m-legacy.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here.
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">It’s
just been published by <b>Biteback</b>. The <i>Daily Mirror</i> said it <i>‘brilliantly
exposes how a Ruritanian farce is ripping us off. Vive la British revolution!’ </i>while
Caroline Lucas gave a rather more balanced review saying <i>‘with our democracy
in turmoil, it's right to be asking questions about constitutional reform, and
that includes the role of the royal family. Norman Baker tackles the subject
with his trademark energy and in forensic detail looking at the facts beyond
the headlines. An important book for anyone serious about questioning how our
country is run.’</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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at </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xujHlWzWW98"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">this
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) by <b><span style="color: red;">Clive Allen</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>in
the <i>Mail on Sunday </i>this week, that’s </span></span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7566807/Clive-Allen-describes-feud-ruined-relationship-father-fellow-Tottenham-hero-Les.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;"> Also a fab interview in <i>The Athletic.com</i>
</span></span><a href="https://theathletic.com/1287006/2019/10/13/allen-interview-eccleshare-oct-11/where"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where Clive revisited all seven of the London
clubs he played for. ‘<i>What Clive Allen and I are attempting is no mean feat,
a visit to all seven of the London clubs he played for. Throw in a stint
playing American football for the London Monarchs, and there can surely be no
player with more links to the capital than Allen. Perhaps what we’re doing will
become a pub crawl one day.’ </i><b><span style="color: red;">Up Front</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>was published yesterday by <b>De Coubertin</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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writer who changed the face of Western politics and culture. As a lifelong
anti-imperialist, black queer advocate, and feminist, he was a passionate
chronicler of the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, the U.S. war against
Vietnam, Palestinian liberation struggle, and the rise of LGBTQ rights. In a brilliant
new biography <b><span style="color: red;">James Baldwin: Living in Fire</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(hb, £20, 978 0745338545) from <b>Pluto</b>, <b><span style="color: red;">Bill V. Mullen</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>explores
how Baldwin's life and work channel the long history of African-American
freedom struggles, and explains how he both predicted and has become a symbol
of the global Black Lives Matter movement. This is the first major biography of
Baldwin in more than a decade and there was a great review of it in the Herald,
calling it <i>‘persuasive and illuminating’</i> you can read that </span></span><a href="https://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/17908539.review-james-baldwin-living-fire-bill-v-mullen/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Comma Press Podcast</b> has been shortlisted for <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Podcast
of the Year</span></b> by the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">FutureBook Awards
2019</span></b>! It’s one of seven shortlisted, alongside podcasts from
Penguin, Waterstones and Sara Pascoe. Series One of the podcast focused on the <b>Comma</b>
anthology <b><span style="color: red;">Protest: Stories of Resistance</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£12.99, pb, 978 1910974438) with author historians
and activists gathered in the studio for engaging and in-depth discussions
around the stories and acts of defiance they reimagined. You can read more
about that and see all of the shortlists in the <i>Bookseller </i>here </span></span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/futurebook-awards-shortlists-revealed-1100601?fbclid=IwAR05HbplgFTVt3qlq_hRuyS5HNE5865C6Nf0bi7JmXIFWJ50BTXjTTBzRJA" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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more of, an author who dresses up as their own book! This is a moquette-clad <b><span style="color: red;">Andrew Martin</span></b>, at last week's sell-out event for <b>Safe
Haven</b>’s bestselling new title <b><span style="color: red;">Seats of London</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£12.99, pb, 978-1916045316) at <b>Stanfords in
Covent Garden</b>. There was a great feature in the weekend's <i>Observer</i>
on the book which you can read </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/oct/12/all-aboard-london-transport-seat-designs-in-pictures" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">and
reviews are also coming in <i>Buses</i> magazine, the magazine of the <i>Twentieth-Century
Society</i>, and a feature in <i>It's Nice That</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">City Award</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>in the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">2019 Creative Edinburgh
Awards</span></b> for her exploration of the city's physical, political and
social environment in her new book <b><span style="color: red;">Constitution
Street</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£12.99, pb, 978 1912489206). You
can see all the winners on the Creative Edinburgh website </span></span><a href="https://www.creative-edinburgh.com/awards/2019"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part
memoir, part social history and a call to action, <b><span style="color: red;">Constitution
Street</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is an antidote to an age of
personal and political anxiety. Here, the real-life stories on one street,
shared with Jemma Neville and framed by her own, reveal the courage,
perseverance and capacity for love within us all. It’s published by <b>404Ink</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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formula for being happy? Would you like to gain control of your life and feel
more confident? How can you set about achieving your goals? <b><span style="color: red;">Amanda Brown</span></b>’s quest to find answers to these
questions has taken her across continents on a personal journey of study and
practice as a successful life coach and speaker. She shares her knowledge,
insights and success stories in <b><span style="color: red;">The Lipstick Principles</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£12.99, pb, 978 1788601368), which is coming from <b>Practical
Inspiration</b> on 21 November. Helen Cornwell Lee said of it <i>‘Every now and
then a book comes along that unlocks and changes the way you see the world in a
way that means you want to share it with everyone you care about – this is such
a book.’</i> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Prizes for Poetry </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">the
<i>Telegraph</i> is publishing the five nominees for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Best Single Poem</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>award
which includes <b><span style="color: red;">Forty Names</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Parwana Fayyaz</span></b>,
which was published in <i>PN Review 241</i> (978 1784101527, £6.99) which Simon
Armitage has called <i>‘the most engaged, challenging and serious-minded of all
the UK’s poetry magazines’</i> and John Ashbery, <i>‘the most informative and
entertaining poetry journal in the English-speaking world.’</i> Fayyaz's
shortlisted poem retells <i>‘a story told by my father or mother when I was a
child about forty women jumping off a cliff to preserve their honour’</i> and draws
inspiration both narrative and lyrical from medieval Persian traditions. You
can read the whole poem on the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Forward Prizes</span></b><span style="color: #ff3399;"> </span>website </span></span><a href="http://www.forwardartsfoundation.org/poetry/forty-names/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here.
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are getting lots of great publicity for their new <b><span style="color: red;">Outspoken</span></b>
series, and <b><span style="color: red;">Behind Closed Doors: Sex Education
Transformed</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>which you see here
looking mighty fine in <b>Foyles</b>. You can listen to its author <b><span style="color: red;">Natalie Fiennes</span></b>, talking with Lydia Hughes, a
trade union organiser,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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activist involved in the Level Up campaign to change the UK curriculum around
consent; talking on the <b>Pluto</b> podcast <b>Radicals in Conversation</b> </span></span><a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/blog/podcast-sex-education-transformed/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here.
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<b><span style="color: red;">Visual Explorer Guide: Egypt</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, £9.99, 978 1782748731) by <b><span style="color: red;">Trevor Naylor</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>on the
<i>MailOnline Travel</i> section which you can see </span></span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-7554585/From-ancient-pyramids-luxury-beaches-Incredible-pictures-Egypt-glory.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here.
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cities and luxury beach resorts these incredible pictures show Egypt in all its
glory – have a look!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Morland’s take on Boris’s Brexit deal, </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ojxs6XKILM"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here's </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">Mr Broccoli (who went viral when he
shouted 'give peas a chance' during his arrest at the Extinction Rebellion protests)
being interviewed by Piers and Susannah and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQEgklEwhSo"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">here's </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the new Katy Perry song, <i>Harleys in Hawaii</i>.
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book trade. If you would like to order any of the titles mentioned, then please
talk to your Compass Sales Manager, or call the Compass office on 020 8326
5696. Every Friday an e-newsletter containing highlights from the blog is sent
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contact </span></span><a href="mailto:nuala@compassips.london"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;">nuala@compassips.london</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span><span style="font-family: "Corbel",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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can I draw your attention to T<b><span style="color: red;">ales of the Troubled
Dead: Ghost Stories in Cultural History</span></b> (£14.99, pb 978 1474417372) which
has just been published by <b>Edinburgh University Press</b>. Why do ghosts, even
in the age of science, still haunt our storytelling? <b><span style="color: red;">Catherine Belsey</span></b>'s fascinating answer to this question traces
Gothic writing and tales of the uncanny from the ancient past of Homer and the
Icelandic sagas, through to the present. Taking the Ghost in <i>Hamlet</i> as a
turning point in the history of the genre, she uncovers a ghostly trail vividly
charted through accredited records of apparitions and fiction by such writers
as Ann Radcliffe, Washington Irving, Emily Bronte, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry
James, M. R. James and Susan Hill right through to recent blockbusting movies.
The <i>Financial Times</i> have just reviewed it and said it was <i>‘an
engaging examination of the persistence of these tales in the western canon.’<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Friday, then have a look at </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s2UwA-Q6S0"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">these </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">top ten legendary ghosts!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">of
the <b><span style="color: red;">The BBC National Short Story Award 2019</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>anthology (£7.99, pb, 978 1912697229) on <i>Storgy.com</i>
which says <i>‘A short story has the ability to move, intrigue and seduce in
ways that are specific to the form. Of the five short stories included in The
BBC National Short Story Award 2019, each bring those merits and more to the
forefront.’</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the forthcoming series of <b><span style="color: red;">War of the Worlds</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>from the BBC – trailer </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=r-yas0yPbLU"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Don’t
forget that <b>Legend Classics</b> have a handsome edition of <b><span style="color: red;">War of the Worlds</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£8.99,
pb, 978 1789550634) which is available now! <i>‘Yet across the gulf of space,
minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish,
intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious
eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us…’<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel
Consumption</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(£18.99, pb, 978 0745335612) by <b><span style="color: red;">Simon Pirani</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is a a
major contribution to understanding the greatest crisis of our time. It recounts
the history of fossil fuels' relentless rise since the mid twentieth century; of
all the fossil fuels ever consumed, more than half were burned in the last 50
years. Dispelling explanations foregrounding Western consumerism, and arguments
that population growth is the main problem, Pirani shows how fossil fuels are
consumed through technological, social and economic systems, and that these
systems must change. It was mentioned in the New Statesman this week and you
can read that piece <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/environment/2019/09/myth-green-cars">here.
</a>It’s published by <b>Pluto</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">The six-week publicity campaign for <b><span style="color: red;">First Aid for Your Child’s Mind</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, £12.99, 9781788601177) gets underway with The
Book Publicist this week, so you can expect lots of coverage in the run up to its
publication by <b>Practical Inspiration</b> on 24th October. This title has just been loaded to Netgalley and
can be viewed </span></span><a href="http://netgal.ly/O7MYpl"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number of children suffering from anxiety
is on the rise and most parents will readily admit that they feel ill prepared when
it comes to supporting their child’s emotional wellbeing. <b><span style="color: red;">Alicia Eaton</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is a
Harley Street practitioner with over fifteen years’ experience of helping
children to feel more confident. Whether your child has a fear of dogs,
spiders, dentists or injections, struggles with school, performing on stage or
sleeping at night, this book will teach you the simple solutions that every
parent needs to know.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Academy Bookshop</b> last weekend, with <b><span style="color: red;">John Hockney</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>talking about and signing lots of copies of <b><span style="color: red;">The Hockneys: Never Worry What the Neighbours Think</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£25, hb, 978 1789550733). This title is shaping up
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Christ</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>named in Literary Hub's
'10 Best Short Story Collections of the Decade' you can see that </span></span><a href="https://lithub.com/the-10-best-short-story-collections-of-the-decade/?fbclid=IwAR1Fs6ZVJdC5rb8RpDYfhpJ-3RLFOBhxPsI4RIlrrF_POhpOtTnl_ECmfso" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">In
2014 it bagged the Iraqi author Blasim and his translator Jonathan Wright the
Independent Foreign Fiction prize, now the International Booker. (It was first published
by Comma, and is now published in the US by Penguin as <i>The Corpse Exhibition</i>,
which is what it’s listed as here.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in <i>Forbes Online</i> (10 Oct) and <i>BA Up to Speed</i> (11 Oct) and there’s
a feature tomorrow in the <i>Daily Telegraph Weekend</i> (12 Oct). There will
also be articles in the December issues of <i>Northern Woman</i> and <i>Flight
Time</i>. Its author <b><span style="color: red;">Gillian Higgins</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>has been practicing as a war crimes barrister for the
past 20 years. Juggling life at the bar and bringing up her daughter led her to
mindfulness, as she wanted to be more present, feel less reactive, sleep better
and improve her ability to respond to the challenges that a career and
parenting can bring. She has pioneered work in the field of mindfulness amongst
her fellow professionals and is building her reputation as a leader in this
field. You can find out lots more about the book on Gillian’s excellent website
</span></span><a href="https://www.practicalmeditation.co.uk/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">www.practicalmeditation.co.uk</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Are A Long Time in Politics</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£9.99, hb
978 1785905339) in the <i>Times</i> last weekend, which said <i>‘Kidd’s language
is as joyously absurdist as Wodehouse's … I predict his masterly volume will be
considered vastly more enjoyable, and insightful, than any of the dour official
chronicles of our era.’</i> They also gave a big thumbs up to <b><span style="color: red;">Peter Brookes</span></b>' brilliant new collection of acerbic
sketches of contemporary political life, <b><span style="color: red;">Critical
Times</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£20, hb, 978 1785905209), featuring
several cartoons from this master of satire and multiple winner of the Cartoonist
of the Year. Both have just been published by <b>Biteback</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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on 5th October was a big hit again this year following Super Thursday on 3 Oct (which
saw 426 hardbacks hit the shelves) seems to have driven footfall to the independent
bookshops over the weekend, according to the <i>Bookseller</i>. Booksellers
have hailed Philip Pullman and Bill Bryson as the highlights of this year with a
bumper weekend of events taking place up and down the country. Many indie
booksellers think 2019 is shaping up to be a stellar year for publishing. <b>Hungerford
Books</b> owner Alex Milne-White said he was optimistic for booksellers in the
run up to the festive period, enthusing he couldn't remember there being as
many highly anticipated titles this time last year. Hazel Broadfoot of <b>Village
Books in Dulwich</b> said <i>‘I feel quite optimistic for my bookshop because
there are loads of really good books out there. It’s a really exciting season,
there are stacks of good things.’</i> Richard Drake of <b>Drake the Bookshop in
Stockton</b> said <i>‘What is really exciting is the number of signed copies
that are around, meaning the indies have a slightly different offer to give to
our loyal (and new) customers.’ </i><b>Blackwell's</b> head of marketing and
publicity Zool Verjee said <i>‘the excitement builds towards a very promising
Christmas’</i> while Julie Danskin, manager at <b>Golden Hare Books in
Edinburgh</b>, said <i>‘Indie bookshops all do their own thing so it's nice
when there is a national campaign like this. We each put our own spin on it and
chat throughout the day. It's always really successful.’</i> I hear <b>Golden
Hare Books</b> were giving away free cakes, which sounds like my sort of books promotion!
Here’s hoping all bookshops large and small have an awesome autumn, and a fantastic
festive season!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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think there’s any topic much hotter than the ongoing spat between Rebekah #Wagamama
Vardy and Coleen #WagathaChristie Rooney! </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOezwF7FUi4"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Here's</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> a summary of the story, </span></span><a href="https://thetab.com/uk/2019/10/09/coleen-rooney-and-rebekah-vardy-memes-128137"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
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the best memes so far and </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2019/oct/10/whoever-hacked-rebekah-vardy-insta-baden-baden-coleen-rooney-wags?CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1570775635"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's
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brilliant Marina Hyde’s summary in the <i>Guardian</i>!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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book trade. If you would like to order any of the titles mentioned, then please
talk to your Compass Sales Manager, or call the Compass office on 020 8326
5696. Every Friday an e-newsletter containing highlights from the blog is sent
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that best evokes the spirit of the North – has just been announced and hurrah, <b><span style="color: red;">Glen James Brown</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>remarkable
novel, <b><span style="color: red;">Ironopolis </span></b>(pb, £9.99, 978
1912681099) is on it! Once described as <i>‘the Booker of the North’</i>, the
£10,000 award is open to literature across the formats of fiction, non-fiction
and poetry. The longlist of seventeen books explores the myriad themes of
identity, belonging, gender, class and you can see the full list <a href="https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/11049/">here. </a><b><span style="color: red;">Ironopolis</span></b> was selected in <i>The Guardian’s Best
Summer Books of 2018</i>, and they called it <i>‘nothing short of a triumph’</i>
saying <i>‘Clearly a labour of love, this hugely ambitious debut weaves not
only six narratives but multiple timelines, narrative voices and forms.’ </i>Having
recently been shortlisted for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Orwell Prize</span></b>,
this is another brilliant achievement for this terrific title!</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Hype Yourself</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(pb, £14,99, 978 1788601238) </span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">is an invaluable toolkit for anyone
looking for help to build their brand. Crammed full of insider advice, it
includes expert tips from journalists and industry specialists and is supported
by a stack of online resources. <b><span style="color: red;">Lucy Werner</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>has over fifteen years of publicity experience,
including running her own specialist consultancy focused on start-ups and
entrepreneurs. She getting mega amount of publicity for her book, and it’s
already at number 3 in <i>‘hot new releases’</i> for sales and marketing on
Amazon. Lucy has secured a book reviews in <i>Courier, The Homeworker </i>and <i>Everywoman
Entrepreneurs</i> and has lined up multiple podcast slots (<i>Greater Than 11%,
Women Who Create, Another Brand, Ready for More, The Future is Female, Tobacco
& Lemonade, Couple of Co-Founders</i> and <i>Home Business</i>) Q&A
interviews, guest posts and speaking events (Cass Business School, Courier Live
event, & Shoot, Edit, Chat, Repeat conference, judge at the Hustle Awards
and Start Ups). She’s also raised an Insta army for launch week (9 January
2020) with a reach of at least 170k; you can find her @wernchat and there’s
lots more information on </span></span><a href="http://www.thewern.com/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">www.thewern.com</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">.It’s published by <b>Practical
Inspiration</b>.</span></span></div>
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Kassel in Germany, and was created by the 74-year-old Argentinian artist Marta
Minujín. He is highlighting the topic of political oppression by making a
full-size replica of the Greek Parthenon using 100,000 copies of banned books.
Part of the <b>Documenta 14</b> art festival, the massive structure represents
the resistance to political repression by taking the symbol of democracy and
coating it with the countless written evidence of oppression. Minujín relied on
the help of students from Kassel university who together identified over 170
titles that were, or still are, banned in different countries around the world and
used the donated physical copies to build the temple. You can see more about it
</span></span><a href="http://www.bookishbuzz.info/artist-uses-100000-banned-books-to-build-a-full-size-parthenon-at-historic-nazi-book-burning-site/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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there is no such thing as a list of illegal publications in the UK. However, as
George Orwell wrote at the end of the Second World War, the <i>‘sinister fact
about literary censorship in England is that it is largely voluntary’</i>. </span></span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/feature/censor-and-pen-investigating-stark-dilemma-booksellers-1088186"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Here
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a very good article in the <i>Bookseller</i> on the subject, which points out
that ‘<i>increasingly booksellers, already under assault on many fronts, are
becoming the target of more and more censorious attention. Where once demands
for books to be removed from the public’s hands were due to fears of sedition,
subsequently obscenity, today’s reason is "offence". The chance that
someone will be offended by a book’s content—or worse, the author’s own
behaviour—has become almost commonplace. While publishers and their authors may
rise above such criticism, booksellers are all too often on the frontline.’</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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for <b><span style="color: red;">The Hockneys</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£25,
hb, 978 1789550733) ran yesterday (3 October) and you can view it </span></span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7531563/The-Making-David-Hockney.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s just been published by <b>Legend</b>. The
headline reads <i>‘Portrait of a very eccentric father who shaped our greatest
living artist: He's made millions from his paintings, but as his brother's new
memoir reveals, David Hockney's genius was forged in poverty... and neighbours'
cruel abuse’</i>. The <i>Mail</i> has a big readership, and according to <i>The
Art Newspaper</i>, more than one million people saw the Hockney landscapes show
at the RA in 2012 and his retrospective at Tate Britain in 2017 making these
the two most popular ticketed exhibitions by a contemporary artist this
century. There will undoubtably be a big market for this <b>Legend</b> title.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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two Comma colleagues Becca and Zoe discussing gender bias in literary
translation on the <i>Translating Women</i> blog, well worth a read!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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has been shortlisted in the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">East Anglian Book
Awards</span></b> with <b><span style="color: red;">Girl</span></b> (£9.99, pb,
978 1784107239) This is the much-anticipated follow up collection to acclaimed and
prize-winning <b><span style="color: red;">Her Birth</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>and traces the story of the poet’s recovery since
losing her baby daughter. These poems about female identity and female experience,
are inspired by pop culture and the artworld (specifically artist Alison Watt),
resulting in a fearless exploration of the female body and female desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clare Pollard said of it <i>‘Rebecca Goss
captures both the pleasure and the pain. <b><span style="color: red;">Girl</span></b>
is a quivering, kicking reminder of what it is to be alive.’</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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roundup of <i>'30 books for Autumn 2019'</i> alongside the likes of Jessie
Burton and Philip Pullman, you can read that </span></span><a href="https://inews.co.uk/ibuys/books-and-stationery/30-autumn-books-2019-super-thursday-announced-philip-pullman-the-secret-commonwealth-the-confession-jessie-burton-643142" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">It’s
out on 17 October from <b>Comma</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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have for a long time been firm believers in the sharing of literature across
borders and cultures and are delighted to be taking part in <b>Raising the
Velvet Curtain</b> which is a series of events presenting a vibrant new
generation of Slovak writers and artists to mark 30 years since the Velvet
Revolution of 1989. As part of the programme, <b><span style="color: red;">Uršuľa
Kovalyk</span></b>, author of <b><span style="color: red;">The Night Circus and
Other Stories</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb, £8.99, 978
1912681044) will be taking part in a writer’s tour along with award-winning
author and translator Ivana Dobrakovová and the hugely popular contemporary
author Balla. The tour will begin in Manchester (22 Oct 7pm, <b>Blackwells</b>)
with an event presented by Julia Sherwood and bestselling author <b><span style="color: red;">Glen James Brown</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>before
going on to Oxford 23 Oct, 5pm, St Antony’s College) Cambridge (24 Oct 6:30pm, <b>Heffers</b>)
and finally London (25 Oct 7:15pm, British Library). Blending the naturalistic
and the fabulistic, the elusive, delicate stories in <b><span style="color: red;">The Night Circus</span></b><span style="color: red;"> <b>and Other Stories</b>
</span>fold fable and fairy tale into the everyday, domestic settings of
kitchen, garden, car. Seemingly quotidian routines and unremarkable lives are
pierced by Kovalyk’s precise, sensual prose, to reveal the magic lurking just
beneath the surface of the daily skin of existence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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seventeen-year-old Willow’s life falls apart. With her parents’ marriage
faltering, she finds escape at her uncle’s cottage which is idyllic, but the
forest is filled with secrets. What is Joe hiding from her? And who is the
Slaughter Man who steals through Willow’s sleep? <b><span style="color: red;">The
Slaughter Man</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Cassandra Parkin</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is
a disturbing and beautifully written novel, dealing with themes of grief,
sanity and fear. This is an emotionally challenging book redolent with darkness
but also hope. Cassandra is doing a month-long Insta tour for this <b>Legend</b>
title – full details below. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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urge your customers to do so, then the vote is open now! This year's awards,
now in their fourth year, include seven shortlists chosen by booksellers across
the UK and Ireland, while the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">Readers' Choice
Award </span></b>– nominated and voted for entirely by booklovers – completes
the set. They're the only book awards curated by bookshops and voted for by
booklovers and you can find out more </span></span><a href="https://www.nationalbooktokens.com/vote"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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National Short Story Award 2019</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>for
her story <i>The Invisible</i>, as covered by </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/01/bbc-national-short-story-award-winner-jo-lloyd-the-invisible?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter&fbclid=IwAR3mEP7NLXQ3vHuvMFeL55axNigExdi-ONgRkYCpzLkyLzV407fp_ww9oWM#Echobox=1569962646"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">The
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<i>The Bookseller</i> and <i>Lithub</i>. Jo's story along with the rest of the
shortlisted stories can still be listened to on BBC Sounds and read in the <b>Comma</b>
anthology (£7.99, pb, 978 1912697229) of course!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the <i>Daily Telegraph Weekend</i> as well as features in <i>Ni4kids</i>, <i>Families</i>,
<i>Forbes online</i>, <i>Northern Woman</i>, <i>Parent Talk</i>, <i>People
Management</i>, <i>Tatler</i> and <i>HR Review</i>. There have also been
features on <i>BBC Surrey & Sussex</i> and articles in Fly Be and BA’s
in-flight magazines, which have huge readerships! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This book is a highly practical guide to
practising mindfulness, packed with hints, tips, quotes and answers to
frequently asked questions. Written by a barrister who uses mindfulness
everywhere and referencing the latest scientific research, <b><span style="color: red;">Gillian Higgins</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>shares
its simplicity, how to practice and explains why it's good for us. She also
tackles some of the bigger issues such as how mindfulness can help us to reduce
stress, tame our self-critical voice, overcome fear, improve sleep and reduce
anxiety. It’s just been published by <b>Red Door</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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titles giving varied perspectives on Palestine this week. <i>Gal-dem</i> gave a
stellar review of <b><span style="color: red;">Nayrouz Qarmout</span></b>'s <b><span style="color: red;">The Sea Cloak</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£9.99,
pb, 978 1905583782) </span></span><a href="http://gal-dem.com/nayrouz-qarmout-wants-you-to-know-about-struggle-and-self-discovery-in-palestine/?fbclid=IwAR2PsHpDOWeIahlehFxX_epWpw2BLUi5zxfO7EnByjye7JHlRzZbfKXkdT4" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here, </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">as
did the <i>Mancunion</i> </span></span><a href="https://mancunion.com/2019/09/27/envisioning-palestine-the-sea-cloak-and-other-stories/?fbclid=IwAR0Vvpmsd_oPOQHt666yRAw3JU6CQx8lIn57myXk238iLMPOtjQksmNai28" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">and
<i>The National</i> reviewed <b><span style="color: red;">Palestine +100</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£9.99, pb, 978 1910974445) alongside interviews with
contributors <b><span style="color: red;">Mazen Maarouf</span></b>, <b>Selma
Dabbagh </b>and <b><span style="color: red;">Basma Ghalayini</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/books/palestine-100-a-century-on-from-the-nakba-what-might-palestine-look-like-1.916682?fbclid=IwAR0oyDfbKZe-CwUpqQGFOgjGawNzVXixfycognfVnIFlqjG8OUzLCXQ5Krw" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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according to <i>Buzzfeed</i>, only true book lovers will make it past level twenty
on </span></span><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/only-book-lovers-will-make-it-past-level-20-on-this-never"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">this
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Wells’ <i>War of the Worlds</i>, </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/oct/04/death-stranding-hideo-kojima-bionic-woman-guillermo-del-toro"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's
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the year, the dystopian <i>Death Stranding</i> and finally, when </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTL4T_NVGhY"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">this </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">school orchestra’s rendition of the
theme from <i>Space Odyssey</i> was played on Radio 2, record numbers of listeners
phoned in to say it was the funniest thing they’d ever heard! Have a listen – it
will cheer up your Friday no end! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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book trade. If you would like to order any of the titles mentioned, then please
talk to your Compass Sales Manager, or call the Compass office on 020 8326
5696. Every Friday an e-newsletter containing highlights from the blog is sent
out to over 700 booksellers and if you’d like to receive this then please
contact </span></span><a href="mailto:nuala@compassips.london"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">nuala@compassips.london</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Compass Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00044178292310792343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731162678440102121.post-70183382996674528912019-09-27T07:20:00.001-07:002019-09-27T07:32:39.771-07:00Compass Points 321<br />
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Years of talkSPORT</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£12.99, pb, 978 0956328410).
Celebrating the 20th anniversary UK's favourite sports radio station, this is a
laugh-out-loud, behind-the-scenes, warts-and-all look at the station and its
presenters. It brilliantly captures the funniest stories right from the early
days and is a highly entertaining read, with contributions from all the top
presenters and tales from trips to World Cups and European Championships where
the <b>talkSPORT</b> team got into all sorts of scrapes and situations, And of
course there are classic clips from callers, presenters, and newsreaders with
many hilarious slips and gaffes. There have been ads for this title in the <i>Sun</i>
and the <i>Times</i> and this book is an absolute no-brainer gift for sports
fans over Christmas. There will definitely be more publicity to come. There were
just too many classic stories to fit them all into the 279 pages of “solid gold’
as <b>talkSPORT</b> describe it. So if you’d like to hear one that didn’t quite
make the book, </span><a href="https://talksport.com/football/606894/20-years-of-talksport-ray-parlours-classic-story-about-kolo-toure-taking-out-thierry-henry-dennis-bergkamp-and-arsene-wenger/"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
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Ray Parlour talking about Kolo Toure taking out Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp,
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allegedly levied against <b>Waterstones in Brighton</b>, allegedly resulted in
the cancellation of the launch of <b>Pluto</b>’s title <b><span style="color: red;">Bad News for Labour: Antisemitism, the Party and Public
Belief</span></b> </span></span><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(£14.99, pb, 978-0745340661) o</span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">n 23 September. <b>Pluto</b> expressed its <i>“disappointment”</i>
that <i>“external pressure”</i> had resulted in the cancellation of the event but
<b>James Daunt</b> said <i>“we had an event which was being chaotically done,
causing quite a lot of emotion and that needed to be handled professionally on
our part.”</i> There’s quite a lot to take in about this story, and you can
read more about it in <i>The Canary</i> </span></span><a href="https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/09/24/waterstones-shuts-down-book-launch-exposing-the-antisemitism-witch-hunt-against-the-left/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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book’s launch was held at the Rialto Theatre instead. <b><span style="color: red;">Bad News for Labour</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is
described by <b>Pluto</b> as <i>“a ground-breaking study on the reality behind
the headlines.”</i> It examines the impact of the media coverage on public
beliefs about Labour, replacing media hype with the rigorous analysis of
evidence. Raoul Martinez, called it <i>“a necessary corrective to widespread
media distortions. Scholarly and persuasive, it rescues the facts from a storm
of misinformation.”</i></span></span></div>
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for <b><span style="color: red;">And What Do You Do? What the Royal Family Don’t
Want You to Know</span></b> by <b><span style="color: red;">Normal Baker</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£20, hb, 978 1785904912) is starting this weekend (29th
September) and will run through to the 6th and 13th October. This is a
hard-hitting analysis of the royal family, exposing its extravagant use of
public money and the highly dubious behaviour of some among its ranks, whilst
being critical of the knee-jerk sycophancy shown by the press and politicians. What
makes this book so unusual is that Baker is himself a member of the Privy
Council, the body that officially advises the monarch. He also considers the
wider role the royals play in society, and the constitutional position of the
monarch, which is important given Prince Charles's present and intended
approach. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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have just reviewed <b><span style="color: red;">Helen McClory</span></b>'s new
edition of <b><span style="color: red;">The Goldblum Variations: Adventures of
Jeff Goldblum Across the Known (and Unknown) Universe</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978 1912489244, £7.50, pb) saying <i>"McClory
has crafted a very fine, lushly sensitive, gently moving series of portraits of
a cultural icon."</i> You can read the whole piece </span></span><a href="https://www.popmatters.com/helen-mcclory-the-goldblum-variations-2640125368.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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call it <i>“the best book I have read this year. And it's September, so that's
really saying something. The book is marketed as pop culture/humour, and more
loosely as absurdist fiction. It's also very fine hybrid poetry, or flash
essays, or any other number of mixed genre labels.” </i>It’s published by <b>404ink</b>
on 24 Oct and you can see the mighty Goldblum himself reading from the book </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQoqLUaZTzA"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">Helen McClory</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>was
listed as one of Ali Smith’s favourite underrated authors in the <i>Guardian</i>
recently, and you can expect lots more publicity for this title when Penguin publishes
it in the US in October; there is big interest in <b>Jeff Goldblum</b> at the
moment, he’s become a bit of an icon! This title is a perfect Christmas gift
book and talking of gifts, the first five booksellers to email </span></span><a href="mailto:laura@404ink.com"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">laura@404ink.com</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> with their name and bookshop address and
Goldblum in the subject line will get a free reading copy!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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12.95, 978184840749) by <b><span style="color: red;">Úna-Minh Kavanagh</span></b>
which is published by <b>New Island</b> on 24 October. This is a contemporary
and unconventional memoir of adoption from Vietnam to Kerry, the love of a
small family and the power of the Irish language to overcome loss, racism and
online trolls. You can find her on Twitter at <b>Úna-Minh (is my first name)
Caomhánach@unakavanagh</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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hb, 978 1912697212), <b><span style="color: red;">David Constantine</span></b>’s
latest short story collection in last Friday's Daily Mail calling it <i>“inventive
… incredibly moving … and darkly funny.”</i> You can read that </span></span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-7509563/SHORT-STORIES.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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The serialisation of <b><span style="color: red;">The Hockneys</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£25, hb, 978 1789550733) begins this weekend in the <i>Daily
Mail</i>. There will also be a BBC local radio interview press day Monday 7th
October which includes interviews with B<i>BC Leeds, BBC Northampton, BBC York,
BBC Lancashire, BBC Humberside</i>, and articles in the <i>Yorkshire Post</i>
and <i>Christies Magazine</i> and events at <b>Salt Mills</b> and the <b>Royal
Academy</b>. This unique insight into the lives of the family by youngest
brother <b><span style="color: red;">John</span></b>, poignantly illustrated by
both famous and private pictures and paintings from <b><span style="color: red;">David
Hockney</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>is published by <b>Legen</b>d
on Tuesday.<o:p></o:p><br />
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McDaid</b> and <b>Laura Jones</b> from <b>404Ink</b> who were named
by Margaret Atwood in the <i>Sunday Times</i> recently as two of her <i>“Women Who
Are Shaping Our Future”</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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that’s </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2l3AEFZ" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here,
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rewarding addition to the sci-fi canon."</i> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">In Nearby Bushes</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£9.99,
pb, 9781784108458) published by <b>Carcanet</b> is the <b><i><span style="color: #ff3399;">Telegraph</span></i><span style="color: #ff3399;"> Poetry
Book of the Month</span></b>, you can see that <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/poetry-book-month-nearby-bushes-kei-miller/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
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Prize-winner was published by <b>Carcanet </b>at the end of August and contains
sequences and single lyrics exploring landscape, legends and histories.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in the recent <i>Guardian</i> feature <i>The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century</i>,
you can see that </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/21/best-books-of-the-21st-century" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They wrote “<i>Makina sets off from her
village in Mexico with a package from a local gangster and a message for her
brother, who has been gone for three years. The story of her crossing to the US
examines the blurring of boundaries, the commingling of languages and the
blending of identities that complicate the idea of an eventual return."<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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Karen Skidmore (£14.99, pb, 978 1788600842) and <b><span style="color: red;">The
Resilience Dynamic</span></b>® (£15.99, pb, 978-1788601085) by <b><span style="color: red;">Jenny Campbell</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>from
<b>Practical Inspiration</b>, with guest posts and reviews lined up for both. <b>Skidmore</b>’s
mission is to give every small business owner a plan and a process to grow
their business, without burning out along the way. <b><span style="color: red;">The
Resilience Dynamic</span></b>® illustrates, with practical tools, how to
develop resilience as a buffer to stress and how it can transform how you lead
change and increase performance in a complex and uncertain world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0jiSqHrLHM"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
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the top ten funniest moments. One of the current series contestants is <b><span style="color: red;">Katy Wix</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>who is
doing pretty well! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But did you know that
she has two books published by <b>Oberon</b>? No, I thought not. <b><span style="color: red;">The Oberon Book of Comic Monologues</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£9.99, pb, 978 1849434287) and <b><span style="color: red;">The Oberon Book of Comic Monologues for Women Volume 2 </span></b>(£9.99,
pb, 978 1783199235) are collections of hilarious and original audition speeches
which fill a significant gap in the market, as although are many monologue collections
out there, very few provide good material for comedy. The brevity in length (each
is two or three minutes) makes these ideal for auditions or showcases and the
variety in age and style encompasses different comedic approaches; from the
very quirky to the more traditional. <b><span style="color: red;">Katy Wix</span></b>’s
profile is definitely on the rise, and I think these would sell well if
displayed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Road</i>, </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQetemT1sWc"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's
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which has notched up more than a million views in less than 24 hours. I think
this is just what we all need to see in these contentious times!</span></span></div>
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resurgence of interest in fabric pattern and design, and there are few patterns
more evocative and intricate than the seats of a tube train! A charming new
book from <b>Safe Haven</b> celebrates all the London Transport patterns and I
think this delightful hardback could do extremely well. In the Thirties top
artists like Paul Nash and Enid Marx were commissioned to design patterns;
nowadays every underground and overground line like gets its own unique,
colour-co-ordinated moquette pattern. <b><span style="color: red;">Seats of
London, A Field Guide to London Transport Moquette Patterns </span></b>(£12.99,
pb, 978 1916045316) by <b><span style="color: red;">Andrew Martin</span></b> is
published in conjunction with the London Transport Museum, which has the
definitive archive. There’s just been a great feature on the <i>Londonist</i>
website on the book where you can browse through the patterns – that’s <a href="https://londonist.com/london/transport/moquette-patterns-never-knew">here
</a>– and I urge you to order this fascinating guide which I think will be an
ideal gift book for either nerdy transport fans, or Insta-conscious design-obsessed
millennials! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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deserts, forests, bays, deltas and estuaries; coastlines take many different
forms. Now a handsome new book from <b>Amber</b> celebrates the world's most stunning
shores, with a series of gorgeous photographs capturing the beauty of remote
tropical islands, volcanic peninsulas and windswept beaches with captions
explaining the story behind each entry. You can see the photographs </span></span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-7481051/New-book-Coast-David-Ross-presents-stunning-photos-worlds-beautiful-shorelines.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
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this terrific article which is just up on the <i>Mail Online</i>. <b><span style="color: red;">Coast</span></b> (hb, £19.99, 978 1782748984) by <b><span style="color: red;">David Ross</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>was
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beautiful world, lots of booksellers and publishers are out protesting for climate
action today – have a look </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-49753710"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-49753710</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> for some extraordinary photos of climate
strikes around the world. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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machine, a school should be viewed as a place that enables children to develop
thoughtful perspectives on the world, through which they can pursue wisdom and
be free to join in with the ancient and continuing conversation about what is
it to be human. A brilliant new title <b><span style="color: red;">Athena Versus
the Machine</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>by <b><span style="color: red;">Martin Robinson</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(978
1785833021, £14.99, pb) examines how we can construct a curriculum that will
allow liberal education to flourish. Anti-gimmick and pro-wisdom, the
principles that he advocates will make a big difference to teachers and pupils’
lives, and will help to ensure that our young adults are better educated. It’s out
on 4 October from <b>Crown.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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sustainability is sacred and the elderly are made to feel as if they have
overstayed their welcome. Gripping, fast-moving and tightly plotted, Overdrawn
imagines a future in which we can no longer afford the luxury of old age.”</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">
So said one reviewer of <b><span style="color: red;">Overdrawn</span></b> (£8.99,
pb, 978 1789550221) by <b><span style="color: red;">N.J. Crosskey</span></b> and
it had a brilliant review </span></span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-7483293/CONTEMPORARY.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
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in the <i>Daily Mail</i> who said <i>“Crosskey paints a terrifying and
profoundly upsetting portrait of a future in which the ‘snowflake’ generation
is being culled by euthanasia. This compelling page-turner is so disturbingly
real, I can’t stop thinking about it.” </i>There’s a month-long Insta tour – all
the details of which you can see below. It’s just out from <b>Legend</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Essential Systems for Successful Small Businesses</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(£14.99, pb, 978 1788600996) and there has been
coverage in <i>Female First</i> magazine: <i>Top tips to get your tech working
for you</i>, that’s </span></span><a href="https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/books/alice-jennings-sorted-1210535.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and it also featured in the <i>Extraordinary
Business Book Club</i> newsletter, in <i>Home Business Magazine</i>, and will
be featured on the <i>Home Business</i> podcast. Alice’s mission is to help
business owners make informed choices in the systems and tools they use by
giving them the information they need to confidently take their business to the
next level. Since starting her own small business, she has worked with over 200
business owners sharing simple tips that enable better working as well as
helping implement more complex systems to support growth and reduce stress. It’s
published by <b>Practical Inspiration</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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shortlisted for the <b><span style="color: #ff3399;">2019 BBC National Short
Story Award</span></b>, you can read the piece in the <i>Bookseller</i> </span></span><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/ex-waterstones-bookseller-shortlisted-2019-national-short-story-award-1078586"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here.
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">and
she was interviewed on <i>BBC Radio 4’s Front Row</i> programme. As well as
having her short story published in the anthology, Lynda’s debut novel <b><span style="color: red;">Beyond Kidding</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>(pb,
£8.99, 978 1912054848) will be published on 31 October by <b>Fairlight</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Robert decides to impress at a job
interview by making up a son, he discovers that maintaining the lie is far
harder than he thought, so he invents a story that `Brodie' has been kidnapped.
After all, it's not like they're going to find the fake boy. But a few weeks
later, he receives a call to collect his non-existent son from the police
station, a boy who looks exactly like the picture he photoshopped... <i>“This
is a remarkable debut, written with great warmth and wit. By turns devastating
and hilarious, it had me from the very start, and it didn't let me go” </i>wrote
Sarah Jackson and I’m sure there will be more praise to come for this dark and
quirky debut. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to have her first novel a warm, light-hearted romance<b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b>entitled <b><span style="color: red;">Evie’s Little Black Book</span></b>,
published by <b>Choc Lit</b>. This is a major achievement for anyone, but
especially so for Hannah, who suffers from ME, and whose writing has allowed her
to escape from the reality of feeling ill all the time. There’s been quite a
bit of publicity for this one, with a good article on </span></span><a href="https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/books/hannah-pearl-evies-little-black-book-1207066.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Female
First</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">,
some local press coverage with an interview on <i>BBC Cambridge</i>, an article
coming in </span></span><a href="http://me.org/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">ME.org</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> and a review in <i>Heat</i> magazine
in October. If any bookseller would like a reading copy, then please email </span></span><a href="mailto:info@choc-lit.co.uk"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">info@choc-lit.co.uk</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"> with <b>Evie </b>in the subject
line and your bookshop name and address. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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customers, clients and colleagues at our fabulous party a couple of weeks ago to
celebrate Compass’s 21st birthday. Have a look </span></span><a href="https://compasspointsnews.blogspot.com/2019/09/compass-21st-birthday-party.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">to
see them!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>an interesting report on how although there’s
been a welcome increase in BAME characters in children’s books; there has also
been an increase in sweeping generalisations, a disproportionately high number of
female characters named Jasmine for example. </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otWJnLruryQ"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">Here's </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">how much Daniel Craig’s teeny tiny
James Bond swimming trunks sold for, and </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBYe1TSY_Xo&feature=youtu.be"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">here's
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>an update on what Theresa May is doing these
days…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">This weekly blog is written for the UK
book trade. If you would like to order any of the titles mentioned, then please
talk to your Compass Sales Manager, or call the Compass office on 020 8326
5696. Every Friday an e-newsletter containing highlights from the blog is sent
out to over 700 booksellers and if you’d like to receive this then please
contact </span></span><a href="mailto:nuala@compassips.london"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;">nuala@compassips.london</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk13837432;"></span><span style="font-family: "corbel" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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