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March Book Groups

Posted by Book Group Librarian in February 16th, 2010  
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One book for the Paranormal Social Club has already been confirmed.  We will be reading Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison.  This book is published in the US on 23rd February and is book 8 in the Rachel Morgan series.
Voting is underway for the March Book Group books, so please visit the forum and cast [...]

Complete list of Radio 4 book club books from 1998-2008

Posted by Book Group Librarian in September 25th, 2008  
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This is a fantastic list.  I currently own 40 of these excellent titles.  Enjoy!
1998

3.5.98 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks
7.6.98 Beloved – Toni Morrison
5.7.98 Fatherland – Robert Harris
2.8.98 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis de Bernières
6.9.98 Wild Swans – Jung Chang
4.10.98 Angela’s Ashes – Frank McCourt
1.11.98 [...]

The Booker Prize

Posted by Book Group Librarian in July 30th, 2008  
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News from the bookseller:
The longlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize for Fiction features 13 titles, with five newcomers, including Tom Rob Smith and Aravind Adiga, alongside Booker veterans such as Salman Rushdie.
The “Man Booker Dozen”, which was revealed this afternoon (29th July) and is listed in full below, was chosen from 112 entries; [...]

The Booker Prize of Booker Prizes

Posted by Book Group Librarian in July 10th, 2008  
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Sir Salman Rushdie’s novel Midnight’s Children has won the Best of the Booker prize, as voted for by the public.
The 1981 book beat five other former Booker winners shortlisted from the prize’s 40-year history.
BEST OF BOOKER NOMINEES
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie (won in 1981; also the previous winner of the Booker Of Bookers, in 1993)
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Best of the Booker – winner announced

Posted by Book Group Librarian in July 10th, 2008  
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Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children (Cape) was crowned the Best of the Booker this week, with 36% of the public vote.
The shortlist, which had been whittled down to six from the 41 previous Booker winners by a panel of judges, also comprised Pat Barker’s The Ghost Road (Viking), Peter Carey’s Oscar and Lucinda (Faber), J M [...]

The best of Booker

Posted by Book Group Librarian in May 13th, 2008  
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Titles by Pat Barker, Peter Carey, Salman Rushdie, Nadine Gordimer, J G Farrell and J M Coetzee are the six books deemed Best of the Booker.
The one-off award marks the 40th anniversary of the Booker Prize, and the shortlist was selected by a panel of judges, novelist and critic Victoria Glendinning, writer and broadcaster Mariella [...]

AbeBooks conduct own best of booker poll with surprising results

Posted by Book Group Librarian in May 9th, 2008  
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From the bookseller:
Yann Martel’s Life of Pi is the favourite Booker Prize winner of all time, according to a survey conducted by Abe Books ahead of this year’s official Best of the Booker award.
AbeBooks.co.uk asked 727 of its customers to name the best of the past winners and Martel’s novel – the Man Booker winner [...]