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|title=Bring up the Bodies
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Thomas Cromwell is now very far from his humble beginnings. He is Henry VIII's chief minister. Katherine of Aragorn is no longer Queen. The Princess Mary has been disinherited. Anne Boleyn wears the crown and has produced a daughter, Elizabeth. But there is no sign of a son and Henry is beginning to regret his secession from Rome. We pick up from [[Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel|Wolf Hall]] during the royal progress of 1535 and from there, we chart the destruction of the new Queen.
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|author=Francesca Segal
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|title=The Innocents
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|summary=Francesca Segal's debut novel, ''The Innocents'' is set in upper class, Jewish, North London. Adam is about to marry his childhood sweetheart, Rachel, and is working as a lawyer in her father's business. Into this romantic idyl though comes Ellie, Rachel's wayward cousin who has been forced to flee the US following an appearance in an 'art house' movie of dubious repute and, it turns out, further scandal. Ellie is everything that Rachel is not; a model, worldly, sexy and tempting. As Adam gets drawn into wanting to 'rescue' her and look after her, his whole future with Rachel is thrown into doubt and the story becomes a will they, won't they get together narrative.
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|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0701186992</amazonuk>
 
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''The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder'' by J W Ironmonger
  
 
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''The Bellwether Revivals'' by Benjamin Wood
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|author=Mary M Talbot and Bryan Talbot
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|title=Dotter of Her Father's Eyes
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|summary= If there's one person able to produce a worthwhile potted history of James Joyce's daughter, it should be Mary M Talbot. She's an eminent academic, and her father was a major Joycean scholar.  Both females had parents with the same names too - James and Nora, both took to the stage when younger after going to dance school, but it's the contrasts between them this volume subtly picks out rather than any similarities, in a dual biography painted by one person we know by now as more than able to produce a delightful graphic novel - [[:Category:Bryan Talbot|Bryan Talbot]].
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857206958</amazonuk>
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|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224096087</amazonuk>
 
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|author=Artemis Cooper
 
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|title=Patrick Leigh-Fermor: An Adventure
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|title=Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household
 
|title=Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household
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Biographies old and new of Queen Victoria, her husband and her children are plentiful enough. The vast majority of them are based to some extent on the diaries, memoirs and biographies of some of the most important figures who served her, and Kate Hubbard has put these as well as supplementary archive papers to good use in presenting a thoroughly engrossing account of the royal household throughout the Queen’s lengthy reign. I might almost say ‘lively’, though that could be an exaggeration. The court of Victoria may have been homely after a fashion, but for the most part it was hardly lively.
 
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0701183683</amazonuk>
 
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'''Poetry Award'''
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We don't review poetry, but here's a list of the runners and riders:
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|summary= If there's one person able to produce a worthwhile potted history of James Joyce's daughter, it should be Mary M Talbot.  She's an eminent academic, and her father was a major Joycean scholar.  Both females had parents with the same names too - James and Nora, both took to the stage when younger after going to dance school, but it's the contrasts between them this volume subtly picks out rather than any similarities, in a dual biography painted by one person we know by now as more than able to produce a delightful graphic novel - [[:Category:Bryan Talbot|Bryan Talbot]].
 
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224096087</amazonuk>
 
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''The Overhaul'' by Kathleen Jamie
  
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|author=Sean Borrodale
 
|title=Bee Journal
 
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|genre=Poetry
 
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|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224097210</amazonuk>
 
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''Bee Journal'' by Sean Borrowdale
|author=Julia Copus
 
|title=The World’s Two Smallest Humans
 
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|genre=Poetry
 
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|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571284574</amazonuk>
 
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''The World’s Two Smallest Humans'' by Julia Copus
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|title=People Who Like Meatballs
 
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|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1852249455</amazonuk>
 
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''People Who Like Meatballs'' by Selima Hill
|author=Kathleen Jamie
 
|title=The Overhaul
 
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|genre=Poetry
 
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|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144720204X</amazonuk>
 
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|summary=Jody and Jolene are very alike. They have brown hair and dimples, they're both left-handed and they have feet which makes them look, according to Jody, like long-toed mutants. But in lots of ways they are very, very distinct. In fact, despite the fact that they're twins, they were born on different days and are different ages (because of the leap year thing. Read the book if you don't believe it). And as for their taste in music, school subjects and pretty well everything else . . . poles apart. Useful, though, as they divvy up their homework according to preference!  
 
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|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0330523023</amazonuk>
 
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[[category:Literary Fiction|*Costa Prize 2012]]

Revision as of 14:20, 10 May 2018


Overall Winner

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Novel Award

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Other Books on the Shortlist

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First Novel Award

Category Winner

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Other Books on the Shortlist

The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder by J W Ironmonger

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The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin Wood

Biography Award

Category Winner

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Other Books on the Shortlist

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Poetry Award

We don't review poetry, but here's a list of the runners and riders:

Category Winner

The Overhaul by Kathleen Jamie

Other Books on the Shortlist

Bee Journal by Sean Borrowdale

The World’s Two Smallest Humans by Julia Copus

People Who Like Meatballs by Selima Hill

Children's Book Award

Category Winner

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Other Books on the Shortlist

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