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Mary Beardwood launched her new book at the Emirates Literature Festival today with workshops and school visits instructing children on Islamic art A subject that spans a millennium-and-a-half and covers every walk of life in every corner of the globe but there are...

20 Feb 2015 JOHN CLARKE on Denis Beckett and his latest two books: Demogarchy and Drowning the Lifesaver I doubt even Shakespeare would have had the genius to script in fiction what veteran maverick Denis Beckett has just done in fact. He has managed to get a paid...

12 February 2015 Roy Gill has visited every racecourse in Britain and Ireland. The story of his journey is well-told in this beautifully-produced book   For example, did you know that the meeting held at Newcastlewest in Co Limerick in 1867 witnessed “appalling...

12 February 2015 "The book is well presented and beautifully illustrated"   "I had not realised before that the Grand National used to be run on Fridays until Prime Minister Attlee in 1947 requested its move to Saturday as he feared industry could not cope with...

6 February 2015 Sarah Holding, author of the SeaBEAN Trilogy, writes for The Guardian on cli-fi...   Sarah Holding on a book genre you may not have heard of before. Not sci-fi but cli-fi: fiction that explores the consequences of climate change – and...

Stealing Dylan from Woodstock Ray Foulk & Caroline Foulk For a time, the Isle of Wight Festivals transformed a sleepy English island into the rock‘n’roll capital of the world. What started in 1968 as a parochial one-nighter in a stubble field to raise funds for...

18th December 2014 The launch of Ann Sawalha’s Through the Palace Keyhole in Amman on Sunday 14 December was a hugely successful and enjoyable event. Held in the ballroom of the 5-star Regency Palace Hotel under the patronage of HRH Princess Muna, mother of King...

16th December 2014

16th Dec 2014 Ann Sawalha discusses her new book 'Through the Palace Keyhole' on Hawa Amman 105.9FM Click on image to listen For more information on Through the Palace Keyhole For more information on Ann Sawalha ISBN: 978–1909339347 Paper­back — Price: £10.95 ISBN:...

8 December 2014 Sally Bland of The Jordan Times An incredible journey  Ann Sawalha’s memoir tells many stories, all of them spin-offs from the 50-year-long love story which began when she met Sami Sawalha in the Detroit Hospital where she was training as a nurse....

Updated: 3rd December 2014, 2:31pm The SeaRISE Official Blog Tour Links Sarah Holding's Blog Tour will pit-stop at the following wonderful destinations: 1st December – SCI-FI-LONDON 2nd December – Sci-Fi Bulletin 3rd December – Fiction Fascination 4th December...

14 Nov 2014 SeaRISE receives a glowing review from Mia Madden, aged 11 of BleachHouseLibrary Blogspot This is the third, and final installment in the SeaBEAN Trilogy. *Sad Face*. I love this book, it is 2018 and the C-Bean (a time-travel machine) is about to be taken...