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May 2020 New Titles: Non-Fiction May Previews

There is much to commemorate this month, with the 75th anniversary of VE Day, the forthcoming 80th anniversaries of Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain and, goodness, the 500th anniversary of the Field...

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Alice O'Keeffe

May 2020 New Titles: Fiction Previews

I have been trend-spotting this month, not as easy in fiction as it is in non-fiction, but I’ve found a few. In historical fiction, the influence of Jane Austen continues (see also Gill Hornby’s Miss...

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Alison Flood

April 2020 Paperback Previews

I emerge from pulling together April’s paperback preview a shattered and broken woman, drowning under AIs and paperbacks, claims of “breakthrough” and “major” and “ground-breaking” flashing before my...

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Fiona Noble

April 2020 Children's Previews

My first preview of the new year sees us well into the busy spring period, with a satisfying mix of established names and new talent. Michelle Paver makes her eagerly awaited return with Viper’s...

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Caroline Sanderson

April 2020 New Titles: Non-fiction Previews

That spring feeling came in the shape of a shower of proofs this month: lots of reading and lots of tricky decisions to make about which books to select for my highlights. Still, anyone who moans...

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Alice O'Keeffe

April 2020 New Titles: Fiction Previews

In the real world it’s a brand new year, but in the world of New Titles we are four months in to the new decade already with an absolutely jam-packed April. Let’s start with some much-anticipated...

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