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Carrie Fisher bio as sharp, endearing as its subject

Monday, 18 May 2020, 08:29 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

"Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge" (Sarah Crichton Books; Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Sheila Weller "Star Wars" fans may feel a lump in their throats when Carrie Fisher appears in the finale...

Jeff Lindsay has entertaining new thriller

Wednesday, 13 May 2020, 09:04 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

"Just Watch Me," Dutton, by Jeff Lindsay Riley Wolfe gets his kicks executing spectacular robberies that no one else would even contemplate. His victims are always the super-rich, whom he...

First Maltese podcast for children

Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 09:53 Last update: about 7 years ago

In these weeks of lockdown, during which parents and teachers have had to organise themselves differently to provide resources in Maltese to students, Merlin Publishers have been doing their utmost to...

Author Lee Child explores origins of hero concept

Friday, 8 May 2020, 07:26 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

"The Hero," TLS, by Lee Child "The Hero," a non-fiction essay by author Lee Child, opens with Child looking at language and how words have different meanings over the space of time. Child also...

17 stories inspired by great American paintings

Thursday, 7 May 2020, 08:42 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

"From Sea to Stormy Sea: 17 Stories Inspired by Great American Paintings," Pegasus Books, edited by Lawrence Block Writers take their inspiration from a variety of sources: an unforgettable face,...

National Book Prize and Terramaxka 2020 – the longlist

Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 09:37 Last update: about 8 years ago

The National Book Council is publishing the list of eligible titles that have been submitted to the National Book Prize and Terramaxka Prize 2020, for books published in 2019. All books have been...

'Kissirtu kullimkien' – tackling the construction frenzy

Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 10:30 Last update: about 8 years ago

You've reached the milestone of your second published book at a very young age, after your debut 'Lucy Min?' in 2016. How does that feel? I am humbled and grateful - to my publisher, my friends...

Janet Evanovich and the plot twist of success

Monday, 27 April 2020, 09:39 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

More than 30 years and many millions of sales later, the story of her first book deal still makes Janet Evanovich cry. "I collected rejections for 10 years," recalls Evanovich, best known for her...

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