I’m a bit of a sucker for documentaries on the Beeb and honestly think no-one does them better, so I’m getting super-excited about the 3-parter that starts on BBC 2…

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…approach to business. Today, Ryanair has responded by giving away 1.1Million free seats to represent the 11 lies featured in the programme. Nice comeback. (Hey Panorama, can you do an…

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Chief of the Intelligence Department Sir Leonard Wallace – bearing always the hall mark of coolness and wit – is up to his earlobes in trouble. Summoned by the Viceroy…

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…the A&B office was literally pawing at our copies, savouring the lovely super-mat cover finish we chose for this title. It’s hard to describe, but it makes the cover feel…

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Recommend This:…

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…Wild Girl plus The Whole World and The Start of Everything (which went down a treat). 2. Loved too, the themed-images on the New Holland Publishers stand, marking their shelves…

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…that makes an extra impact, forcing you to look at the cover for an extra few seconds (without boring you) and make you more likely to remember the book. It…

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…enter the competition here (by 31 January 2013). We’ll post our favourite answers in a subsequent blog – as others may be amused or inspired by your answers too… Chiara…

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Susie, our intrepid Publishing Director, is just back from a trip to Switzerland. While she was in the country of fine chocolate (some samples of which she has been kind…

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…bought for a friend – and then gave me samples to take away. It’s unheard of. And yet there is something missing from my nirvana – a decent bookshop presence….

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…Is that file important? Will I need that dictionary? Can those samples be packed up? As my office stationery dwindles I’ve come to the conclusion that there is one piece…

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 Meet the world’s most unusual undercover team… It can be tough working undercover for HM Revenue & Customs, but DJ Smith has more than a little help from her trained…

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSBORO LAST LAUGH AWARD 2014. London, early 1950s. Marcia Beasley of St John’s Wood is discovered dead in her home, naked and covered with a coal scuttle….

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…Trouble ensues when a woman from the Home Office vanishes; a mysterious lady turns up at the archery shooting gallery; and Paul’s gambling addiction worsens . . .  Recommend This:…

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The second book in the Mercia Blakewood historical crime series that spans Restoration London and the New World Following adventures she would sooner forget in the newly renamed New York,…

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The lone swimmer, turning over now to switch to a perfectly executed back crawl wasn’t a man. It was a woman, a girl. It was Catherine. Of course it was…

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…Mail – a collection of creatively addressed envelopes which she sent through Royal Mail to see if they would still end up at their destination. See an extract here. I’m…

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Life for Maisie Jackson has been far from happy for a number of years – ever since her mother re-married after her beloved father’s death, and her new stepfather and…

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…With the extra pressures of her sisters’ problems, is it possible for Livia to regain control of her life and figure out exactly what it is she wants? Recommend This:…

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I think we’ve seen the last of the fireworks (a brilliant display nearby our offices last night which we watched out of our skylight) and the end of the mild…

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As a relatively new iPhone user, I’m still discovering plenty that my new gadget has to offer. A browse through the app store the other day revealed plenty of freebies……

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