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Remembering Dorothy Porter 1954 - 2008
12 December 2008
Celebrated Melbourne author and poet Dorothy Porter has died at the age of 54 following a long illness.
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Pawel Huelle's CASTORP longlisted for the IMPAC award
14 November 2008
The acclaimed Polish author Pawel Huelle has been longlisted for the IMPAC award, for his novel based on Hans Castorp from Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain.
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3 Titles on SPREAD THE WORD Prize longlist - vote now
14 November 2008
The only prize in the UK decided by online votes was won last year by Jonathan Trigell's BOY A.
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David Peace's Red Riding books to be a major Channel 4 Film Series in Spring 2009
13 October 2008
Commissioned by Channel 4, Revolution Films are producing three feature films based on the Red Riding Quartet, to be premiered at the Berlin Film Festival before a UK premiere on Channel 4 in Spring 2009, with a theatrical release likely to follow.
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Serpent's Tail to publish Catherine Millet's book on jealousy in 2009
8 October 2008
The controversial author of THE SEXUAL LIFE OF CATHERINE M will return in 2009 with a major new book on the subject of jealousy.
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CHAM is shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize
8 October 2008
The world's premiere prize for mountain literature has included Jonathan Trigell's CHAM in its 2008 shortlist.
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PSST... Hot Gossip on the RED RIDING QUARTET
14 August 2008
Let's just say... TV... Cinema... Spring 2009... Star-studded... A Who's Who of British acting talent.
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Join the Friends of Serpent's Tail on FACEBOOK
14 August 2008
Yes, it's happened. We're on there.
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Serpent's Tail publisher PETE AYRTON is honoured by the French Government
17 July 2008
Pete has been awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contribution to French culture.
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From the photographer of THE DRAG KING BOOK comes FEMMES OF POWER
27 June 2008
Del LaGrace Volcano is the acclaimed photographer behind THE DRAG KING BOOK - photos from which featured in, and were the inspiration for, an episode in Sex and the City.
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Alex Wheatle is awarded an MBE
19 June 2008
As part of the Queen's birthday honours, Serpent's Tail author Alex Wheatle has been awarded an MBE.
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Lee Siegel rages AGAINST THE MACHINE on the Guardian website
27 May 2008
Tired of the mob mentality of the Internet? Think Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point completely misses the point?
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Ron Butlin is the Makar of Edinburgh
22 May 2008
Serpent's Tail author Ron Butlin has been honoured with the appointment to the role of Makar for Edinburgh.
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN is the Guardian Review BookClub Choice
22 May 2008
Lionel Shriver's prize-winning bestseller, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, is the featured book club choice in the Guardian Review for May.
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Watch out Istanbul, there's a new detective in town!
15 May 2008
Mehmet Murat Somer, author of THE PROPHET MURDERS, was in town recently to launch his fizzy detective novel - the first in a long series we're happy to report.
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A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy is shortlisted for the Good Housekeeping Book Award
12 May 2008
Charlotte Greig's first novel has been shortlisted for the 2008 Good Housekeeping Book Prize.
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South Bank Show to feature David Peace
11 May 2008
Serpent's Tail author David Peace is to be the subject of a South Bank Show special this coming weekend.
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Download a BOY A guide for reading groups here today
24 April 2008
It's a book that refuses to leave you once you've started it, and one of the few that deserves that much bandied about term - unputdownable.
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The Times names 50 best crime writers - 4 are Serpent's Tail authors
21 April 2008
The respected crime critic Marcel Berlins has compiled a list of the top 50 crime writers for the Times of London.
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Andrew Garfield wins best actor Bafta for BOY A
21 April 2008
Rising star Andrew Garfield beat strong competition at last night's Bafta awards to walk away with the Best Actor Prize.
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SWANSEA TERMINAL is longlisted for the Wales Book of the Year prize
17 March 2008
The second book from Robert Lewis, SWANSEA TERMINAL follows his debut THE LAST LLANELLI TRAIN, both of which feature hard-drinking, tough-living private detective Robert Llewellyn, or Magnum to his friends.
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CASTORP is shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
25 January 2008
After his earlier novel, MERCEDES-BENZ making the IFF shortlist in 2006, we are delighted to announce that Pawel Huelle's CASTORP has been included on the longlist.
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CRUEL POETRY is shortlisted for an Edgar
21 January 2008
The prestigious Edgar Allan Poe Awards are the annual prizes nominated by the Mystery Writers of America organisation. Vicki Hendricks' erotic noir thriller, CRUEL POETRY has been nominated in the 'Best Paperback Original Category'.
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And the winner is... Books of the Year mentions
20 December 2007
It's annual round-up time, when newspapers and magazines ask reviewers, writers and all-round mavens to nominate their books of the year. We've had an embarassment of riches this year - mentions include...
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David Peace is GQ Writer of the Year
21 September 2007
Included among GQ's recipients of Men of the Year Awards 2007 were Kanye West (International Man of the Year), Michael Caine (Lifetime Achievement) - and none other than David Peace.
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Latest Events
Cathi Unsworth at an event on 1960s art and film at the Barbican
27 January 2009
Cathi Unsworth, author of THE NOT KNOWING and THE SINGER will be appearing at the Barbican in conversation with Harriet Vyner.
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Joe Boyd talks WHITE BICYCLES in Huddersfield
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Wall of Sound Record Store is a fitting location to talk music and memories - and so, Joe Boyd, svengali producer and autobiographer will be taking over the mic in a special pre-Christmas event.
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Jonathan Trigell at Kendal Mountain Festival
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Keeping busy is Jonathan Trigell, who'll be appearing during the weekend of the Kendal Mountain Festival.
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Jonathan Trigell at the Crossing Border Festival in The Hague
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The very hip Crossing Border Festival of music and literature features Jonathan Trigell on the line-up this year.
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Jonathan Trigell event in Paris
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The author of BOY A and CHAM will appear at a special event at the wonderful Shakespeare & Company in Paris.
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Denis Kehoe at the OUTBURST Queer Arts Festival, Belfast
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Debut novelist Denis Kehoe will be reading from Nights Beneath the Nation.
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Cathi Unsworth at an event on 1960s art and film at the Barbican
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Cathi Unsworth, author of THE NOT KNOWING and THE SINGER will be appearing at the Barbican in conversation with Harriet Vyner. read more