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African authors Six Degrees of Separation 

From terror to persecution in six links

December 2, 2017November 10, 2017 BookerTalk 17 Comments Antonia Hodgson, Charles Dickens, Emma Donaghue, Lynne Reid Banks, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Oscar Wilde

Six books form a chain from terrified children to a falsely imprisoned author.

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African authors British authors South & Central American authors Top Ten Tuesday 

10 under rated books

January 17, 2017September 13, 2017 BookerTalk 57 Comments Antonia Hodgson, Dinaw Mengestu, Donal Ryan, Jim Crace, Kwei Quartey, Machado de Assis, Michael Orthofer, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Stanley Middleton, Yewande Omotoso

Which books deserve more attention? Here are 10 suggestions for ones to take a closer look at

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Classics Club IMPAC Dublin Award Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Sunday Salon 

5 Reasons to be cheerful

June 21, 2015 BookerTalk 23 Comments Antonia Hodgson, International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Jerwood Fiction Uncovered, Lavie Tidhar, Man Booker Prize

I’m often guilty of using this site to grumble so I thought I’d change tack and for share some positive news

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Book Reviews historical fiction 

The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson

June 9, 2015June 15, 2015 BookerTalk 16 Comments Antonia Hodgson, historical fiction

A foul putrid stench poured into the yard — so thick and strong we all cried out as one, turning our

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