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By: Susannah Clapp
ISBN: 9781408885291
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Michael Sims
ISBN: 9781408858554
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Fiona Kidman
ISBN: 9781869790592
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2009
Publisher: Random House New Zealand Ltd
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In this sequel to At the End of Darwin Road, Fiona Kidman takes us through the writing of over twenty more books, of her involvement in New Zealand's literary circles, her championing of writing and writers and the significant people she has met along the way.
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By: Valerie Grove
ISBN: 9781845951733
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2011
UK Publication Date: 19th April 2011
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Frank and funny, unorthodox, liberated and quintessentially English, Dodie Smith, playwright and novelist, was the author of those immortal classics, The Hundred and One Dalmations and I Capture the Castle.
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By: Brenda Niall
ISBN: 9781922268594
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
Publisher: Text Publishing
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The story of four remarkable women traversing the literary landscape of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Australia, from one of our nation's most eminent historians.
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By: J.A.E. Curtis
ISBN: 9781408831212
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A reissued edition of the definitive biography of Mikhail Bulgakov, author of The Master and Margarita
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By: Ramie Targoff
ISBN: 9781529404906
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2024
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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A vividly drawn Joint biography of four extraordinary Renaissance women writers who have been rescued from obscurity by scholar and critically acclaimed author, Ramie Targoff.
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By: Leah Bendavid-Val
ISBN: 9781426201738
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2007
Publisher: National Geographic Society
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A glimpse into the lives of Countess Sophia Tolstoy and her husband Leo Tolstoy set against the grand and terrifying backdrop of aristocratic Russia
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By: Alasdair Gray
ISBN: 9781847671400
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2012
Publisher: Canongate Books
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The autobiography in words and pictures of one of Britain's most fascinating and acclaimed writers and artists, Alasdair Gray.
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By: Nicola Shulman
ISBN: 9781906021115
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2011
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
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In this witty, intriguing, accessible account, Nicola Shulman interweaves the bloody events of Henry's reign with the story of English love poetry and the life of its first master, Henry's most glamorous and enigmatic subject: Sir Thomas Wyatt.
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By: Glen David Gold
ISBN: 9781473620179
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2018
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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From the bestselling author of Carter Beats the Devil and Sunnyside, a shocking, big-hearted memoir about his bizarre upbringing in California in the 1970s and how he survived it.
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By: Robert Harling
ISBN: 9781849549356
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2015
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
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This is Robert Harling's account of his close and enduring friendship with one of the twentieth century's most iconic writers: Ian Fleming.
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By: David Yezzi
ISBN: 9781250016584
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
UK Publication Date: 8th December 2023
Publisher: St Martin's Press
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The first definitive biography of American poet Anthony Hecht.
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By: Rebecca Solnit
ISBN: 9781783785452
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
Publisher: Granta Books
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Roses, pleasure, and politics: a fresh take on Orwell as an avid gardener, whose political writing was grounded in his passion for the natural world.
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By: Christopher Milne
ISBN: 9781509821891
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
UK Publication Date: 14th July 2016
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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Christopher Robin's story in his own words.
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By: Catherine Reid
ISBN: 9781604697896
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2018
UK Publication Date: 27th March 2018
Publisher: Workman Publishing
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Discover the extraordinary landscapes that inspired the writing of Anne of Green Gables.
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By: Michael Jago
ISBN: 9781849545136
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2013
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
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The true story of the man who inspired John le Carre's most famous character, and an amazing life story of an author and spy.
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By: A. N. Wilson
ISBN: 9781786497918
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2020
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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A brilliant and insightful celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his death.
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By: Paul Strohm
ISBN: 9781781250600
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2016
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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How a single year turned Chaucer into a poet, and sparked the creation of The Canterbury Tales. Now available in paperback.
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By: Jack London
ISBN: 9781788887588
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2019
UK Publication Date: 15th July 2019
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
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By: George Tiffin
ISBN: 9781781859377
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A celebration of the world's greatest movie actresses from the stars of the golden age to the icons of cinema's second century in classic scenes and beautiful images.
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By: Iris Origo
ISBN: 9781782272687
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2017
Publisher: Pushkin Press
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An extremely moving account of the lonely life of the unloved and tragic genius - described as the greatest modern Italian poet.
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By: Anne Hall
ISBN: 9781913491246
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
UK Publication Date: 15th March 2021
Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
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By: Sir Anthony Kenny
ISBN: 9780826473820
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Arthur Hugh Clough is regarded as an equal partner of a poetic fraternity whose other members were Tennyson, Browning, and Arnold. This biography stresses the close links between Clough's life and his poems, and pays particular attention to his love poetry and his associations with the many women who played an important part in his life.
