Latest Fiction

14 August 2012

Edinburgh Festival Book Swap

What do you do once you have read a book? Do you keep it? Do you pass it on to another reader? Do you throw it away? Do you send ...

13 August 2012

Author Biography- Susan Hill

Susan Hill is probably most notable for being the inspiration behind the latest film with Daniel Radcliffe, The Woman in Black. This has thrust her 1983 novel back into the limelight ...

12 August 2012

I am not a social networker i am a psychopath.....

The Daily Mail revealed today that there is a massive 955 million users of Facebook and that if you are not on the band wagon yet, it can affect your ...
11 August 2012

Dannii Minogue has not read any of Simon Cowell's new book

Dannii Minogue was accused of having an affair this year with Simon Cowell, her co-host on X Factor, however she revealed that she has never read a page of the ...
10 August 2012

Do we all have genre fidelity?

Do we all have our favourite genres that we read over and over again? Are we afraid to venture into the realms of new genres for fear that we will ...

9 August 2012

How difficult is it write about sex?

Given the sensation of Fifty Shades of Grey, it has caused controversy over whether the scenes are realistic or unnecessarily clichéd in books. Many authors have tried and tested it ...
8 August 2012

Female First’s Top 10 Book Chart

1. Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James 2. Fifty Shades Trilogy Boxset by EL James 3. Bared To You by Sylvia Day 4. Fifty Shades Darker by EL James 5. Fifty Shades Freed ...
8 August 2012

The Vacant Casualty teaser!

PATTY O’FURNITURE The Vacant Casualty Visit www.panmacmillan.com to read more about all our books and to buy them. You will also find features, author interviews and news of any author events, and you can sign ...

7 August 2012

Readers ditch Gryffindor for Grey!

Amazon revealed that since its release in March, EL James’s Fifty Shades trilogy has overtaken the sales of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter seven book series. According to Amazon’s statistics, EL James ...
6 August 2012

Kindle takes over book sales at Amazon.co.uk

Amazon.co.uk has revealed today that Kindle sales have finally eclipsed the sales of hardbacks and paperbacks. It has only been two years since the Kindle was introduced and people are purchasing ...

4 August 2012

The Woman in Black Sequel- Angel of Death

Following the massive success of the film adaptation of the book, The Woman in Black is now the most successful British horror film of all time. At the box office it ...

3 August 2012

10 Banned Books

Today Shortlist.com revealed a list of the top 10 banned books. One thing that is most controversial in the current world of books is sex, following the release of Fifty ...

2 August 2012

Would that be a paperback, hardback or Kindle madam?

It would appear that E-books are eclipsing the traditional paper and hardbacks on holidays this year according to recent statistics. A poll was released by travel agency sunshine.co.uk which found that ...

1 August 2012

Would you write a love poem for someone?

So is it romantic or cringe-worthy to write a poem for someone? Would you be the type of person who was serenaded by a love poem? Or would you try ...

31 July 2012

Maeve Binchy Dies at 72

The acclaimed novelist Maeve Binchy, married to children's writer Gordon Snell, has died at age 72, following a short illness. Her death was announced last night by Vincent Browne on ...

31 July 2012

The Great Gatsby- your must have summer read!

As the release of the new Baz Luhrman’s film adaptation of the book on December 26th looms near, isn’t it about time we all familiarised ourselves with the original text?! ...

25 July 2012

What you need to read during the Olympics!

Kobo eReader has released the best e books to get you in the Olympic mood this summer! The following bestsellers include Olympic fiction, biographies and reference ebooks that will help you ...
24 July 2012

'Mummy Porn' the Classics?!

It would appear that the Fifty Shades of Grey has had a profound effect not only on readers but also on writers as we enter a whole new genre of ...
23 July 2012

BRITS WASTE 1KG OF HOLIDAY BAGGAGE

Luxembourg, 23rd July, 2012: New research released by Amazon.co.uk, reveals the average Brit uses around 1kg of their 20kg baggage allowance with three books every holiday. That extra weight is ...

14 July 2012

Top 50 Books to read before you die!

In 2003, the BBC presented the list of books to read before you die, however do we still agree with these or has our opinion of the top 50 reads ...

13 July 2012

Top 50 FREE book apps!

Stuck for finding books on your phone? Can’t decide what to read? Well your reading problems are sorted as Appstoreapps.com have revealed the definitive list of FREE book apps, all ...

12 July 2012

Is it important to have a personal library?

When chatting to a close friend about things to do before we were thirty,  we pondered over sky dives and zorbing, until he came up with an unusual one; to ...
9 July 2012

J K Rowling's new book cover revealed!

After a long wait we have fianlly been allowed to see the front cover of JK Rowling's new adult novel, A Casual Vacancy. The novel is about Barry Fairbrother, who ...

6 July 2012

Where have all the good ghosts gone?

With at least two or three books hitting my desk every day for review, why are there no ghost stories coming my way? We all are aware of the resounding ...