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The Interview Online specialises in providing "high quality audio, and occasionally video, interviews with authors, playwrights and cultural movers and shakers." This month, they've been talking to Virago author Sarah Dunant about her new novel, Sacred Hearts.

Iain [M] Banks will be one of the guests of this year's Prague Writers Festival, which runs from June 7 - 11...

In an audio interview posted on www.interviewonline.co.uk, Amanda Craig talks about her new novel, Hearts and Minds, which was published by Little, Brown at the end of April.

Lisa Appignanesi appeared at the Kingston Readers Festival on Wednesday 20 May, where she gave a talk on her book Mad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800 to the Present which was published in paperback by Virago in January 2009.

The Gay Divorcee by Paul Burston has been well received by the press since its publication on 7th May:

This just in from the latest issue of the Nora's News e-newsletter:

Little, Brown's YA fantasy imprint, Atom, has just launched a brand new UK website for fans of P.C. and Kristin Cast's House of Night series.

Amanda Craig, author of Hearts and Minds - published on 30 April by Little, Brown and described by Penny Perrick in the Sunday Times as "rich, Dickensian" - is giving talks at the following venues during the month of May:

First off, let me just make it clear that I have no intention of ever becoming a gay divorcee...

Hugely exciting news from the US, where Variety.com's New York reporter Michael Fleming has a story on an imminent movie deal - possibly for a series or ongoing franchise - that will see mega-star Angelina Jolie take on the role of Kay Scarpetta, heroine of the mega-best-selling series by the one...

We are delighted to announce the winner of the short story competition to celebrate the publication of The Birthing House by Christopher Ransom, which was promoted via the Guardian, online and in-store at Borders.

Linda Grant's The Clothes on Their Backs - a novel of survival, both banal and heroic, and a young woman who discovers the complications, even betrayals, that inevitably accompany the fierce desire to live - is currently the Our Choice title of the Mail on Sunday You Magazine reading group.

Narrated by Johnny Depp, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, is out on DVD 13th April 2009.

What My Best Friend Did, the brand new novel by Lucy Dawson, was reviewed on the George Lamb show on BBC 6 Music on Wednesday.

Linda Grant, author of The Thoughtful Dresser recently took part in a live interview event as part of Jewish Book Week 2009.

If you're stuck for what to give your mum on Mother's Day, then look no further than these recommended reads. Perfect novels for an afternoon putting her feet up, they even come with personal endorsements from the Between the Sheets team! (So you can come beat them up if she doesn't like them...

This month's publication of What My Best Friend Did has got the Between the Sheets team thinking about good friends gone bad. Ever fallen out with a friend? Then you're playing a dangerous game ...

The Interview Online is a website that collects and broadcasts audio (and occasional video) interviews with "authors, playwrights and cultural movers and shakers".

On Saturday 7 March Alexander McCall Smith’s tenth No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novel, Tea Time for the Traditionally Built launched in Edinburgh. Three members of Little, Brown went up to visit. Here’s Bobby Nayyar’s retelling of ev

Historical romance author Elizabeth Chadwick, whose novels are published in the UK by Sphere, was interviewed last Friday for BBC Radio Nottingham's John Holmes show.

Journalist and social commentator James Harkin, author of the new book Cyburbia: The Dangerous Idea That's Changing How We Live and Who We Are has responded, via his website www.jamesharkin.co.uk, to recent suggestions by Baroness Susan Greenfield that too much online activity risks 'infantalising'...

Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist, will be appearing on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme on Monday March 2nd.

The Piatkus Book of the Month for March is the stunning debut novel, Breathing in Colour by Clare Jay, an emotional and utterly gripping story about Mia and the fractured relationship she has with her mother.

There's a piece on the Times website today (also published in the T2 section of the print edition) by James Harkin, author of Cyburbia, on the mass-communication phenomenon called Twitter and its origins in the theories of cybernetics that have helped to shape the development of the Internet - and...

The Between the Sheets team presents a selection of recommended Valentine's Day reading...

The Between the Sheets Team reveals the things they're enjoying a love/hate relationship with this month...

The Between the Sheets Team reveals what they really think of the annual lurve-fest...

February 14th - Valentine's Day - the day for lovers; the day for romance; the day for romantic settings. What wonderful sources for the writer and we do not have to confine them to Valentine's Day. They come into our lives every day and have done throughout all time.

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, will feature on BBC Radio 4's A Good Read on Tuesday 3 March at 4.30 p.m., repeated on Friday 6th March at 11.00 p.m. Visit www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts for more information on the current series of A Good Read...

In an interview with www.EssentialWriters.com, Virago author Elisabeth Russell Taylor speaks of the ways in which love and loss affect her writing and the path she took to become a published author.

We're getting the New Year off to a naughty start with the publication of In Bed With, a sizzling collection of fiction provocateur...

The Between the Sheets team are determined not to make any New Years' resolutions this time around...

We published The Glass Room by Simon Mawer on January 15th and has been attracting a clutch of rave reviews:

As part of Connecting Conversations - an ongoing series of events that brings together practitioners from the world of psychoanalysis with leading practitioners from other fields - Virago author Elisabeth Russell Taylor will be talking to psychotherapist Ruth Barnett about her fiction, at The Freud...

In Holistic Health Secrets for Women Dr Mark Atkinson shares his highly effective and integrated medical approach for addressing the unique barriers that women today face...

Piatkus author Jessica Blair has been in touch to let us know about three forthcoming appearances, two taking place next month and another in June.

The Little, Brown Blog talks to Linda Gillard, author of Star Gazing - shortlisted for the 2009 Romantic Novel of the Year Award - about the background to the story and what it means to her to receive the nomination.

To mark the announcement that Linda Gillard's novel Star Gazing has been shortlisted for the 2009 Romantic Novel of the Year Award, we present a two-chapter excerpt from the book...

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Today's festive treat is a video of Patricia Cornwell talking about her new Number One Bestselller Scarpetta.

A bit of modern history for you today in the form of an extract from a remarkable audiobook. The Last Fighting Tommy records the recollections of Harry Patch, the only surviving veteran of the trenches of the First World

Today you can enjoy the trailer for the newly released blockbuster Twilight, based on Stephenie Meyer's novel.  Watch it here

A little festive horror for you today: an extract from Christopher Ransom's enthralling The Birthing House.

Today's treat is a gaze into the crystal ball, as the Between the Sheets team guide you through what they have coming up in women's commercial fiction in 2009.  Read it here

Between the Sheets is a year old in December, and it’s got us thinking about the things we’ve learnt in 2008 – not all of them in any way valuable. So while we’re not stuffing our faces with cake (What...

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Today we have a very festive short story for you, by the international bestseller Nora Roberts -- it's called Christmas at Ardmore and you can read it here

Today's treat is a classic -- have a listen to an extract from the audiobook of James Herriot's If Only They Could Talk.