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THE STRIPED PYJAMAS and EDEN LAKE Open
THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS opens in cinemas on Friday 12th September.
The Estate of James McClure
James McClure was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and grew up in the capital of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. While working for three major newspapers there, he became a specialist in crime and court stories. After emigrating to Great Britain, he worked at the Scottish Daily Mail in 196
Jacky Fleming is a cartoonist, whose work first became known through her pre-internet postcards, which reached women around the world by snail mail. She studied at Chelsea School of Art, followed by Leeds University - where her contemporaries formed bands like the Mekons, and the Gang of Four.
Sandy Nightingale
Prize for Roland Chambers THE LAST ENGLISHMAN
Roland Chambers has been awarded Best First Biography by the Biographer's Club.
ONE OF THE YOUNGEST FELLOWS
Congratulations to Adam Foulds who has just been made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
ROMANCE IN THE AIR...
Many congratulations to Rosie Alison for being longlisted for the Romantic Novel of the year award.
Adam Foulds & Simon Mawer up for the Walter Scott Prize
Adam Foulds and Simon Mawer's Booker-shortlisted novels THE QUICKENING MAZE and THE GLASS ROOM are both on the shortlist for the inaugural Walter Scott Prize, worth £25,000.