Reader's Digest

Book News February 2012

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:23:28 +0000

The wait for findings on New Zealand's Pike River mining disaster will go on until March this year

Extract from The 33

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:30:46 +0000

The Chilean miners' ordeal: if you're claustrophobic, don't read on!

Extract from An Awkward Truth

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:07:57 +0000

February 1942: Darwin in flames

Book Reviews February 2012

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:09:19 +0000

Readers assess memoirs and true crime

Meet the Authors February 2012

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:42:34 +0000

Crime novelist Michael Duffy: 'fascinated by largely good people who end up doing bad things'

Extract from The Simple Death

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:04:31 +0000

Detective Troy gets a rough crossing on the Manly Ferry

Wigs for all occasions - Bill Bryson

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:41:27 +0000

In this extract from his book, At Home: a short history of private life, Bill Bryson examines one of fashion’s more bizarre and uncomfortable crazes

To Kill a Mockingbird - the book that changed my life

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:05:23 +0000

Celebrated writer Rick Bragg reflects on To KIll a Mockingbird's enduring message of courage and kindness

Extract from The Necklace

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:43:59 +0000

Diamonds are for sharing – what 13 women learnt about life, love and happiness from one spectacular necklace

Extract from Open by André Agassi

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:44:51 +0000

André Agassi knew from the age of seven that he hated tennis

How to write a blockbuster

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:32:40 +0000

Can anyone remember a world before Harry Potter? Or a time when “twilight” simply meant the onset of darkness? We take a look at what makes a blockbuster…

Book Reviews December 2011

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:20:46 +0000

Your favourite non-fiction—scary, engaging or informative?

Extract from Little Princes by Conor Grennan

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:34:16 +0000

A touching Christmas in Nepal

Meet the Authors December 2011

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:49:45 +0000

A young writer from Delaware evokes a magical holiday home

Extract from The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:20:13 +0000

A house in Provence works its magic

10 most famous self-help books of all time

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:43:57 +0000

Who do you turn to when the chips are down? Josephine Brouard rounds up ten of the most famous self-help tomes of all time.

Meet the Authors November 2011

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:29:50 +0000

Author of the month: Michael Caine

Extract from The King's Speech

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:15:05 +0000

Lionel Logue behind the scenes at the royal Christmas

Extract from Dambuster

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:46:03 +0000

Take a hair-raising wartime ride in a Lancaster bomber

Book Reviews November 2011

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:54:48 +0000

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