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The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman
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The Thursday Murder Club

In The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman turns on its head the perception that retirement homes are places where people sit in chairs...

How to build a business you love, by Cat Rose
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How to Build a Business You Love

Cat Rose’s book on building a business you love is well worth reading every time you want to refresh the direction you are...

Link Ability, by Lynnaire Johnston
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Link∙Ability

I highly recommend Link∙Ability to anyone who would like to harness the power of LinkedIn to enhance their career or business. It’s a...

The House of Deep Water, by Jeni McFarland
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The House of Deep Water

The House of Deep Water is Jeni McFarland’s first novel but it doesn’t read that way. The writing is captivating from the first...

Where the Crawdads Sing - by Delia Owens
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Book of the Year: Where the Crawdads Sing

I read Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens, at such pace it’s hard for me to say exactly why it's my favourite...

Blogging for Creatives by Robin Houghton
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Seven Lessons from Blogging for Creatives

Blogging platforms and the social media landscape have both evolved since Robin Houghton wrote Blogging for Creatives in 2012, but there are many...

All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton
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All Our Shimmering Skies

I absolutely loved Trent Dalton’s first novel (Boy Swallows Universe) so it was a no brainer to buy his second novel when it...

The Talented Mr Varg - book review
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The Talented Mr Varg

If you like Isabel Dalhousie’s gentle approach to solving mysteries, you will probably also enjoy Varg ­– Alexander McCall Smith’s Swedish detective, who...

The Other Bennet Sister - by Janice Hadlow
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The Other Bennet Sister

This new angle on 'Pride and Prejudice' looks at the events that take place in that classic novel through the eyes of Mary...

Longbourn - by Jo Baker
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Longbourn

I wasn’t sure if I was going to like Longbourn … reading about the servants’ impoverished lives behind the scenes of the Pride...