Author coming to Waterstones Bromley

Karen McManus, author of One of Us is Lying, is coming from the USA to Waterstones Bromley on Monday the 31st of July.  Click here for details.

On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.
    Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.
    Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.
    Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.
    Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.
    And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High’s notorious gossip app.
 
Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom alive. And according to investigators, his death wasn’t an accident. He died on a Monday. But that Tuesday, he’d planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates. Now, all four of them are suspects in his murder. Are they guilty? Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who’s still on the loose?
 
They all have a motive. They all have something to hide. They all have a history with Simon. And one of them is definitely lying.

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Man Booker Prize 2017 - long list announced

The Man Booker Prize is awarded for fiction and is open to authors writing in English regardless of their nationality.  

The long list, or Man Booker dozen, includes established and debut writers:

4321 by Paul Auster
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
Resevoir 13 by Jon McGregor
Elmet by Fiona Mozley
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
Lincoln in Bardo by George Saunders
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
Autumn by Ali Smith
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The shortlist will be announced on 13th September and the winner on the 17th October.  Previous Man Booker Prize shortlisted and winning novels are available to borrow from the War Memorial Library.

Jane Austen Bicentenary

Today, Tuesday 18th July, marks 200 years since the death of acclaimed novelist, Jane Austen.  Her portrait is to be used on the new £10 notes, which will be issued on 14th September 2017.  During her life time, however, Jane Austen’s novels were published anonymously and she is buried in Winchester Cathedral with no mention of her books.

Jane Austen’s novels, including Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Emma have been adapted for film and television.  They are available to borrow from the War Memorial Library.

YALC 2017

The UK's YA Lit Con is back for a fourth year.  Set up by acclaimed author Malorie Blackman during her time as Children's Laureate, the event celebrates the best in Young Adult fiction.  It will be taking place between 28-30 July as part of the London Film and Comic Con.  There will be writing workshops and book signings and lots of brilliant authors including Alex Wheatle, Holly Smale, Juno Dawson and Patrick Ness.  For more information click here.

Don't forget, we have lots of brilliant YA novels for you to read in War Memorial Library.  Ask your librarians or check out the new books page on the blog.