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Three on Branford Boase longlist

We are delighted to announce that three of our authors are on this year’s longlist for the Branford Boase Award: …

Before I Go to Sleep Hits #1 Spot

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A Shed of One’s Own

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2011 At a Glance

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A New Voice in Women’s Fiction

Rebecca James’s debut novel, BEAUTIFUL MALICE, has been caught this week in a six way, six figure bidding war in Germany. The auction has just concluded, and a two book deal has gone to Kathrin Blum at Rowohlt for an incredible $370,000 (USD). Auctions are now underway around the world, and it looks like James is set to become a familiar face.

image Set in Australia, BEAUTIFUL MALICE depicts the unlikely friendship between the solitary Katherine and the fashionable, popular Alice Parrie. Alice’s joie de vivre is transformative; it helps Katherine forget her painful past and slowly start enjoying life like she once did. But being friends with Alice is complicated, and as Katherine gets to know her better she discovers that although Alice can be charming and generous she can also be selfish, egocentric - even cruel.

James, who lives in Armidale, has never written before, but is ecstatic about her newfound talents, and is already putting the finishing touches to her second novel, COOPER BARTHOLOMEW IS DEAD.

23 Sep 2009

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