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- Orion Children's Books to publish new novel from internationally bestselling author Cornelia Funke (22 May 2012)
- The Hairy Bikers are going on tour! (22 May 2012)
- The Art of Betrayal shortlisted for Intelligence book of the Year Award (22 May 2012)
- Duncan Jones to direct new film based on biography of Ian Fleming (21 May 2012)
- Gollancz acquires 'The Hunger Games' Parody (8 May 2012)
NEW EVENTS
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Thursday 24 May 2012
The Cornish House -
Saturday 26 May 2012
Adventure Island 7: The Mystery of the Dinosaur Discovery -
Wednesday 30 May 2012
The Impossible Dead
Book Of The Month
March's Reading Room Book of the Month
The Drowning People
When Richard Mason wrote his impressive début novel, he was a precociously gifted eighteen-year-old, whose stellar advances and good looks ensured a media brouhaha that would intimidate the most seasoned authors. Now re-issued in a 10th anniversary edition, The Drowning People was as memorable for it's first line as the hype that surrounded it's acquisition. 'My wife of more than forty-five years shot herself yesterday afternoon'. The novel goes on to tell the story of twenty-one-year-old James Farrell, a gifted violinist with the world at his feet. But when he falls in love with the beautiful and fragile Ella Harcourt he is drawn into a tangle of lies and cruelty. And James can only watch helplessly as the most beautiful thing in his life is strangled by deception, betrayal and ultimately murder.
Read an extract from The Drowning People
Find out more about Richard Mason
Book Of The Month
February's Reading Room Book of the Month
Tiger Hills
A sumptuous, epic tale set in 19th Century India, which has also been chosen as one fo the titles for the TV Book Club in 2011.
As the first girl born into the family for over sixty years, beautiful Devi is adored by everyone. And when she befriends Devanna, a gifted young boy, the two swiftly become inseparable.
Their futures seem inevitably linked until one night Devi meets the 'tiger killer' and makes a decision that has heartbreaking consequences for generations to come.
Read more about Sarita Mandanna
Sarita Mandanna - Why I wrote Tiger Hills
Find out more about the Orion titles in the TV Book Club 2011
Book Of The Month
January's Reading Room Book of the Month
The Hopeless Life of Charlie Summers
Hector Chetwode-Talbot, Eck to his friends, spends his days charming his wealthy contacts with gin and tonics at Ascot or Wimbledon. He is a 'greeter' for an investment fund and it seems everyone has money to invest.
It is on a golfing trip to France that Eck first meets Charlie Summers, a fly-by-night entrepreneur who is hiding out after a misunderstanding with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. Despite their different backgrounds Charlie and his dodgy schemes reappear in Eck's life with surprising regularity. Adn when, with almost no warning, Eck's world is turned upside down he has to ask himself -- between he and Charlie, who has the most to lose?
Find out more about Paul Torday
