Winner of Premio Nadal 2010, The Scent of Lemon Leaves has been in the top-selling charts in Spain and Italy. As well as being a powerful account of self-discovery and an exploration of history and redemption, it is a sophisticated and nail-biting page-turner by one of Spain's most accomplished authors.
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jamie@constablerobinson.com

Carlyle is also asked to help television reporter Rosanna Snowdon, who fears she is being stalked by a demented fan.

Contact: jamie@constablerobinson.com

Catherine Hall - Author Talk
Catherine Hall's first novel was Days of Grace, Catherine was selected by Waterstone's as one of their 10 'New Voices' and by Amazon as one of their 'Rising Stars'.
'The Proof of Love', published in 2011, won The Green Carnation Prize for LGBT writing,
Come along and contribute ideas for more library events for the LGB community.

Monday 13th February at Romford Library
7pm -8pm, Meeting Room,
Romford Library, St Edwards Way, Romford RM1 3AR
FREE EVENT, Everybody welcome.
For more information, please email: jacky.logan@havering.gov.uk or call the library on 01708 432389

Tickets are free from Margate Library, 08458 247200, but booking is recommended.

Chipping Barnet Library
Wednesday 25th January 2012
6:30pm-7:30pm

Hallie Rubenhold is a historian and broadcaster and an authority on British 18th-century social history.  She has written two works of non-fiction to critical acclaim: 'The Covent Garden Ladies' and 'Lady Worsley's Whim'.

Hallie will be talking about her new book 'Mistress of my Fate', the first book in her new fictional series, and the art of writing and researching historical fiction.

This is a free event - please contact Chipping Barnet Library to reserve your seat on 020 8359 4040 or email chipping.barnet.library@barnet.gov.uk.

Transport details

Bus: 234, 326, 384

Tube: High Barnet (Northern line)

Map:http://g.co/maps/t9wpm

For generations, a grand estate house was the crowning glory of over three thousand acres of Iowa farm land and golden corn fields. Named Aurelia, it was a monument to matriarch Lavinia Hathaway's dream to elevate the family name--no matter what relative or stranger she had to destroy in the process. It was a desperation that wrought the downfall of the Hathaways- and the once prosperous farm.

Now the last inhabitant of the decaying old home has died--alone. None of the surviving members of the Hathaway dynasty want anything to do with the house, the land or the memories. Especially Meredith Pincetti. Now living in New York City, for seventeen years Lavinia's youngest grandchild has tried to forget everything about her family and her past. But with the receipt of a pleading letter, Meredith is again thrust into conflict with the legacy which destroyed her family's once-great name.

Back at Aurelia, Meredith must confront the rise and fall of the Hathaway family...and her own part in their mottled history.

One of the most eagerly anticipated debuts of the year.

Contact Claudia Symons
(Claudia.Symons@hqnuk.co.uk) if interested in copies for your reading group.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wyumk9O4nG4

Meet comedian, quixotic quester and star of TV and radio, Tony Hawks,
best known for fridges, pianos and Moldovans! Tony will talk about his
writing and his life. Ten years ago, a foolhardy attempt to win a drunken
bet resulted in Tony embarking on an unforgettable journey. Joined by his
trusty travelling companion-cum-domestic appliance, his fridge, he found
himself in the midst of a remarkable and, at times, downright silly
adventure around the coast of the Emerald Isle. His journey was
chronicled in a book that became an international bestseller - 'Round
Ireland with a Fridge'.

On Thursday 9th February 6.00pm at Leicester Central Library
Tickets: £3.00 for library members, £5.00 for non- members. Not a member? You can join for free at your local library or online. Tickets available at Leicester Central Library, Bishop Street or:

T: 0116 299 5401
E: central-library@leicester.gov.uk

Event organised by Leicester Libraries & Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival

Monday 23rd January 2012 7-8 pm

Before Josephine died her editor asked her to write new introductions for two of her most celebrated books. After she passed away her husband found these and they have been included in the new editions.

'Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.'

Josephine Hart's debut novel, an international bestseller, filmed with Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche, is one of the most chilling explorations of physical passion and dark, obsessive love ever written.

'A remarkable first novel of awesome accomplishment and quite startling psychological insight' Ruth Rendell

'Though she wounded me beyond pain, I too inflicted deep hurt. Not born to murder her, still I sought to break her . . . Her name was Elizabeth Ashbridge. And I even envied her that.'

Sin is about a woman possessed by an obsessive envy, a woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

'As in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, innocence and virtue are cruelly and deliberately betrayed, as the reader looks on with mingled shock and fascination . . . a tour de force' New York Times

Josephine Hart (1942-2011) was the bestselling author of Damage, Sin, Oblivion and The Reconstructionist. She was a Director of Haymarket Publishing and founded Gallery Poets before going on to produce a number of West End plays. As well writing novels, she was a `poetry evangelist' and her Josephine Hart Poetry Hour at the British Library inspired two edited poetry books: Catching Life by the Throat and Words that Burn. She was married to Maurice Saatchi and had two sons.

Email Elisabetta Minervini (eminervini@almabooks.com) if you are interested in proofs for your reading group (Only 8 sets of 5 available) or if you would like Anthony to visit your library.

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