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Small Pleasures
''Small Pleasures'' is a historical romance novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ... written by author Clare Chambers. It was longlisted for the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction , and featured on the BBC's talk show Between The Covers as a Book of the Week Pick. Plot Set in 1957, the novel follows Jean Swinney, journalist for a local newspaper who investigates the claim of a woman who says her daughter was the result of a virgin birth. Awards and nominations The book was longlisted for the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction. Promotion The book was promoted on Sara Cox's BBC talk show Between The Covers as a 'Book of the Week Pick'. References {{Reflist 2020 British novels British romance novels Weidenfeld & Nicolson books Fiction set in 1957 Novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Chambers (novelist)
Clare Chambers (born 1966 in Croydon, Greater London, England) is a British novelist of different genres. In 1999, her novel ''Learning to Swim'' won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Biography Clare Chambers was born on 1966 in Croydon, Greater London, daughter of English teachers. She read English at Oxford University. and, after graduating, she and her future husband, Peter, also a teacher, moved to New Zealand, where she wrote her first novel. The couple lived in Norwood, Surrey, close to Selhurst Park, then moved to Bromley, Kent (where they have lived since 1993) where they brought up their young family. Bibliography Single novels * ''Uncertain Terms'' (1992) * ''Back Trouble'' (1994) * ''Learning to Swim'' (1998) * ''A Dry Spell'' (2000) * ''In a Good Light'' (2004) * ''The Editor's Wife'' (2007) * ''Bright Girls'' (2009) * ''Burning Secrets'' (2011) * ''Small Pleasures ''Small Pleasures'' is a historical romance novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Literature
British literature is literature from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. This article covers British literature in the English language. Anglo-Saxon (Old English) literature is included, and there is some discussion of Latin and Anglo-Norman literature, where literature in these languages relate to the early development of the English language and literature. There is also some brief discussion of major figures who wrote in Scots, but the main discussion is in the various Scottish literature articles. The article Literature in the other languages of Britain focuses on the literatures written in the other languages that are, and have been, used in Britain. There are also articles on these various literatures: Latin literature in Britain, Anglo-Norman, Cornish, Guernésiais, Jèrriais, Latin, Manx, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, etc. Irish writers have played an important part in the development of literatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Fiction
Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other types of narrative, including theatre, opera, cinema, and television, as well as video games and graphic novels. An essential element of historical fiction is that it is set in the past and pays attention to the manners, social conditions and other details of the depicted period. Authors also frequently choose to explore notable historical figures in these settings, allowing readers to better understand how these individuals might have responded to their environments. The historical romance usually seeks to romanticize eras of the past. Some subgenres such as alternate history and historical fantasy insert intentionally ahistorical or speculative elements into a novel. Works of historical fiction are sometimes criticized for lack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Novel
A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and Romance (love), romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Precursors include authors of literary fiction, such as Samuel Richardson, Jane Austen, and Charlotte Brontë. There are many subgenres of the romance novel, including fantasy, gothic fiction, gothic, Contemporary romance, contemporary, historical romance, paranormal fiction, and science fiction. Although women are the main readers of romance novels a growing number of men enjoy them as well. The Romance Writers of America cite 16% of men read romance novels. "Many people today don’t realize that romance is more than a love story. Romance can be a complex plotline with a setting from the past in a remote, faraway place. Instead of focusing on a love story, it idealizes values and principles that seem lost in today’s world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd (established 1949), often shortened to W&N or Weidenfeld, is a British publisher of fiction and reference books. It has been a division of the French-owned Orion Publishing Group since 1991. History George Weidenfeld and Nigel Nicolson founded Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1949 with a reception at Brown's Hotel, London. Among many other significant books, it published Vladimir Nabokov's ''Lolita'' (1959) and Nicolson's '' Portrait of a Marriage'' (1973), a frank biography of his mother Vita Sackville-West and father Harold Nicolson. In its early years Weidenfeld also published nonfiction works by Isaiah Berlin, Hugh Trevor-Roper, and Rose Macaulay, and novels by Mary McCarthy and Saul Bellow. Later it published titles by world leaders and historians, along with contemporary fiction and glossy illustrated books. Weidenfeld & Nicolson acquired the publisher Arthur Baker Ltd in 1959, and ran it as an imprint into the 1990s. Weidenfeld was one of Orion's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2020. Events * April 14 – Bookshops are among the first few premises permitted to reopen on relaxation of restrictions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. * May 26–July 10 – J. K. Rowling releases her new fairy tale ''The Ickabog'' in free online instalments during restrictions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. * June 25 – Louisa May Alcott's unfinished "Aunt Nellie's Story" (c.1849) is first published, in '' The Strand Magazine''. * July 31 – 2020 Booker Prize longlisted (later shortlisted) author Tsitsi Dangarembga is arrested in Zimbabwe as part of a government crackdown ahead of anti-corruption protests. * August – The Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, purchases ''Das Große Stammbuch'', an ''album amicorum'' compiled by diplomat Philipp Hainhofer, which the library's patron Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, tried but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Prize For Fiction
The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes. It is awarded annually to a female author of any nationality for the best original full-length novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom in the preceding year. History The prize was established in 1996, to recognise the literary achievement of female writers. The inspiration for the prize was the Booker Prize of 1991, when none of the six shortlisted books was by a woman, despite some 60% of novels published that year being by female authors. A group of women and men working in the industry – authors, publishers, agents, booksellers, librarians, journalists – therefore met to discuss the issue. Research showed that women’s literary achievements were often not acknowledged by the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between The Covers (TV Programme)
Between the Covers is a BBC talk show hosted by Sara Cox in which Guest appearance, guest stars talk about their favourite books, alongside other book picks as well. Episodes Series One (2020) Sara Cox talks to Guest appearance, guest stars about their favourite books as well as a book of the week pick from 2020 in literature, 2020, and a book written by one of the guests. These books are: Book of the Week Pick (From 2020) * ''The Midnight Library'' by Matt Haig * ''Love After Love'' by Ingrid Persaud *''Fifty-Fifty'' by Steve Cavanagh *''This Lovely City'' by Louise Hare *''Small Pleasures'' by Clare Chambers (novelist), Clare Chambers *''Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold'' by Bolu Babalola *''The Devil and the Dark Water'' by Stuart Turton Book Written By a Guest * ''Sex Power Money'' (2019 in literature, 2019) by Sara Pascoe * ''The Thursday Murder Club'' (2020 in literature, 2020) by Richard Osman *''Love and Other Thought Experiments'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between The Covers (TV Programmme)
Between the Covers is a BBC talk show hosted by Sara Cox in which guest stars talk about their favourite books, alongside other book picks as well. Episodes Series One (2020) Sara Cox talks to guest stars about their favourite books as well as a book of the week pick from 2020, and a book written by one of the guests. These books are: Book of the Week Pick (From 2020) * '' The Midnight Library'' by Matt Haig * ''Love After Love'' by Ingrid Persaud *''Fifty-Fifty'' by Steve Cavanagh *''This Lovely City'' by Louise Hare *'' Small Pleasures'' by Clare Chambers *''Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold'' by Bolu Babalola *'' The Devil and the Dark Water'' by Stuart Turton Book Written By a Guest * '' Sex Power Money'' (2019) by Sara Pascoe * '' The Thursday Murder Club'' (2020) by Richard Osman *''Love and Other Thought Experiments'' (2020) by Sophie Ward *''To Be a Gay Man'' (2020) by Will Young *'' Just Ignore Him'' (2020) by Alan Davies *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC IPlayer
BBC iPlayer (stylised as iPLAYER or BBC iPLAYER) is a video on demand service from the BBC. The service is available on a wide range of devices, including mobile phones and tablets, personal computers and smart televisions. iPlayer services delivered to UK-based viewers feature no commercial advertising. The terms BBC iPlayer, iPlayer, and BBC Media Player refer to various methods of viewing or listening to the same content. Viewing or recording live television broadcasts from any UK broadcaster or viewing BBC TV catch-up or BBC TV on-demand programmes in the UK without a Television licensing in the United Kingdom, TV licence is a criminal offence. In 2015, the BBC reported that it was moving towards playing audio and video content via open HTML5 standards in web browsers rather than via Flash or its Media Player mobile app. On 17 October 2018, the BBC iPlayer Radio brand was replaced with BBC Sounds. In 2019, the BBC improved the format quality, taking the highest available o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
