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If you are looking for information about books then head to Books & Authors. The Arts section covers all sorts of topics like theatre, exhibitions, paintings and much more.
What's the most amazing fiction book you've read? I'm just getting back into reading, and I need some suggestions. They can be any genre - comedy, thriller, fantasy, horror, I'll even consider...
What books have you read that people have raved about and you thought were really over rated?I read 1) "curious incident of the dog in the night time" got to the end and thought "so?? whats the big...
there is a 'Dmbledore is not dead' theory circulating, and one or two websites are claiming that there is a significant difference between the american and english edition that suggests Dumbledore may...
I need to find the words of a short poem by Lawrence Durrell called Discovery of Love. It starts "I turned and found a new moon at my feet". I have Googled like mad and can't find it anywhere. Trouble...
i need help with an idiom. the context: ---- I am saying that i volunteer downtown, handing out food to the homeless. ---- idiom/word: something saying that the conditions were really bad, and i...
Two years ago I saw a play called Once upon a time in Wigan at a theatre in Southend, and it made such a huge impact on me I'd love to see it again! Does anyone know if it's still touring, or whether...
Hi there you literary lot: My daughter has just read Pride and Prejudice (fab!) and Sense and Sensability (even fabber) and we have watched the latest movie versions of both. Now I'm after activities...
I know, I know, i should have read Brontes "Wuthering Heights" before seeing the musical - but can anyone help me out with understanding the plot? My understanding of the ending of the performance was...
The Beach Road by James Patterson. Has anybody read this and what was it like? I'm looking for a good book to escape into, nothing too heavy but nothing too chick lit silly stuff! Thanks! Any...
Doing a AS in graphic art and for some stupid reason we need to research a poster artist. Anyone know of any famous poster designers that i could use?
Any help appreciated.
I read a book in primary school in the 90s, which wasn't so much a childrens book more for young adults I think. Anyway, it was about a woman who finds fairys into her garden - one of them gets stuck...
Hello, bit of an odd question but does anyone know where I can find someone to beta read a piece of general fiction(it's quite long) rather than fan fiction?
Thank-you
About a year ago I was with some friends one evening and getting seriously drunk. And in my drunken haze I started making poetry of the first things that came into my head. (Turns out this is...