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All the best interviews and Q&A sessions with a whole host of Bookhugger authors.

ATTENTION PLEASE! Watch this, and no apologies for the profanities!
Posted On: January 27, 2012
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ATTENTION PLEASE! Watch this, and no apologies for the profanities!

Simon Spurrier’s promotional video for A Serpent Uncoiled… and a blog.

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What secrets wash up on the tide?
Posted On: January 25, 2012
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What secrets wash up on the tide?

Listen to the podcast for Penny Hancock’s debut novel, Tideline

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Pascal Garnier – in his own words
Posted On: December 26, 2011
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Pascal Garnier – in his own words

Pascal Garnier, who died in March 2010, was a talented novelist, short story writer, children’s author and painter. Gallic Books will publish three novels by him in 2012: The Panda Theory, How’s the Pain? and The A26. In an article for his French publisher, Zulma, Garnier described what led him to become a writer…

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An interview with Oliver Stark
Posted On: December 2, 2011
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An interview with Oliver Stark

Oliver Stark’s debut novel was American Devil, a crime thriller series featuring Tom Harper and Denise Levene; and these characters have made a return in second book 88 Killer. He is now writing the third book in the series.

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P.D. James in conversation
Posted On: November 30, 2011
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P.D. James in conversation

P. D. James introduces and discusses Death Comes to Pemberley

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Lisa Gardner on Catch Me
Posted On: November 21, 2011
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Lisa Gardner on Catch Me

Bestselling crime author Lisa Gardner recently joined Headline Books, who are due to issue the paperback of Love You More and her new hardback title Catch Me in early 2012. Watch Lisa discussing the forthcoming novel in the second of three videos here on Boodkagger…

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Lisa Gardner on Love You More
Posted On: October 31, 2011
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Lisa Gardner on Love You More

Bestselling crime author Lisa Gardner recently joined Headline Books, who are due to issue the paperback of Love You More and her new hardback title Catch Me in early 2012. Watch Lisa discussing Love You More in the first of three videos here on Boodkagger…

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Undercover with Nicholas Rankin: Ian Fleming’s Commandos
Posted On: October 28, 2011
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Undercover with Nicholas Rankin: Ian Fleming’s Commandos

In his new book, Nicholas Rankin gives us the true story of Ian Fleming’s Second World War unit – 30 Assault Unit – from which, in his rank of Commander Ian Fleming RNVR, was born the real-life inspiration for James Bond.

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Michael Dobbs podcasts about Old Enemies
Posted On: October 3, 2011
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Michael Dobbs podcasts about Old Enemies

Listen to Michael Dobbs podcast about his writing habits and the influences for his newest book, Old Enemies with a helicopter abduction, ransom for a wealthy son, and the reunion of old lovers.

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Interview with Amanda Kyle Williams, author of The Stranger You Seek
Posted On: September 29, 2011
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Interview with Amanda Kyle Williams, author of The Stranger You Seek

Get behind the curtain in this interview with Amanda Kyle Williams as she talks about the conception and the writing of her new book, The Stranger You Seek.

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Alan Glynn discusses his newest, Bloodland
Posted On: September 23, 2011
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Alan Glynn discusses his newest, Bloodland

Find out who and what influenced Alan Glynn when writing his newest book, Bloodland

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A Q&A with Peter May
Posted On: September 1, 2011
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A Q&A with Peter May

Peter May is the author of fifteen novels and an honorary member of the Chinese Crime Writers’ Association. Read an interview with him about his latest book, The Blackhouse, which has just been selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club.

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A Q&A with Sam Eastland
Posted On: August 30, 2011
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A Q&A with Sam Eastland

Sam Eastland, resident of the UK and the US, is the creator of Inspector Pekkala, the most famous detective in Soviet-era Russia. Pekkala struggles to balance the hard line Soviet world with his own morals and loyalty to the deceased Tsar. Read an interview with Eastland about how he grapples with Pekkala’s permanent outsider status.

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A Q&A with Neil Cross
Posted On: August 26, 2011
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A Q&A with Neil Cross

Meet Neil Cross, straight talking author of several novels including Luther: The Calling, Always the Sun and Burial, as well as the bestselling memoir Heartland. He has been lead scriptwriter for the two most recent seasons of the acclaimed BBC spy drama series Spooks and continues to write widely for the screen.

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Listen to the Luther: The Calling podcast
Posted On: August 24, 2011
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Listen to the Luther: The Calling podcast

Meet Detective Chief Inspector John Luther. He’s a murder detective. A near-genius. He’s brilliant; he’s intense; he’s instinctive. He’s obsessional. He’s dangerous.

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A Q&A with Casey Hill
Posted On: August 12, 2011
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A Q&A with Casey Hill

Casey Hill is the pseudonym for husband and wife writing duo Kevin and Melissa Hill. A desire to delve into the darker side of people’s lives led the two to team up in 2010 to write Taboo, the first in a series of forensic thrillers featuring CSI investigator Reilly Steel.

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Explore the genesis of The Lost Kings
Posted On: August 10, 2011
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Explore the genesis of The Lost Kings

Bruno Hare introduces us to the wild lands that inspired his first novel, The Lost Kings, a rollicking tale of adventure and derring-do set on the far frontiers of Empire in the best tradition of Kipling and Rider Haggard.

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A Q&A with C.J. Box
Posted On: August 8, 2011
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A Q&A with C.J. Box

C. J. Box is the New York Times bestselling author of thirteen novels including the Joe Pickett series.

Mike Stafford caught up with him while he was on a flying visit to the UK…

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A Q & A with Michael Gregorio
Posted On: August 5, 2011
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A Q & A with Michael Gregorio

Michael Jacob and Daniela De Gregorio write together as Michael Gregorio. They have created a series of crime novels whose central character is the Prussian magistrate, Hanno Stiffeniis. The series includes Critique of Criminal Reason, Days of Atonement, A Visible Darkness and Unholy Awakening, out this month in paperback.

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Neil Cross discusses Luther: The Calling
Posted On: August 4, 2011
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Neil Cross discusses Luther: The Calling

Meet Detective Chief Inspector John Luther.

Meet Neil Cross…

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