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Issue: Literary Life #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2003
 
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Publisher: FlagJonathan Cape
Brand: Jonathan Cape
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Pages: 80
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Price: £14.99 GBP
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Content Items: 53 (40 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: 8.25" x 10.1"
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Binding: Perfect Bound Hardcover
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The wraparound cover is a reworked version of an interior cartoon bearing the caption "You know, you're really beautiful... Have you ever thought of being a novelist?"
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Rustic Block

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A writer's attempts at starting a novel reflect conditions outside her window.
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Wintergreenes
Penny Wintergreene; Colin
Colin rails at the opening of a new discounting bookshop chain outlet.
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Wintergreenes
Penny Wintergreene; Colin; Zoe
There are still people coming to Wintergreenes despite the new chain bookshop.
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Time Goes By...

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How age and career affects judgement.
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A question at an authors' panel.
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Owen Lloyd
Owen Lloyd
Owen revels in the hatchet review of a fellow author's work.
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A girl on a train enthuses about Harry Potter books.
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Wintergreenes
Penny Wintergreene; Dave; Colin
Penny has to order copies of a new blockbuster.
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Clive has problems with the reading group he founded.
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Owen Lloyd
Owen Lloyd
Owen has to endure a bookshop signing session for his new novel.
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Poppy's reading comes in useful.
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Enemies Of Promise

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A woman trying to write is distracted by every sound.
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A literary launch.
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Two authors discuss what it's like to be recognised in public.
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Sean Poker
Should newly published author Sean Poker take up an advertising offer?
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How reality derails writing.
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Owen Lloyd
Owen Lloyd
Owen has signed a protest.
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Wintergreenes
Penny Wintergreene; Zoe; Customer
Penny torments a member of the public browsing to avoid the rain outside.
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A writer holds forth.
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Wintergreenes
Penny Wintergreene; Customer
Penny's instruction that Zoe should be more polite backfires on her.
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Publsihing from the production viewpoint.
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Ecstacy

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Owen Lloyd
Owen performs an internet search for his own books.
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"How did you get into childrens publishing?"
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Sophie
Sophie forgets the march.
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Success

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An author meets his fans at a signing.
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Your New Baby

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A magazine for authors.
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The Literary 3

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Peggy Chestter; Joy; Coral
A 1980s novel ends up at a 1940s girls college.
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The author at work.
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A female novelist creates a racy passage.
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Wintergreenes
Penny Wintergreene; Zoe
How the small bookshop restocks popular blockbusters.
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"Wait Charlotte..."

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An author's muse departs.
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A daughter confesses to her feminine mother.
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The National Character

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Just what is Wordworth's poem about a daffodil?
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Ask Doctor Derek
Dr. Derek Troutley; Susie K.
Dr. Troutley advises on literary medical problems.
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Ask Doctor Derek
Dr. Derek Troutley; Vicki X
Is there a cure for the swollen head?
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A wife reads the diaries of her author husband.
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No. 6: Children's Picture Books

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Facts And Fallacies
The way the world views children's authors.
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Spot The Difference

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The terror of the weekend paper literary review.
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Pride & Prejudice

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Jane Austen
How Jane Austen would be treated by the press of today.
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No !1: Publishers' Readers

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Facts And Fallacies
What affects the way a manuscript is assessed.
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Bet you they haven't got it.
The large book emporium.
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Ask Doctor Derek
Dr. Derek Troutley; James X
Jasmes X has received bad reviews.
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A writer's guiltiest secret.
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Ask Doctor Derek
Dr. Derek Troutley; Colin X; Nurse Tozer
Dr. Derek advises on sex passages.
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Le Dejeuner Sur Le Sable

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Proust on the beach.
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Owen Lloyd
Owen Lloyd
Why Owen attends his publisher's parties.
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Nurse Tozer

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Ask Doctor Derek
Dr. Derek Troutley; Nurse Tozer; Reader
When expectations of literature are founded by the corresponding musical.
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No. 4: How To Create A Buzz

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Writers' Problems
How a writer can create an impression.
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Seasonal Traditions In The Book Trade

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Wintergreenes
Penny Wintergreene; Colin; Zoe
How to spot the Christmas turkey.
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An author a shop signing session.
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Murder At Matabele Mansions

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D. I. Collar; D. S. Stoker; Viv Smith-Collins; Chris Smith-Collins; June Tozer; Gavin Boyce; Denis Buttril; ~Mrs. Kowalski; Ian MacDire; Caretaker
Follow the clues to discover who murdered the obstreperous Godfrey Filbone.
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Cinderella

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Desmond Duff; Joan Cinder; Mr. Clissold; Mrs. Clissold; Desmond Clissold; India Clissold;
The occupants of an old folks' home are outraged at the money to be spent by the owners on their birthday party when they skimp on the upkeep of the home. However, a pair of them meet their fairy godmother and are granted the chance to be young again.
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The page count includes a title page and an illustration.

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