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Issue: Literary Life #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2003
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagJonathan Cape
Brand: Jonathan Cape
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On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 80
ISBN:
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Price: £14.99 GBP
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Content Items: 53 (40 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: The content of the book originally appeared in the UK's Guardian newspaper.
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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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Disclose Notes: 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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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A writer's attempts at starting a novel reflect conditions outside her window.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wintergreenes
Character(s): Penny Wintergreene; Colin
Synopsis: Colin rails at the opening of a new discounting bookshop chain outlet.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wintergreenes
Character(s): Penny Wintergreene; Colin; Zoe
Synopsis: There are still people coming to Wintergreenes despite the new chain bookshop.
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Time Goes By...

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

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

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Owen Lloyd
Synopsis: Owen performs an internet search for his own books.
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: "How did you get into childrens publishing?"
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sophie
Synopsis: Sophie forgets the march.
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Success

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: An author meets his fans at a signing.
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Your New Baby

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A magazine for authors.
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The Literary 3

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

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

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

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Facts And Fallacies
Synopsis: The way the world views children's authors.
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Spot The Difference

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The terror of the weekend paper literary review.
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Pride & Prejudice

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jane Austen
Synopsis: How Jane Austen would be treated by the press of today.
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No !1: Publishers' Readers

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

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Proust on the beach.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Owen Lloyd
Character(s): Owen Lloyd
Synopsis: Why Owen attends his publisher's parties.
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Nurse Tozer

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ask Doctor Derek
Character(s): Dr. Derek Troutley; Nurse Tozer; Reader
Synopsis: 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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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Writers' Problems
Synopsis: How a writer can create an impression.
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Seasonal Traditions In The Book Trade

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wintergreenes
Character(s): Penny Wintergreene; Colin; Zoe
Synopsis: How to spot the Christmas turkey.
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: An author a shop signing session.
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Murder At Matabele Mansions

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Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): D. I. Collar; D. S. Stoker; Viv Smith-Collins; Chris Smith-Collins; June Tozer; Gavin Boyce; Denis Buttril; ~Mrs. Kowalski; Ian MacDire; Caretaker
Synopsis: Follow the clues to discover who murdered the obstreperous Godfrey Filbone.
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Cinderella

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Desmond Duff; Joan Cinder; Mr. Clissold; Mrs. Clissold; Desmond Clissold; India Clissold;
Synopsis: 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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