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Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up The Bodies Wins the Man Booker Prize

Tara October 17, 2012

We are absolutely delighted to announce that Bring Up The Bodies has won the 2012 Man Booker Prize, making Hilary Mantel the first woman and the first British author to win it twice. Sir Peter Stothard, chair of the judges … Continue reading →

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Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up The Bodies Out Now

Tara May 11, 2012

Yesterday’s release of Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up The Bodies was frenzied and wonderful, sparking a kind of unbridled enthusiasm that is impossible to capture in text. High streets across the country sparkled with red and gold, and twitter and Facebook hummed to the din of … Continue reading →

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8th May

Hilary Mantel: ‘A writer knows when they have come to the book that they were meant to be writing all along’

Tara May 8, 2012

With such a spectacular burst of review coverage over the weekend, here’s Hilary talking about the success of Wolf Hall and introducing the book on everyone’s lips – Bring Up The Bodies…

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Countdown to Bring Up The Bodies

Hilary Mantel on Thomas Cromwell: ‘I could make it different, I could make it come up fresh and new’

Tara May 1, 2012

With only nine days till publication, here’s another teaser clip to whet your appetites… Hilary Mantel, author of the Man Booker Prize-winning ‘Wolf Hall’ and its sequel ‘Bring Up The Bodies’, talks about her main character Thomas Cromwell.

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