Devon writer Kate Vane's crime novel Recognition has been published on Amazon Kindle.
Kate, who works in Exeter, has previously written TV drama and short fiction. This is her first novel.
Recognition features a trauma counsellor, Nat Keane, who is asked to work with the family of a murder victim. However, she has history with them – she was a police officer on the original investigation who became over-involved with the family.
Nat soon learns that the guilt of the convicted man is being called into question. As she is drawn into the family’s secrets, she is...
The Book Shop on Crediton High Street took a big step towards a new social enterprise era on Saturday 17th November with the launch of the share issue to create Crediton Community Bookshop.
The enterprise has already gained outstanding support. Patrons have been announced as Dame Babette Cole , Michael Morpurgo , Mal Peet and William Trevor . Speaking about them earlier this year, Michael Morpurgo said: "Every town needs a great book shop. Crediton has one. Long may it continue!"
The committee behind the initiative is full of plans to make this not just a...
Book review: Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese home cooking , Fuchsia Dunlop, Bloomsbury Press, 2012. £25
Fuchsia Dunlop may be known to some of you as the first western woman to train at the Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine in China, as told in her lovely memoir Shark's fin and Sichuan pepper (Ebury Press, 2008). Her first book Sichuan Cooking (Michael Joseph, 2001) is an insightful guide to the cooking of Sichuan province, known for the spicy nature of its food and perhaps unknown to many Westerners used to Cantonese cooking which tends to dominate Chinese take aways in the UK...
Local bookworm Christopher Sparks is overjoyed at completing his 100th book to earn a Booktrack certificate and gold badge.
Nine-year-old Christopher, who completed his challenge at Exeter's St Thomas Library in Church Road, enjoys reading all kinds of books. He was presented with his certificate and gold badge by Library Supervisor Lee Rawlings. He said: "Christopher is a fantastic reader and has told the staff all about the 100 books over the course of his challenge, well done Christopher!"
Devon County Council's library services operate Booktrack as a leisure time...
