How to get washed up with the survivors
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Former teacher Reginald Hill, 57, has written more than 30 science fiction, mystery and crime novels under his own name and as Dick Morland, Patrick Ruall and Charles Underhill. He has also written two collections of short stories and some radio plays. Thirteen crime novels feature the detectives Adam Dalziel and Peter Pascoe. A lighter series is about private eye Joe Sixsmith from Luton, England. Hill's plots are renowned for intricacy and mystery. He studied English at St Catherine's, Oxford after national service.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1993
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At the cutting edge of crime
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Crime fiction is becoming an increasingly popular genre in the UK. Large numbers of crime novels are being published, and crime fiction is one of the most extensively borrowed genres in libraries. Most of the UK's crime writers have traditionally been overshadowed by their US counterparts, but this trend is changing as demand in the US for British crime writing rises. There are two quality bookshops devoted to crime fiction in London, England, and it is likely that others will open.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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Look out for the fine print
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The Warwick poetry publishers Greville Press is a small firm founded in 1975 by Anthony Astbury to publish his friend Geoffrey Godbart's poems. It publishes many different styles of poetry, including work by George Barker, David Gascoyne, W S Graham, Edna O'Brien, C H Sisson and David Wright. A third editor is Harold Pinter, who is enthusiastic about publishing translations. The pamphlets are designed by Peter Lloyd of The Gamecock Press in Rugby.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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