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Christmas book selections 2004
Friday 17 December
Books chosen by Damien Kelleher
Age 9 – 12
"The Star of Kazan" by Eva Ibbotson, Macmillan
Age 12 and over
"How I Live Now" by Meg Rossoff, Penguin
"Girl Fifteen, Charming But Insane" by Sue Limb, Bloomsbury
"Boy Kills Man" by Matt Whyman, Hodder
"Millions" by Frank Cottrell Boyce, Macmillan
"Looking for J J" by Anne Cassidy, Scholastic
"Rani and Sukh" by Bali Ray, Random House
Monday 13 December
Georgia Metcalfe's suggestions for under 8s
Under 5s
"My Big Brother Boris" by Liz Pichon, Scholastic
"The Whisperer" by Nick Butterworth, Harper Collins
"Bartholomew and the Bug" by Neal Layton, Hodder
"Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent" by Lauren Child, Hodder
6 – 8s
"The Legend of Spud Murphy" by Eoin Colfer (the creator of Artemis Fowl), Puffin
"Once Upon a Poem", Foreword by Kevin Crossley-Hollan, Chicken House,
"The Chronicles of Narnia – Limited edition wardrobe", available from the BBC on CD
"The Nutcracker Ballet Theatre" by Viola Ann Seddon and Jean Mahoney, Walker
Friday 10 December
Crime Fiction - Marcel Berlins
1. John Harvey, "Flesh and Blood", Heineman
2. Val McDermid, "The Torment of Others", Harper Collins
3. Fred Vargas, "Have Mercy on us All"
4. Arnaldur Indridason, "Jar City", Harvill
Wednesday 8 December
Biographies - Kathryn Hughes
1. "The Other Rossettis", Angela Thirlwell,published by Yale
2. "The Cardinal's Hat", Mary Hollingsworth, published by Profile
3. "Will in the World", Stephen Greenblatt, published by Cape
4. "Ghosting", Jenny Erdal, published by Canongate
5. "Isherwood", by Peter Parker, published by Picador
Tuesday 7 December
Fiction - Alex Clark
1. "Everything Will Be Alright" by Tessa Hadley. Published in hardback by Jonathan Cape.
2. "The Making of Henry" by Howard Jacobson. Published in hardback by Jonathan Cape.
3. "I'll Go To Bed at Noon" by Gerard Woodward. Published in hardback by Chatto and Windus.
4. "GB84" by David Peace. Published in paperback by Faber and Faber.
5. "Do Everything in the Dark" by Gary Indiana. Not published in the UK at present; published in paperback by St Martin's Press and available online.
Monday 6 December
Art - Richard Cork
1. "Gaudier-Brzeska: an absolute case of genius" by Paul O'Keefe. Published by Allen Lane (£29)
2. "The Artist's Reality: philosophies of art" by Mark Rothko. Published by Yale University Press (£16.95)
3. "I'm going to smash their guitar": the English version of the catalogue accompanying this year's Joan Miró exhibition at the Pompidou centre in Paris. Published by Paul Holberton Publishing (£40)
4. "William Nicholson" a biography by Sanford Schwartz. Published by Yale University Press (£35)
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