 Kate Atkinson Photo: John Foley/Opale | | 40,408 (41,257) | 2,097 | 350 |  (3.85) | 218 | 0 | Kate Atkinson was born in York, and studied English Literature at the University of Dundee. She earned her Masters Degree from Dundee in 1974. She then went on to study for a doctorate in American Literature but she failed at the viva (oral examination) stage. After leaving the university, she took on a variety of jobs from home help to legal secretary and teacher. Her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year ahead of Salman Rushdie's The Moor's Last Sigh and Roy Jenkins's biography of William Ewart Gladstone. It went on to be a Sunday Times bestseller. Since then, she has published another five novels, one play, and one collection of short stories. Her work is often celebrated for its wit, wisdom and subtle characterisation, and the surprising twists and plot turns. Her most recent work has featured the popular former detective Jackson Brodie. In 2009, she donated the short story Lucky We Live Now to Oxfam's 'Ox-Tales' project, four collections of UK stories written by 38 authors. Atkinson's story was published in the 'Earth' collection. In March 2010, Atkinson appeared at the York Literature Festival, giving a world-premier reading from an early chapter from her forthcoming novel Started Early, Took My Dog, which is set mainly in the English city of Leeds. Atkinson's bestselling novel, Life after Life, has won numerous awards, including the COSTA Novel Award for 2013. The follow-up to Life After Life is A God in Ruins and was published in 2015. This title won a Costa Book Award 2015 in the novel category. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Die vierte Schwester … (mehr) |
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Kate Atkinson hat 40 vergangene Veranstaltungen. (show)  Pelham Book Group Book Club for Adults, Every Third Thursday You’re cordially invited to attend our every third Thursday of the month Book Club for grown-ups. This month's book is Life After Life. Moderated by longtime bookseller Michelle and events gal Suzanne, our book club is multi-generational, friendly, casually well read, and one of the best groups to talk about a book with we've ever met!
There's no need to register or RSVP. Just show up and join the lively discussion. As always, our club books will be discounted 10% every month. Additionally, if your book club buys 3 or more copies of one title, we’ll happily discount any and all other book club’s titles too!
Location: Street: Secret Garden Additional: 2214 NW Market St. City: Seattle, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98107-4024 Country: United States (hinzugefügt von IndieBound)… (mehr)Reading Group Fiction Reading Group Book Group Join our long running fiction reading group for a discussion on Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. Please read the book first. (hinzugefügt von Barnes & Noble)WILD Book Club discusses LIFE AFTER LIFE Join host and Malaprop’s bookseller Linda-Marie Barrett for the WILD bookclub, which meets at the Battery Park Book Exchange. The November pick is Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. Location: Street: 55 Haywood St City: Asheville, Province: North Carolina Postal Code: 28801 Country: United States (hinzugefügt von IndieBound)Fiction Reading Group Book Group Join our long running fiction reading group for a discussion on Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. Please read the book first. (hinzugefügt von Barnes & Noble) Milner Book Club Location: Board Room, 3rd Floor Join fellow readers the last Friday of every month, 12 noon, for our lively discussion about books, movies, culture, current events and anything else that pops up for discussion. Lots of fun and everyone welcome. For the August 29th meeting, we’re first looking at Kate Atkinson’s novel Started Early, Took My Dog, then onto a rare graphic pick, Marjane Satrapi’s critically-acclaimed Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood.
For free reading copies and more information, please call Diego at 780-496-7000 or send an e-mail to: dibarra@epl.ca (DiegoIbarra)… (mehr) Arcadia Book Club Meeting Arcadia Book Club meets for discussion of Case Histories by Kate Atkinson. Everyone welcome! Location: Street: 102 E Jefferson St Additional: City: Spring Green, Province: Wisconsin Postal Code: 53588 Country: United States (hinzugefügt von IndieBound)Fiction Reading Group Book Group Join our long running fiction reading group for a discussion on Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. Please read the book first. (hinzugefügt von Barnes & Noble)Gibson's Book Club reads Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson One of the best reviewed and best loved novels of the past year. It will be out in paperback in January, though to show the cover art we are listing the hardcover here. Life After Life is a novel that explores character, alternate histories, the nature of history itself. "Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound. Wildly inventive, deeply felt. Hilarious. Humane. Simply put: It's one of the best novels I've read this century."--Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl
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