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Welcome to January & February Booktime! In this bumper
edition, we have many interviews with authors. Debut
author Shen Tao tells us more about her epic fantasy novel (see pages 4 & 5), Tanya Sweeney about her novel
featuring a woman who stalks an actor (see page 10), Sara Sehdev about her innovative romantasy novel which also includes a range of puzzles (see page 12), Deepa
Anappara about her novel set in 19th century Tibet (see page 11), Rhett Davis about his original novel about a
strange arboreal trend (see page 15), Lori Inglis Hall about
her novel following twins through the Second World War
(see pages 22 & 23), Ian McGuire about his novel following
a 18th century expedition in Canada (see page 25), and
Natalie Barelli about her new psychological thriller (see
page 40).
