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The original uncorrected bound proofs for Michel Faber's The Book of Strange New Things on Canongate’s Instagram

@canongatebooks • 4 Oct 2016

“For Mulderrig is a place like no other. Here the colours are a little bit brighter and the sky is a little bit wider. Here the trees are as old as the mountains and a clear river runs into the sea”

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@brainpickings • 11 Jul 2016

Gil Scott-Heron interviewed by Jamie Byng

Canongate’s own Jamie Byng interview’s Gil Scott-Heron in 2010. This year would have marked Gil’s 68th birthday. His posthumously published, indelible memoir The Last Holiday is now a Canon.

Wed, 23 May 20:00
Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Brighton

David Shrigley will present an illustrated talk about his work containing numerous rambling anecdotes. It will not be in the slightest bit boring: he has signed a written agreement to this effect, signed in his own blood.

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Fri, 11 May 10:00
St James' Church, Chipping Campden

Richard Holloway, one of the most important and beloved religious leaders of our time, presents a positive, meditative and profound exploration of the many important lessons we can learn from death.

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