From the author of the Booker-shortlisted Darkmans comes Burley Cross Postbox Theft, the latest title by acclaimed novelist Nicola Barker, and now an iPhone app! The quaint Yorkshire village of Burley Cross is far from serene, suffering as it does from persistent dog-fouling, life-threatening manhole cover theft and suspicious activities in the public lavatories. (more…)
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Feature: In App News 29/08/09
One of the beauties of the iPhone is the fact that it’s (almost) always connected – there’s a world of information always at your fingertips, and we felt that this connectedness should be built into the books themselves to enrich the experience.
The urge to know more about a book and its authors is a common one among readers, but the reading experience is often divorced from the book’s own life out in the world – reviews, author appearances and events. (more…)
