Book guides by Simon Haisell

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Hi, I’m Simon Haisell, the host of Footnotes & Tangents.

I am a writer living in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, and Footnotes & Tangents is a set of book guides and book groups where I re-read the novels I love most and invite you to join me. I set a gentle pace, write a weekly discussion post full of resources, record a podcast version, and host an inclusive, friendly discussion space.

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Below are all completed book guides:

• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (17 posts)

• Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (12 posts)

• The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (23 posts)

• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (50 posts)

• The Siege of Krishnapur by JG Farrell (9 posts)

• A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel (20 posts)

• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (5 posts)

• The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald (7 posts)