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		<title>Still a bestseller!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Spartacus slipped to No. 6 in the Sunday Times bestseller chart. I hoped that this week, it would remain in the Top Ten, but wouldn&#8217;t have been surprised if it had fallen out. Imagine my delight when I found out yesterday that it had climbed back up to No. 5! That&#8217;s another first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration &#8211; I&#8217;ll give you inspiration!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Kane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often get asked where I get the inspiration for my books from. I&#8217;m not entirely sure a lot of the time, but there&#8217;s always a spark that starts a story off. I&#8217;ve been meaning for ages to have this sort of thing on the site, and this is hopefully the beginning lots more such posts. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spartacus is No. 3!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Kane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After last week&#8217;s great news, things got even better as Spartacus climbed one place to reach No. 3 in the UK bestseller chart. It&#8217;s the highest position that I&#8217;ve ever reached, and it feels great! Thanks again to everyone who has bought the book, and propelled it to such heights. I also found a good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bestseller Spartacus!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m delighted to say that Spartacus: The Gladiator has entered the UK Bestseller charts at Number Four! HURRAH! Very very pleased. A huge thank you to all of you, who have parted with your hard-earned dosh to buy copies of it. I really appreciate your support. Cheers! PLUS &#8211; watch the Spartacus trailer here. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listen again to Open Book with Mariella Frostrup &#8211; and me!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Kane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re interested, you can listen to the programme here. There&#8217;s a little section that&#8217;s read out right at the beginning, and if you want to &#8216;fast-forward&#8217; to hear me, go to about 12 minutes 25 seconds. Enjoy!]]></description>
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		<title>And the winners are&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.benkane.net/and-the-winners-are-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Kane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No. 1: Ian Martin, who will get a signed 1st edition of Spartacus and a Roman coin. No. 2: Loris Gelso, who gets a signed first edition of Spartacus and the Veni, Vidi, Vici mug. No. 3 @LynnRobertsPoet No. 4 Peter Boyd No. 5 levyarcher No. 6 @janesgrapevine No. 7 Alex Bebbington all  of whom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK daily newspapers feature Spartacus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Kane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having had but one appearance in a UK national newspaper (4 years ago), I was immensely chuffed last Friday (the 6th) to feature in not one, but two daily newspapers. First of all, the Daily Mail ran a glowing review of Spartacus; and secondly, The Independent featured me in the section &#8216;One Minute With&#8230;&#8217; Best of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Competition!</title>
		<link>http://www.benkane.net/spartacus-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Kane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, it&#8217;s time for the big Spartacus competition to start: Up for grabs: 2 x signed hardback first editions of Spartacus: The Gladiator; 5 x large format signed paperbacks of Spartacus; 5 x signed paperbacks of Hannibal: Enemy of Rome; 1 x silver Roman coin, from 47 B.C. (value in excess of £60/$90); 1 x [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year for 2012&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Kane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wishing you all, wherever you are, a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year for 2012. Thanks for all your comments, suggestions and links to interesting sites. But most of all, thank you for buying and reading my books &#8211; without you all, I&#8217;d still be stuck working as a veterinarian. Instead, I&#8217;m a full time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gladiator craze in Germany!</title>
		<link>http://www.benkane.net/gladiator-craze-in-germany/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, training to fight as a gladiator has taken off in the city of Trier in Germany. Excellent news! Did it come from the lucky twenty Uni of Regensburg students who got to live as gladiators 18 months ago? Maybe&#8230; And in other gladiator news&#8230;only 22 days until Spartacus: The Gladiator launches! If you haven&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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