Penguin Press UK and Pantheon US have commissioned PORTABLE MAGIC, a history of our intimate relationship with reading by Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College, Oxford and author of the best-selling This is Shakespeare. Rights have also been acquired by Mondadori in Italy and Azbooka-Atticus in Russia.
Many congratulations to Sue Prideaux who won this year’s Hawthornden Prize for her biography of Nietzsche, I AM DYNAMITE! The Hawthornden Prize is a British literary award that was established in 1919 by Alice Warrender.
“Professor Ulinka Rublack, Early Modern European History specialist and a Fellow of St John’s College, wrote The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler’s Defence of his Mother about Katharina Kepler who was caught up in the witch hunts which swept across Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Around 50,000 women were killed for being ‘witches’ –… Read more »
Aoife is a former Waterstones bookseller who graduated in 2018 with an MA in History from the University of Manchester, where she specialised in researching the connection between memory and the physical landscape in post-conflict communities. In 2016 she worked as an intern for Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP) in their Beijing offices…. Read more »
CAPTAIN CORELLI’S MANDOLIN West End run at the Harold Pinter Theatre starts tonight! For 9 weeks only – don’t miss it! Tour dates here
Jonathan Phillips’ The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin, published by The Bodley Head (UK), Yale University Press (US) and Sue Prideaux’s I am Dynamite! A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche, published by Faber & Faber (UK), Tim Duggan Books (US) have been longlisted for the 2019 Cundill History Prize. The Cundill History Prize recognizes… Read more »
Catherine, Caroline, Sally and Carrie had an inspiring day out at Blackwell´s book shop on Friday 21st July. The tour started in the beautifully restored Gaffer´s office named after Sir Basil Blackwell (son of the original founder), the first bookseller to be knighted. Zool Verjee and David Kelly, the sales development and sales managers talked… Read more »
In an era of contradiction and division the 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival invites authors and audiences to find new stories to give meaning to the world. Running from 10-26th August, the 2019 programme brings together writers from all over the world for the most international gathering in the Festival’s history to participate in a… Read more »
Faber Social have bought world rights excluding USA and Canada in Jon Savage’s new book, provisionally entitled All Pop is Gay, to be delivered in 2021.
In the heart of the beautiful Wiltshire Chalke Valley, the festival runs from 24th – 30th June 2019. Throughout the week you can expect over 150 talks from eminent historians, TV personalities and experts on a wide range of topics. Many of our authors have been booked to appear. Don’t miss out on a chance… Read more »