Last year, Jonathan Coe grew a beard. Since this distinguished chin-growth, he’s been shortlisted for the Prix Fémina and won the Prix du Livre Européen, and now, on Monday night, he added the Costa Best Novel Award to his cabinet. Some might say this is due to the literary qualities of Middle England, the third… Read more »
It’s one thing to be a Book of the Year, but quite another to be a Book of the Decade, and so sizzling congratulations are in order to Edmund and Peter as The Hare with Amber Eyes and The Silk Roads, respectively, make the Sunday Times Culture Best of the Decade List. “In a decade… Read more »
We are thrilled to see the founder of our agency and all-round superagent Felicity Bryan recognised in the New Year Honours for Services to Publishing, joining the likes of Gok Wan, Gabby Logan, and Cricket heroes Jos Buttler and Joe Root in being made an MBE in the 2020 list. It also saw a Damehood… Read more »
Congratulations to Nick Jubber, Dan Richards, and Chloe Daykin, making the shortlists for Travel Book of the Year, Adventure Travel Book of the Year, and Children’s Travel Book of the Year, respectively. Winners in each category will be presented with a hand-made globe, with the winner of the Travel Book of the Year receiving an… Read more »
After last night’s announcements Felicity Bryan Associates is honoured and delighted to see three of our authors’ wonderful books recognised by the Costa judges, meaning there is an FBA title in three of the four eligible categories: Jonathan Coe’s Middle England in the Novel grouping, Lindsey Hilsum’s In Extremis: The Life of War Reporter Marie… Read more »
Unanimously chosen by a panel of five judges, Peter Frankopan has won the €20,000 Calliope Prize, awarded biennially by the German Emigration Centre for practical research into migration. The jury commented that “Frankopan’s research on global history, embodied in his work The Silk Roads, breaks with the Eurocentric perspective and explores new perspectives on historical… Read more »
Congratulazioni to David Almond and Meg Rosoff, who have been announced as winners of this year’s prestigious Premio Letteratura Ragazzi, an international prize awarded to the best books for children published in Italy. David’s book The Dam (La Diga), illustrated by Levi Pinfold and published by Walker Books (UK) and Salani (Italy), triumphed in the… Read more »
Nominations were released today for the prestigious Carnegie and Greenaway medals, awarded to books written in English for children and young people that create an outstanding reading experiences through writing and illustration, respectively. And our authors made a very good showing indeed. FBA’ers nominated for the Carnegie Medal were… Linda Newbery, with The Key to… Read more »
The world’s oldest literature festival turns 70 this year, and we must say, it’s looking sprightlier than ever! As always, an array of our authors are set to appear, speaking on subjects that range from the history of philosophy to the future of feminism, from family secrets to the nature of reading itself. Mon 7… Read more »
Congratulations to Graham Caveney, who has been longlisted for the Portico Prize for Literature with his searingly evocative memoir The Boy with Perpetual Nervousness. Once described as ‘the Booker of the North’, The Portico Prize awards £10,000 to the book that best evokes the spirit of the North of England, and is the UK’s only… Read more »