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
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Jonathan Phillips and Sue Prideaux longlisted for THE 2019 Cundill History Prize
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 »
Day out at Blackwell’s
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 »
Edinburgh Festival – author talks
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 »
New deal for Jon Savage
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.
Speaker line-up at Chalke Valley History Festival
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 »
New deal for Matthew Burton with Wren and Rook
Educating Yorkshire’s Matthew Burton has signed a deal with award-winning non-fiction imprint Wren and Rook at Hachette Children’s to write Go Big: The Insider’s School Survival Guide, for publication in May 2020.
New deals for Sue Prideaux
Sue Prideaux’s I AM DYNAMITE! THE BIOGRAPHY OF FRIEDRICH NIETSZCHE has been bought by Les Novateurs in France and Klett Cotta in Germany, making a tally of 18 translation deals.
Rosamunde Pilcher Memorial Tribute by Felicity Bryan, May 31st 2019
Rosamunde Pilcher Memorial Tribute May 31st 2019 It was in 1973 that I first experienced Rosamunde Pilcher with her keen eye and her gentle wit. We were having lunch. I was a fledgling agent at Curtis Brown literary agency which had represented Ros for her short stories and novels since 1948. By now I… Read more »
The Growth Delusion shortlisted for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing
THE GROWTH DELUSION: THE WEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF NATIONS by David Pilling (Bloomsbury Publishing) has been shortlisted for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing. The Orwell Prize for Political Writing (formerly The Orwell Book Prize) is one of the UK’s most prestigious prizes for non-fiction, awarded to the book or pamphlet which comes closest to… Read more »