Bringing back the classic jacket design, Vintage have recommissioned a 25th anniversary edition of Louis de Bernieres’ CAPTAIN CORELLI’S MANDOLIN, with a new introduction by the author. Coinciding with the anniversary, CAPTAIN CORELLI’S MANDOLIN has been adapted for the stage. Beginning the tour at the Rose Theatre in Kingston, the play has already received glowing… Read more »
We are absolutely thrilled that Will Eaves’ Alan Turing inspired novel, MURMUR won the Wellcome Book Prize 2019. Winners were announced last night. ‘Will Eaves’s fictionalised account of the chemical castration of Alan Turing, Murmur, was hailed as “a future classic” as it won the £30,000 Wellcome book prize on Wednesday night, only the third… Read more »
We are thrilled that Professor Josephine Quinn has been named a Fellow of the New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers for 2019-20. Previous Fellows include Hari Kunzru, Hermione Lee, Colm Toibin, and Colson Whitehead. Josephine Quinn is associate professor of ancient history at the University of Oxford,… Read more »
Nick Potter’s THE MEANING OF PAIN: what it is, why we feel it, and how to overcome it is a brilliantly thought-provoking examination of how the stress of modern life is making us hurt. Foreign sales are mounting: sold to DeA Planeta in Italy, to Otwarte in Poland – both at auction – and to… Read more »
Alan Samson at Weidenfeld has bought UK and Commonwealth rights in Invisible Walls, the autobiography of Hella Pick, former Kindertransport child and the first woman journalist to cover major news stories for The Guardian.
Clare Bullock of Ebury has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights in journalist Svenja O’Donnell’s moving memoir Where the Trees Whisper, which uncovers her grandmother’s hidden past and how she was shaped by the loss of her homeland during the Second World War. Andrew Nurnberg Associates have sold rights to Droemer in Germany, Flammarion in France,… Read more »
KAT WOLFE INVESTIGATES by Lauren St John has been shortlisted for CrimeFest’s Best Crime Novel for Children (8-12) in the 2019 awards. Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and reviewers of fiction for children and young adults voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title. Winners will be announced on 11th May. Best Crime… Read more »
Jonathan Coe attended a speaking event with Flavio Gregori and a dinner with members of the Italian public as part of Crosses of Civilisation, an International Festival of Literature in Venice hosted by Ca ‘Foscari University of Venice where he was presented with the BAUER award. “From the first year of life, Incroci di civiltà celebrated… Read more »
We are delighted that MURMUR (CB Editions) by Will Eaves and IN EXTREMIS: THE LIFE OF WAR CORRESPONDENT MARIE COLVIN (Chatto and Windus) by Lindsey Hilsum have been shortlisted for the James Tait Black Fiction Prize. This is a historic shortlist as the prize celebrates its centenary this year, making it the longest-running literary prize… Read more »
Katy Follain has acquired World rights in Last Christmas: Memories of Christmases past – and hopes for future ones by Greg Wise and Emma Thompson. It is a compilation of short personal essays written by a wide range of people – from actors, politicians and singers to homeless people, charity workers and refugees – about… Read more »