YULI, a film directed by Spanish actor and filmmaker Icíar Bollaín that tells the story of Cuban ballet superstar, Carlos Acosta, received five nominations for the Spanish “Goya” awards – Spain’s national film awards. YULI premiered at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in September and is based on Acosta’s memoir, NO WAY HOME. Watch the official… Read more »
We are proud to announce that Carlos Acosta is to be Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet Company starting in 2020. “It is a tremendous honour and privilege to have been appointed to lead Birmingham Royal Ballet. I am a great admirer of its heritage and of what David Bintley has done to establish it… Read more »
Congratulations to Will Eaves who is on the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2019 longlist for his novel, MURMUR. An annual prize for small presses, the criteria is “hard-core literary fiction, and gorgeous prose”. “Murmur is a marvel. Will Eaves has conceived an avatar for Alan Turing and then conjured up his dream world to muse on what… Read more »
THE COMMON THREAD by John Sulston and Georgina Ferry has been optioned by See-Saw Films with backing from the BBC.
Anne McNeil at Hodder Children’s Books, publisher of the Costa-shortlisted THE COLOUR OF THE SUN, has acquired World English rights in David Almond’s as-yet-untitled next novel, and also world rights in his novella ISLAND, adapted from a World Book Day short fiction, to be illustrated by David Litchfield. Jane Winterbotham at Walker Books has acquired… Read more »
UK and Commonwealth rights in 27 year old paleobiologist Thomas Halliday‘s YESTERDAY’S WORLDS: TRAVELS IN EARTH’S EXTINCT ECOSYSTEMS, a lyrical, on-the-ground geological history of the world, has sold to Laura Stickney at Penguin Press after a 6-way auction. US rights have been acquired by Hilary Redmon at Random House US, in a major deal, with… Read more »
Mondadori have just acquired Italian rights in THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF THE SULTAN SALADIN by Jonathan Phillips. Bodley Head publish the UK edition in April 2019, and Harvard University Press in November 2019. ‘Outstanding. Jonathan Phillips has written a compelling account of arguably the most inspirational of Islamic military heroes.’ Christopher de Bellaigue, author of… Read more »
Huge congratulations to Tim Harford who has been awarded an OBE in this year’s Honours list for services to improving economic understanding. Absolutely well-deserved, and fantastic news!!
It’s that time of year again! The ground is frosty, the pies are minced, our stomachs are swelling with anticipation… and the papers are full of their Book of the Year roundups. This year we must have been very good indeed, because our authors have been featured in so many BotY specials it’s hard to… Read more »
ASIA’S RECKONING by Richard McGregor has won the PM’s award for best non fiction book of the year. The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards celebrate outstanding literary talent in Australia and the valuable contribution Australian literature and history makes to the nation’s cultural and intellectual life.