Spring has sprung (well, the clocks have changed) and since the Lord of Misrule seems to have taken up permanent residence we thought we’d eschew the irreverent date as redundant and instead do a round up of our upcoming April books… and trust us, there are no fools here. We’ll start with the adult non-fiction… Read more »
In the current climate, posting about books on the internet – which is, after all, an increasingly large part of our job – can feel somewhat disconcerting, as if we should be ceasing anything resembling “frivolity” and concentrating on retweeting medical advice; graphs and predictions; heartfelt pleas to small sections of the general public to… Read more »
TV Update: Seeing Matthew on The One Show last night – with the pupil he helped overcome his stammer on Educating Yorkshire, Musharaf Asghar – was a hugely moving experience. Mushy spoke with wit and warmth about his life since the documentary, about helping other stammerers, and about his new career speaking motivationally, just as… Read more »
Called the most elegant and atmospheric of literary festivals by none other than Colin Thubron, the Oxford Lit Fest is one of the highlights of the bookish year, and as usual it’s packed to the elegant sandstone domes with a vast array of our authors talking wisdom on a vast array of topics. And so,… Read more »
Everyone is back to work, your overflowing recycling bin has finally been emptied, and you’ve (hopefully) polished off the last of the now-slightly-stale mince pies… yes, it’s the first week of the new year, and what else can that mean but lists of 2020’s upcoming literary highlights? SPOILERS: every single newspaper piece contains at least… 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 »
It’s the final month of the final year of the decade… and you know what that means. Yep, in just under three weeks we’ll be in the Roaring Twenties 2: Roar Harder™. Flapper hats and Charleston swingsteps at the ready! But first, there’s the little matter of the 2019 Books of the Year and the… 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 »