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John Hitchin obituary

My father, John Hitchin, who has died aged 88, was a marketing and publicity specialist in the publishing industry who spent three decades with Penguin Books, where he was responsible for a number of innovations, including the first paperback gift set and the first display “dump” bin. As... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2021-10-28 19:33:32 UTC ]
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Allen Lane bags two on £40k Wolfson History Prize shortlist

Allen Lane has two titles shortlisted for the £40,000 Wolfson History Prize, which celebrates excellence in research and historical writing combined with readability for a wider audience. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-04-21 02:05:49 UTC ]
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Paul McCartney tells life story through lyrics for Allen Lane

Paul McCartney has written the “extraordinary” story of his life for the first time through the prism of 154 song lyrics, to be published by Allen Lane. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-24 12:41:28 UTC ]
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Gladwell's Bomber Mafia landed by Allen Lane

Malcolm Gladwell will release a “riveting” new book, The Bomber Mafia: A Story Set in War, this April with Allen Lane. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-16 05:36:44 UTC ]
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Allen Lane wins four-way auction for Baker's group biography

Allen Lane has won a four-way auction for a “vivid and unexpected” group biography of four creative pioneers by Harriet Baker. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-14 19:57:05 UTC ]
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Allen Lane signs Covid-19 account from Pulitzer winner Wright

Allen Lane has signed an "all-encompassing" account of the Covid-19 crisis from Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-08 21:21:35 UTC ]
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Michael Lewis writes 'stunning' coronavirus book for Allen Lane

Michael Lewis has written a “stunning” book on a group of people who predicted the coronavirus pandemic, to be rushed out by Allen Lane. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-28 20:37:13 UTC ]
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Allen Lane wins 'radical new history' of queer identity in four-way auction

Allen Lane will publish Nothing Ever Just Disappears, a new history of seven queer lives and the places that made them by writer and academic Diarmuid Hester. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-06 22:14:06 UTC ]
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Mason's 'original, challenging' fascism history to Allen Lane

Allen Lane will publish Paul Mason's How to Stop Fascism, an "original and challenging history of fascism and guide to resisting it". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-01 18:21:48 UTC ]
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Allen Lane acquires new exploration of social history by Isabel Wilkerson

Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin UK, will publish Caste: The Lies that Divide Us, an exploration of social history by Isabel Wilkerson.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-17 01:31:24 UTC ]
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Greta Thunberg family memoir coming in March

Greta Thunberg’s "raw and powerful" family story, written largely by her mother Malena Ernman, will be published by Allen Lane on 5th March. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-18 15:10:37 UTC ]
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Dieter Pevsner obituary

My father, Dieter Pevsner, who has died aged 87, was one of a small group of idealists who made up the editorial team at Penguin Books in the late 1950s and 60s and were instrumental in establishing the wide range of affordable literature that we all take for granted today.Dieter was editorial... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2019-10-03 17:20:10 UTC ]
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Super Thursday release for final volume of Moore's Thatcher biography

The third and final volume of Charles Moore’s epic Margaret Thatcher biography will be released on Super Thursday, Allen Lane has announced. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-25 10:44:22 UTC ]
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Allen Lane snaps up Antonio Padilla debut in seven-hour pre-empt

YouTube star and professor Antonio Padilla’s debut on extraordinary numbers has gone to Allen Lane in a "significant" seven hour pre-empt. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 02:40:55 UTC ]
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Faye’s agenda-setting trans title to Allen Lane

Allen Lane editorial director Tom Penn has snapped up UK and Commonwealth rights for writer and activist Shon Faye’s The Transgender Issue. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane snaps up palaeontologist Halliday's world history

Allen Lane will publish a “lyrical” history of the world by palaeontologist Thomas Halliday. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane snaps up Klein's Green New Deal case

Allen Lane will publish Naomi Klein’s On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane scoops Gladwell's latest book

Allen Lane will publish Malcolm Gladwell’s first book for six years, Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know in September.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane and YUP bag double Wolfson History Prize shortlistings

Allen Lane and Yale University Press (YUP) both have two books apiece on the £40,000 Wolfson History Prize 2018 shortlist, which recognises and celebrates books which combine excellence in historical research with readability for a general audience. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane to publish Gates Foundation advisor's debut

Allen Lane is publishing a book on "global nationalism" by Hassan Damluji, who leads the Middle East team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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