No Sally Rooney, one clear favourite and a novel set in space - this is a longlist of unexpected discoveries and big ideas• Three British novelists make Booker 2024 longlist among ‘cohort of global voices’It is 10 years since the Booker prize expanded its remit to include American novelists. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-07-30 13:04:15 UTC ]
A podcast has launched aimed at helping aspiring writers to write a novel, with guest speakers including acclaimed authors such as David Nicholls and Pat Barker. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-13 02:25:32 UTC ]
Fundraiser for retailers facing hardship during the coronavirus pandemic reveals that benefactor is internet giant widely blamed for trade’s declineAmazon, the internet retail giant vilified for years as public enemy No 1 to booksellers, has been revealed as the surprise mystery benefactor that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-04-23 11:37:33 UTC ]
Waterstones is launching a podcast series with six themed fortnightly episodes, featuring authors such as David Nicholls and Elizabeth Day. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-14 04:54:16 UTC ]
David Nicholls, Ali Smith and Ian McEwan are among the line-up for this year’s the Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-01 05:28:19 UTC ]
David Nicholls’ latest recalls the life-changing events of one summer as a man looks back on his first love. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-26 00:44:23 UTC ]
Managing director says book chain ‘simply not profitable enough’, as Sally Rooney, Val McDermid and other authors write to protestMore than 1,300 writers including Kerry Hudson, David Nicholls, Sally Rooney, Michael Rosen and Val McDermid have backed a campaign for Waterstones booksellers to be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Transworld has acquired Jane Sanderson's latest novel, a "nostalgic and romantic" story called Mix Tape pitched as perfect for fans of David Nicholls and Laura Barnett, in a six-figure deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Nicholls is bringing out a new "poignant" and "funny" coming-of-age novel with Hodder, called Sweet Sorrow, next July. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors David Walliams, David Nicholls and S J Watson are among those who have pledged money to crowdfund the publication of journalist Matt Cain’s book after it was rejected more than 30 times by traditional publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors including Jilly Cooper, David Nicholls, Robert Harris and Rosamund Lupton turned out at a party to celebrate the success of the Richard and Judy Book Club with W H Smith. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers David Mitchell, Ali Smith, Cathy Cassidy, Nick Hornby and David Nicholls are among the top names who have signed an open letter supporting the occupiers of Carnegie Library and condemning the proposed changes to the Lambeth library service. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Paula Hawkins’ bestseller leads a crop of psychological thrillers, in a top 20 dominated by womenDark psychological thrillers dominate the list of the year’s bestselling ebooks unveiled by Amazon, with MP Nadine Dorries making it into a line-up composed almost entirely of female writers.The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the curtain raises on Independent Bookshop Week, Helen Dunmore argues that, despite the convenience of shopping online, readers need to browse real shelves packed with real booksThe 10 best independent bookshops in the world – our readers recommendWe read not only with our eyes, but with our... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Nicholls’ Us (Hodder & Stoughton), which was longlisted for last year’s Man Booker Prize, is being adapted into a drama for the BBC. The novel is being adapted by Drama Republic, who recently produced “The Honourable Woman” for BBC2, according to Broadcast. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Narrowly denied the top spot in the previous week’s charts, David Nicholls has bounced back to claim pole position in UK Official Top 50 with his seventh overall number one. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lee Child achieves a personal best this week as his latest thriller tops the Official UK Top 50 for a third consecutive week. The paperback edition of Personal (Bantam) sold 22,680 copies in the seven days ending 9th May and marks the first time a Jack Reacher thriller has spent more than a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Karen Joy Fowler's We are All Completely Besides Ourselves and David Nicholls' Us are the next two books to be selected for the ITV Loose Women Book Club. The recently-launched book club called Loose Books, sees a different Loose Women panellist pick a book to read each month, which will be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Popular authors including George R R Martin, Neil Gaiman, Kate Atkinson and David Nicholls are... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Nicholls' One Day (Hodder) sold almost twice as many copies as the next bestselling... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]