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Jilly Cooper is made a dame in new year honours list

Bestselling author and journalist is ‘incredibly bowled over’ to receive DBEJilly Cooper has been given a damehood in the new year honours list for her services to literature and charity.The 86-year-old bestselling author and journalist who was awarded a DBE said she was “delighted, bewildered... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-12-29 22:30:17 UTC ]
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak loves a horsey “bonkbuster.”

TIL … that the Rutshire chronicles is not euphemism for government incompetence but a blockbuster romance series by UK author Jilly Cooper OBE, and long a favorite of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Writes Politico: U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed Thursday that he’s an avid reader of... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-05-25 13:27:20 UTC ]
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Bookshops operate on a broader canvas | Letter

Ross Bradshaw responds to an editorial on the boom in publishing We were interested to read that “Bookshops in big city centres … are wary of taking risks” (Editorial, 23 August), and that this autumn’s harvest includes books by Ant and Dec, Jilly Cooper and Arsène Wenger, which have the... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2020-08-26 16:44:13 UTC ]
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Jilly Cooper's journalism collection to Transworld

Transworld has bagged Between the Covers, a collection of journalism from Jilly Cooper. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 16:14:49 UTC ]
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BBC panel defend Cooper's Riders on 100 Novels That Shaped Our World list

The panel who picked a BBC list of 100 Novels That Shaped Our World have set out the reasons for their choices, including defending the appearance of Riders by Jilly Cooper. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-10 17:18:37 UTC ]
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Jilly Cooper wins inaugural CWIP Lifetime Achievement Award

Jilly Cooper, debut author Laura Steven and screenwriter Kirsty Eyre have been honoured at the inaugural Comedy Women in Print Prize ceremony, with the award-winning books featuring slut-shaming and dairy farming. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-10 14:48:20 UTC ]
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Who wants whom

Like the characters of a Jilly Cooper novel, publishing companies enjoy many tangled relationships, with some assignations going back decades. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ITV series for Jilly Cooper's Rutshire Chronicles

Jilly Cooper's bestselling Rutshire Chronicles novels are to be adapted for the small screen in a new "high-end drama" series for ITV, called "Riders". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wandering Hand on Bum Book Cover Causes Controversy

A new edition of Jilly Cooper's sexy novel, Riders, has moved a hand, previously on the bum, to a higher position — eliciting surprisingly strong reactions. The post Wandering Hand on Bum Book Cover Causes Controversy appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers join debate on 'Riders' cover

Booksellers have expressed mixed views over the new cover look for Jilly Cooper’s Riders (Corgi), which Transworld has reissued to celebrate the book’s 30th birthday. Like the previous cover, the new one shows a woman from the waist down wearing a pair of white jodhpurs. The cover still... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jilly Cooper's Riders: why the toned-down cover?

Small but ‘unsexy’ adjustment to the jacket art for a new edition of horsey bonkbuster has provoked a startlingly big fussThere is a scandal going on in the world of books this week. And it’s not Philip Larkin’s distaste for literary parties, nor the depressing research showing that books about... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bennett among donors to NLT book auction

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 21/06/2011 - 11:08 Alan Bennett, Jilly Cooper and Joanna Trollope are among the authors donating books with personal inscriptions to an auction to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust (NLT). Sixteen authors have donated titles, many from... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random UK signs to agency model

Written By: Graeme Neill and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 10/05/2011 - 09:04 Random House has become the latest publisher to sign up to the agency terms with Apple, saying it wants to makes its ebooks available "to as many readers as possible". The move means that around 6,000... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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