John Boyne has defended his YA novel about a transgender teen and responded to “arrogant” critics who tell authors to only write about their own experiences. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-31 08:08:02 UTC ]
John Boyne, Malorie Blackman and literary agent-turned-author Sam Copeland were some of the speakers at the Penguin Random House Children’s Showcase, with themes around transgender issues, experiences of psychosis and how to cope with anxiety as a small child. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Children's will next year publish a YA book about a transgender teenager and her brother by John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The inaugural Irish Book Week has unveiled its nationwide programme, featuring authors including Donal Ryan and John Boyne. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors take the credit when their books win prizes, and it should be admitted that they are also responsible for their failingsEvery year, there is a controversy at the Man Booker prize; this year, it is all about the work of editors. Or rather, the supposed lack of work that editors are... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Four debuts are up for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award pitted against John Boyne and The Silent Companions author Laura Purcell. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Children’s UK will this autumn republish classic books by Noel Streatfeild, John Boyne and Theresa Breslin as part of a new partnership with Imperial War Museums. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelist and short story writer John Boyne has claimed "women are better novelists than men". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Male authors are always pronouncing their own brilliance – or boasting about not reading books by women. So, after a lifetime of writing and attending literary festivals, John Boyne would like to get something off his chest …Do you know what the literary tea towel is? It’s an Irish phenomenon... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Boyne's The Heart’s Invisible Furies (Transworld) has been optioned for TV by Scott Free Productions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s Books Ireland has revealed the shortlist for the 2016 Book of the Year Award, with Oliver Jeffers, John Boyne and Louise O’Neill all in the running. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Children’s will this autumn publish a new Second World War novel from John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Set for publication in September 2015, The Boy at the Top of the Mountain is about an orphan called Pierrot who is sent to the home of Adolf Hitler... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín, Roy Keane, Graham Norton and Cecilia Ahern are among the authors shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2014. Tóibín’s Nora Webster (Viking) is shortlisted for Eason Novel of the Year, alongside The Thrill of it All by Joseph O’Connor (Harvill... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 17/11/2011 - 06:45 Full Circle Editions is to publish Body of Work, celebrating 40 years of the University of East Anglia writing course, associated with authors such as Rose Tremain and Ian McEwan, on 1st December. Edited by Giles Foden, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]