'Moon Witch, Spider King,' the second in Marlon James' incantatory Dark Star trilogy, flips the script on his first novel to tell a woman's side. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-02-15 14:00:10 UTC ]
“Moon Witch, Spider King,” by Booker-winner Marlon James, is the second volume of his African "Games of Thrones" Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-02-15 13:00:09 UTC ]
Marlon James and Téa Obreht are among the authors penning erotic tales for Anonymous Sex, an anthology pre-empted by The Borough Press where the author of each story is kept a secret. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-12 03:48:22 UTC ]
Authors including Tayari Jones, Marlon James, Esi Edugyan and Derek Owusu are attending the digital Aké Festival this October, showcasing African creative voices in a celebration of black excellence, resilience and resistance. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-24 03:44:25 UTC ]
Emily St. John Mandel, Susan Orlean, T.C Boyle, Marlon James and others share apocalypse reading picks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-05-13 18:56:28 UTC ]
The 14 Times book prize winners, including Steph Cha, Namwali Serpell, Marlon James and George Packer, were honored in a virtual ceremony on Twitter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-17 15:53:24 UTC ]
As the country shelters in place during the COVID-19 crisis, the Los Angeles Times unveiled the winners of its 40th Annual Book Prizes on Twitter this morning, among them Marlon James, Ilya Kaminsky, and Ben Lerner. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Marlon James’ A Brief History of Seven Killings—a panoramic, multivocal portrait of his hometown, Kingston, Jamaica, around the time of an assassination attempt on Bob Marley—was a literary reputation-maker, winner of the 2015 Booker Prize, and one of the great city novels of the past five... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society and Warner Bros. have acquired the film rights to the epic fantasy novel “Black Leopard, Red Wolf” by Marlon James. The first novel of the Dark Star trilogy, “Black Leopard, Red Wolf” is based on African mythology. Set in a world of competing kingdoms and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marlon James, Bernardine Evaristo, Jonathan Coe and Nina Stibbe last night headlined Penguin General’s Spring 2019 showcase on the Strand. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A profile of Marlon James by Alan Yentob, Michael Palin on travel writer Jan Morris, a night-long celebration of poetry, and a programme about getting reluctant teenagers to read at a Lancashire school, will all be among the highlights of BBC2's coverage of books and reading this autumn. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Max Porter's debut Grief is the Thing with Feathers (Faber), Man Booker winner A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld) by Marlon James and Elena Ferrante's Neopolitan quartet (Europa) are among the titles highlighted by publishers as books that made their year, or that they wish they had... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marlon James has won the Green Carnation Prize, awarded to LGBT writers, for A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yes, book publishers have a problem with writers of colour – it’s just not the one Man Booker prizewinner Marlon James describesThere are so few ethnic minority voices in publishing and the media that when one criticises another it has come to be regarded as a form of strike-breaking. Knowing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marlon James has won the Man Booker Prize 2015 for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld). James, who is the first Jamaican to have won the £50,000 award in its history, was announced as the winner at a ceremony in London’s Guildhall on Tuesday 13th October. Chair of judges,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following last night's announcement that Marlon James had won the Man Booker Prize for 'A Brief History of Seven Killings' Riverhead said it was going back to press for 75,000 copies. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marlon James, the author of 'A Brief History of Seven Killings,' is the first Jamaican author to have his or her work make it to the finals. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, new Martin Amis, Marlon James's epic masterpiece, and the amazing "On Immunity." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Thu, 03/11/2011 - 15:00 Oneworld has acquired the third novel by The Book of Night Women author, Marlon James. Publisher Juliet Mabey acquired UK and Commonwealth rights in a strong five-figure pre-empt from agent Claire Roberts at Trident Media Group. Lined up for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]