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 ]
It was a chance to finally get around to Tolstoy or Proust, but the charts tell a different story. Which books did we actually turn to in the lockdowns? • Let us know in the comments what you were reading Back in spring 2020, when it became clear that coronavirus wasn’t going away, book lovers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-12-11 09:00:06 UTC ]
Steve McQueen’s ground-breaking anthology series dominates, with The Crown, Normal People and I Will Destroy You also in the runningSteve McQueen’s ground-breaking five-part series Small Axe has dominated the Bafta TV nominations with 15 nods, in a year when diverse talent was recognised across... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-04-28 08:14:13 UTC ]
The novel, which follows four young people in Ireland, is part of a two-book deal for the best-selling author of “Normal People” and “Conversations With Friends.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-01-12 14:00:10 UTC ]
Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens. Actress and comedian Rachel Bloom narrates her own memoir, I Want to Be Where the Normal... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-12-29 09:46:38 UTC ]
As The Bookseller reports, UK publisher Faber has announced that they will be releasing the complete screenplays of Normal People, the popular BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel of the same name. Whether or not you understand on a larger level the reason anyone might buy and read a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-10-14 14:37:05 UTC ]
Faber is to release the complete screenplays of the television series "Normal People", based on Sally Rooney's novel of the same title. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-13 21:25:25 UTC ]
Costa award-winning love story of Connell and Marianne takes top slot from David Walliams’ bestselling children’s book SlimeSally Rooney’s Normal People has flown to the top of the UK’s book charts more than two years after it was published, thanks to the release of the TV adaptation starring... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-05-13 15:44:19 UTC ]
Amid a global pandemic, thousands of people are reading... ‘The End of October,’ about a fictional pandemic. Plus ‘Good Morning America’ book club pick ‘Oona Out of Order’ cracks the fiction list, and the Hulu adaptation of ‘Normal People’ boosts paperback sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Conversations with Friends will follow Rooney’s Normal People that will air in April The BBC has commissioned a 12-part series based on Sally Rooney’s hit debut novel Conversations with Friends in the hope that fans of the young Irish author will bring in younger audiences.The BBC is to show its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-02-25 10:19:05 UTC ]
Former US president Barack Obama has revealed Booker Prize-winning Girl, Woman, Other (Hamish Hamilton) and Normal People (Faber) were among his favourite books in 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-30 06:49:34 UTC ]
As publishers vie to persuade us to pack their titles for the holidays, we chart the evolution of the ’beach read’Summer reads, beach reads, holiday reads … at this time of year, the publishing world works itself into a sweat trying to force its novels into our carry-on luggage, or over the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-07-14 07:00:23 UTC ]
‘The Mister,’ E.L. James’s first non–Fifty Shades romance, in #2 in the country, with her softest first week to date. Plus lauded Irish author Sally Rooney’s sophomore effort, ‘Normal People,’ lands at #6 in hardcover fiction, and Pete Buttigieg’s popularity is rising in the polls and at bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
In the Irish author's second novel, two teens explore sex, secrets and what intimacy is worth. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2019-04-04 09:45:07 UTC ]
Sally Rooney’s Normal People is the critics’ choice for book of the year, with eight publications including it in their end-of-year reviews. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Normal People, the Irish author's second novel, is named the year's best book by the UK chain. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2018-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sally Rooney’s upcoming novel Normal People is set to be adapted for television by BBC Three. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]