A party supported by pals who made it through rush hour rain was appropriate for an anthology celebrating female friendshipNervous as I am of organising parties, I could hardly have launched a book about friendship without throwing one. And so it was that last Tuesday night, I found myself in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-09-14 15:00:31 UTC ]
From Kazuo Ishiguro to Zadie Smith, Granta’s list has been spotlighting future stars since 1983. Four decades on, what does its evolution says about our literary landscape?Last month, a reformed Glaswegian gang member, a former personal trainer and a Booker prize winner all glammed up for a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-04-15 08:00:36 UTC ]
The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award is given annually to the best work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry by a British or Irish author of 35 or under. Here at the British Council, we're proud to work with the Prize to support the selected writers early in their... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2023-02-13 14:40:41 UTC ]
Nina LaCour's first novel for adults, "Yerba Buena," follows a promising and complicated lesbian love story in the mold of Sarah Waters. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-05-26 13:00:31 UTC ]
In 2012, the literary critic Suzi Feay lamented the lack of new lesbian voices in UK publishing. Describing what she saw as “a shortage of lesbian writers in Britain today”, she wondered who would follow in the footsteps of established authors like Ali Smith, Sarah Waters and Jeanette Winterson.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-22 12:20:04 UTC ]
From meditations on the d/Deaf experience to short stories blurring the mythic and the gothic with the everyday, from mixing the personal and political to a young woman uncover the truth about her family’s past – four outstanding writers have today been named on the shortlist for The Sunday... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2019-11-04 12:55:09 UTC ]
Hachette is launching its first ever modern classics list for its international markets, featuring titles from Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell and Sarah Waters among others. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
All-party inquiry into authors’ incomes hears new benefit’s rules could mean only the wealthy will write. Meanwhile booksellers welcomed budget business-rate changesMPs have been warned that the rollout of universal credit championed in Monday’s budget will further undermine professional... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-10-30 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 ]
The Korean film adaptation of Sarah Waters’ bestselling Fingersmith triumphed at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) last night, along with the documentary, “I Am Not Your Negro”, based on James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript, and James Ivory’s adaptation of 2007 novel Call Me By Your Name... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite news this week that sales had fallen dramatically, the Welsh Books Council’s chief says that the sector is showing real growthThe head of the Welsh Books Council (WBC) has hailed a “golden age for the Welsh-language novel” despite reports of a dramatic decline in sales.BBC Cymru Fyw... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Goldsmiths University of London is to present novelist Sarah Waters with an honorary fellowship on Thursday 14th July in recognition of her "inspiring" literary career. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Past winners of the The Sunday Times/Peters Fraser & Dunlop Young Writers of the Year Award share their writing tips and their favourite books written by writers aged 35 and under. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors including Joanne Harris, Malorie Blackman and Neil Gaiman have joined the council of the Society of Authors (SoA). Other new members are Roger McGough, Ian Rankin, Anne Sebba and Sarah Waters. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Five writers on the six-strong shortlist for this year’s Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction – Rachel Cusk, Kamila Shamsie, Ali Smith, Anne Tyler and Sarah Waters – have all been shortlisted for the award before. The sixth novelist, Laline Paull, is shortlisted for her debut The Bees (Fourth... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anne Tyler, Sarah Waters, Ali Smith, and five debut novelists including Emma Healey and Sara Taylor are on the longlist for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Meanwhile chair of judges Shami Chakrabarti has told The Bookseller: "Until you can honestly see that women are getting the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Martin Amis, Sarah Waters and Jessie Burton have made the 15-strong longlist for the 2015 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. The longlist has been released for the first time following a 40% increase in entries this year. Amis is longlisted for his dark love story set in a Nazi... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books including There’s Something I’ve Been Dying to Tell You by Linda Bellingham (Hodder), The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (Headline) and The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters (Little, Brown) are among the titles vying to be named eBooks by Sainbury’s ebook of the year. There are... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sarah Waters will be going on a two-week tour, largely of high street bookshops, to promote her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 08/04/2011 - 12:36 Pan Macmillan has acquired world rights in a "superb" new novel from Susanna Jones, author of The Missing Person's Guide to Love. When Nights Were Cold is a "gripping tale of ambition and rivalry, madness and revenge in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]