Children’s illustrator whose picture books with his wife, Elizabeth, and authors such as Ted Hughes, are enjoyed worldwideThe illustrator Gerald Rose, who has died aged 87, was the youngest winner of the Kate Greenaway medal for children’s book illustration, in 1960. Then still in his mid-20s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-05-12 17:25:36 UTC ]
A crowdfunding appeal to save the Dylan Thomas Birthplace museum in Swansea has received a major boost with news that the literary estate of the one-time Poet Laureate Ted Hughes has offered to donate £3,500. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 04:42:11 UTC ]
They turned down Ulysses and Animal Farm, but still shaped 20th‑century literatureAll publishing houses have archives, but for anyone interested in 20th-century literature the archive of Faber & Faber is a fabled treasure house. This is the firm that was, as Toby Faber puts it, “midwife at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-06-20 11:00:08 UTC ]
The Other Palace, a London theatre owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Theatres Group, will this autumn stage an adaptation of Ted Hughes’ classic children’s book The Iron Woman (Faber Children’s). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins defends book as a work of ‘impeccable scholarship’ after the Hughes estate accuses author Jonathan Bate of factual inaccuracyThe publisher of Jonathan Bate’s controversial biography of Ted Hughes has hit back after an attack on the work’s accuracy by the late poet’s widow, saying... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
An unauthorised biography of Ted Hughes is attacked by the English poet's widow just days after being shortlisted for a prestigious literary prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ted Hughes' widow Carol has withdrawn her co-operation on a biography of the poet by academic... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]