Zadie Smith is releasing her very first story collection with Hamish Hamilton next autumn: Grand Union. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zadie Smith and Philippe Sands are among the literary heavyweights leading Hay Festival Cartagena 2019's line-up in its "most ambitious year yet". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2017 bestseller list was dominated by women, with Margaret Atwood at the top, but the Booker still favours menOn the face of it, the revelation that female writers dominated the UK literary bestseller lists in 2017 might seem cause for celebration, a long-overdue correction that seems... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Zadie Smith is publishing two new books with Penguin imprint Hamish Hamilton, including her first historical novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Edinburgh International Book Festival today (13th June) launched its 2017 programme, boasting a line-up including Ian Rankin, Zadie Smith and Roxane Gay. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A rare public appearance from John le Carre, and events by Margaret Atwood and Zadie Smith, are among events to feature in Southbank Centre's summer/autumn 2017 programme. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The adaptation of Zadie Smith's NW (Hamish Hamilton) has been nominated for two BAFTAs. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Philip Roth, Zadie Smith, J M Coetzee and Anne Tyler are among 65 leading writers joining with PEN America in an open letter to President Donald Trump, urging him to reconsider his travel ban against visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thirty finalists, including the author of 'Swing Time,' Zadie Smith, 'LaRose' author Louise Erdrich, and 'Commonwealth' author Ann Patchett, are up for NBCC Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Renewed efforts to make room for minority authors are seeing exciting new names appear – but some BAME writers worry how deep the commitment goes Courttia Newland has been here before. In 1997, it seemed as if the British book industry might finally have recognised it was out of step with the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-12-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Zadie Smith's just-published novel Swing Time (Hamish Hamilton) has secured a TV deal with Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
A paradox lurks in the heart of the novelist’s vocation. Human beings are what most novels are about, the stuff that fiction is made of. Yet writing books is a solitary activity, one that tends to attract introverts and loners. The work might be brilliant, but it will have a shard of ice in its... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2016-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
From new titles by acclaimed authors Michael Chabon and Zadie Smith to a memoir by performance artist Marina Abramovic, the list of titles named as the "best of November" by Amazon's editors has something for just about every reader. Check out the full list, with comments from Amazon senior... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
From the opening keynote with Zadie Smith to the closing lunch with Douglas Preston, the energy at the 43rd annual NEIBA fall conference never failed. In part booksellers were buoyed by a strong year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nikki Amuka-Bird and Phoebe Fox are to star in the forthcoming production of Zadie Smith's novel NW (Penguin). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A collection of essays from Zadie Smith, a novel critiquing the concept of romantic love by Alain de Botton and Marina Lewycka’s first book in four years are among the highlights of Penguin General’s spring 2016 list. Authors and staff from Penguin General – which comprises of imprints Penguin,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Seventeen authors—including Ian McEwan, Julian Barnes (pictured), Zadie Smith and Hanif Kureishi—are auctioning off the chance for readers to have a character named after them in a forthcoming published work. The venture will raise money for Freedom from Torture, a medical charity which... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelist Zadie Smith will help promote reading groups and libraries with a reading at Swiss... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin imprint Hamish Hamilton will publish a new short story by Zadie Smith later this year.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith and Barbara Kingsolver are among the finalists for the $45,000 Women's Prize, known formerly as the Orange Prize, which released its longlist today. Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith and Barbara Kingsolver are among the finalists for the $45,000 Women's Prize, known formerly... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]