'Compelling' new Peter Stamm novel to Granta

Granta Books has signed Into the Vast Land, the new novel by Swiss writer, Peter Stamm. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The age of anxiety: what does Granta’s best young authors list say about America?

The US is in crisis - what about its literature? Michelle Dean reports on the list of American writers to watch this decade, which is as diverse as the country itselfThe 2017 list in fullIt is a strange time to be making declarations about the nature of American writing. The country’s not... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta names 21 of the best young American novelists

The British literary magazine Granta unveiled its Best of Young American Novelists list on Wednesday, honoring 21 U.S. writers younger than 40. Fiction by the selected authors will appear in the magazine's 139th issue. Many of the writers, despite their comparative youth, have already reached... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta’s list of the best young American novelists

Once a decade, Granta picks the most-promising authors under 40 in the US and UK. Here are the 21 young American writers to watch this decadeThe age of anxiety: what does Granta’s list say about America?Jesse Ball, 38, was born in New York and has published six novels, a number of poetry and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Compelling' story about organ donation wins £30k Wellcome Book Prize

Maylis de Kerangal’s Mend The Living, which explores the emotional and physical complexities of organ donation, has been named as the £30,000 winner of the 2017 Wellcome Book Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Psychological thriller by Eleanor Catton to Granta

Granta has acquired Eleanor Catton's follow up to her Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries, which is to be a psychological thriller titled Birnham Wood. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Mesmerising' novel West to Granta

Granta Books is to publish the debut novel West, and a second novel, by Welsh writer Carys Davies, winner of the Frank O'Connor Award 2015. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Down's Syndrome novel of 'breathtaking power' to Granta

Granta Books is to publish Census, a novel of "breathtaking power and emotional generosity" by American novelist Jesse Ball. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter James reveals two new books for 2017

Crime writer Peter James has revealed he will publish two new books next year - a "who-dunnit" Roy Grace novel and a new stand-alone novel, asking what would happen if someone had absolute proof God exists. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber Children’s shortlisted for two Blue Peter Awards

Two Faber Children’s titles are in the running for the 2017 Blue Peter Book Awards, along with books from HarperCollins Children’s, David Fickling Books, Wide Eyed Editions and Walker. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter Jackson adapting Mortal Engines for film

Peter Jackson, the film director behind The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, is adapting a film version of Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engines (Scholastic). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter James launches YouTube channel PJTV

Crime writer Peter James has launched his own "crime-hub" YouTube channel, Peter James TV, promising to feature exclusive interviews with household names in crime including RL Stine, Martina Cole and Paula Hawkins, as well as behind the scenes research footage for his bestselling Roy Grace series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robin Stevens | 'There's something so compelling about murder'

Charlotte Eyre talks to Robin Stevens about her latest Agatha Christie-inspired boarding school crime caper, which decamps to Cambridge for some Christmastime hijinks. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Gangster ballad love story' to Granta

Granta has acquired The Earlie King and The Kid in Yellow, a debut novel by Irish writer Danny Denton. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter Rabbit adaptation coming in 2018

Sony’s Columbia Pictures has announced it is creating a live-action, CG motion picture based on the works of Beatrix Potter. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-Publishing, Direct Sales, and Mobile: The Netherlands’ Peter Paul van Bekkum

Asked ahead of Frankfurt's The Markets, Rotterdam's Peter Paul van Bekkum says mobile, direct sales, and self-publishing are the publishing developments to watch in The Netherlands. The post Self-Publishing, Direct Sales, and Mobile: The Netherlands’ Peter Paul van Bekkum appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Lewis’s ‘March’, Peter Kuper’s ‘Ruins’ Win Eisner Awards

To the delight of the audience at the Eisner ceremonies, John Lewis's 'March Book Two' and Peter Kuper's 'Ruins' won Eisners, while Lynda Barry and Matt Groening were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Peter Owen

A publisher of both prestige and pessimism, Peter Owen’s skill was in resuscitating neglected writers, says poet Jeremy Reed. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Lewis’ ‘March’, Peter Kuper’s ‘Ruins’ Win Eisner Awards

To the delight of the audience at the Eisner ceremonies, John Lewis' 'March Book Two' and Peter Kuper's 'Ruins' won Eisners, while Lynda Barry and Matt Groening were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Letter: Peter Owen obituary

I first met Peter Owen in the late 1980s, when he published some short stories that I had written about Saudi Arabia. I was invited to interesting parties at his house in Holland Park, west London, and at various embassies where he would launch the many translations of literary fiction he... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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St. Paul Friends of Public Library Head Peter Pearson To Step Down

Peter Pearson, executive director of The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, will retire December 31. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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