Beautiful Books acquires two "major" autumn titles

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 10/02/2011 - 08:00 Beautiful Books has acquired two "major" non-fiction titles for autumn 2011, with one revisiting Orwell's Wigan Pier and another looking at one of the first people to recognise the Young British Artists (YBA). Publisher Simon Petherick bought world rights in The Road to Wigan Pier Revisited, by journalist and writer Stephen Armstrong from agent Cat Ledger The book will trace the journey taken by George Orwell 75 years ago, seeing if the same issues of poverty and social injustice are prevalent in the area today. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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