‘Multigenerational American epic’ from the author of The Corrections and Freedom set for September 2015 publicationThe American contingent may have missed out on this year’s Man Booker prize, but next year could be a different story after it was announced that a new novel by Jonathan Franzen, a decades and continents-spanning “multigenerational American epic”, will be released next autumn.Franzen’s fifth novel, Purity – his first since 2010’s Freedom stormed the bestseller charts – will see the author telling the story of Purity Tyler. Known by the distinctly Dickensian name Pip, she is a young woman searching for her father, moving from America today to South America and East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux’s president Jonathan Galassi told the New York Times that the story “hinges on the mystery of Pip’s family history and her relationship with a charismatic hacker and whistleblower”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2014-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Number 11 is comprised of five interconnecting stories that demonstrate a powerful imagination, a keen observational eye, and deep compassion. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Auxier's YA novel 'The Night Gardener,' a Victorian ghost story about orphaned Irish siblings Molly and Kip, has won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quicksand, to be published in February 2016, comprises a series of autobiographical essays ‘about what it means to be human’A “memoir of sorts” by Henning Mankell, which the late author said was “not a book about death and destruction but about what it means to be human”, will be published next... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The scholar presents a fresh take on the biblical story that could diffuse what he calls a "sibling rivalry" between Abrahamic religions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape has acquired the new book by Jung Chang, author of Wild Swans (William Collins). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This most fundamental of principles is under attack – from over-zealous law making, online witch hunts, and a profit-driven media offensive on the BBCIn our troubled and insecure environment, Britain has accumulated laws which curtail freedom of expression – in the name of national security and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titles by Kate Mosse, S K Tremayne and Anne Tyler are among the eight books chosen for the latest WH Smith Richard and Judy Book Club. Mosse, whose debut novel Labyrinth (Orion) was picked for the first ever Richard and Judy Book Club in 2005, is this autumn chosen for her novel The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One sobering new study suggests print revenues will outgross digital for many years to come – even as newsprint sales steadily declineTwo expert reports – one taking the long view, the other dripping blood on the carpet – define the problems newspapers face as summer fades. The long view comes... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere is to release a new book by Kevin Pietersen this autumn, focussing “squarely” on events on the pitch. Pietersen’s KP: The Autobiography, released last year, has sold 106,654 copies through Nielsen BookScan to date. In the book Pietersen criticised a number of his former England cricket... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Corporation also said it would have to shut local radio stations if Treasury did not provide funds to offset the cost of free TV licences for over-75s, claims new bookThe BBC warned George Osborne it would have to close BBC2 and BBC4 if the government did not provide extra funds to offset the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A memorial service for Ion Trewin, who died earlier this year after a battle with cancer, is to be held in the autumn. Trewin, who was literary director of the Booker Prize Foundation, passed away on 8th April. Formerly literary editor of the Times, Trewin then worked at Weidenfeld &... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Re your thoughtful editorial (20 June) on the future of important British political archives: the Churchill Archives have been carefully digitised over the past four years and have been published by Bloomsbury Academic on behalf of the archives. To mark the 50th anniversary of Winston... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Artist Jonathan Case shares an exclusive look at the art process for 'The New Deal,' his historical graphic novel due this fall from Dark Horse. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Julie Pickford has written a diary novel, but it will focus on her life in 1976, rather than her time working with ex-BBC chat-show hostFirst it was Kay Burley, then former TV producer and Channel 4 and Sky exec Jacquie Lawrence publishing a novel, now Monkey hears another telly type has taken... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E L James is to release a new version of Fifty Shades of Grey – told from the point of view of Christian Grey. Titled Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as told by Christian, the book will be published on June 18th – the same day as the fictional character’s birthday. The author announced the news to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph will release an autobiography by footballer Steven Gerrard this autumn. The book, called Steven Gerrard: My Story, promises to be an “intimate and revelatory account” of Gerrard’s career. Gerrard joined Liverpool at the age of eight and went on to play more than 700 games for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year, as always, we walked the aisles to ask our favorite folks in the know what upcoming books they are excited about. The two novels we heard about the most were Jonathan Franzen's 'Purity' (FSG, Sept.) and Garth Risk Hallberg's 'City on Fire' (Knopf, Oct.). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A capacity crowd of approximately 1,000 people turned out to watch BEA's curtain-raising event, a highly anticipated conversation between bestselling novelist Jonathan Franzen and Laura Miller of Salon.com. The discussion centered on 'Purity,' Franzen's fifth novel and his first since 2010's... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A third "Robert Galbraith" novel featuring detective Cormoran Strike, Career of Evil, will be published by Little, Brown this autumn, it has been confirmed. No precise publication date has yet been revealed. The first in the series authored by J K Rowling, The Cuckoo's Calling, was published... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Lanman, longtime children's book editor and former v-p and editorial director at Atheneum Books for Young Readers, died on April 19. He was 62. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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