Rewinding Helen DeWitt

Published to tremendous acclaim in 2000 but out of print for much of the past decade, Helen DeWitt’s massive novel The Last Samurai is being reissued this month by New Directions. With any luck, the acclaim for DeWitt’s 2011 tragicomisexual satire Lightning Rods will encourage readers to return to this unjustly forgotten big book of the turn of the 21st century. If they do, they’ll discover that it’s surprisingly relevant to the way we consume art today, the perfect novel for the age of streaming. How do we control our media? How does it control us? Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Dunmore's poetry collection, Inside the Wave, wins 2018's Costa Book of the Year prize. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Dunmore wins posthumous Costa award for collection Inside the Wave

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[ The Guardian | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Dunmore awarded Costa gong for Poetry

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury signs deWitt after seven-way auction

Bloomsbury is to publish the next title from Man Booker shortlisted author Patrick deWitt following a seven-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Translator Helen Wang Honored at Shanghai Children’s Book Fair

The Chen Bochui Award honored translator Helen Wang for her work bringing Chinese children's literature to English-language readers. The post Translator Helen Wang Honored at Shanghai Children’s Book Fair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Uncommon Reader: A Life of Edward Garnett by Helen Smith review – a cultural battleground

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[ The Guardian | 2017-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Helen Hardt's 'Shattered' Claims Top Slot

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Fielding wins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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