The image of furious rows and storming-outs is not one that I recognise but an industry concoction to glamorise publishingThe Man Booker prize is airing its dirty linen, celebrating its 50th birthday by drip-feeding bits of gossip and scandal from judging meetings, ceremonies and parties through the years.Rebecca West, who judged the first prize in 1969, thought many authors of the day – including John le Carré and Kingsley Amis – were halfwits, and their offerings formulaic and mediocre. She wasn’t quite sure what was going on in the book that finally won, Something to Answer for by PH Newby, but she liked it well enough. Malcolm Muggeridge and Mary Wilson both thought there was far too much sex in the books they had to read when they were judges – and, indeed, both bowed out as a consequence.These snippets … do smack of an attempt to gussy up a process that is essentially undramatic Related: 'Over my dead body': Booker prize archives reveal unknown judging battles Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MI5 monitored author Kingsley Amis after an intercepted letter described him as a “very promising” member of the Communist Party while at Oxford, according to the Telegraph. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Paris’ Musée des Arts Décoratifs celebrates publisher l’école des loisirs’ 50th birthday with an exhibition on the creation of children's books. The post Exhibition Celebrates l’école des loisirs’ 50th Birthday appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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