Thayil’s feminist take on the New Testament to Cape

Jonathan Cape has bought Jeet Thayil’s new novel Names of the Women – a retelling of the New Testament from the points of view of the women whose roles have been suppressed, reduced or erased from the gospels.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Titles from Cape Poetry will tussle with works from independent publishers Carcanet, Faber, Bloodaxe and Nine Arches for the T S Eliot Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cape pitted against indies on Saltire shortlists

Jonathan Cape titles dominate the 2017 Saltire Literary Award shortlists alongside books from a cluster of Scottish indies including 404 Ink, Birlinn, Carcanet Press and Luath. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ahern's Roar talent wins a brace of deals for feminist short stories

HarperCollins will publish a new collection of 30 themed short stories from Cecelia Ahern. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CBI taps into feminist focus

Children’s Books Ireland (CBI) is launching a project to celebrate women and girls in children’s books to mark the centenary of women’s suffrage in the UK and Ireland next year, while a wave of feminist children’s and YA books is hitting bookshelves. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cape to publish 'mesmeric' new novel from Michael Ondaatje

Jonathan Cape is publishing a new novel from Booker Prize-winning author Michael Ondaatje, his first since 2011’s The Cat’s Table (Vintage), in May 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foulds' novel on the 'perils of celebrity' to Cape

Jonathan Cape will publish Adam Foulds’ “stunning, terrifying” new novel about a self-obsessed actor and a deranged fan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Feminist Killjoy diary to Picador in 'closely-fought' auction

Picador has won a “closely-fought” auction for Diary of a Feminist Killjoy and a further book from one of the "No More Page Three" campaigners. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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O'Neill to release 'dazzling' feminist retelling of The Little Mermaid

Scholastic has revealed it has signed the “dazzling”, feminist retelling of The Little Mermaid by Asking for It author Louise O’Neill. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont buys YA 'feminist firecracker'

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Executive Director, Publisher at Feminist Press

Jamia Wilson has become both the youngest director in the 47-year history of the press, and the first woman of color to head the organization. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Jonathan Cape publicity director Marilyn Dugdale dies

Former publicity director of Jonathan Cape, Marilyn Dugdale, has died aged 71 from cancer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australian website labelled 'cruel and humiliating' for treatment of feminist author Roxane Gay

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[ Slate | 2017-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cape to publish surgeon Gabriel Weston

Jonathan Cape has acquired a book exploring the human body through a blend of science and memoir, Organs: Alternative Lessons in Anatomy by writer and surgeon Gabriel Weston. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape to publish Heawood's The Hungover Games

Jonathan Cape has acquired The Hungover Games, a memoir by journalist Sophie Heawood about life as a single mother, following a "fierce" auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amy Poehler buys film rights to Hodder's feminist YA novel

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cape bags 'international sensation' The Altruists

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Cape secures Jarvis Cocker book in midnight deal

In a deal closed just before midnight on the second day of London Book Fair, Jonathan Cape has secured UK and Commonwealth rights to This is a Song by former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Full Text of 'Bad Feminist' Author Roxane Gay’s WI12 Speech

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