W&N acquires 'dazzlingly original' history of women's self-portraits

Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired a “dazzlingly original” book from frieze magazine editor Jennifer Higgie on the history of female artists through their self-portraits. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-09 14:37:49 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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‘The Perfect Nine,’ by perennial Nobel Prize favorite Ngugi wa Thiong’o, is a mythic look at his culture’s origins

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-07 14:48:15 UTC ]
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W&N signs Clark on history-making Tudor ladies-in-waiting

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