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Ben Okri will deliver a solo rendition of of T.S. Eliot’s iconic long modernist poem 'The Wasteland' at this year's Wimbledon Book Fest. The reading will be accompanied by live dance performed by cho

Lesley Thomson's new book The Mystery of Yew Tree House has been included in the Times best new crime fiction list for the month of September 2023. Of the book, reviewer Mark Sanderson states: Stella

Dan Jones, bestselling historian and author of the Essex Dogs Trilogy, including the forthcoming sequel Wolves of Winter (out on 12 October 2023 from Head of Zeus), hosts the new series, 'Sex: A Bonke

We are thrilled to announce that Dandelions by Thea Lenarduzzi has been shortlisted for the Ackerley Prize 2023. Dandelions was published by Fitzcarraldo Editions in September 2022. The Ackerley Priz

We are pleased to announce that Simon Sebag Montefiore's The World: A Family History (W&N, 2022) has reached the Sunday Times top ten bestselling paperbacks list. The World paperback has reached

We are pleased to see that Simon Sebag Montefiore's The World: A Family History is the Waterstones non-fiction book of the month. In a tweet, Waterstones stated: A dazzling achievement as spellbindi

We are thrilled to announce that Martin MacInnes has been longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023. His third novel, In Ascension, which was published by Atlantic Books in February of this year, joins a

The Cliveden Literary Festival 2023 will feature a host of GCA authors this year, including the three founders: Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of the recent The World: A Family History (W&N, 2022)

The Chelsea History Festival 2023 will feature a host of GCA authors this year. Talks include: Roger Moorhouse, author of the forthcoming The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust’s Most Aud

We are thrilled that Dan Jones' Essex Dogs (Head of Zeus, 2022) is a Richard & Judy Book Club Pick this summer. Essex Dogs is the first installment, and Dan's debut novel, in a Trilogy on the Hun

Dan Jones, bestselling historian and author of the Essex Dogs Trilogy, including the forthcoming sequel Wolves of Winter (out on 12 October 2023 from Head of Zeus), will host the new series, 'Sex: A B

We are thrilled to see that Martin MacInnes' newest novel In Ascension is one of the 50 brilliant books to read this summer in the Guardian, and one of the 100 best books for summer in the Times. Of t

We are thrilled to see that Katherine Pangonis' new book, Twilight Cities, is the Hatchards non-fiction book of the month. Of the book, Hatchards writes: In this history-meets-travelogue, Katherine

We are thrilled to see that Ben Okri's new book, Tiger Work, has been chosen by the New Yorker as one of the best books to read this week. Of the book, the New Yorker states: Okri, a Booker Prize win

We are pleased to announce that Ben Okri, author of the Booker Prize Winning novel The Famished Road (Doubleday, 1992), the recent novel The Last Gift of the Master Artists, (Head of Zeus, 2022), and

Ben Okri's fairytale Every Leaf A Hallelujah, published by Head of Zeus on 14 October 2022, is being performed at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Every Leaf A Hallelujah was a Guardian Children's

We are thrilled to announce that Simon Sebag Montefiore's book, The World: A Family History, originally published in the UK by Weidenfeld & Nicolson on 27 October 2022, is a New York Times Bestsel

We are pleased to announce that Clare Mulley, author of The Women Who Flew For Hitler: The True Story of Hitler's Valkyries (Pan Macmillan, 2017), and Leanda de Lisle, author of Henrietta Maria: Consp

The London School of Economics and Political Science hosts Daniel Chandler for a talk about his new book Free and Equal: What Would a Fair Society Look Like? on Monday 15 May 2023. In the talk Daniel

We are very pleased to announce that Henrietta Maria: Conspirator, Warrior, Phoenix Queen by Leanda de Lisle has been shortlisted for the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2023. The Pr

We are thrilled to hear that Andrew Robert's award-winning biography George III: The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch was a primary source in Corey Mylchreest's research for his

We are pleased to announce that Linda Kinstler's Come to this Court and Cry is the inaugural Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the month for May 2023. Of this promotion, Foyles said: The idea [is] to shine a

Jerry Brotton, author of This Orient Isle (Allen lane, 2017), presents a new series for The Essay on BBC Radio 3 called We Other Tudors. In the series, Jerry looks at those from around the world who

We are thrilled to see Daniel Chandler's Free and Equal: What Would a Fair Society Look Like? is a London Review Bookshop Bestseller, just two weeks after publication on 20 April 2023. Of the news, D

We are pleased to announce that Martin MacInnes has been selected from Edinburgh as the Wonju Writer for the two month City of Literature Residency in 2023. Martin was selected out of 53 applicants fo

We are pleased to announce that LEVIATHAN, OR THE WHALE by Philip Hoare is a contender for the Baillie Gifford 25th anniversary prize. The prize is a Winner of Winners Award, recognising the work of t

This week Asma Khan, author of AMMU (Ebury, 2022), and Thea Lenarduzzi, author of DANDELIONS (Fitzcarraldo, 2022), have been involved in new podcasts. Asma Khan provides the voiceover for the narratio

Martin MacInnes's new book IN ASCENSION features in the round ups for the best books to look out for in 2023, including in The Times, The Guardian, and The Journal. In The Times: In Ascension by Mart

Asma Khan, author of ASMA'S INDIAN KITCHEN (Pavilion, 2018) and AMMU: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul (Ebury, 2022), will relaunch the newest incarnation of her famous restaurant Darjeeling E

In a statement, Fay Weldon's family announced: 'It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Fay Weldon (CBE), author, essayist and playwright. She died peacefully this morning 4th January 2