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
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 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
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 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
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
We are very pleased to announce that Walking With Nomads by Alice Morrison and The Po: An Elegy for Italy’s Longest River by Tobias Jones have been shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of t
We are very pleased to announce that COME TO THIS COURT AND CRY by Linda Kinstler has been longlisted for the 2022 Wingate Prize. The prize is awarded to the best book, fiction or non-fiction to tran
We are thrilled to announce the following authors and their fantastic books are among The Times Best Books of 2022. Asma Khan's book AMMU: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul (Ebury, March), is
We are thrilled to announce that The HISTORY® Channel is teaming up with Simon Sebag Montefiore to develop a project based on his new book, THE WORLD: A Family History. If greenlit, the series will b
We are pleased to announce that Josh Glancy is a finalist for the Foreign Press Association Media Awards in the Travel and Tourism Story of the Year category, for his Sunday Times Magazine article tit
Congratulations to Professor Marion Turner, author of the forthcoming The Wife of Bath: A Biography (Princeton University Press), who has been appointed to the J. R. R. Tolkien Professorship of Englis
We are please to announce that twelve of GCA's authors were listed in Waterstones' Best Books of 2022. They include: The Best Books of 2022: Biography Robert Hardman's QUEEN OF OUR TIMES Matthew Denni
We are very pleased to announce that AFRICAN EUROPEANS: An Untold Story by Olivette Otele has been shortlisted for the 2023 Laura Shannon Prize for the best book in contemporary European studies. Car
On 20 September, the first episode of Dan Jones' new Podcast series, This is History: A Dynasty to Die for came out. The first season of the podcast follows the story of the Plantagenets, starting wi
On 11 September, the first episode of The Serpent Queen starring Samantha Morton as one of history’s most powerful and poisonous women, Catherine de Medici, aired on STARZ. This new historical drama