We are thrilled to announce that eight GCA authors have made the Waterstones Best Books lists of 2023! They include: Dan Jones' Wolves of Winter - a best Fiction book. Martin MacInnes' In Ascension -
We are thrilled to announce that Jessie Childs' book The Siege of Loyalty House has been shortlisted for the Historical Writer's Association Crown Awards for historical writing, fiction and non-fictio
We are pleased to announce that Victoria Manifold has been shortlisted for the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers 2023. The prize comprises a partnership between Hachette Australia and the Richell fa
We are thrilled to announce that Carmen Marcus' play And The Earth Opened Up Under Her is the winner of the Faber New Play Award. The award is granted to the best play written by an unpublished playwr
We are pleased to announce that the stunning Folio Society edition of Simon Sebag Montefiore's Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar has been shortlisted in the Scholarly, Academic and Reference Book cate
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
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
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