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King of the World: an evening with Philip Mansel and History Today

KING OF THE WORLD is the story of Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, who dominated his age. Hatchards are hosting Philip Mansel, the book’s author, in the first of an event series with the publica

King of the World: an evening with Philip Mansel and History Today

Simon Barnes shortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2019

The shortlist for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2019 was revealed on 7th May 2019. Epic: In Search of the Soul of Sport and Why it Matters by Simon Barnes, published by Simon and Schuster in July 2

Simon Barnes shortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2019

Dr Marion Turner on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 3

Dr Marion Turner's biography CHAUCER: A European Life was published by Princeton University Press in March 2019. On 6th May, she was a guest of Andrew Marr on BBC Radio 4 Start the Week. 'Chaucer is r

Dr Marion Turner on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 3

Asma Khan shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason’s Debut Cookery Book

The annual Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards, now in their seventh year and already the most prestigious in the UK, celebrate the best writers, publishers, broadcasters and photographers worki

Asma Khan shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason’s Debut Cookery Book

Asma Khan featuring in the new season of 'Chef's Table'

Asma Khan is the first UK-based chef to appear on 'Chef's Table', available on Netflix on 22nd February 2019. Season 6 takes ‘the journey home’ as its theme. Asma Khan is the chef-owner of Darjeeling

Asma Khan featuring in the new season of 'Chef's Table'

Carmen Marcus shares The Writer's Plan

Carmen Marcus is a working class writer and performance poet from North Yorkshire. Her novel HOW SAINTS DIE was published by Harvill Secker in 2017, it won New Writing North’s Northern Promise Award a

Carmen Marcus shares The Writer's Plan

Andrew Roberts longlisted for the Plutarch award 2019

The Plutarch is the world’s only literary award given to biography by biographers. Named after the famous Ancient Greek biographer, the Plutarch is determined by secret ballot from a formal list of no

Andrew Roberts longlisted for the Plutarch award 2019

Laurence Blair wins the RSL's Giles St Aubyn Awards

Laurence Blair won the second RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for first commissioned works of Non-Fiction. This year’s Awards were judged by Iain Sinclair (Chair), Laura Bates, Aida Edemariam and Fiona St A

Laurence Blair wins the RSL's Giles St Aubyn Awards

Simon Sebag Montefiore wins the the 10th Wenjin Book Prize

Simon Sebag Montefiore is currently in China where he has been awarded the Wenjin Book Prize for his book JERUSALEM: The Biography. The book is published in China by Shanghai Insight Media. Below is

Simon Sebag Montefiore wins the the 10th Wenjin Book Prize

Andrew Roberts to guest edit BBC Radio 4 Today programme

The BBC has announced the names of the guest editors for BBC Radio 4 Today programme for the festive season. The historian Andrew Roberts will be the editor of the programme on New Year's Eve, joining

Andrew Roberts to guest edit BBC Radio 4 Today programme

Ian Sansom's new radio series on BBC Radio 3

'Dear Albrecht, Everyone had hair like that - did they? I'll take your word for it. You were very good at hair, can I just say?' In a series of imaginary correspondences, Ian Sansom is writing letters

Ian Sansom's new radio series on BBC Radio 3

Leanda de Lisle wins the HWA Non-Fiction Crown 2018

Leanda de Lisle was awarded the Historical Writers Association Non-Fiction Crown for her book THE WHITE KING at a ceremony on 7th November. The prize is awarded to the best non-fiction work published

Leanda de Lisle wins the HWA Non-Fiction Crown 2018

Mark Glancy featured in BBC One documentary 'Becoming Cary Grant'

The documentary film ‘Becoming Cary Grant’ featuring Mark Glancy is broadcast on Alan Yentob’s BBC ONE ‘Imagine’ on Tuesday 30th October at 22.45. Cary Grant was one of Hollywood's greatest leading me

Mark Glancy featured in BBC One documentary 'Becoming Cary Grant'

Berenice Bejo to Star in ‘Josephine and Napoleon’ Series

French network France Televisions has joined London-based Ecosse Films and Paris-based Federation Entertainment to coproduce JOSEPHINE AND NAPOLEON, a 8 X 52’ international period drama series current

Berenice Bejo to Star in ‘Josephine and Napoleon’ Series

Asma Khan to appear on Season 6 of 'Chef’s Table' on NETFLIX

Netflix has announced the full lineup of the next two seasons of its award-winning culinary documentary series Chef’s Table. Asma Khan is confirmed to appear on Season 6: the series takes ‘the journey

Asma Khan to appear on Season 6 of 'Chef’s Table' on NETFLIX

Chibundu Onuzo elected into the Royal Society of Literature

We are proud to announce that Chibundu Onuzo has been elected into the Royal Society of Literature. Chibundu was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in June 2018 as part of its 40 U

Chibundu Onuzo elected into the Royal Society of Literature

Julia Copus appointed as a Royal Society of Literature fellow

We are very pleased to reveal that Julia Copus has been appointed a RSL fellow. 31 new fellows were introduced to the Royal Society of Literature in a ceremony in central London on 4th June 2018. Pote

Julia Copus appointed as a Royal Society of Literature fellow

Ben Okri joins Georgina Capel Associates

Georgina Capel Associates are delighted to welcome Ben Okri to the agency. Ben Okri was awarded the Booker Prize in 1991 with THE FAMISHED ROAD. His other novels include THE AGE OF MAGIC, DANGEROUS L

Ben Okri joins Georgina Capel Associates

Flora Fraser selected as Mount Vernon’s Georgian Papers Fellow

We are delighted to reveal that The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington has selected prize-winning author and historian Flora Fraser as its second Georgian Papers Fellow.

Flora Fraser selected as Mount Vernon’s Georgian Papers Fellow

Georgina Capel on judging panel for Bodley Head / FT essay prize

We’re very pleased to reveal that Georgina Capel is one of the judges for this year’s Bodley Head/Financial Times Essay Prize. The Bodley Head/Financial Times Essay Prize aims to discover young talen

Georgina Capel on judging panel for Bodley Head / FT essay prize

Infinite Ground shortlisted for Saltire Society's First Book award

We are delighted to announce that Martin MacInnes' INFINITE GROUND has been shortlisted for the Saltire First Book of the Year award. The judges praised INFINITE GROUND as “a surreal crime mystery at

Infinite Ground shortlisted for Saltire Society's First Book award

Ben Judah longlisted for The Baillie Gifford Prize 2016

We are delighted to reveal that THIS IS LONDON by Ben Judah is on the longlist for the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction. The Baillie Gifford Prize aims to reward the best of non-fiction and

Ben Judah longlisted for The Baillie Gifford Prize 2016
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