I am quoted extensively in Damian Lee’s excellent article entitled Will publishers take a punt on pixels with the e-book? in today’s Daily Telegraph. I would love to hear from anyone who has road-tested an e-book reader and has any feedback. Do email me here.
Archive for September, 2007
The most-excellent (and only) national comedy magazine THE FIX - edited by dj, man-about-town and mirth-meister Harry Deansway is revamping its web presence and adding various exciting new features to its print edition. As a sideline to the day job I am its inaugural Literary Editor and will be bringing on-board book reviews and a monthly round-up of comedy (in any sense of the word) books. There will also be contributions from comedians and people in the world of comedy. I am also very keen to hear from YOU about your favourite comedy classics (in book form) - whether it be MEIN KAMPF or MR BEAN GOES SHOPPING. Let me know by emailing me here.
I can exclusively reveal that, hot on the heels of the ongoing international success of his instant classic The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, that a new John Boyne adult novel will hit the shelves in 2008.
The delightful Gus and Waldo are about to follow up the huge success of Gus and Waldo’s Book Of Love with the hilarious Gus and Waldo’s Book Of Fame. Continue reading ‘THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN’
Andrew Miller visited the office this morning to drop off the much-anticipated manuscript of his new novel, set in Tokyo in 1941, YUJI IN THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE. Continue reading ‘ANDREW MILLER DELIVERS’
I am co-producing a film with Christina Ricci, Keifer Sutherland, Alan Cummins, Piers Brosnan, Kevin Bacon and 7743 other people. Well- sort of! It is going to be one second long and then have 90 minutes of credits. How we are all going to fit on the podium at the Academy Awards I don’t know but it will be fun trying! I hope you want to know more and get involved….
Much excitement today as bound proofs of the much-awaited PETITE ANGLAISE arrived in my office from Katy Follain at Penguin Books. Catherine Sanderson’s charming, honest and beguiling blog of the same name has captivated millions of internet fans globally and 2008 sees the year in which she becomes a fixture in bookshops as well as on browsers. Continue reading ‘PETITE ANGLAISE - ONE STEP NEARER LIFT OFF’
After the huge international success of Sophie McDougall’s extraordinary debut ROMANITAS, which imagined a modern world where the Roman Empire still ruled, we are delighted to see the follow-up, ROME BURNING, published this week by Orion Books. The Good Book Guide described Romanitas thus, ‘A transfixing first novel in an epic trilogy… A stunningly imaginative tale’. Fans have a treat because the new one is even better! Sophia is pictured above (centre) with PFD editor/agent Sarah Ballard and Jon Wood - Sophia’s publisher at Orion Books. Check out photos from the launch party here held last night at the very wonderful Goldsboro Books.
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