Acknowledgements: The Bookseller Tributes pour in for ‘treasured’ Harper Lee Tributes paid to ‘extraordinary’ Umberto Eco Joanne Harris withdraws from festival over ‘unreasonable’ demands PRH UK launches ‘creative responsibility manifesto’ Rick Stein to open bookshop with Ron Johns Lord of the Rings colouring book from Harper Collins Barnes & Noble to launch ‘digital-physical’ store Digital reading…
Harper Lee stuns the world, Marlon James puts Jamaica on the Booker map and Michel Houellebecq imagines a Muslim France – our critics wrap up the year Harper Lee made headlines with an unexpected second novel, while Michel Houellebecq found himself caught up in the news cycle as his novel imagining France under Muslim rule…
Brilliant Books in Michigan says customers are owed apologies for portrayal of Harper Lee’s long-lost manuscript as a ‘nice summer novel’ rather than an academic curiosity A US independent bookshop is offering refunds to its Go Set a Watchman customers, claiming that the work should be viewed as an “academic insight” into Harper Lee’s development as…
Acknowledgements: The Bookseller LexisNexis to buy Jordan Publishing Go Set a Watchman: Review US: authors ask DOJ to investigate Amazon Customers criticise Amazon Prime Day Richard E Grant hosts new Penguin Podcast Audiobooks making the right noises Printing error hits ‘limited’ Harper Lee stock Amazon breaks global sales record on Prime Day AAP: sales ‘slow’ in…
To Kill a Mockingbird still shines a sharp light on southern society, but its power comes as much from its narrative mastery as its understanding of racism Eleanor Worthington-Cox (Scout) in the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. Photograph: Tristram Kenton It’s easy to get distracted from To Kill a…
Harper Lee | Go Set a Watchman | William Heinemann 9781785150289 | R330 Illustration: Tom Clohosy Cole for the Guardian Since Atlanta, she had looked out the dining-car window with a delight almost physical. Over her breakfast coffee, she watched the last of Georgia’s hills recede and the red earth appear, and with it…
Acknowledgements: The Bookseller Amazon wants ‘all business to survive’ Harper Lee manuscript ‘first found in 2011’ Bookseller Jean Lucey Pratt’s diaries to be published Amazon launches global Prime day Cote denies class certification in Authors Solutions case Canongate to publish ‘Jean Brodie’ e-book Campaign for Harper Lee revealed Caine Prize winner shares her £10k award Public…
Authors demand festival appearance fee CUP to reissue venerable grammar guide Bloomsbury publishes Rowling bibliography State investigators interview Harper Lee Terry Pratchett dies ABCD crowns cover champions
National Book Tokens launches eBook Gift Card Book Trade Charity to support internships ‘Cooked’ subscription site comes to UK Publishers ‘flying to London to read Harper Lee manuscript’ Summer Reading Challenge titles revealed Publishers offer more exclusive retailer deals Publishers are increasingly experimenting with retailer exclusives, special editions and digital-first releases in order to make…
Go Set a Watchman | William Heinemann | 14 July 2015