OUP prepares World’s Classics Orwell editions OUP has announced its World’s Classics editions of titles by George Orwell, whose work comes out of copyright at the end of this year, 70 years after his death in 1950. Orwell’s exclusive paperback publisher until now has been Penguin. The editions have…
Export ban on judge’s copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover In a rare move, the Government is appealing for a buyer to pay £56,250 for the obscenity trial judge’s copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover to stop it leaving the country. The 1960 edition of D H Lawrence’s novel was sold at auction for the huge sum to an anonymous…
Many ‘American’ phrases are actually British but a new book argues why we say what we say reveals a lot about our cultures To those dedicated warriors hunched over their keyboards or gripping their pens, ready to fire off an angry salvo about the Americanization of British English to their favorite newspaper, television channel…
Richard E Grant hosts new Penguin Podcast Penguin Random House is today (16th July) re-launching The Penguin Podcast with a series of programmes about the objects that inspire authors, hosted by actor Richard E Grant. In each 30-minute episode of “The Penguin Podcast: Author Notes”, Grant will talk to authors about five objects that…
Little Black Classics 80 works of classic fiction, essay, drama and history, priced at 80p each, to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Penguin Books. View our selection.
Peter Hartcher | The Adolescent Country: A Lowy Institute Paper | Penguin Specials (Australia) 9780143572435 | A$9.99 | Nov The great crises that threaten Australia’s national prosperity come from abroad. So do the grandest opportunities. But in Australian politics the big matters are commonly crowded out by the small. International policy is used for domestic point-scoring.…