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Archive for September, 2011

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – the movie!

- September 28th, 2011

We are very excited to share a sneak preview of the film of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, based on the bestselling book by our very own Paul Torday, starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas. Although release date is still to be confirmed, it looks like it may hit our screens next year … so watch this space and we’ll keep you posted!

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Anne Sebba and ‘That Dress’

- September 20th, 2011

That Woman  Anne Sebba

‘Book launches matter to authors. After all those months in libraries followed by further months sitting at home bashing out the words suddenly there is a book to show for all the lonely hours and we want to mark the arrival in the world of our baby. Since I was writing about a style icon, the idea of having a dress made to mark publication seemed an obvious one but the precise moment when the idea crystallised was a chance meeting with the French designer, Roland Mouret…

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Exciting acquisition news …

- September 5th, 2011

anne frank nathan englander

We’re incredibly excited to be publishing Nathan Englander’s short story collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank next February. Nathan was one of The New Yorker’s 20 Writers to Watch in the 21st century, has won the PEN Malamud Award, the Sue Kaufman Prize, the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Bard Fiction Prize …

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