Client Highlights
The Madness of Crowds
Douglas Murray
The Madness of Crowds
Douglas Murray
Bloomsbury
Sontag
Benjamin Moser
Sontag
Benjamin Moser
Allen Lane
Clear Bright Future
Paul Mason
Clear Bright Future
Paul Mason
Allen Lane
SMALL HOURS: THE LONG NIGHT OF John Martyn
Graeme Thomson
SMALL HOURS: THE LONG NIGHT OF John Martyn
Graeme Thomson
Omnibus
Stories For Boys Who Dare To Be Different
Ben Brooks
Stories For Boys Who Dare To Be Different
Ben Brooks
Quercus
THE OX: The Authorised Biography of The Who’s John Entwistle
Paul Rees
THE OX: The Authorised Biography of The Who’s John Entwistle
Paul Rees
Constable / Hachette US
VEXED
James Mumford
VEXED
James Mumford
Bloomsbury
Small Men On The Wrong Side of History
Ed West
Small Men On The Wrong Side of History
Ed West
Constable
Decline and Fail
John Crace
Decline and Fail
John Crace
Guardian Faber Publishing
Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile
Adelle Stripe
Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile
Adelle Stripe
Fleet
Woke
Titania McGrath
Woke
Titania McGrath
Constable
Client News
Graeme Thomson talks to David Hepworth and Mark Ellen about Small Hours, his acclaimed biography of John Martyn
July 27, 2020
Small Hours is out this month and “Martyn thoroughly deserves this painstaking and eloquent biography.” (Observer). Graeme Thomson discusses Martyn’s “lifelong grudges and huge, messy explosion of records” on A Word In Your Ear.
Benjamin Moser Wins The Pultizer Prize for Sontag
May 5, 2020
Congratulations to Benjamin Moser for winning the Pulitzer for his biography of Susan Sontag, “an authoritatively constructed work told with pathos and grace, that captures the writer’s genius and humanity alongside her addictions, sexual ambiguities and volatile enthusiasms.”
PUBLISHED TODAY: WALKING THE GREAT NORTH LINE BY ROBERT TWIGGER
April 23, 2020
Robert Twigger takes a journey along a straight line from Stonehenge to Lindisfarne – via many of our greatest ancient sites – and wild camping along the way. Hear him at the Wigtown Book Festival at 7pm on April 29th.
The Ox: New Book Reveals the Secret Life of Who Bassist John Entwistle
April 23, 2020
The American edition of The Ox: The Authorized Biography of John Entwistle by Paul Rees is published this month. In this Rolling Stone feature Rees and Entwistle’s son Christopher discuss the messy and complex life of the Who’s bassist.
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