New Modern has acquired Surfs Up: Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys by award-winning music writer Peter Doggett. It will be “the definitive tribute to a remarkable band and the genius who made it all possible.” Out on 6th November 2025.
We’re delighted that a Hamilton Agency client has won the Penderyn Prize for the second consecutive year. Congratulations to Will Hodgkinson for this ultimate underdog story becoming the music book of the year.
“Our Book of the Year changes how we think about music memoirs, how they are structured and what they tell us,” say Rough Trade. “It tells us of a particular indefatigable individual who will go further than anyone else.”
A.N. Wilson’s GOETHE: HIS FAUSTIAN LIFE is “wild, brilliant and has all the intelligence to rival its subject,” says Francis Wilson in the Daily Telegraph.
Spanning three centuries, the book is an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes biography of the iconic institution. Selwood has unrestricted access to all its papers and archives to tell the stories of the extraordinary people, discoveries, and objects without shying away from controversies.
Described by Elton John as “a wonderful book of pop music history” and by Cillian Murphy as “beautiful, insightful and honest”, In One Ear: Cocteau Twins, Ivor and Me will be published by Nine Eight Books on September 12.