Michael Cragg’s ‘Reach For The Stars’, Audrey Golden’s ‘I Thought I Heard You Speak’ and Richard Morton Jack’s ‘Nick Drake: A Life’ are among the titles selected for the prestigious prize.
Congratulations to Will Sergeant, the guitarist of Echo and The Bunnymen, who has a second consecutive memoir on the Sunday Times bestseller list.
Nick Drake: The Life by Richard Morton Jack is the only biography of Drake to be written with the blessing and involvement of his sister and estate. It will be published to mark what would have been Drake’s 75th birthday on the 19th June.
White Rabbit has signed Come My Fanatics: A Journey into the World of Electric Wizard, the inside story of a band said to be the heaviest in the world and the “pioneers” of doom metal, by Dan Franklin.
“Naked Portrait explores Boyt’s experience of sitting for her father’s paintings from childhood until her marriage and the power imbalance in their relationship. When Freud died Boyt discovered her old diary from the years 1989 to 1990, she was shocked…”
Congratulations to all our authors who made the list this year. The full rundown of the Books of the Year can be read here: