“Sex, science and unattainable women – this life of Goethe is a masterpiece”
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.
Canongate has snapped up a new history of the British Museum by writer, historian and barrister Dominic Selwood
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.
Nine Eight signs Street Level Superstar: A Year With Lawrence by Will Hodgkinson, the chief rock and pop critic of The Times
Described by Jarvis Cocker as ‘essential reading’ and Bobby Gillespie as ‘wonderful’, Street-Level Superstar follows a year in the life of Lawrence, Britain’s most singular musical genius who never hit the big time.
Michael Cragg, Audrey Golden and Richard Morton-Jack are Longlisted for the 2024 Penderyn Music Book Prize
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.
Head of Zeus seizes history of communism by broadcaster, journalist and author Paul Mason
Iain MacGregor acquired world rights in Reds: The History of Communism from the Neolithic to Xi’s China – and US rights have just been bought by Scribner.
Echoes, the new memoir by Will Sergeant, is a Sunday Times Bestseller
Congratulations to Will Sergeant, the guitarist of Echo and The Bunnymen, who has a second consecutive memoir on the Sunday Times bestseller list.