The Hundred Days – Boston Review piece

The Hundred Days by Joseph Roth is discussed in this fascinating Boston Review piece by Roger Boylan

Beautiful Child in Glasgow Herald

The Beautiful Child was also in this weekend's Glasgow Herald, viewable here

Emma Tennant's Beautiful Child in the Daily Telegraph

The Beautiful Child was the lead review in this weekend's Daily Telegraph, viewable here

Seeds of Fiction in Publishers Weekly

Seeds of Fiction has received another highly favourable review, this time in Publishers Weekly and viewable here

The Beautiful Child on Radio 4 Saturday Review

Emma Tennant's The Beautiful Child was also part of Radio 4's Saturday Review programme, which can be listened to here

Emma Tennant in The Independent

Emma Tennant's The Beautiful Child has now been published and Emma was asked to do the following piece for The Independent to coincide with publication, a short memoir of Henry Green

A Heady Mix of Vice and Voodoo

Seeds of Fiction has received another review – possibly the best yet, in The Spectator. This was by Ian Thomson and can be seen here

Douglas McPherson on BBC Inside Out East

Circus Mania author Douglas McPherson was on last night's Inside Out East programme, available to watch on IPlayer now, speaking on the recent circus animals' controversy

Seeds of Fiction – Reuters interview

Seeds of Fiction author Bernard Diederich has been interviewed by Reuters (Miami). The interview can be seen here and this link includes one of the photographs from the book, many of which have never been seen before

And now. . . a word from our Production Manager

Nick Pearson, Peter Owen Production Manager, was interviewed recently, MoneyPlus being the latest magazine the company's tendrils reached into. From Swedish fashion magazine Linda to this, the Standard Life journal, replete with Kevin McCloud et al in one month

, is not bad going for 'one of the last truly independent publishing houses', as Nick describes us in the interview, which can be seen in full here

Beautiful Child at Euston Station

Emma Tennant's The Beautiful Child

is part of WH Smith's Christmas promotion this year – pictured here with all the other heavyweights and bestsellers this year. . .

Bernard Diederich at Miami Book Fair

Seeds of Fiction author Bernard Diederich appeared at the Miami Book Fair

on Sunday 18th. Pictures from the event here from Alexandre Diederich

In Praise of Colette

From Saturday's Guardian on the right . . . Duo and Retreat From Love are available now

Seeds of Fiction – Bookslut mention

Seeds of Fiction has just had a mention (our first for Peter Owen, we believe), in Bookslut!

Seeds of Fiction in this morning's Metro

Seeds of Fiction has been reviewed in this morning's Metro, viewable here

Circus Mania blog coverage

Respected American circus writer, 'Showbiz David', has written about Circus Mania on his blog. Circus Mania is now available as an e-book!

Harpers New York coverage for I Am Lazarus

We will shortly be publishing Anna Kavan's I Am Lazarus, the first time this book has been in print for over thirty years. This collection has received major coverage in Harpers New York and can be seen here. This is a major Kavan event and, once again, we encourage fans to look into the

Anna Kavan Society

Bernard Diederich/Radio 4 Today podcast

Radio 4's interview yesterday with Bernard Diederich, author of Seeds of Fiction is now available as a podcast

Bernard Diederich on Radio 4 Today

Bernard Diederich, author of Seeds of Fiction was on Radio 4 Today this morning, talking about his book on Graham Greene and life in Haiti. The programme can be heard here

Sunday Times review

The full review for Bernard Diederich's Bernard Diederich can be seen here

Seeds of Fiction was first seen, fittingly enough, at the annual international Graham Greene Literary Festival. This is held in Berkhamsted, Greene's birthplace and the picture here shows patrons gathering at the Town Hall for one of the lectures. Graham Greene's birthday is tomorrow, 2nd October. .

Seeds of Fiction – major review in the Sunday Times

Our new book from Bernard Diederich has been reviewed – very favourably – in the Sunday Times. Seeds of Fiction is clearly going to be one of the major books on the life and work of Greene published in the last few years. Some of the best quotes from the book can be seen here

Ice Palace recommended

We have had a recommendation for The Ice Palace in the top fashion magazine in the Netherlands, Linda. This can be seen alongside

Lonely Hearts Club reviewed in Jewish Chronicle

Dennis Friedman's The Lonely Hearts Club has been reviewed in the Jewish Chronicle – this is viewable here

Coverage in the Birmingham Post

Our thanks goes to Richard Edmonds, literary reviewer at the Birmingham Post who has featured no less than five of our books in his latest reviews: H.G. Wells – Another Kind of Life; The Hundred Days; When I Whistle and Paris France. The full article can be seen here

Volcano review

Volcano by Shusaku Endo has had a short review in the Library Journal - viewable here. This is part of their Classic Returns column, highlighting key works that have returned to the marketplace

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The Magic Theatre of Hermann Hesse, with a contribution from Peter Owen, on Radio 4

The Magic Theatre of Hermann Hesse – BBC Radio 4 20.8.12 4.00pm

The Magic Theatre of Hermann Hesse, with a contribution from Peter Owen, will be aired on Radio 4 on 20.8.12 at 4.00 p.m. This is the fiftieth anniversary year of our famous publication of Siddhartha and we will be publishing a special Limited Edition. This will be available from only a few outlets and this website will be one of the few places to secure a copy of this very special edition.

"incredible...like a violin note in the midst of chaos."

Again, on the A Room Of One's Own blog a quite remarkable review of the other Endo novel recently published by us, When Whistle

Hermann Hesse featured on Radio 4

Fans and readers of Hermann Hesse may be interested to hear about a forthcoming programme on Hermann Hesse, due to be aired on Radio 4 on 20.8.12. Called The Magic Theatre of Hermann Hesse, it comes from Falling Tree Productions. This is the fiftieth anniversary year of our famous publication of Siddhartha and we will be publishing a special Limited Edition, due for publication around the time of the programme. This will be available from only a few outlets and this website will be one of the few places to secure a copy of this very special edition.

More from Roger Boylan on The Hundred Days. . .

The Hundred Days by Joseph Roth is mentioned again in Roger Boylan's blog here

Lonely Hearts Club reviewed in the Independent

We have had a major review in Thursday's Independent by Lucy Popescu for Dennis Friedman's The Lonely Hearts Club – viewable here

Birdbrain reviewed in Foundation

Foundation, the international review of Science Fiction, has reviewed Birdbrain by Johanna Sinisalo. This positive review can be seen here

Volcano featured on A Room of One's Own

Volcano by Shusaku Endo has been featured on the A Room Of One's Own blog, with some interesting comments. This can be seen here

Rachel Joyce on Giono's Man Who Planted Trees

We have had another writer's endorsement of The Man Who Planted Trees, this time from Rachel Joyce

, the author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. This appeared in the Sunday Express (see alongside) and follows a mention on Radio 2 Bookclub

Roger Boylan on The Hundred Days

Another notable reader of Joseph Roth's The Hundred Days: the American writer, Roger Boylan. Boylan writes for the Boston Review, among others, and is writing on Roth currently – his note on Hundred Days is here

Douglas McPherson in The Guardian

Douglas McPherson, the author of Circus Mania , writing in today's Guardian (18.6.12).

Lonely Hearts Club launch party 14.6.12

Last night there was a launch for Dennis Friedman's The Lonely Hearts Club, our latest publication. Pictures of the launch, including Dennis with Peter Owen and making his speech during the evening are below. Thanks to Susan Grossman for providing these photos

In The Guardian next Monday

Douglas McPherson, the author of Circus Mania , will be writing on the contentious issue of the use of animals in the circus in next Monday's Guardian (18.6.12). An earlier opinion piece on the issue for the Telegraph can be seen here

Lonely Hearts Club - previewed in the Daily Mail 31.5.2012

Our next publication,The Lonely Hearts Club, has been given a lengthy preview, with an interview with the author in the Femail section of the Daily Mail. This can be seen here - UK publication date is 14.6.12

Joseph Roth has new fan in Neil Tennant. . . ?

We were delighted to see that Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys has revealed a recent reading of Joseph Roth's The Hundred Days – see here. One of the Peter Owen crew used to work for Helter Skelter when it had a bookshop in Soho and can attest to Mr Tennant's fine taste in music books – it's pleasing to think he might be a Roth fan too. . . !

Lost Word reviewed in World Literature Today

The Lost Word has been reviewed in World Literature Today. The review can be seen alongside

Douglas McPherson interview on BBC East

The author of our book, Circus Mania, Douglas McPherson, has done an interview with BBC East for broadcast in June/July. Check out his blog for more details

Volcano and When I Whistle reviews

We have had two highly positive reviews for out latest Shusaku Endo titles, When I Whistle and Volcano. These can be seen here

Erin Pizzey talks about Gertrude Stein on Radio 4's Great Lives

Erin Pizzey, with whom we published This Way To The Revolution appeared yesterday on Great Lives, discussing the life and work of Gertrude Stein. Coincidentally, we have just re-published Paris, France. It's still possible to listen to the programme, just click on the Great Lives link above

Boy In Darkness review

We have received the following lengthy, though sadly not wholly positive (!) review for Boy In Darkness, this up on Blogcritics Book Review

Another Kind of Life radio review

We will shortly be releasing our H.G. Wells biography, Another Kind of Life, in paperback. Click on this link to hear a very interesting review of the book on WBAA radio, who are based in Louisiana.

Peter Owen reaches out to Vogue – in Germany

It must be said that it's not often that a Peter Owen book gets into the fashion pages but there we are, with Fashions In Eyeglasses – in Deutsch Vogue. Copy can be seen alongside

The Hundred Days reviewed in the Sunday Telegraph

The Sunday Telegraph has reviewed Joseph Roth's The Hundred Days, which can be seen here

Fashions In Eyeglasses review

Fashions In Eyeglasses has been reviewed in The Optician. Full review can be seen alongside