Circus Mania launch 17.4.2010

This April, we will be arranging a book launch for Circus Mania. This is on the 17th April, which also happens to be World Circus Day. This will be held at Circus Space in London. Keep an eye on our blog pages for more details on this event - all welcome!

Also on Mervyn Peake...

and worth going to is the website run by Sebastian Peake on his father. In his latest blog, he talks about a new song by Natalie Merchant, which is based on Peake's 'It Makes A Change', published in Book of Nonsense. To find out more on this, just click here

Mervyn Peake's Vast Alchemies

We have received a review for our book on Mervyn Peake, this on the Grum Books website

Circus Mania meets the Daleks

Douglas McPherson, the author of our forthcoming book, Circus Mania has written a story for My Weekly featuring the Daleks. To find out more check the Circus Mania blogspot here

Extract – Milos Urban's Seven Churches

In May 2010, we will be publishing a remarkable new novel by one of the most exciting writers in Europe, Milos Urban.
His novel, Seven Churches, is one of the most talked-about books in Europe, a best-seller in Spain. Our thanks to Edinburgh Review for publishing the extract shown here - the first time the English translation of Seven Churches has been seen. There will be a full webpage for this book coming soon.
http://www.milos-urban.cz/

Three Peter Owen titles now available as audio downloads

We are delighted to be now working with Audible, the UK's largest provider of downloadable audiobooks. They have chosen three titles of ours for 2010: Shusaku Endo's Silence and The Samurai and Edith Piaf's autobiography Wheel of Fortune. Both the Endo titles can be found here and the Piaf, listed as Must_Read Non-Fiction can also be downloaded here

Sebastian Peake on Gormenghast

Sebastian Peake, son of Mervyn, has just been on the Today talking about the art of Gormenghast. The artistic genius of Mervyn Peake is fully showcased in our acclaimed Mervyn Peake: The Man and His Art, now available in paperback. Those who missed the programme can pick it up on Radio 4's Listen Again