Friday, 1 June 2012

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

Saturday, 19 May 2012

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. . . !

Monday, 14 May 2012

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

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

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

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

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

Tuesday, 3 April 2012

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