Books
WRECKED
From the author of the international bestseller ‘Wetlands’, a raw and taboo-breaking novel of sex, death, and marriage.
Publication Date: UK 25th Apr 2013
MAYA’S NOTEBOOK
From the author of ‘The House of Spirits’ – teenage Maya is in trouble. She’s an alcoholic, an addict and deeply involved with a criminal gang. How did it all go so wrong?
Publication Date: UK 23rd Apr 2013
We’re absolutely delighted to announce this morning that 4th Estate and Publishing Director Nick Pearson won Imprint & Editor of the Year at last night’s Bookseller Industry Awards, which took place at the Hilton Park Lane in central London.
Please read my interview with the Observer to know what I did say. I love my hair, its kinky and dense and coily. I love playing with it, trying hair butters and oils, wearing corn rows and afros. But sometimes I … Continue reading
We’ve bottled up the internet and labelled it ‘Literary Goodness’. Get your weekly fix of the five online things to see, hear and read, brought to you by us at 4th Estate. A lot of people make the mistake of … Continue reading
Mothers A somewhat subversive take on Mother’s Day, brought to you by us at 4th Estate.
Five things to read and share. Five things to show your friends. Five things to light up your world. Brought to you by us at 4th Estate. Google predictive search doesn’t just throw up similar searches, it reveals poetry generated … Continue reading
Time Travel 4 books that flagrantly disregard temporal boundaries, brought to you by us at 4th Estate.
Who needs Google when you’ve got us? Don’t bother searching for ‘fun literary things’; we’ve found you loads. Well, five. But they’re all really good. Five things to read and see online. Just for you, from us at 4th Estate. … Continue reading
Keeping the Faith 4 books that probe the limits of belief, recommended to you by us at 4th Estate.
We’ve done it again: boiled the internet down to the five things you need to see, read and do this week. This weekend’s entertainment brought to you by us at 4th Estate. If Hilary Mantel had to give any one person … Continue reading
Spotify This! 4 books that straddle the senses, brought to you by us at 4th Estate.
You know the score: the internet made easy. Only the best literary things to read and see, brought to you by us at 4th Estate. ‘Perhaps, dear reader, we should recap. You are not someone any novelist would want to … Continue reading
Diaspora 4 books about moving on and looking back, recommended to you by us at 4th Estate.
What do Patti Smith, Hilary Mantel and photos of Dublin have in common? They all feature on this week’s Five from 4th Estate, of course. Five online things to kick off the weekend. What could be sweeter? Who doesn’t love … Continue reading
Better The Devil You Know 4 books to scare the living daylights out of you, cheerfully presented by us at 4th Estate. Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas Crumbling mansion? Check. Innocent heiress left at the mercy of a sinister relative? … Continue reading
Here Gavin Corbett introduces This is the Way and writes about the inspiration and influences behind the novel which has already attracted so much praise. Corbett’s photographs of Dublin can be seen in the above slideshow. I remember well the … Continue reading
Five from 4th Estate: revealing the most interesting corners of the internet, one page at a time. This week listen, watch and read the best things we’ve found online just for you, from us at 4th Estate. Michael Chabon’s terrific … Continue reading
Hangovers 4 books to comfort in your moment of shame, recommended to you by us at 4th Estate. ‘If I could turn back the clock Turn it back to yesterday There are things I wouldn’t do And things I wouldn’t … Continue reading
It’s cold. Why go out? Here are five reasons not to. Stay indoors and read, watch and discover these five internet things. ‘Cos baby it’s… (oh, you know the rest). “J.D. Salinger went into hiding because he was embarrassed.” The … Continue reading
Expatriate Lives 4 books of homes away from home, brought to you by us at 4th Estate. ‘Thousands are sailing, Across the western ocean Where the hand of opportunity, Draws tickets in a lottery’ The Pogues
Five things to see and read, and even a theory-related game to play? It must be this week’s Five from 4th Estate. You may have noticed we’ve been getting pretty excited about Sam Byers’s debut novel Idiopathy, which we will … Continue reading
Is she really going out with him?! Go on, unleash the judgement. Brought to you by us at 4th Estate. ‘Is she really going out with him? Cause if my eyes don’t deceive me, There’s something going wrong around here’ … Continue reading
‘Stunning’, ‘heartbreaking’, ‘thrumming with life’, ‘witty’ and ‘reinvigorating’. Just a few of the adjectives used to describe our new and noteworthy books of 2013. Scroll down for a snapshot of our most exciting talent, both debut and established, from 4th … Continue reading
Happy New Year from all at 4th Estate. Here’s to another year of exploration on the internet. As a new year dawns, we hope that 2013 brings odder and funnier literary tumblrs, greater book obsessives, even more awe-inspiring (and sing-along) … Continue reading
PARTY Four books to beckon in the New Year, brought to you by us at 4th Estate. ‘And where will she go, and what shall she do, When midnight comes around’ The Velvet Underground, All Tomorrow’s Parties Virginia Woolf, Mrs … Continue reading
Here’s our round-up of 4th Estate’s biggest books of 2012. These are the books that made 2012 better, funnier, more entertaining and, in the case of Bad Pharma, angrier. We’re sure you’ll have your favourites and we’d love to hear them too. … Continue reading
The holidays. Ahh. This week we’ve been revisiting some of the internet things that we’ve bookmarked as ‘old favourites’: blogs and websites to return to over and over again. We hope you enjoy them. We thought cat blogs were just for girls. … Continue reading
FEASTS 4 books to feast on this Christmas, recommended to you by us at 4th Estate ‘So here it is merry Christmas Everybody’s having fun’ Slade, Merry Christmas Everybody David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest Feasting only comes once a year … Continue reading
Merry Christmas everyone! I can picture the scene now – egg-nog a plenty, wafts of turkey drifting in from the kitchen and flashes of wrapping paper propelled across the room by mischievous animals (just me then?). You might just have … Continue reading
There are heaps of seasonal cheer and a smidgeon of seasonal Scrooginess in 4th Estate’s offerings from the internet this week. Giving someone a book this Christmas? Get some inspiration for your inscription from bookinscriptions.com, which includes gems like the sarcy ‘Still want … Continue reading
CLASSICS REIMAGINED. 4 books that breathe new life into worn pages, brought to you by us at 4th Estate. ‘You promised that you’d forget me not’ Billie Holiday, Remember
Five things to read, see, watch and do on the internet. From us, to you. Simple. We thought we loved Nigel Slater the most, until he took part in a Mumsnet chat this week. Nigel revealed his favourite and … Continue reading
It’s cold and dark outside and, as usual, the question looms: what do you buy your mother, sister, niece or special lady to show her that not only do you care, but that you really ‘get her’? Behold, a … Continue reading
INFIDELITY. 4 books about betrayal, brought to you by us at 4th Estate. ‘He talks about you in his sleep There’s nothing I can do to keep From crying when he calls your name, Jolene’ Dolly Parton, Jolene
To make up for a missed post last week, today we err from the trodden path of five best internet things and bring you the six articles, videos and ideas that we’ve been sharing and discussing this week. We hope … Continue reading
Yes, yes – we know 4th Estate is renowned for its incisive works of fiction (anyone heard of Hilary Mantel?) and hard-hitting non-fiction (Ben Goldacre, Naomi Klein and Nick Cohen, amongst others). But we don’t take ourselves too seriously, and … Continue reading
VOYAGES. 4 books about journeying, recommended to you by 4th Estate. ‘Of travel I’ve had my share, man I’ve been everywhere’. Johnny Cash, I’ve Been Everywhere, Man
If you’re looking for the ideal gift for your dad, husband, brother, son, boyfriend or any other sundry males in your life then look no further. The 4th Estate elves have compiled a list of great books that will give … Continue reading
MADNESS. 4 books about the unquiet mind, brought to you by us at 4th Estate. ‘Where is my mind, Where is my mind’ Pixies Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar When I read this for the first time as an angsty, kohl-eyed teen, … Continue reading
To usher in the weekend, 4th Estate bring you our top picks from the web this week. These are the things that we’ve been viewing, reading and sharing in the office, and now we’re sharing them with you. As ever, … Continue reading
GRADUATION. 4 books fresh from campus, recommended to you by us at 4th Estate. ‘You know what college does for you? It makes you really smart, man’ Kanye West, School Spirit Skit 1
To celebrate the start of your weekend, here are five online things we’ve been reading and listening to this week. A selection of the best from the web, chosen by us for you. ‘I look the way a depressed person looks, … Continue reading
SUBURBAN WARS. 4 books that reside on the edges, recommended for you by us at 4th Estate. ‘You said the past won’t rest Until we jump the fence and leave it behind’
Here are the five online things that are essential reading, watching and sharing this week. Chosen for you by us at 4th Estate. The Moby Dick Big Read is Philip Hoare’s leviathan challenge. He’s taken Moby Dick, the great unread American novel, … Continue reading
4th Estate has acquired Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s Learned by Lena Dunham, the trailblazing writer-director-star of Tiny Furniture and the HBO series Girls, which launched in the UK on Sky Atlantic last month.
Here are five online things that we’ve been sharing, discussing, reading and watching this week.
Amazon’s Autumn Book Harvest is in full swing, with lots of our ebook titles at better than half price. The sale runs until the 7th November, so there’s still time to sniff out the best bargains. We’ve rounded up our … Continue reading
We are absolutely delighted to announce that Bring Up The Bodies has won the 2012 Man Booker Prize, making Hilary Mantel the first woman and the first British author to win it twice. Sir Peter Stothard, chair of the judges … Continue reading
The Bookseller Association believes consumers deserve the choice of shopping with their local bookseller, whether on the high street or on their website. We wholeheartedly agree, and want to support their ‘Keep Books on the High Street’ campaign by sharing … Continue reading
Bestselling author Nikki Gemmell will be hanging out live on +Google Australia on Tuesday, September 25th at 7:30pm (AEST or 10:30am London time) to talk about her books, including the phenomenal besteller, The Bride Stripped Bare. If you would like to … Continue reading
By Ankita Saxena. Concluding the trilogy which began over half a century ago in The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, the multi-award winning fantasy author Alan Garner returns with Boneland, the crowning achievement of an astonishing career. Out on the 30th August, … Continue reading
3 Fourth Estate titles on the 2012 Booker Longlist- The Yips, Communion Town and Bring up the Bodies
We are very proud of our three authors Hilary Mantel, Nicola Barker and Sam Thompson who have been longlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize. Mantel has been longlisted for Bring up the Bodies, the sequel to the 2009 Booker-winning … Continue reading
Sam Thompson’s Communion Town is out now ‘Dreamlike, gnarly and present, COMMUNION TOWN shifts like a city walker, from street to street’ China Miéville, author of EMBASSYTOWN and THE CITY & THE CITY ‘COMMUNION TOWN is one of those rare creatures – a … Continue reading
To celebrate the upcoming release of Sam Thompson’s COMMUNION TOWN, we’re giving away the first chapter absolutely free, right here. Download it onto your ereader now and enjoy on the bus, on the tube, or however you move around your … Continue reading
The writer of Another Country, whose protagonist Leela lives in each of these cities in turn, talks about some of her favourite places to visit or eat and drink in each… Another Country is out now, and is the superb … Continue reading
Bonnie Jo Campbell’s ‘Once Upon A River’ is out on the 7th June, and to celebrate, we’re offering you the chance to win a beautiful hardback copy. Meet Margo Crane – a female Huckleberry Finn, a teenage Scout Finch – … Continue reading
Yesterday’s release of Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up The Bodies was frenzied and wonderful, sparking a kind of unbridled enthusiasm that is impossible to capture in text. High streets across the country sparkled with red and gold, and twitter and Facebook hummed to the din of … Continue reading
Morrisons’ rearguard decision to allow its farmers to use GM feed looks spectacularly ill-informed and dumb, when Carrefour labels own-label meat and dairy products as GM animal feed-free, or ‘Nourri sans OGM’. If the world’s second largest retailer can guarantee … Continue reading
With such a spectacular burst of review coverage over the weekend, here’s Hilary talking about the success of Wolf Hall and introducing the book on everyone’s lips – Bring Up The Bodies…
Yet more good news on the awards front! Short and Sweet by Dan Lepard has been shortlisted for the Guild of Food Writers Cookery Book of the Year Award. The shortlist for this category is as follows: SHORT AND SWEET by … Continue reading
Hilary Mantel on Thomas Cromwell: ‘I could make it different, I could make it come up fresh and new’
With only nine days till publication, here’s another teaser clip to whet your appetites… Hilary Mantel, author of the Man Booker Prize-winning ‘Wolf Hall’ and its sequel ‘Bring Up The Bodies’, talks about her main character Thomas Cromwell.
Watch Hilary Mantel, author of the Man Booker Prize-winning ‘Wolf Hall’ and its sequel ‘Bring Up The Bodies’, talking about the primary focus of her new novel, Anne Boleyn. By 1535 Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith’s son, is far from his … Continue reading
Amazing news at 4th Estate HQ! Care Of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles has been longlisted for the Desmond Elliott prize 2012. The committee noted how ‘this longlist reflects a trend in debut fiction of bringing contemporary resonance to some traditional heavyweight … Continue reading
Watch Hilary Mantel talking about her new novel ‘Bring Up The Bodies’, the forthcoming sequel to the Man Booker Prize-winning ‘Wolf Hall’ By 1535 Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith’s son, is far from his humble origins. Chief Minister to Henry VIII, … Continue reading
The supper club has risen like a phoenix from the ashes of the dinner party. Up and down the land, people are welcoming paying strangers into their homes to dine. And with Rachel Khoo’s Little Paris Kitchen airing on BBC … Continue reading
Return to the world of ‘Notes From An Exhibition’… Patrick Gale’s new novel ‘A Perfectly Good Man’ returns to the Cornish setting of his earlier bestseller ‘Notes From An Exhibition’ and catches up with some of the characters from its … Continue reading
Notes from an Exhibition author Patrick Gale’s new novel is published to rave reviews. Listen to an extract below. FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A SIGNED COPY OF ‘A PERFECTLY GOOD MAN’ CLICK HERE Patrick Gale, author of the Richard and … Continue reading
I have received the inevitable letter from a body that calls itself Sugar Nutrition UK, from its Nutrition Communication Manager, a Dr Mary Harrington. She is perplexed by statements about the impact of sugar on health that I made in … Continue reading
Publishing next month, we have already received some wonderful praise for Joanna Blythman’s new book, ‘What to Eat: Food that’s good for your health, pocket and plate‘. ‘Joanna Blythman has one of the sanest food heads in the Western World – … Continue reading
I’m right behind the Meat Crusade, the new campaign to save our high street butchers. They have been haemorrhaging of late, and not because someone’s hand slipped with the cleaver. There were some 22,000 traditional butchers shops in Britain in … Continue reading
The kindle team have picked two 4th Estate books for their February Picks – After the Lockout, the début novel from Darran McCann; and The Ice Balloon by Alec Wilkinson, the story of a failed attempt to travel across the North Pole by hot air … Continue reading
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Orange Prize-winning novel is being adapted into a screenplay by Nigerian playwright Biyi Bandele, who famously adapted Chinua Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’ for the London stage. Screen Daily and IdieWire report that financing for the film is being provided by British … Continue reading
This month, 4th Estate are delighted to announce the publication of four classic books by Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing. You can now buy The Grass is Singing, The Golden Notebook, The Good Terrorist and Love, Again for £3.99 each. Also available … Continue reading
Exciting news! Dan Lepard’s Short And Sweet has been shortlisted in the Food category of the 2011 Andre Simon Food & Drink Book Awards. The shortlisted books for the 2011 prize in the food category are: Bocca – Jacob Kenedy … Continue reading