Monthly Archives: July 2011

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, winner of the Booker Prize 2011

Win a Copy of Booker Prize Winner Wolf Hall

Win a copy of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning ‘Wolf Hall’ As part of our booker themed season on 4thestate.co.uk we are giving away 5 copies of Hilary Mantel’s 2009 Booker Prize-winner ‘Wolf Hall’ You can read or download Part One … Continue reading

Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mantel Reads From Wolf Hall

Listen to a reading of the Booker Prize winning Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Continuing our Booker themed posts following the long-list announcement we have some more ‘Wolf Hall’ for you (you can download Part One of the book here for free). … Continue reading

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, winner of the Booker Prize 2011

Wolf Hall – read Part One of the Booker Prize winning novel

Free download of Part One of Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. As part of our booker celebration following the long-list announcement, here is an extract from Hilary Mantel’s 2009 Booker winning novel ‘Wolf Hall’ Open publication – Free publishing – … Continue reading

Martin Beck series

Win 3 Books!

For a chance to win copies of our newly re-issued ‘Roseanna’, ‘The Man Who Went Up In Smoke’ and ‘The Man in the Balcony’ email 4thestate.publicity@harpercollins.co.uk with your name and address. The competition is open to UK and Ireland residents only. 5 … Continue reading

feature image

Maj Sjowall – The Godmother of Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Richard Shephard interviews Maj Sjowall.   Q: The series has a strong international feel, especially in the first two books, with the influx of tourists in Roseanna and the complex business of passports, hotels and border crossings in The Man Who Went up in … Continue reading

Gold Boy Emerald Girl

Read ‘Gold Boy Emerald Girl’ by Yiyun Li

Read the title story from Yiyun Li’s Frank O’Connor Short Story Award shortlisted collection ’Gold Boy Emerald Girl’ Open publication – Free publishing – More award

Gold Boy Emerald Girl

Yiyun Li Shortlisted for The Frank O’Connor Short Story Award

Fantastic news!  GOLD BOY, EMERALD GIRL by Yiyun Li has been shortlisted for the prestigious FRANK O’CONNOR INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD, the world’s largest short story award. The  shortlist is as follows: GOLD BOY,  EMERALD GIRL by Yiyun Li LIGHT LIFTING … Continue reading

Nigel Slater

Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers and books

Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers on the BBC has introduced many new people to Nigel’s style of simple, flavoursome recipes and books that are about good food rather than pretentious eating. This style of recipe and cooking has been something we … Continue reading

4th video still

This is Where We Live

We’re very excited to finally be able to show you our new online home, 4thestate.co.uk, where you‘ll find information on all of our authors and books. Over the coming months we will be busy bringing you news and exclusives about … Continue reading

scott-pilgrim-vs-world-poster

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World movie trailer

Comic book adaptations are all the rage these days, but the adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim series is by far one of the fan-boy best! Love the little Ting-Tings intro to this!