Monthly Archives: August 2011

Che

Orange Comrades – claim your free film and win some books!

samshone August 30, 2011

Hello Comrades! This week, the lovely people at Orange are giving away a free itunes download to their customers of ‘Che: Part One’ starring Benicio Del Toro. The film is based on Che Guevara’s ‘Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War’, publsihed … Continue reading →

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Franzen cometition

Win copies of Jonathan Franzen’s books!

samshone August 24, 2011

Hello lovely readers and welcome back to 4thestate.co.uk! Because I am a kind and benevolent website editor, I am giving away some more books. As it’s Jonathan Franzen season on the website (to celebrate the upcoming release of Freedom in paperback) … Continue reading →

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Freedom – audio extract

samshone August 18, 2011

For those of you who would prefer to kick back and listen to an extract of ‘Freedom’, free from issuu widgety-things and the complications of downloading PDFs, simply click the link below and hear the first five minutes of the … Continue reading →

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How to be Alone

Download ‘A Reader in Exile’ by Jonathan Franzen

samshone August 18, 2011

As we are approaching the paperback publication of ‘Freedom’ by Jonathan Franzen (you might have noticed we’ve gone a little Franzen themed on 4thestate.co.uk) I thought I’d give you all another treat. Using the issuu widgety-thing below (yes, that is … Continue reading →

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Freedom birds high res

The novel of the year – in paperback!

samshone August 18, 2011

One year on and after more column inches than I could ever hope to count, 4th Estate are publishing Jonathan Franzen’s critically acclaimed ‘Freedom’ in paperback. Actually, without wanting to blow our own trumpet too much, critically acclaimed doesn’t quite cover it. The … Continue reading →

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Freedom – an animation by Eva Vestmann

samshone August 18, 2011

This animation was created by Eva Vestmann, a brilliant designer who has been working with us for the past few months. We first met Eva when one her videos was selected for use in the enhanced e-book edition of ‘The … Continue reading →

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Man Booker

4th Estate and the Booker Prize

samshone August 15, 2011

It’s that time of year again when publishers up and down the land get excited about being on the Booker Long-list. The booker prize, as I’m sure you know, is a Pretty Big Deal. The winning books almost always go … Continue reading →

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Stone Diaries

Stone Diaries by Carol Shields – download the free extract

samshone August 12, 2011

Free extract to download of The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields. Continuing our Booker theme following the long-list announcement, here is an extract from Carol Shields’s 1993 short-listed novel, ‘The Stone Diaries’ Open publication – Free publishing – More booker prize

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Offshore

Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald – download the free extract

samshone August 10, 2011

Another free download as part of our booker celebrations First published in the UK by Collins and then moving into the Flamingo imprint, ‘Offshore’ by Penelope Fitzgerald is now published under 4th Estate. Offshore won the Booker Prize in 1979 … Continue reading →

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Unless

Unless by Carol Shields – download the free extract

samshone August 8, 2011

Free extract to download of Unless by Carol Shields. Continuing our Booker theme following the long-list announcement, here is an extract from Carol Shields’s 2002 short-listed novel, ‘Unless’ Open publication – Free publishing – More booker To read Part One … Continue reading →

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