Tash Aw‘s Five Star Billionaire has been chosen as one of the 13 titles on this year’s Man Booker Prize longlist.
Frédéric Beigbeder has long been breaking hearts and taking names on both sides of the channel with his effortless charm and Gallic swagger. On the release of his most honest work to date, A French Novel, here are our Top 10 reasons why we love him:
Our use of light at night is negatively affecting the natural world in ways we’re barely beginning to study. Meanwhile, our physical, psychological, and spiritual health are significantly influenced by darkness or a lack thereof; it’s not a matter of using light at night or not, but rather when and where, how and how much.
In April this year 4th Estate acquired the rights to publish Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex and The Virgin Suicides. As we already published The Marriage Plot this gave us a hat-trick of titles by this iconic author. Since acquisition our cover art team have been hard at work to make sure the books look as beautiful on the outside as they are within their pages. Read more…
We’ve partnered up with Topshop to offer a free sampler of Hadley Freeman’s smart, hilarious Be Awesome, which is available to download FOR FREE via the apple store.
The next 4th Estate Literary Salon is taking place on Tuesday 16th July, featuring a panel of fantastic authors – David Baddiel, stadium-filling comedian and critically acclaimed, bestselling author; Nathan Filer, author of this year’s smash debut The Shock of the Fall; and the globally bestselling, Costa Award winning (formerly known at the Whitbread Award) writer Tash Aw. The evening will be chaired by Sunday Times assistant literary editor Robert Collins. Read more…
