We are proud and thrilled to announce that Hilary Mantel’s ‘Bring Up the Bodies’ has been shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize. Mantel won the prize in 2009 for the first in her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, ‘Wolf Hall’, with … Continue reading →

I’m dumbstruck by the news that Communion Town has been longlisted for the Man Booker prize. What can you say about such an improbable stroke of good fortune for a first novel, other than repeating words like ‘thrilled’, ‘incredulous’, ‘bamboozled’ … Continue reading →

Great news!  The Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee has been shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2011. The shortlist is as follows: The Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Fourth Estate) Becoming Dickens by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst (Belknap … Continue reading →

The Emperor of All Maladies is longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. Congratulations to Siddhartha Mukherjee, as the  Emperor of All Maladies has been longlisted for The Guardian First Book Award . The awards recognise the finest new writing talent who … Continue reading →

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 →