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Five from 4th Estate

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

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Five from 4th Estate

Here are five online things that we’ve been sharing, discussing, reading and watching this week.

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‘A life form in itself… a many voiced thing’ Sam Thompson in two exclusive author videos

Ahead of the Booker shortlist announcement this week, we’ve released these two exclusive videos of Booker longlisted author Sam Thompson. Filmed in his office in Oxford, he discusses his debut novel Communion Town, the definition of a city and the books that … Continue reading

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‘It asks you to do a lot of the work of imagining and storytelling’- Sam Thompson writes about Communion Town

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

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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

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Hilary Mantel – BBC2 Culture Show Special

Hilary Mantel is to be the subject of a BBC2 Culture Show Special, to be aired September 17th at 8pm See below for the press release from the BBC BBC TWO The Culture Show gains exclusive access to the life … Continue reading

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4th Estate and the Booker Prize

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 by Carol Shields – download the free extract

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

Offshore

Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald – download the free extract

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

Unless

Unless by Carol Shields – download the free extract

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