Fans of Penelope Fitzgerald rejoice! The film adaptation of her much loved (and Booker-shortlisted) novel The Bookshop will hit the big screen this June starring Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy and Patricia Clarkson. And, there is this rather lovely film tie-in edition to celebrate.
Tomorrow, December 17th, marks the centenary of Penelope Fitzgerald, author of The Blue Flower, the Booker Prize-winning Offshore and many more novels and essays that set her firmly as one of the best British writers of the 20th century. It seemed only appropriate celebrate the anniversary by indulging an audio extract from her Booker Prize shortlisted The Bookshop. Be sure to also check out David Nicholl’s RE4DING of the opening chapter (yes, you read that right). Read more…
Short stories really hit the big time in Britain in the Victorian and modernist period – at exactly the same time that the professional woman writer became a force to be reckoned with. The two have been wed ever since in a spectacularly successful union. The BBC short story award had an all-woman shortlist this year, as it did the year before. And, as usual, the 4th Estate list showcases some of the very best female short story writers around.
4th Estate is reissuing the novels and non-fiction of one of the most admired novelists of the twentieth century – Penelope Fitzgerald. The first titles to be reissued will be Innocence, Offshore, The Blue Flower, At Freddie’s and The Knox Brothers. They will be available to readers in November 2013.
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 – 5 years before 4th Estate even existed. While we may not have been the original publisher, 4th Estate are proud to publish Penelope Fitzgerald and to celebrate her Booker winning novel ‘Offshore’.
