Fourth Estate acquires Australian debut
HarperCollins Australia has announced the acquisition of a debut novel by Australian writer Sandra Leigh Price.HarperCollins acquired ANZ rights to A Tabernacle for the Birds in a two-book deal with the...
Undercurrents: Jessie Cole on ‘Deeper Water’
Jessie Cole inverts the ‘stranger comes to town’ narrative in her second novel Deeper Water (Fourth Estate). She spoke to reviewer Portia Lindsay.Deeper Water begins in a similar way to...
‘Bring Up the Bodies’ wins Costa Book of the Year
Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel Bring Up the Bodies (Fourth Estate) has won the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Award. Mantel was presented with the £30,000 (A$45,147) award...
Gleick wins £10,000 science book prize for ‘The Information’
The Information by James Gleick (Fourth Estate) has won the 2012 UK Royal Society Prize for Science Books, worth £10,000 (A$15,300), reports the Bookseller. Chair of the judges Jocelyn Bell...
UK sales of Man Booker shortlist down on 2011
In the UK, sales of the titles shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize increased by 193% in the week following the shortlist announcement, but were down 57% compared to the sales of...
Interview with Sue Woolfe on ‘The Oldest Song in the World’
In her latest novel, Sue Woolfe depicts life in an outback Aboriginal community through the eyes of white linguistics student Kate. Reviewer Clive Tilsley gave it five stars, describing it...
The Oldest Song in the World (Sue Woolfe, Fourth Estate)
The Oldest Song in the World is quite an incredible book. The story, with its mix of themes, is full of tension and interest. Kate is sent to a town...
‘Wolf Hall’ wins 2009 Man Booker Prize
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Fourth Estate) has won the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Mantel's novel was the favourite to win the prize and is the first bookies'...
‘The Time We Have Taken’ wins Miles Franklin
As reported in a WBN special bulletin on Thursday night, The Time We Have Taken by Steven Carroll (Fourth Estate) is the winner of the 2008 Miles Franklin Literary Award....