This month the book everyone in Cornerstone is buzzing about is The Submission by William Heinemann debut author, Amy Waldman.Published to rave reviews both here and in the US, Amy is the exciting new voice in literary fiction with The Submission being compared to Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Franzen's Freedom and Tom Wolfe's A Bonfire of Vanities.Read on for some of the fantastic reviews for The Submission'The grief surrounding 9/11 is central to this exceptional debut about a changing America...The novel centres on Khan and the three family members. Through their stories and interactions Waldman builds a tale of complexity and tension...Waldman'...
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BAFTA Award-winner Pawel Pawlikowski directs Ethan Hawke and Kristen Scott Thomas in a stunning adaptation of Douglas Kennedy’s novel.Ethan Hawke plays Harry Ricks - a man whose life is out of control. Separated from his wife, Harry heads to Paris in search of his daughter and the bohemian life of a would-be writer. But a series of encounters with the wrong kind of people start to push him towards free fall. But then he meets and is seduced by mysterious émigré, Margit (Kristin Scott Thomas) who appears to offer him the hedonistic and uncomplicated life he craves. The Woman in the Fifth is a first rate thriller with a terrific cast. It will premier at the Toronto film fes...
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The Inbetweeners Movie has overtaken Bridget Jones sequel The Edge of Reason to record the biggest box office opening of any UK comedy with takings of more than £13 million.
The official book, The Inbetweeners Yearbook is published by Century on 29th September.
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Talented young film maker Anna Lavelle (winner of the 2009 Book Video Awards for her adaptation of My Sister Jodie) has worked her magic again to create this stunning new trailer for Hetty Feather. The trailer was screened at Channel 4 earlier this month. This is now the third Jacqueline Wilson project Anna has directed for RHCB, following the hit Lily Alone production earlier this year, which has now received over 150,000 views on YouTube.Our Victorian heroine's story is set to continue in Sapphire Battersea published on 29th September. Part 2 of the trailer for Sapphire Battersea will be screened exclusively at a special Super Fan party with Jacqueline on Saturday 10th September.But for no...
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Jonathan Cape has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excl. Canada) to Breakfast with Lucian by Geordie Greig. The book will be published in autumn 2012. For ten years, Geordie Greig was among a very small and select group of close friends who regularly met Lucian Freud for breakfast on Saturday mornings at Clarke's restaurant on Kensington Church Street. Breakfast with Lucian will be a multi-layered book based on these conversations, and also on Greig's knowledge of Freud's paintings, having closely followed Freud's career since 1976. In addition Greig has many hours of recorded conversations, including discussions between ...
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Ebury Press announces the acquisition of a book by Tinie Tempah for autumn 2011. Entitled TINIE TEMPAH: MY STORY SO FAR, the book will tell the story of Tinie's rollercoaster ride over the past 18 months - from Number 1 singles and albums, to MOBOs, Brit Awards, Ivor Novellos and his recent Mercury nomination. Tinie will also be sharing some of his most personal pictures and memories from the last 22 years of his life.Tinie Tempah said: "I'm really excited about the book because the last few months have been a colossal time for me. I feel like, based on my efforts and the efforts of Disturbing London, we've been able to do something that hasn't been done before, in the sense of t...
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Celebrate 21 years of Vintage Books with a colourful weekend of circus performers, creative workshops, games and fun for book lovers of all ages at the Vintage Fete on the Southbank from 2-4 September.The Vintage Fete kicks off on Friday 2 September at 7pm with a spectacular evening of circus performers - including fire eaters and stilt walkers - to promote the most dazzling debut of the autumn... The Night CircusAuthors appearing throughout the weekend include Guardian cartoonist Posy Simmonds, acclaimed food writer and urban gardener JoJo Tulloh and Rob Eastaway, author of Maths for Mums and Dads, plus free cupcakes from The Primrose Bakery with every purchase of their book. There will als...
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Ebury had a great start to the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Sunday with a headline event for Sarah Brown at which she was joined by Gordon who surprised the crowd and followed Sarah's talk with an impassioned speech on many of the issues currently affecting the country. They both took questions for over ½ hour from a very enthusiastic audience. The event has attracted a lot of attention in the national press - including this from festival sponsors The Guardian: http://bit.ly/quKjnl Earlier in the day Caitlin Moran was in conversation with deputy editor of the Guardian Katharine Viner about the many topics in her book, from Jordan to childbirth and everything in-b...
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For the last month Time Out has held an exhibition of prints from Olympic Games Through a Lens at Foyles. Well, it turns out news of our exhibition has travelled far and wide...
One of the photos featured was the iconic shot of Tommie Smith standing on top of the podium in Mexico City in 1968 having won the 200m gold and giving the Black Power salute, along with fellow athlete John Carlos.
Tommie actually arrived in the UK and he was so delighted to hear about his inclusion at the exhibition and he popped down to Foyles today to see the picture.
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