Dan Brown's new novel, Inferno, the eagerly awaited follow-up to his No.1 international blockbuster, The Lost Symbol, will be published on May 14th 2013 in hardcover at £20.00 and will be available as an ebook and on CD audio from Random House audio.
The new book features renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and is set in the heart of Europe. There, he is drawn into a harrowing world centred on one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces.
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The Random House UK Group today announced it is to launch an ‘author portal’: an online one-stop shop, information resource for authors.The portal will be easy to use and rich in content and will complement the existing strong relationships authors have with their Random House publishing teams. Authors will be able to access up-to-date personalised sales and royalties information alongside a regularly updated library of Random House news, publishing industry updates, consumer insight reports, marketing tips and social media ‘how to’ guides. The portal, to be made available to Random House UK’s authors and also the agent community, will be based on th...
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Francesca Segal's The Innocents (Chatto and Windus) and Mary and Bryan Talbot's graphic memoir Dotter of her Father's Eyes (Jonathan Cape) were awarded the Costa First Novel award and Costa Biography award respectively.This is the first time ever, a female winner features in every category.The winners in each of the five award categories receive £5,000, and one book is selecte...
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Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James has been named the Specsavers National Book of the Year for 2012 - the overall winner of the public vote which comprised winners of ten categories which also included Lee Child's A Wanted Man and Rachel's Joyce's The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.Fifty Shades of Grey scooped the award for Specsavers Popular Fiction Book of the Year and so entered into the running for Book of the Year up against some of the most popular books of 2012, winning over 75% of the public vote.E L James, said: 'Thank you so much for this wonderful award. I am truly honoured. I have to thank the readers and the retailers for making Fifty Shades of Grey the su...
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RHCP author Quentin Blake has been knighted in the New Year honours list for his outstanding work as an illustrator. Blake turned 80 in December and described the honour as "quite a nice 80th birthday present".Alongside his much-loved illustrations, many of which appear in Roald Dahl's books, he is also recognised for his work in commissioning art in hospitals, and for his...
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The December Vintage Podcast is now available to download for free from itunes and Vintage Books.
This month is a festival special! Alex Clark talks to Deborah Moggach, author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, about her exclusive-to-ebook Christmas story 'Twin Beds', which introduces us to the cast of her new comic novel Heartbreak Hotel, out from Chatto in February. We go backstage at the Arts Theatre in Leicester Square where Simon Callow, in between performing in his acclaimed production of A Christmas Carol, treated us to a reading from Dickens at Christmas.
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The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan has been named as Bord Gáis Energy Book of the Year 2012. The debut novel was the public's choice from the list of category winners at the recent Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2012.Among the category winners at the awards were Maeve Binchy, Edna O’Brien and Katie Taylor. Donal Ryan won the Best Irish Newcomer of the Year and ...
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Random House authors have been shortlisted in a number of categories for the Paddy Power and Total Politics Political Book Awards which seek to recognise the very best in political writing and publishing. Winners across nine categories will be chosen by a panel of political celebrity judges.Shortlisted Random House Group titles are:Political Book of the Year· &nb...
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The wonderful Rose Tremain, author of Merivel, has written a piece for the Vintage blog about her radio adaptation of The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope. It has been adapted into three parts for Radio 4, the first of which will be broadcast on December 23rd.
Read more on the Vintage blog.
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The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis (pub17th January 2013) has been picked as the second book in Oprah's Book Club 2.0.In an impassioned announcement to her followers, Oprah said, "Not since Toni Morrison have I read a writer whose words have moved me this way," and in describing Ayana Mathis, "I knew I was having the privilege of witnessing a great writer's career begin."The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is an unforgettably powerful novel about a mother's courage, sacrifice and love, set against the volatile history of twentieth century America.Alongside Oprah, the novel has also garnered praise from Marilynne Robinson, who called it 'A vibrant and compassionate portrait of a family ...
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