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The Decadents Fight Back
September sees publication of LIGHTS OUT IN WONDERLAND, DBC Pierre’s third novel; in some ways the concluding fiction in what he has referred…
Ever wanted to know How Music Works?
Dr John Powell has used his many years of experience, both as a composer and as a physicist, to explain all the secrets of…
DBC Pierre talks about his new novel
DBC Pierre’s third book, LIGHTS OUT IN WONDERLAND, will be available in shops from 2nd September, and in celebration of the fact Faber…
Ali Shaw longlisted for Dylan Thomas prize
Conville and Walsh is delighted to report that Ali Shaw has been nominated on the longlist for the University of Wales Dylan…
Mr Nice wins award in Edinburgh
MR NICE, the film based on Howard Marks’ bestselling book of the same name, has picked up an award at this year’s
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Good news for optimists
Scheduled for delivery in December 2010, RAINY BRAIN, SUNNY BRAIN, the first popular title by Professor Elaine Fox, has been selling fast around the world. The current Head of the Brain Science and Psychology Department at the University of Essex, Professor Fox will write of her twenty years’ research into anxiety and fear, coupling that work with her more recent discoveries on the field of human optimism, including her identification, earlier this year, of the ‘optimism gene’. In America, the book attracted huge interest, with seven publishers bidding, culminating in a six figure deal on best bids with Lara Heimert at Basic Books. In Canada, Brad Wilson at HarperCollins fought off two rivals to acquire; in Britain, Drummond Moir won out against three other publishers; in Germany, Johannes Jacob emerged victorious for the C. Bertelsman list; and Swedish rights have been pre-empted by Suzanne Trygve at Norstedts.
08 Jun 2009