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Three on Branford Boase longlist
We are delighted to announce that three of our authors are on this year’s longlist for the Branford Boase Award: …
Before I Go to Sleep Hits #1 Spot
We’re writing with the exciting news that Before I Go to Sleep is this week’s Sunday Times #1 Bestseller. The debut novel by
A Shed of One’s Own
We are delighted to report that Marcus Berkmann’s A Shed of One’s Own will be BBC Radio 4’s Book of the…
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It’s been the usual busy and successful year, with a number of new authors achieving publishing contracts through the agency, and various debut novels receiving…
2011 At a Glance
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Penguin Press pre-empt closes down developing auction
Having often been asked to lecture to music students about the science behind music, the physicist, Dr John Powell, is now writing a highly accessible book for music fans of all stripes. HOW MUSIC WORKS will answer such questions as why two violins don’t sound twice as loud as one; how our ability to distinguish timbre lies in our evolutionary adaptation to distinguish predators (thus to work out whether the sound is being made by a small animal (rabbit is on the menu) or a tiger (I am on the menu)); or indeed why seismologists use cheap speaker cables.
When he’s not busy working as Visiting Professor of Physics at the University of Nottingham or at the University of Lulea in Sweden, Dr John Powell is himself a classical guitarist. Pre-empted on proposal by Helen Conford at Penguin Press, HOW MUSIC WORKS will be delivered in December 2009 for publication in 2010.
08 Jun 2009