‘Fire Child’s heroine Tessa is still my dark friend, as dear to me as the sweetest of my acquaintances, because it isn’t just the good people who make up the texture and the clamour of our lives but the bad people too, and our own dark sides – the people like Tessa and her lover Martin who dance on the edge of time and make hay with the devil.’

Sally Emerson writes about Fire Child and revisiting her titles for the Foyles blog. You can read the full piece here and get your copy of the book here.

The Sunday Times gives a sparkling review of Fire Child by Sally Emerson. Get your copy here on publication date this Thursday!

“Going back to these books is like recovering different parts of my life. None of the characters seemed like strangers, they were still all part of me. I am almost more of a stranger to myself now because I’ve known them longer. As life goes on you change in all sorts of ways but every time it’s new and rather surprising. As a writer you always believe you’ll be better but that’s not always true.”

There’s a fantastic interview with Sally Emerson in Ham & High. You can read the article here and get your copy of Fire Child here on Thursday…

‘It is always interesting, and in Matty, Welby has created a memorable protagonist in the brilliant setting of Soho. I am intrigued to see where she goes next.’

Shiny New Books reviews Mother of Darkness by Venetia Welby. You can read the full review here and get your copy of the book here today.

‘Venetia Welby is not your bog standard author. She’s a writer to watch. A writer who is gifted beyond description. The research that went into this book would have been extensive, the effortless way in which she flips between such different writing styles left me speechless.’

The Glasshouse Girls gives a fantastic review of Mother of Darkness by Venetia Welby. You can read the full review here and get your copy of the book here today.

Venetia Welby answers questions for Portobello Book Blog. To read the Q&A session go here and to get your copy of the book go here.

Tribune Magazine review The Orwell Essays by Brian Sewell. This brilliant selection of Orwell-Prize winning journalism is available here. 

‘Howard Jacobson has written that there is “a deceptive matter-of-factness about Jacobs’s writing which masks an exquisite sadness. His is the art of the refined miniaturist.” Jacobs deploys this skill to paint a moving triptych of joy and pain, as experienced by generations of Jewish families.’

Standpoint Magazine reviews Nine Love Letters by Gerald Jacobs. To read the full review, go here. Get your copy of the book here today.

Venetia Welby shares ten things she wants her readers to know about her with Female First, which you can read here. Mother of Darkness by Venetia Welby will be out on Thursday and will be available here.

Mary Duncan of The Huffington Post interviewed John De St. Jorre while he was in Paris. You can read the full interview here and get your copy of Darling Baby Mine by John De St. Jorre here today.

Our Chairman, Naim Attallah, received his CBE from HRH The Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace last week, and here’s the photograph to prove it.

He was given the honour for his services to publishing and the arts. Everyone at Quartet is delighted by the event and, of course, feel extraordinarily proud.

Quartet authors Vanessa Nicolson and John De St. Jorre will be speaking at The Oxford Literary Festival on the 30th March. The event is called Uncovering Family Secrets – for more information go here.

We will be publishing The Truth Game by Vanessa Nicolson in April and Darling Baby Mine by John De St. Jorre is available here now. If you’re in Oxford for the festival, make sure you attend this eye-opening event.