‘So much of the sadness of losing Brian is just the sadness of never seeing a friend who has been personally kind on many occasions. I wish he hadn’t suffered so much in those last few months; I wish I had called him more often; I wish I could call him now for his take on the David Cameron/pig situation — because I just know he’d have some mischievous art-historical parallel that would be far funnier and truer than anything on Twitter’

Richard Godwin remembers Brian Sewell in the Evening Standard. Read the full article here. The Man Who Built the Best Car in the World by Brian Sewell is available now.

‘Brian Sewell’s last book before his untimely death, The Man Who Built the Best Car in the World, beautifully illustrated by Stefan Marjoram and written in such a way as to appeal to children as well as adults.

Quartet has released the book early, a month before its official publication date, to pay tribute to Brian who will also be remembered as a great car lover’

Our Chairman posts about the release of our new title The Man Who Built the Best Car in the World by Brian Sewell. Read his full post here. The Man Who Built the Best Car in the World is available here now.

‘Brian spoke bald truths that punctured reputations and were impossible to ignore because they were written by a man who knew more than anyone about art history. All big-name contemporary artists – particularly the “conceptual” ones – from Damien Hirst to Anish Kapoor, were humiliated by his caustic lashings and had to take it on the chin, knowing everyone in the art world would have read it. But Brian was no ivory tower intellectual, and was as happy to work behind the counter in Oxfam in Wimbledon Village as to attend exhibitions in Whitechapel or The National Gallery’

Geordie Greig remembers Brian Sewell in the Mail on Sunday. Read the full article: Fearless, contrarian, anti-populist… and the voice of a Duchess!

‘It was a very different time, for newspapers, when transgressions were deliberate and admired, and kudos was all about effortlessness: expertise imbibed in subtle, imperceptible ways, articles knocked out in 20 minutes, bitchiness executed with total nonchalance but never vulgarity. Sewell wasn’t the only one capable of that but he was, much like his accent, in a class of his own. Knowing that made him generous even while he pretended, with all the might of his typewriter, to be a bastard’

Zoe Williams remembers Brian Sewell in the Guardian. Read the full article The day Brian Sewell picked a fight with Princess Diana

‘A dog’s devotion is unquestioning, undemanding and undiminishing; he never cares how you look first thing in the morning, does not look aghast at belch or fart, nor does he grumble if you choose not to shave. He laments you going and rejoices at your coming back’

Brian Sewell in his own words: extracts from the memoirs of the Evening Standard’s legendary art critic.

We are all saddened by the news that Brian Sewell, art critic of the Evening Standard for more than thirty years, prize-winning journalist and best-selling author, has passed away. He was 84.

We are the proud publishers of six titles by Brian Sewell.

Our Chairman Naim Attallah posted a tribute on his blog, which can be read here.

Quartet Books require an Editorial Manager to commence employment in January 2016. Must have experience in all day-to-day publishing activity, able to supervise a team of freelancers and work with two in-house assistants. Experience of sales management would be an advantage. Please apply either in writing, enclosing CV to Editorial Vacancy, Quartet Books, 27 Goodge Street, London W1T 2LD or by email to info@quartetbooks.co.uk with ‘Editorial Manager Position’ in the subject line.

We’re delighted to announce that Robert Montagu has teamed up with Nested Events and will be speaking about his experiences and A Humour of Love at St Cuthbert’s Church, Earls Court on 21st October. It’s going to be an eye-opening discussion and a brilliant evening. Not one to miss! Tickets are £10 and include a curry. For more information on the event and to get a ticket go here. Get your copy of A Humour of Love by Robert Montagu here today!

‘If 2015 is to be a year defined by refugees and terrorism, Sunny Singh’s remarkable novel Hotel Arcadia should play a part.  Although brief and nominally a thriller, Singh’s third novel is equally a deep meditation on empathy and engagement’

Performative Utterance reviews Hotel Arcadia by Sunny Singh. Read the full review here now and get your copy of the book here today!

‘If you ask anyone to name some of the great photographers during the 1960’s and 70’s and the names of Patrick Litchfield and David Bailey would be mentioned but also would be mentioned would be Jim Lee, one of the true greats of fashion photography during this time. Quartet Books have just released the autobiography of the famous photographer that helped inspire a generation but also the next generation of fashion photographers. For someone like me who has had a very keen interest in photography since childhood and would study all forms of the art I always knew of Jim Lee so that chance to be given the opportunity to review Life in B&W was a moment I will not forget’

The Last Word reviews Life in B&W by Jim Lee. You can read the full and fantastic review here and get your copy of Life in B&W today!

‘Hailed as Britain’s answer to Guy Bourdin, Lee provocatively applied a radical chic to the era’s most celebrated fashions – the Ossie Clark dresses, the Jaeger bags, the Biba girls – by thrusting them into unsettling, political landscapes filled with war and terror: models clutched machine guns instead of handbags, were cradled in soldiers’ arms in smoke-filled fields, or captured walking free of plane crashes, unscathed and beautifully dressed’

Jim Lee is interviewed by the Independent on Sunday. He shares all about his life, ambitions and work.

Jim Lee has had an extraordinary life and you can read the full story in our new title Life in B&W. Get a copy of his memoir here today!

Lucy Beresford was in Edinburgh for the festival and invited to sign books at Looking Glass Books.

Here’s Lucy signing copies of Invisible Threads.

Get your copy of the book here today!