Des Wilson writes about MP Cyril Smith for the Daily Mail and the sex abuse that was ‘swept under the carpet’.

We are delighted to be publishing Growing Old by Des in June. Find out more on the title here… 

‘Everything I have achieved in my 67 years has been accompanied by a member of the opposite sex working hard to derail me or render me invisible.’

Anne Dunhill reveals her affair with Sir Jeremy Isaacs in the Daily Mail. Anne Dunhill’s memoir Anita is available today!

‘This objectivity feels authentic, because there are thoughts and incidents revealed here that feel too painful and honest. It’s not an uncomfortable read — indeed, I flew through it in an hour or so, the writing is so eloquent — but it is a deeply affecting and poignant one.’

Reading Matters reviews A Woman’s Story by Annie Ernaux. The book is available now!

The way you want to be remembered… ‘As someone who made the lives of a few animals a little bit better.’

The Daily Mail interviews Brian Sewell with some probing questions. Read here for more and get your copy of Sleeping with Dogs today!

‘Interestingly, the character at the heart of the book, Mohawk’s eldest son Harry, never speaks to the reader at all, yet I felt I knew him so well that I had to flick back to check that this was really so.’

John Self reviews Mohawk’s Brood  by Amanda Prantera on his blog The Asylum. The book is available now!

‘This book is a perfect example of what simple writing can do well and that is drag you into a world’

Winston’s Dad reviews A Woman’s Story by Annie Ernaux

‘We need men like John Borrell to stand up to the bullies in this world and through righteousness claim a well-deserved victory’

Our Chairman Naim Attallah blogs about The White Lake by John Borrell

Elizabeth Day from the Observer lunches with Brian Sewell and talks Tracey Emin, Grayson Perry, Anthony Blunt and life…

Outsider, Outsider II, Naked Emperors and Sleeping with Dogs by Brian Sewell are all available today!

David Bailey’s exhibition Stardust is currently on at the National Portrait Gallery and we have a wonderful treat in store for 2015.  We are delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of Bailey and I by David R L Litchfield.

This book will be the story of the Ritz Newspaper which the photographer David Bailey and author David R L Litchfield co-published and edited from 1976 till 1982. Copies of this newspaper are currently on display at  the exhibition and a number of the portraits in the exhibition were taken specifically for Ritz and/or published in the Newspaper.

‘The White Lake has moved a long way fromToujours Provence and become the story of a personal and political struggle, a kind of alternative history of the Polish transformation. It might even be the perfect book for anyone feeling the need to catch up on what exactly happened after 1989. There is just enough background history for outsiders to understand the motivations of the characters, but not so much as to become incomprehensible.’

The Spectator reviews The White Lake by John Borrell. The title is available now!

‘Ernaux should be applauded, because the last fifteen pages, which document her mother’s slide into Alzheimer’s, are a sad and poignant account of a terrible disease. And Ernaux should take credit for that, for her book allows her mother’s life to transcend its alarming end. In fact, it really does help bring her back into the world’

 

 

The Bookbag on A Woman’s Story by Annie Ernaux. Get your copy today!

‘It’s clear that Darlow was deeply affected by his contact with Tamara, never forgetting her; and by putting together this book, he’s ensured that other people can share in her life and experiences so that she, and the many other ordinary Russian people who lived through such extraordinary times, will not be forgotten. It was a delight and a privilege to spend time hearing Tamara’s inspiring and touching story, together with the tales she had to tell of a life that began when she was born in Siberia!’

Shiny New Books reviews Born in Siberia by Tamara Astafieva. Get your copy today…