The Portuguese edition of The Old Ladies of Nazareth by Naim Attallah published by Matrix in Brazil is receiving fantastic reviews. You can read one of them here on our Chairman’s blog.

‘In the UK, and specifically in England, there are a large Arab communities from the various Near East, Gulf and North African countries.
The descendants of those countries, with their east and west, deal with all kinds of professions, so that we find among them scientists, doctors, engineers, judges, lawyers, journalists, bankers, industrialists, merchants and craftsmen, and there are a number of them who are awarded medals of merit and appreciation from Queen Elizabeth II.
And if we filter those names,who their owners have become British, appears in the surface , the name of the Palestinian Naim Attallah, who has emerged in sectors that can be enumerated in a way that is impressive and surprising, and on top of which are the publications of the international publishing house “Quartet”, which he runs with the mind of the follower of all that an English reader needs’

Arabic newspaper Alquds reviews Memories by Naim Attallah. You can read the review here and get your copy of Memories here today.

‘Maryam Diener aptly describes her book as “a work of imaginative fiction” in which she has successfully contrived to give us her subject with precisely the right amount of sensitivity and compassion without, for one moment, descending into sentimentality. Her feeling for both time and place is relaxed and evocative, while her crystalline prose is a pleasure to read, as she moves her subject through the trajectory of her life with a rare assurance and skill.

This book will encourage readers who may be unfamiliar with Forough Farokhzad’s work to discover her for themselves and be the richer for it. This is one to relish and cherish.’

The Historical Novel Society reviews Beyond Black There is No Colour by Maryam Diener. You can read the review on the Historical Novel Society or on our Chairman’s website here.

‘It’s a wonderful book.  What a remarkable life you have had! Your stylish,recounting of it is vivid, insightful and and very amusing. I note that like me you are a very green artist – always happy to recycle old material.  Quite right.  The old lines are often the best ones and need regularly to be disinterred.’

Michael Cockerell’s comments on Memories by Naim Attallah. Get your copy of the book here today.

‘From a reluctant young apprentice in bleak postwar England to publisher, author, impresario, boulevardier and giver of parties at which his well-bred, young female employees wafted around in rubber dresses – Naim Attallah’s career has been the stuff of legend.’

The Daily Mail reviews Memories by Naim Attallah. You can read the full review here and get your copy of the book here.

‘One of the most colourful personalities on London’s cultural scene, Naim Attalah has published a diverse roll call of notable literary names throughout the years, including Angela Carter, Brian Sewell and Leni Riefenstahl, to name a few. In Memories Attalah writes entertainingly about his sparkling contemporaries.’

Rebecca Wallersteiner has been isolating with new books and has recommended two Quartet titles Waugh on Wine and Memories as summer reads on The Hippocratic post. You can read the full article here.

‘A beautifully elegiac portrait of a good man living in a time of turmoil

You don’t need to look up Ted Gorton on Google (but I did of course) to be satisfied that what he writes about, he knows about.

What I liked most of all is the tone of the book: humane, witty, sane and regretful, informed on every page with a deep love and respect of the world it evokes.

A very substantial achievement, a wonderful read—it deserves to get lots and lots of readers.’

Only the Dead by Ted Gorton was shortlisted for the Author’s Club Best First Novel Award and Andrew Miller announced the winner. You can listen to him here. His comments on Only the Dead are above. You can get your copy of the book here.

Book Blast Diary has published an extract from Only the Dead by Ted Gorton. You can read it here and get your copy of the book here.

The final stop of the blog tour for Pomeranski is here! Gerald answers the quick fire author questions for the Glasshouse Girls blog. You can read the blog post here and get your copy of the book here today.

The Mail on Sunday gives a great review of Pomeranski by Gerald Jacobs. You can get your copy of the book here.

‘The collection is eclectic and idiosyncratic and something of the man is revealed in the writing.’

There’s a brilliant review of Memories by Naim Attallah on Paul Burke’s blog.  You can read the full review here and get your copy of the book here.

‘At times, it reads almost like a low-key, south-of-the-Thames version of “The Sopranos”, but with slices of Bakewell tart in place of Sicilian cannoli’

The Economist gives a fantastic review of Pomeranski by Gerald Jacobs. Read the full review here. Pomeranski is available now.