Michael Hastings is to adapt a lost masterpiece by Irene Nemirovsky, author of the bestselling Suite Francaise, for BBC Radio 4. The book is called A Life of Chekhov, and consists of twelve episodes f...
Clare Francis will be appearing at the Edinburgh Literary Festival, sharing the Charlotte Square stage with Philip Kerr: "Two complete masters of their genres. Clare Francis, former round-th...
Johnson & Alcock still have vacancies available for their summer internship programme. We offer two-week unpaid placements at our offices in Clerkenwell, with travel and lunch expenses covered. Ou...
James Hamilton-Paterson's much-loved comic creation Gerald Samper, star of Cooking with Fernet Branca and Amazing Disgrace, is due for another outing this summer. A major title from Faber, this bo...
Acclaimed writer/director Katie Mitchell has picked up the stage rights to David Magarshack's translation of Dostoevsky's The Idiot, and is currently working on a radical adaptation for t...
Latest reviews for Clare Francis's sensational new thriller Unforgotten, due out in paperback in November 2008: ...
Elaine Dundy, author of The Dud Avocado, has died at the age of 86. A wonderfully talented and vivid writer, she was famously married to the critic and bon viveur Kenneth Tynan. For more on her l...
Michael Hastings' magnificent new adaptation of Guiseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's The Leopard was broadcast in the famous 'Drama on 3' slot on Sunday May 11th. Starring Stanley Townsend a...
Michael Joseph (UK) and Penguin Putnam (US) have signed up two more thrillers by Dick Francis and Felix Francis. The first book is called Silks, and features a barrister who is also an ...
David Pownall's monologue Hard Frosts in Florence, specially written for Paul Scofield, is to be re-broadcast in memory of the actor's death. It is a moving monologue evoking the thoughts...
