Monthly archive - June 2023

Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning genius behind such indelible American novels as Suttree, Blood Meridian, and The Road, along with his most accessible work, The Border Trilogy, has died in Santa Fe at age 89.

Bestseller David Baldacci has inked an eight-book agreement with his long-standing house, Grand Central Publishing. The deal sees Baldacci continue with the only publisher he's worked with, as GCP released his debut novel, Absolute Power, in 1996.  Read more

The 1990s were a boom time for fiction. In those days - and this is not an exaggeration - a teenage girl could secure a half million pound advance for a one-page outline of her first novel. Those of us who had been in the business since of old viewed the transformed present with bemusement and bitter envy.  Read more

Book festival organisers are reporting difficulties when it comes to booking big names for their events. Are festivals destined to play second fiddle to commercial event companies?