Saturday, September 22, 2012

A&U has five out of six Man Booker Prize shortlist titles


A&U's NZ publicist Abba Renshaw is justfiably happy and proud in letting everyone know that they have now secured rights to the Myrmidon edition of The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng which means  Allen & Unwin represent 5 of the 6 on the Man Booker Prize shortlist (all except the Hilary Mantel novel) in New Zealand and Australia. 

THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS -  Tan Twan Eng 9781905802623 (Myrmidon) NZ$36.99 tpb (out Oct 3)

THE LIGHTHOUSE -  Alison Moore 9780857869951 (Canongate) NZ$24.99 B pb (out Oct 1, and the Listener bookclub pick for October)

NARCOPOLIS - Jeet Thayil 9780571275762 (Faber & Faber) NZ$36.99 tpb (out now)

SWIMMING HOME - Deborah Levy 9780571299607 (Faber & Faber/& Other Stories) NZ$24.99 B pb (out Oct 1)

UMBRELLA - Will Self 9781408832097 Bloomsbury NZ$35 demy pb (out now)

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