You are viewing your 1 free article this month. Login to read more articles.
Brighton Rock, The Moonstone and Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit are among the titles to be recommended by the World Book Night 2012 authors, with Stephen King’s recommendation of The Iron Will of Shoeshine Cats leading to its acquisition by Hodder imprint Mulholland Books.
An extract from the recommended titles will be included within the WBN edition of the matching title. WBN c.e.o. Julia Kingsford said: “Asking our World Book Night authors to recommend something seems like the perfect way to introduce new books and writers to readers, and encourage people to keep on reading.”
King, whose book Misery is among the WBN 2012 picks, selected The Iron Will of Shoeshine Cats by Hesh Kestin, which had not been published in the UK.
Mulholland Books editor Ruth Tross then acquired British Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) in the title, set in 1960s New York, from Sylvie Rosokoff at Trident Media, on behalf of Ellen Levine. The Hodder imprint will publish on 12th April—11 days before World Book Night 2012.
Brighton Rock was chosen by Martina Cole, with Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone picked by Penguin, who will publish A Tale of Two Cities for WBN 2012. Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit was selected by the estate of Dodie Smith, author of I Capture the Castle.
The full list of recommendations:
Half of the Human Race by Anthony Quinn, chosen by Austen's publishers
Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore, chosen by Iain M Banks
The Creeper by Tania Carver, chosen by Mark Billingham
In Trouble Again by Redmond O'Hanlon, chosen by Bill Bryson
The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges, chosen by Paulo Coelho
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene, chosen by Martina Cole
Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride, chosen by Bemard Comwell
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, chosen by the Dahl estate
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, chosen by Dickens' publishers
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett, chosen by Emma Donoghue
Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman, chosen by the du Maurier estate
Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig, chosen by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Iron Will of Shoeshine Cats by Hesh Kestin, chosen by Stephen King
The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E M Delafield, chosen by Sophie Kinsella
The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon, chosen by Andrea Levy
Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick, chosen by John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstem, chosen by Audrey Niffenegger
Our Spoons Come from Woolworths by Barbara Comyns, chosen by Maggie O’Farrell
King Crow by Michael Stewart, chosen by David Peace
The Man Who Was Thursday by G K Chesterton, chosen by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet, chosen by Meg Rosoff
Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado, chosen by Joe Simpson
Oranges are not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson, chosen by the Dodie Smith estate
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey, chosen by Markus Zusak