Survivors of the Gulag: Extract from ‘Gulag Voices’ by Anne Applebaum
Published last year to widespread acclaim, Gulag Voices by Pulitzer Prize-winner Anne Applebaum is a unique collection of writings from…
Literature
Bucharest Spring: Extract from ‘The Black Envelope’ by Norman Manea (part 1)
The Black Envelope is a novel by Jewish Romanian novelist Norman Manea, and has recently been published in…
Author Video: Terry Eagleton discusses the philosophy of literature, fiction and indeterminacy
In The Event of Literature Terry Eagleton returns to the discipline to which he has devoted his career: literary theory….
Author Video: Terry Eagleton discusses his return to literary theory
In his new book The Event of Literature Terry Eagleton returns to the discipline to which he has devoted…
Will Schutt wins the Yale Younger Poets Prize 2012
Will Schutt has been awarded the Yale Younger Poets Prize 2012. Schutt’s volume Westerly will be published in…
A Tribute to Adonis: Award-winning Syrian poet visits the UK for exhibition and literary events
Adonis, the Goethe prize-winning Syrian poet who was widely tipped to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2011, is…
From the Bard to the Bible: Books by influential literary critic Harold Bloom
Harold Bloom is one of the world’s preeminent literary critics. Known for his defense of 19th-century Romantic poets,…
Yale University Press London launches its Spring / Summer 2012 Seasonal Catalogue
Yale’s Spring / Summer seasonal catalogue is now available now to order and download. Today we take a…
Patti Smith’s ‘Camera Solo’: New book showcases the Godmother of Punk’s photographic work
Patti Smith: Camera Solo is an exquisite new book that features a captivating selection of black and white…
The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: Reconstructing a masterpiece of Iranian literature and art
This month sees the publication of an exciting new Metropolitan Museum of Art publication, which reproduces for the…
From America to Syria: Award-winning international poetry from Yale University Press
Today we take a look at some of Yale University Press’s critically acclaimed and award-winning poets. We also…
Nigel Smith’s ‘Andrew Marvell: The Chameleon’ makes the shortlist for Best First Biography Prize
Andrew Marvell: The Chameleon, Nigel Smith’s definitive account of the British poet’s elusive life, has made the shortlist for the…
Yale History Catalogue 2011 available now
Yale University Press’s History Catalogue 2011 is available to view and download from yalebooks.co.uk The catalogue contains everything…
The many lives of Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein is famous for many things: a prolific art collector, writer and poet, Stein was a major…
Yale’s Autumn and Winter 2011 catalogue is available now
Yale University Press has just published its catalogue for the Autumn and Winter publishing season. It contains every…