Deon Meyer’s TRACKERS enters the Dutch bestseller lists in first week

Deon Meyer is on tour in Holland and Belgium for the Dutch publication by Bruna of TRACKERS (SPOOR in Dutch). In the first week of publication TRACKERS has entered the Bestseller 60 list and is in the Top Ten crime and thriller bestsellers. 

He appeared on Thursday 31 October at Polare in Utrecht, see more here.

More events:

Saturday 2 November 10:30 – 11:15 Boekhandel Los in Bussum

Saturday 2 November 12:00 – 12:45 Boekhandel Veenendaal in Amersfoort

Saturday 2 November 15:00 – 15:45 Boekhandel Broekhuis Hengelo

Sunday 3 November he will be at the Flemish Book Fair. 

Deon Meyer’s latest Benny Griessel novel COBRA has just been published in Afrikaans (as KOBRA) in South Africa. SEVEN DAYS is just out in paperback in the US, the UK and Canada.

See more on Deon’s website.

Praise for Deon Meyer:

Meyer is a writer to take seriously - the best crime writer out of South Africa." -- Crime Time

'With Deon Meyer you can't go wrong. He's a writer whose work I admire, wait for and then devour.' -- Michael Connelly

THE FISHING FLEET no. 8 in charts!

Anne De Courcy’s THE FISHING FLEET will be no 8 in the UK Paperback charts this weekend. It was published in paperback last week by Orion, and already rocketed its way to 8th position. 

THE FISHING FLEET tells the story of the late nineteenth century in India where Britain's finest and brightest men settled to become businessmen, administrators and soldiers.  Young women flocked to the area for intense socializing and found themselves caught up in a whirlwind of dances, parties and marriages. After the honeymoon things often changed drastically for these husband hunting women. 

De Courcy's narrative and first hand resources, in the form of unpublished letters and diaries, make for a delightful read.

Film rights have been sold to Ridley Scott’s production company.

Praise for THE FISHING FLEET:

'An entertaining, richly detailed account of a world that vanished overnight in 1947 with independence' -- The Sunday Times

'Highly evocative... de Courcy takes the reader through an enchanted world: scarlet coats and white topis; the heat of a regimental dance with buildings picked out in tiny oil lamps and lanterns hung in the trees;… am-dram and tiger shoots; medicinal brandy and ginger ale; tiffin and sword exercises; the smell of wood fires in the hearth; a civet cat found drinking a bedtime glass of milk and a monkey snatching a silver spoon.' -- Jad Adams, The Guardian

'Through heat, dust, lust and wedlock, de Courcy's memsahibs step a lively dance' -- Saga Magazine  

'A seasoned social historian, Anne de Courcy brilliantly evokes the era, often by allowing her heroines to do the talking. We hear vivid contemporary descriptions of everything from tiger hunts and tea dances to the agonies of prickly heat... the women who married into the Raj were true adventurers. De Courcy's book restores their proper reputation: as brave, sometimes batty, irredeemably British heroines' -- Jemima Lews, Daily Mail

Vote for Janice Galloway to win the Best Scottish Book of the last 50 Years!

The Scottish Book Trust are asking people to vote for the best Scottish Book of the last 50 years, and Janice Galloway’s THE TRICK IS TO KEEP BREATHING is on the shortlist. There are 50 books on the shortlist, which now needs narrowing down to the top ten.

Please cast your vote here! 

Janice Galloway was born in Ayrshire in 1955. Her first novel, THE TRICK IS TO KEEP BREATHING (Vintage), now widely regarded as a contemporary Scottish classic, was published in 1990. It was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel, Scottish First Book, Italia Premio Acerbi and Aer Lingus Awards, and won the MIND/Allen Lane Book of the Year. Her second novel was FOREIGN PARTS (Vintage, 1995), which won Te McVitie's Prize. CLARA (Vintage), a fictionalised account of the life of Clara Schumann, was published in 2003 and won the Saltire Book of the Year.

Ivan Vladislavic in the US to launch DOUBLE NEGATIVE for And Other Stories

Ivan Vladislavic is stateside to promote his new novel DOUBLE NEGATIVE, published by And Other Stories. On 4 November he will be be appearing at 192 Books in New York. There he will be in conversation with Teju Cole, who wrote the introduction to the And Other Stories edition of DOUBLE NEGATIVE. Ivan will also be appearing at Seminary Coop Bookstore in Chicago on 30 October and The New School in New York on 31 October.

DOUBLE NEGATIVE focuses on apartheid-era university dropout Neville Lister whose life is changed when he is sent to photographer Saul Auerbach to gain some sense of perspective and purpose. So begins a delicate, funny and beautifully written exploration of the art of depiction, and the haunting power of photographs, those 'odd little memorials that owe a lot to chance and intuition'. This spare, memorable novel tracks the changing face of Johannesburg over the decades and the crooked path of Neville's career, and throws new light on our ways of seeing and recording, on how and what we remember, and the art of getting lost.

DOUBLE NEGATIVE is out in the UK and US in November, and is also published by Random Umuzi in South Africa, Editions Zoe in France and Contrasto in Italy. In April 2014 And Other Stories publish his novel THE RESTLESS SUPERMARKET. 

See more on Ivan’s website here.

Praise for Ivan Vladislavic:

'Vladislavić seeks the poetry of the city he has known and loved for 30 years ... He finds the human behind Johannesburg's sorry reputation.' -- Ross Leckie, The Times (South Africa)

'Ivan Vladislavić is one of a handful of writers working in South Africa after apartheid whose work will still be read in fifty years.' --The White Review

'One of the most imaginative minds at work in South African literature today.' -- André Brink

'Ivan Vladislavic is the most significant writer in South Africa today.' -- Focus on Africa

Praise for DOUBLE NEGATIVE:

‘One of those novels that you keep thinking about long after you’ve read them. Not for some shocking storyline or a bizarre setting but because it has so many layers that it takes a while to understand them. …  DOUBLE NEGATIVE is a multi-layered, complex novel, deceptive in its first-impression gentleness.’ Maia Nikitina, Bookmunch

‘Then, last but not least, next month's exciting new author Ivan Vladislavić. … He's a big name in South Africa and we think he will be here in the future. A lot of British and American writers are already fans. His novel DOUBLE NEGATIVE, which focuses on photography, growing up and generational differences, comes out in November. I love the honest complexity of life in his books. Things are not black and white. And then we're looking forward to publishing his novel THE RESTLESS SUPERMARKET in April 2014 - about the end of apartheid and the new South Africa from an unusual perspective. It takes the zero tolerance approach to punctuation of Eats, Shoots and Leaves to a hilarious yet poignant conclusion.' – Stefan Tobler, publisher of And Other Stories, Interview with Culture Critic

‘Ivan Vladislavic is a master of the art of painting the reality of South Africa…  The light irony of the narrator, the distance he maintains without arrogance creates an enticing complicity for the reader… There are some stunning scenes, not just visual but audible too... ‘ – Le Temps

‘Elegantly written, brought to life by a quiet humour and strong imagery.’ –  Jeune Afrique

Peter James is No.1!

DEAD MAN’S TIME by Peter James is No. 1 in the UK Paperback Fiction charts in its first week. The ninth instalment in the Roy Grace series has shot to number one position after just three days. We all congratulate Peter on his success!

Roy Grace investigates a savage burglary in Brighton, in which an old lady is murdered: although £10m of antiques have been taken, it is only a rare vintage watch that the family wants back. Grace has kicked over a hornet’s nest of new and ancient hatreds. Gavin Daly, the dead woman’s 95-year-old brother, has a score to settle and a promise to keep.

Praise for the Roy Grace series:

'Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business.' -- Karin Slaughter

'The rapid-fire suspense builds to a terrifying, graphic conclusion that leaves tantalizing room for future instalments in the series.' -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

'What makes his books better than other people's books I think is that the ordinary people in these books react in the way they would react.  They have absolute emotional credibility.' -- Jeff Park, 'Front Row' BBC Radio

'Exceptional, knock-your-socks-off.' -- Washington Post