Andy Briggs and Jim Sullos to feature in Radio 4 documentary, 'Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle'

Andy Briggs, whose collaboration with the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate, TARZAN: THE GREYSTOKE LEGACY brought the hundred year old Tarzan character swinging into the 21st Century, and Jim Sullos of ERB Inc., will talk to John Waite and be accompanied by cultural historian Jeffrey Richards and Desmond Morris, who'll be there to discuss the plausibility of the notion of a baby being raised by apes!

The program will air on Monday 27th February 2012, at 4.00pm on BBC Radio 4.

TARZAN: THE GREYSTOKE LEGACY was published by Faber in the UK in 2011 and has been sold in China, Czech Republic, Greece and Israel. The sequel, TARZAN: JUNGLE WARRIOR will be published this year, in time for the centenary celebrations.

Praise for TARZAN: THE GREYSTOKE LEGACY:

'I fell in love with Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan when I was 11 years old, and was jealous when he married that silly Jane. I would have been even more jealous of the Jane in TARZAN: THE GREYSTOKE LEGACY - she is not silly at all!  And what a stroke of brilliance to transform Tarzan into an eco-warrior. The Lord of the Jungle is with us still.' -- Dr Jane Goodall

'Tarzan is back with a bloodcurdling roar! An epic re-book of the classic series.' -- Eoin Colfer, author of ARTEMIS FOWL

'CRACKING jungle adventure with the one and only, all- time best eco-warrior, Tarzan.' -- MG Harris, author of THE JOSHUA FILES

'Wow! All the things I loved about the original Tarzan books rebooted for modern-day Africa, with a plot that will whisk you off your feet and swing you through the trees at breakneck speed.' -- Roderick Gordon, author of TUNNELS

'This is a lion-roaring read of an adventure that seized me from the first page and refused to let go.The action is breathless, the characters are enthralling and the environmental message is vital. Tarzan is not only stunningly reborn, he is more relevant today than he ever was.' -- Chris Bradford, author of YOUNG SAMURAI

'A hero that doesn't have special powers, can't do magic, and isn't an angel? Andy's Tarzan doesn't need them; he kicks ass from the moment he appears in the first chapter.' -- David Gatward, author of THE DEAD, THE DARK, THE DAMNED

'An awesome African adventure. The legend of Tarzan is in great hands.' -- Steve Feasey, author of CHANGELING

'A white-knuckle adventure worthy of Burroughs at his best. Andy Briggs' Tarzan is a stunning achievement.' -- William Hussey, author of WITCHFINDER

Deon Meyer’s TRACKERS (French title: A LA TRACE) reaches No. 2 spot on L’Express best-seller list!

Deon Meyer's TRACKERS (A LA TRACE), published by Le Seuil in France, has reached the No. 2 spot on the best-seller list in the weekly newsmagazine L'Express - the key French bestseller list.

In the 1 March issue TRACKERS will feature at No. 2, with French author Daniel Pennac at No. 1, which puts TRACKERS as the best translated novel sold in France for the week of 13 to 19 February.

This comes hot on the heels of last week's news of TRACKERS reaching No. 12 on Livres Hebdo's best seller list and the range of fantastic reviews and interviews from several French publications. Read the interview with Deon in the 'Journal du Dimanche' here. TRACKERS also topped the South African charts for many weeks, once again confirming Deon's crown as the King of South African Crime Fiction.

Published by Hodder in the UK, Random House in Canada, and Grove Atlantic in the US, TRACKERS was also named one of The Sunday Times Best Crime Novels of 2011, and on the Best Crime & Thrillers list for 2011 in The Independent. Across the Atlantic it was picked as one of the best thrillers of 2011 by Kirkus and the German edition published by Aufbau also won acclaim. Deon Meyer's prize-winning novels are published in 24 countries around the world and many titles are optioned for film.

Praise for TRACKERS:

'How fulfilling the rewards are for those seeking crime fiction with real texture and intelligence...TRACKERS is a sprawling, invigorating and socially committed crime novel.'-- Barry Forshaw, The Independent

'I am steeling myself for this month's inevitable hysteria as publishers and booksellers trumpet that "South Africa is the new Scandinavia" when it comes to crime writing and that Deon Meyer is "South Africa's Answer to Stieg Larsson". He's not; he's far better...With TRACKERS I would suggest he has moved into the John le Carré class…mainly because this is a book which is a great thriller and a fine novel of characterisation.' -- Mike Ripley, Shots Magazine

GHOST LIGHT shortlisted for LA Times Book Prize

Joseph O'Connor's acclaimed novel, GHOST LIGHT, has been shortlisted in the Fiction category for the prestigious LA Times Book Prize, 2012. Previous winners in the Fiction category include Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Margaret Atwood, William Boyd, Thomas Keneally, W.G. Sebald, David Malouf, Jennifer Egan, Colm Tóibín and Ian McEwan.

The awards are presented in 10 categories:  current interest, fiction, first fiction, biography, history, mystery-thriller, science and technology, graphic novel, poetry and yound adult literature. Other nominees in the category of Fiction this year include, Michael Ondaatje, Julie Otsuka, Edith Pearlman and Alex Shakar.

The Los Angeles Times Book Prize was founded by the late LA Times book editor, Art Seidenbaum. The award for First Fiction was named after him and added a year after his death in 1990. The 32nd annual prize will be awarded on 20 April at USC's Bovard Auditorium in Los Angeles.  Please click here for more details.

Published by Harvill Secker in the UK and Farrar, Straus & Giroux in the US, GHOST LIGHT was chosen as Dublin's  'One City, One Book' in 2011 and has been translated into 14 other languages.

GHOST LIGHT follows two intertwined love stories, told through a narrative that moves between London and Ireland in the 1910's and 1950's Dublin. The doomed love affair between the controversial playwright J M Synge and his lover, the actress Molly Allgood is remembered in heartbreaking detail by Molly, now old, poor and barely ekeing out a living in 1950's London.

Earlier this month, Joseph O'Connor was honoured with the Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Contribution to Literature, the prize presented to him by the President of Ireland.  His earlier novel, STAR OF THE SEA sold more than a million copies in the British edition alone. The next work he will publish, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?, a collection of stories and a novella, will be published by Harvill Secker later this year.

Praise for GHOST LIGHT:

'It has an astonishing command of voice and period detail, and offers an intimacy with the lives of others which is rare in fiction.' -- Colm Tóibín

'As I read GHOST LIGHT, I found myself going more and more slowly, because I didn't want to miss a single sentence. I found myself calling friends and reading passages aloud to them over the phone. This is a rare experience indeed. It is a rare and wonderful book.' -- Michael Cunningham, author of THE HOURS

'GHOST LIGHT is O'Connor's vivid and sometimes visionary reimagining of the love affair between Molly Allgood and the Irish dramatist John Millington Synge ... In GHOST LIGHT, O'Connor allows himself to ride the wave of Irish eloquence.' -- New York Times Book Review

THE CORNISH HOUSE shortlisted for RNA award

Debut author Liz Fenwick's THE CORNISH HOUSE has been shortlisted for the RNA's Joan Hessayon Award 2012. The nominees are chosen from members of the RNA's New Writers' Scheme who have had their novels published in the last year. The New Writer's Scheme, run by the Romantic Novelist Association (RNA) since 1962, encourages first time writers in the genre of romantic novels by providing feedback and support from experienced writers and editors. Manuscripts that have then been published are then put forward for the award. The winner of last year's award was Charlotte Betts for THE APOTHECARY'S DAUGHTER.

The winner will be announced at The Royal Overseas League in London on Thursday 17 May.

THE CORNISH HOUSE will be published by Orion in May, as part of a two-book deal, and later by Goldmann in German, de Boekerij in Dutch and Quinta Essencia in Portuguese.

Charles Lambert's story 'Curtains' on the Willesden Short Story Prize shortlist!

Charles Lambert, author of the story collection THE SCENT OF CINNAMON, whose title story won the O. Henry Award 2007, had had his short story 'Curtains' shortlisted for the Willesden Short Story Prize 2012.

Other nominated authors include Francis Scappaticci, Geraldine Mills and Mary O'Shea, with the winning story and runners up, as chosen by Roddy Doyle, to be announced at the results event at the end of March. For the full shortlist, click here.

Charles Lambert is also the author of two novels, LITTLE MONSTERS (Picador 2008) and ANY HUMAN FACE (Picador 2010), praised by Jake Kerridge in the Telegraph as a 'beautifully written crime story that brings to life the Rome that tourists don't see'.

More Praise for Charles Lambert:

'Charles Lambert is a seriously good writer, one deserving of encouragement and recognition.' -- Beryl Bainbridge
 
'Charles Lambert writes as if his life depends on it. He takes risks at every turn.' -- Hannah Tinti author of THE GOOD THIEF
 
'Lambert is really very good indeed.' -- Scott Pack