Frank Cottrell Boyce is the author of Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth, The Astounding Broccoli Boy, Cosmic, Framed, and Millions, the last of which was a New York Times bestseller and was made into a movie by Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle. His books have won or been nominated for numerous awards, including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. Frank is also a screenwriter, having penned the scripts for a number of feature films as well as the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. He lives in Liverpool with his family.
MARGARET DRABBLE is the author of The Sea Lady, The Seven Sisters, The Peppered Moth, and The Needle's Eye, among other novels. For her contributions to contemporary English literature, she was made a Dame of the British Empire in 2008.
Tracey Emin was born in 1963 to an English mother and Turkish father, and grew up in Margate. She left school at 15, but later studied Fine Art at Maidstone and went on to the Royal College of Art. She is now an internationally renowned artist whose work has been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the world. Although known as a visual artist, Tracey Emin's confessional writings have always formed the backbone to her work and in 2005 she published her memoir, Strangeland, drawing together new and revised work from the previous 25 years.
In 2007, she was elected as a Royal Academician by the Royal Academy of Arts, where she is now a Professor of Drawing and in 2013 she was appointed CBE.
J.K. Rowling est l'autrice de Harry Potter, la saga littéraire qui a marqué son époque et dont le succès traverse les années. Elle a aussi écrit plusieurs romans indépendants ainsi qu'une série de polars sous le nom de plume Robert Galbraith.
L'idée de Harry Potter se forme dans son esprit en 1990, à bord d'un train en retard. Par la suite, elle imagine et rédige sept livres, dont le premier, Harry Potter à L'école des Sorciers, est publié au Royaume-Uni en 1997. Les adaptations cinématographiques à succès leur emboîtent le pas. Le dernier de ces huit films, Les Reliques de la Mort partie 2, sort en 2011. Les romans Harry Potter se sont vendus à plus de 600 millions d'exemplaires à travers le monde et ont été traduits dans plus de 80 langues. De nouvelles générations de lecteurs continuent de les découvrir et de se passionner pour eux.
J.K. Rowling a écrit trois courts volumes accompagnant la saga Harry Potter à des fins caritatives : Le Quidditch à Travers Les Âges et Les Animaux fantastiques, vie et habitat au profit de Comic Relief et Lumos, ainsi que Les Contes de Beedle le Barde au profit de son organisation à but non lucratif dédiée aux enfants Lumos.
L'un de ces volumes a inspiré la saga cinématographique Les Animaux fantastiques, lancée en 2016 avec des scénarios écrits ou co-écrits par Rowling.
Toujours en 2016, elle collabore avec le dramaturge Jack Thorne et le metteur en scène John Tiffany pour continuer l'histoire de Harry sous la forme d'une pièce de théâtre, Harry Potter et l'Enfant Maudit.
Parmi les romans indépendants de J.K. Rowling, on peut citer Une place à prendre, publié en 2012. Sous le pseudonyme Robert Galbraith, elle écrit les enquêtes de Cormoran Strike, la saga encensée par la critique mettant en scène les détectives privés Cormoran Strike et Robin Ellacott.
En 2020, elle revient à la littérature jeunesse avec le conte de fées L'Ickabog, dans un premier temps adapté en feuilleton disponible en ligne gratuitement pour les enfants lors de la pandémie de Covid-19. Jack et la Grande Aventure du Cochon de Noël, une aventure racontant jusqu'où un petit garçon est prêt à aller pour retrouver son jouet le plus précieux, paraît en 2021 et se hisse en tête des ventes au Royaume-Uni, aux États-Unis et en Europe.
J.K. Rowling a reçu un OBE et le Companion of Honour pour ses contributions à la littérature jeunesse, ainsi que de nombreux autres prix et distinctions, notamment la Legion d'Honneur en France, le Prince of Asturias Award en Espagne et le Hans Christian Andersen Award au Danemark. En 2020, elle reçoit un British Book Award, qui reconnaît Harry Potter à L'école des Sorciers en tant que roman le plus important des trente dernières années.
Elle soutient plusieurs causes humanitaires par le biais de sa fondation, Volant. De plus, elle est la fondatrice et présidente de Lumos, une organisation caritative internationale qui défend le droit des enfants à disposer d'une famille en transformant les systèmes de santé à l'échelle mondiale.
Melvyn Bragg is a writer and broadcaster whose first novel, For Want of a Nail, was published in 1965. His novels since include The Maid of Buttermere, The Soldier's Return, A Son of War, Credo and Now is the Time, which won the Parliamentary Book Award for fiction in 2016. His books have also been awarded the Time/Life Silver Pen Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the WHSmith Literary Award, and have been longlisted three times for the Booker Prize (including the Lost Man Booker Prize).
He has also written several works of non-fiction, including The Adventure of English and The Book of Books about the King James Bible.
He lives in London and Cumbria.
Historical novelist Lindsey Davis is best known for her novels set in Ancient Rome, including the much-loved Marcus Didius Falco series, although she has also written about the English Civil War, including A Cruel Fate, a book for the Quick Reads literacy initiative. Her examination of the paranoid reign of the roman emperor Domitian began with Master and God, a standalone novel set in that dark period, leading to her new series about Flavia Albia.
Her books are translated and five radio dramas are regularly rebroadcast on BBC Radio 4X. Her many awards include the Premio Colosseo (from the city of Rome) and the Crime Writers' Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement. Most recently she was awarded the Ivanhoe Prize for lifetime achievement in historical fiction, given by the Spanish City of Ubeda.
She has been the Chair of the UK Crimewriters' Association, Honorary President of the UK Classical Association, President of the Birmingham and Midlands Institute and is a Fellow of the UK Society of Authors.
www.lindseydavis.co.uk
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How are great turning points in history experienced by individuals?
As Britain pulls away from Europe great British writers come together to give voice to their innermost feelings. These writers include novelists, writers of books for children, of comic books, humourists, historians, biographers, nature writers, film writers, travel writers, writers young and old and from an extraordinary range of backgrounds. Most are famous perhaps because they have won the Booker or other literary prizes, written bestsellers, changed the face of popular culture or sold millions of records. Others are not yet household names but write with depth of insight and feeling.
There is some extraordinary writing in this book. Some of these pieces are expressions of love of particular places in Europe. Some are true stories, some nostalgic, some hopeful. Some are cries of pain. There are hilarious pieces. There are cries of pain and regret. Some pieces are quietly devastating. All are passionate.
Conceived as a love letter to Europe, this book may also help reawaken love for Britain. It shows the unique richness and diversity of British cultures, a multitude of voices in harmony.
Contributors include:
Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Philip Ardagh, Jake Arnott, Patricia Atkinson, Paul Atterbury, Richard Beard, Mary Beard, Don Boyd, Melvyn Bragg, Gyles Brandreth, Kathleen Burke, James Buxton, Philip Carr, Brian Catling, Shami Chakrabarti, Chris Cleave, Mark Cocker, Peter Conradi , Heather Cooper, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Roger Crowley, David Crystal, William Dalrymple, Lindsey Davies, Margaret Drabble, Mark Ellen, Richard Evans, Michel Faber, Sebastian Faulks, Ranulph Fiennes, Robert Fox, James Fox, Neil Gaiman, Evelyn Glennie, James Hanning, Nick Hayes, Alan Hollinghurst, Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch, Will Hutton, Robert Irwin, Holly Johnson , Liane Jones, Ruth Jones, Sam Jordison, Kapka Kassabova, AL Kennedy, Hermione Lee, Prue Leith, Patrick Lenox, Roger Lewis, David Lindo, Penelope Lively, Beth Lync, Richard Mabey, Sue MacGregor, Ian Martin, Frank McDonough, Jonathan Meades, Andrew Miller, Deborah Moggach, Ben Moor, Alan Moore, Paul Morley, Jackie Morris, Charles Nicholl, Richard Overy, Chris Riddell, Adam Roberts, Tony Robinson, Lee Rourke, Sophie Sabbage, Marcus Sedgwick, Richard Shirreff, Paul Stanford, Isy Suttie, Sandi Toksvig, Colin Tudge, Ed Vulliamy, Anna Whitelock, Kate Williams, Michael Wood, Louisa Young
Título : A Love Letter to Europe
EAN : 9781529381092
Editorial : Hodder & Stoughton
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