Jason Arthur
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Books...sometimes. Late of the parishes of William Heinemann (RIP), Jonathan Cape and Vintage. Associate Publishing Director @GrantaBooks
London
Joined February 2012
"Reading Yōko Tawada is an immensely fun & occasionally bewildering experience. SUGGESTED IN THE STARS combines a linguistic playfulness with a mind-expanding worldview...Margaret Mitsutani’s [translation] is exquisite.' https://t.co/cPvIE1XERZ
theguardian.com
The Japanese novelist explores the relationship between language and national identity, in the second part of her Scattered All Over the Earth trilogy
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‘A hilarious, important novel. A correct & a real one. There is something in the writing that is wild in a virtuosic way &, needless to say, hugely intelligent’ The wonderful @isabelwaidner had an early read of Nicola Barker's forthcoming #TonyInterruptor
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‘Seductively gothic…[Enriquez] is at the height of her powers...This might be her most untrammelled – & certainly her most unwavering – collection yet. It’s an array of stories that will keep you in their chokehold’ @prospect_uk
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These are really gorgeous editions! Time reread Han Kang.
If you’ve been into a bookshop lately you might have seen these three stunning new re-jackets of Nobel Prize-winner Han Kang’s books 🤍 Which one is your favourite? #hankang #nobelprizeliterature
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@GrantaBooks Anyone publishing Nicola Barker is good in my books - she’s a legend
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Hugely pleased & proud to be bringing Nicola Barker to Granta! Meet #TonyInterruptor next summer https://t.co/k2zm3a51kS
thebookseller.com
Granta has snapped up TonyInterruptor, the first novel in six years by Nicola Barker, the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Darkmans (Fourth Estate) and the Goldsmiths Prize-winning H(a)ppy (W...
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This is brilliant news to start the day! Nicola Barker is one of the funniest, and most creative novelists working today. I’m sure it’ll be a triumph 👇
V V V V V VVV VV V Granta acquires Nicola Barker's 'anarchic and hilarious' TonyInterruptor
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*ALERT* New NICOLA BARKER novel coming in 2025! 🎺TonyInterruptor
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V V V V V VVV VV V Granta acquires Nicola Barker's 'anarchic and hilarious' TonyInterruptor
thebookseller.com
Granta has snapped up TonyInterruptor, the first novel in six years by Nicola Barker, the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Darkmans (Fourth Estate) and the Goldsmiths Prize-winning H(a)ppy (W...
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‘Reminds us why she’s one of the best modern practitioners of the form...It is Enriquez’s great gift that she can make stories with ugly subject matter so addictive & full of life’ A SUNNY PLACE FOR SHADY PEOPLE
A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez review – domestic goddess of grotesque tales
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'It is Enriquez’s great gift that she can make stories with ugly subject matter so addictive and full of life' @john_self on Mariana Enriquez's A SUNNY PLACE FOR SHADY PEOPLE for @ObsNewReview
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theguardian.com
The Argentinian author confirms her gift for making addictive stories full of life from ugly subject matter in this distinctive collection
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Congratulations to Han Kang, winner of the 2024 @NobelPrize in Literature! In honour of this achievement we have lifted the paywall on her writing for Granta. https://t.co/FwYECQAUjK
granta.com
Han Kang was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Gwangju, South Korea,...
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Huge congratulations to Han Kang! Delighted for @GrantaBooks (who still publish her very best book). If you've never read her, THE VEGETARIAN is THE book to start with!
BREAKING NEWS The 2024 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”
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'Now the novel has been translated and it’s exciting to think that new readers will meet the people who live in that world. For me, it is nothing short of a very precious but strange miracle.' SAYAKA MURATA Publishing this gem next spring. https://t.co/UqoBiCcYsx
thebookseller.com
Granta has snapped up Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori.
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Happy publication day to master of horror and queen of spooky season Mariana Enriquez! A Sunny Place for Shady People is out today.
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'Meet the new boss Same as the old boss'
Jonathan Reynolds and two senior staff went to Glastonbury as guests of YouTube. Until then, Labour was promising to increase the digital service tax from 2% to 10%. Literally the day after the festival, it emerged that Reynolds had ditched the policy.
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Read extracts from Rachael Allen's God Complex in The Forward Book of Poetry 2025. @r_vallen’s God Complex (published by @faberbooks) is shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection. https://t.co/nlXzCrRJnP
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‘Brilliant…[Mariana] Enriquez illuminates both the night & the ghosts, & she rejects her characters’ paralysis. She refuses silence & crafts stories so searing they cannot be buried or ignored’ New York Times A SUNNY PLACE FOR SHADY PEOPLE out this week!
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