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Show Me The Bodies Shortlisted for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2023
22nd May, 2023
Show Me The Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen by Peter Apps has been shortlisted for 2023 The Orwell Prize for Political Writing. Peter Apps exposes…
Oneworld Wins Independent Publisher of the Year 2023
17th May, 2023
Oneworld Publications has been awarded the title of Independent Publisher of the Year at the 2023 British Book Awards. The judges said: Its first trop…
Oneworld signs ‘one-of-a-kind’ biography of Orwell
15th May, 2023
Oneworld has signed a “one-of-a-kind” biography of George Orwell by Dr Nathan Waddell. Editorial director Cecilia Stein bought UK and Commonwealth ri…
Oneworld seizes ‘highly original’ new novel from Paul Lynch in exclusive submission
31st March, 2023
Oneworld has acquired a third novel from award-winning Irish novelist Paul Lynch, winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year in 2018 for G…
Oneworld Shortlisted for Independent Publisher of the Year
17th March, 2023
Oneworld Publications has been shortlisted for Independent Publisher of the Year at the 2023 British Book Awards. The judges said ‘Oneworld’s record y…
The Rabbit Hutch Shortlisted for Debut Fiction Book of the Year
17th March, 2023
The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty has been shorlisted for Debut Fiction Book of the Year at the 2023 British Book Awards. The judges said ‘Oneworld secur…
Oneworld scoops second novel from international bestseller Peace Adzo Medie
15th March, 2023
Oneworld has snapped up Nightbloom by Peace Adzo Medie, bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club pick His Only Wife. Juliet Mabey, Publisher, acquired…
Oneworld lands ‘immensely moving’ second novel from Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
14th March, 2023
Oneworld has landed Dust Child, an “immensely moving” second novel by Vietnamese author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai. Publisher Juliet Mabey acquired UK and Co…
Oneworld Shortlisted for Trade Publisher of the Year at the IPG Awards 2023.
22nd February, 2023
We are pleased to announce that Oneworld has been shortlisted for Trade Publisher of the Year at the IPG Awards 2023. The Independent Publishing Award…
Rock the Boat Shortlisted for Children’s Publisher of the Year at the IPG Awards 2023.
22nd February, 2023
We are pleased to announce that Rock the Boat has been Shortlisted for 2023 Children’s Publisher of the Year at the IPG Awards. The Independent Publis…
Things They Lost Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize
26th January, 2023
Things They Lost by Okwiri Oduor has been longlisted for the for the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize. Worth £20,000, the Dylan Thomas Prize is one of the UK’s…
Two Oneworld Titles Win at the National Book Awards
5th December, 2022
Both The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty and Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin have won in their categories at the National Book Awards in the US. Te…
Books of the Year 2022
5th December, 2022
Find out more about just some of the brilliant Oneworld titles that have been featured on roundups for the Best Books of 2022! The Empress and…
The Rabbit Hutch wins the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize
30th August, 2022
Tess Gunty has won the inaugural £5,000 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize for her book The Rabbit Hutch. Gunty was named the winner at an evening ceremo…
The Rabbit Hutch Shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize
21st July, 2022
The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty has been selected for the shortlist for the inaugural Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, an award for exceptional first n…
Oneworld acquires debut story collection by 2020 BBC Young Writer of the Year
11th July, 2022
Oneworld has landed a “dark, fairytale-esque flavour” short story collection by Lottie Mills, the 2020 BBC Young Writer of the Year, with an option on…
Two Oneworld Titles on the Big Jubilee Read Booklist
3rd May, 2022
Both The Book of Night Women by Marlon James and How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee have been selected for the Big Jubilee Read Booklist. The Big Jub…
The Khan is Waterstones Thriller of the Month
3rd May, 2022
The Khan by Saima Mir has been selected as Waterstones Thriller of the Month for May. Waterstones said that ‘The Khan is a gripping and multifaceted c…
Build Your House Around My Body Longlisted for the Women’s Prize 2022
28th March, 2022
Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith has been longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022. Two young Vietnamese women go missing…
Rock the Boat Shortlisted for the British Book Awards and IPG Awards
28th March, 2022
Rock the Boat Shortlisted for Imprint of the Year at the British Book Awards, and Children’s Publisher of the Year at the IPG Awards. The British Book…
Oneworld Acquires Insider Account from Former BBC Newsnight’s Sam McAlister
19th January, 2022
Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews is an unforgettable insider account from former BBC “Newsnight” producer Sam…
Oneworld Signs Blurb Your Enthusiasm by Louise Willder
19th January, 2022
Oneworld has signed copywriter and Penguin Books blurb creator Louise Willder’s Blurb Your Enthusiasm: An A-Z of Literary Persuasion, …
Oneworld Launches Audio List
13th December, 2021
Oneworld Audio launches with three titles from across the Oneworld fiction and non-fiction list, as well as our children’s imprint.
Oneworld Publisher Juliet Mabey Receives OBE for Services to Publishing
13th December, 2021
Oneworld Publisher and Co-founder Juliet Mabey has received an OBE from Princess Anne.
Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason wins The Royal Philharmonic Society Storyteller Award 2021
2nd November, 2021
Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason is the winner of The Royal Philharmonic Society Storyteller Award for her memoir House of Music: Raising the Kanne…
Q&A with Kathleen Glasgow, author of You’d Be Home Now
28th October, 2021
Kathleen Glasgow, bestselling author of Girl in Pieces, answers some burning questions about her new novel, You’d Be Home Now.
The Last Stargazers Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2021
29th September, 2021
The Last Stargazers by Emily Levesque has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2021.
Xiran Jay Zhao on Iron Widow
28th September, 2021
Watch Xiran Jay Zhao discuss their upcoming book Iron Widow and introduce some of the key characters.
Oneworld Shortlisted for the Alison Morrison Diversity Award at the IPG Awards
17th August, 2021
We’re delighted to have been shortlsted for the Alison Morrison Diversity Award at the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) 2021.
Rock the Boat imprint signs new Anthony McGowan Middle Grade Novel
17th August, 2021
Rock the Boat has landed a “thrilling and heart-wrenching” new middle-grade novel, Dogs of the Deadlands, from 2020 Carnegie award-wi…
Independent Bookshop Week 2021
21st June, 2021
Celebrate independent bookshops and booksellers this IBW on Saturday 19th June – Saturday 26th June.
Happy Pride Month 2021!
10th June, 2021
To celebrate Pride Month 2021, we’ve put together a list of books that celebrate and explore LGBTQ+ experiences.
Philippe Legrain Wins the Business Book Award for Diversity, Inclusion & Equality
26th May, 2021
Philippe Legrain’s book Them and Us: How immigrants and locals can thrive together has won the award for for Diversity, Inclusion & Equa…
Anna Woltz on Researching for Talking to Alaska
26th May, 2021
Anna Woltz gives an insight into how she researched Assistance Dogs for her book Talking to Alaska.
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Wins Jhalak Prize 2021 for The First Woman
26th May, 2021
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi has been awarded the Jhalak Prize 2021 for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour for her novel The First Woman.
Caoilinn Hughes wins the RSL Encore Award 2021 with The Wild Laughter
24th May, 2021
The Wild Laughter wins the Encore Award, with the judges calling it ‘a grand feat of comic ingenuity, mischievous and insightful, and full of res…
Rock the Boat signs Chinese-inspired YA SF, Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
7th May, 2021
Rock the Boat imprint signs a “wildly original and inclusive” YA debut, Iron Widow, pitched as a “The Handmaid’s Tal…
Black River by Will Dean Longlisted for the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year
5th May, 2021
Black River by Will Dean has been longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2021.
Two Oneworld Titles Shortlisted for the RSL Encore Award 2021
5th May, 2021
We’re delighted to have two Oneworld titles on the Encore Award shortlist – The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes and The Fir…
Welcome Back Bookshops!
8th April, 2021
To celebrate bookshops reopening in England this week, we’ve asked some of our authors to tell us about their favourite bookshops.
Oneworld Signs New Book from Lemony Snicket
31st March, 2021
Oneworld has acquired UK and British Commonwealth rights, to the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author of A Series of Unf…
‘Mrs Mohr Goes Missing’ – Red Lion Books
18th January, 2021
Meet us in Cracow, 1893: Jacek Dehnel and Piotr Tarczynski, the duo behind Maryla Szymiczkowa, on Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
Fergus Butler-Gallie – National Churches Trust
27th November, 2020
Online Christmas Cream Tea Party with the National Churches Trust
Christmas Gift Guide 2020
26th November, 2020
We’ve got Christmas all wrapped up with the Oneworld Gift Guide for 2020!
Black History Month 2020
8th October, 2020
To mark Black History Month, we’re celebrating our black authors, and books that explore black history.
The New Wilderness Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2020
28th July, 2020
Diane Cook’s The New Wilderness has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2020.
My Lockdown Life – Felicity McLean
29th June, 2020
Author of The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone, Felicity McLean, shares what she’s been up to during lockdown, including plenty of reading and Gruf…
Oneworld to publish story of Benin Bronzes and colonial dispossession
23rd June, 2020
Oneworld will publish Barnaby Phillips’ Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes.
My Lockdown Life – Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
19th June, 2020
Author of The Mountains Sing, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, shares what she’s been up to during lockdown.
My Lockdown Life – Anthony David
10th June, 2020
Author of Into the Abyss, Anthony David, shares how he’s been spending lockdown.
My Lockdown Life – Emma Southon
10th June, 2020
Author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Emma Southon, shares what she’s been up to during lockwdown.
My Lockdown Life – Emma Southon
10th June, 2020
Author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Emma Southon, shares what she’s been up to during lockwdown.
My Lockdown Life – Emma Southon
10th June, 2020
Author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Emma Southon, shares what she’s been up to during lockdown.
Oneworld to publish first Soleimani biography
5th June, 2020
The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the US and Iran’s Global Ambitions will be in released in November 2020.
10 Books to Inspire You
5th May, 2020
Dive into books about inspirational people, and books that will put a fire in your belly.
5 Books on Your Bucket List
28th April, 2020
Dip into the very best of Oneworld’s prize-winning and shortlisted bestsellers…
A Postcard from Andrew Wear
27th April, 2020
Andrew Wear, author of Solved shares an insight into life under lockdown where he lives in Victoria, Australia.
8 Books That Let You Travel the World from Your Armchair
21st April, 2020
Let books transport you somewhere else in the world …
A Postcard from Emily Levesque
19th April, 2020
Emily Levesque, author of The Last Stargazers, shares an insight into life under lockdown where she lives in Seattle, Washington.
10 Books for a Literary Escape
14th April, 2020
Among these pages, thrilling adventure, different climes, whole other worlds and galaxies await…
A Postcard from Carl Safina
12th April, 2020
Carl Safina, author of Becoming Wild, shares an insight into life under lockdown where he lives in New York.
10 Books to Make You a World Expert
6th April, 2020
Introduce yourself to something completely new, or change the way you think about something you thought you knew everything about – get ready to…
Jing-Jing Lee – Why I Wrote How We Disappeared
24th March, 2020
Jing-Jing Lee explains what inspired her to write her Women’s Prize longlisted novel How We Disappeared, and how her own family’s story duri…
Read an Extract from The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
20th March, 2020
Read an extract from the upcoming novel The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai set during 20th century Viet Nam.
Silver Sparrow Q&A with Tayari Jones
16th March, 2020
Read on for a Q&A with Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage, about her new book, Silver Sparrow.
Black River – Will Dean’s Cultural Favourites
11th March, 2020
We asked Will Dean, author of Dark Pines, Red Snow and the new Black River, all about the books he loves, the places he gravitates to and hi…
How We Disappeared Longlisted for the Women’s Prize 2020
3rd March, 2020
How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee has been longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2020.
How We Disappeared – Author Jing-Jing Lee’s Cultural Favourites
28th February, 2020
We asked Jing-Jing Lee, author of How We Disappeared, all about the books that stuck with her, the places she loves and, of course, her favourite…
Little Eyes Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020
27th February, 2020
Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin and translated by Megan McDowell has been longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020
Oneworld signs The Nature of the Beast by Nick Spencer
21st February, 2020
Oneworld have signed up Nick Spencer’s new book The Nature of the Beast: A Human History of Science and Religion.
Footnotes shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year
10th December, 2019
The winner will be announced on 26th February 2020 at the London Transport Museum.
Showcase – Spring 2020 Fiction highlights
21st November, 2019
Plus we celebrated ten years of publishing fiction!
7 Oneworld titles longlisted for the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award
11th November, 2019
The shortlist for the €100,000 award will be announced in April 2020.
Norman Lebrecht – West End Lane Books
1st November, 2019
Genius & Anxiety: how Jews shaped our world
Tayari Jones – St. James’s Church, Piccadilly
1st November, 2019
An American Marriage: an evening with Women’s Prize winner Tayari Jones
Miranda Kaufmann – BBC History Weekends
16th October, 2019
Before 1619: Free Africans in Tudor and Stuart England before the first African Americans
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi – London Literature Festival
16th October, 2019
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi & Bernardine Evaristo
Mick Conefrey – Lahore Literary Festival at The British Library
11th October, 2019
Moving Mountains: The Ghosts of K2
Zuleikha longlisted for the 2019 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
10th October, 2019
The shortlist for the £1000 prize will be revealed in November.
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi selected as one of the most compelling BAME writers in the UK
7th October, 2019
The honour came as part of the International Literature Showcase 2019, announced on 5th October.
Orchid & The Wasp wins the Collyer Bristow Prize
7th October, 2019
The novel was praised for ”the breadth of its imaginative vision’ by The London Magazine.
An American Marriage shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards
3rd October, 2019
Winners will be announced at the award ceremony on Tuesday 12th November at Foyles, Charing Cross Road.
Will Dean’s Red Snow wins Best Independent Voice at Amazon Publishing Readers’ Awards
30th September, 2019
The awards were announced at Capital Crime on Saturday night (28th September).
Oneworld to publish Tayari Jones’ Silver Sparrow
28th August, 2019
We’re thrilled to announce UK publication of Silver Sparrow, the critically acclaimed novel by 2019 Women’s Prize-winner Tayari Jones.
Orchid & The Wasp shortlisted for The London Magazine & Collyer Bristow Prize 2019
12th August, 2019
The winner will be announced on the 3rd October.
Red Snow shortlisted for the 2019 Amazon Publishing Readers’ Awards
29th July, 2019
The winner will be announced at the Capital Crime festival on 26th September.
Syd Moore shortlisted for a CWA Dagger
25th July, 2019
The winner will be announced on 24th October.
13 historical novels you must read
9th July, 2019
See through the eyes of brave and relatable protagonists as they navigate troubling regimes, war-torn neighbourhoods, and battle with longing and lone…
Nicole Dennis-Benn – Foyles
27th June, 2019
Nicole Dennis-Benn and Candice Carty-Williams in conversation
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi – Africa Writes
13th June, 2019
Book launch chaired by Zaahida Mariam Nabagereka
An American Marriage wins the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019
6th June, 2019
An American Marriage is ‘an exquisitely intimate portrait of a marriage shattered by racial injustice,’ says 2019 Chair Professor Kate Williams.
Tayari Jones – London Review Bookshop
29th May, 2019
An American Marriage: Tayari Jones and Cathy Rentzenbrink
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão Wins Cannes Un Certain Regard Award
29th May, 2019
The award celebrates stories told in a non-traditional way.
Syd Moore longlisted for a CWA Dagger
13th May, 2019
The shortlists for the CWA Dagger awards will be announced this summer.
3 Oneworld titles shortlisted for the Hearst Big Book Awards
8th May, 2019
The winners of each category will be announced later this summer.
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão comes to Cannes
8th May, 2019
The film adaptation will premiere during the Un Certain Regard competition.
Jihadi John comes to Channel 4
8th May, 2019
The Hunt for Jihadi John will air on Channel 4 on the 20th May.
Frankenstein in Baghdad shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award
7th May, 2019
The annual award is presented for the best science fiction novel of the year and the winner will be announced on 17th July.
An American Marriage longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction
7th May, 2019
The shortlist for the £3,000 prize will be revealed later this month.
The House of Impossible Beauties wins the Edmund White award
29th April, 2019
The Edmund White award is given to the best debut fiction of the year.
An American Marriage shortlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction
29th April, 2019
The winner of the prize will be announced on the 5th June.
Read an extract from What Hell is Not by Alessandro d’Avenia
25th April, 2019
For those of you who couldn’t join us for our sold-out event at the British Library, enjoy this extract from What Hell Is Not.
The Night Post wins the 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
24th April, 2019
An English language edition of the book will be published in 2020.
Frankenstein in Baghdad wins at the Kitschies
23rd April, 2019
The Gold Tentacle Award is given to a debut novel of the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining fiction that…
Vacuum in the Dark makes the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize shortlist
23rd April, 2019
The winner will be announced during the Hay Festival this May.
Syd Moore – CRIMEFEST
16th April, 2019
The Only Way Is Witchcraft – The Historic Miscarriage Of Justice In Essex
No Turning Back longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize
27th March, 2019
The shortlist will be announced on Tuesday 16 April.
No Turning Back shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize
27th March, 2019
The winner will be announced on 13th May.
Translated Fiction Showcase – British Library
19th March, 2019
A special event showcasing some of Europe’s freshest literary talent
Heart shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize
19th March, 2019
The winner will be revealed on 1st May.
‘Fever Dream’ to be adapted for Netflix
19th March, 2019
Samanta Schweblin will adapt her own novel for the screen.
Mouthful of Birds longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize
13th March, 2019
Samanta Schweblin and translator Megan McDowell have been nominated for the Man Booker International Prize twice in three years.
Martin Moore – Oxford Literary Festival
13th March, 2019
Is Democracy and Freedom Threatened by Technology
David Darling & Agnijo Banerjee – Aye Write
13th March, 2019
Weirder Maths: At the Edge of the Possible
DeRay Mckesson – Waterstones Gower Street
12th March, 2019
Race and Justice in a Divided World: DeRay Mckesson and Derek Owusu
Frankenstein in Baghdad shortlisted for the Gold Tentacle at the Kitschies
5th March, 2019
The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony taking place on Monday 15th April.
An American Marriage longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction
4th March, 2019
The shortlist will be announced on 29th April.
Orchid & The Wasp longlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award
1st March, 2019
The shortlist will be announced at Essex Book Festival at the end of March.
Fiona Erskine – Golden Hare Books
25th February, 2019
Fiona Erskine in conversation with bookseller Katalina Watt
Heart makes the longlist for the Wellcome Book Prize
5th February, 2019
2019 marks the 10th anniversary of this prestigious award, and Oneworld’s first appearance on the longlist.
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi – Aye Write
30th January, 2019
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi & Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Kintu selected for Read Regional 2019
29th January, 2019
The annual Read Regional campaign celebrates selected new books from the North of England.
Lala and The Aviator longlisted for the EBRD Literature Prize 2019
17th January, 2019
The winner of the €20,000 prize will be announced on 7 March 2019.
Guzel Yakhina and Lisa Hayden – Waterstones Piccadilly
16th January, 2019
An evening with Guzel Yakhina and Lisa Hayden
Voices of Europe – Oxford Literary Festival
16th January, 2019
Jacek Dehnel, Piotr Tarczynski and Jasmin B Frelih Chaired by Boyd Tonkin
Voices of Europe – Oxford Literary Festival
16th January, 2019
Olga Grjasnowa and Selja Ahava Chaired by Boyd Tonkin
Anna Beer – Lichfield Festival
15th January, 2019
Patriot Or Traitor: The Life & Death of Sir Walter Ralegh
Will Dean – Blackwell’s Sheffield
15th January, 2019
In Conversation With Crime Writers Will Dean & Sarah Ward
Kintu shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards
11th January, 2019
Kintu has been nominated in the ‘Fiction, with a Sense of Place’ category.
Read the first chapter of Red Snow
4th December, 2018
Read the first chapter of the highly-anticipated follow-up to the creepy and compelling Dark Pines.
Fergus Butler-Gallie – The Oldie Literary Lunch
27th November, 2018
A Field Guide to the English Clergy
4 Oneworld books longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award
20th November, 2018
39 novels in translation are among 141 titles nominated by libraries worldwide for the €100,000 International DUBLIN Literary Award.
The Baghdad Clock by Shahad Al Rawi wins the Edinburgh Book Festival First Book Award
1st November, 2018
The First Book Award celebrates the wealth of new fiction from the UK and around the world featured in the Book Festival public programme and is voted…
Lola by Melissa Scrivner Love wins the CWA New Blood Dagger
26th October, 2018
The award is given to the best crime novel of the year by a debut author.
Ten things you didn’t know about the heart
22nd October, 2018
The heart is one of the most complex organs we all have. Take a look at ten things you definitely didn’t know about it, courtesy of Heart: A History b…
An American Marriage longlisted for the 2018 National Book Awards
17th September, 2018
Tayari Jones’ masterpiece of storytelling is longlisted in the fiction category.
The Billionaire Raj shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year
17th September, 2018
The Business Book of the Year Award is presented to the book that provides “the most compelling and enjoyable” insight into modern busines…
Black Tudors shortlisted for the 2018 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize shortlist
11th September, 2018
Worth £25,000, the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize rewards and celebrates the best works of non-fiction that have contributed to global cultural understan…
Revd Fergus Butler-Gallie – Topping & Company
5th September, 2018
Fergus Butler-Gallie on the English Clergy in Ely
Venki Ramakrishnan – how to: Academy
5th September, 2018
How Life Works and How Our Genes are Decoded and Used
Revd Fergus Butler-Gallie – The Little Ripon Bookshop
5th September, 2018
A Field Guide to the English Clergy
The Angry Chef wins Men’s Health Award
5th September, 2018
The Angry Chef beat out stiff competition to win the Men’s Health award (Health and Lifestyle category).
Martin Moore and Peter Conradi – Cheltenham Literature Festival
31st August, 2018
What’s Russia Up To?
Martin Bell – Guildford Book Festival
31st August, 2018
An Evening with Martin Bell: War and the Death of the News
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi – Birmingham Literature Festival
31st August, 2018
Changing the Landscape
Martin Moore – London Review Bookshop
31st August, 2018
Martin Moore and David Runciman: Democracy Hacked
Anna Beer – Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival
30th August, 2018
Patriot or Traitor – The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh
Jenni Murray – Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath
30th August, 2018
A History of the World in 21 Women
Literature, love and languages: celebrating Women in Translation Month
1st August, 2018
To celebrate Women in Translation Month we’ve invited some of the most esteemed translators around to answer some questions about the industry, their…
Lola by Melissa Scrivner Love shortlisted for the CWA New Blood DAgger
27th July, 2018
The Crime Writers’ Association announced the shortlists at an evening reception at Daunt Books, Cheapside on Wednesday 25 July.
Syd Moore – Noirwich Crime Writing Festival
25th July, 2018
The Witching Hour – Syd Moore, Cathi Unsworth & Roz Watkins
Caoilinn Hughes – Waterstones, Gower Street
24th July, 2018
The Debut Fiction Showcase: Caoilinn Hughes, Daisy Johnson & May-Lan Tan
Point Blank takes on Harrogate Crime Festival
23rd July, 2018
A behind-the-scenes look from the Point Blank team.
Q&A with Claire Hajaj, author of The Water Thief
23rd July, 2018
Claire Hajaj, author of The Water Thief (published 26th July 2018), answers questions the themes of the book and the writing process.
Fever Dream wins 2017 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella
18th July, 2018
The Shirley Jackson Awards are awarded in recognition of “outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the d…
Black Tudors and The Parentations longlisted for the HWA Crowns 2018
18th July, 2018
Historia is the magazine for the Historical Writers’ Association.
Sarah Rainsford – Edinburgh International Book Festival
16th July, 2018
Our Place in America’s World
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi – Edinburgh International Book Festival
16th July, 2018
Retelling the Stories of Africa
Eugene Vodolazkin – Edinburgh International Book Festival
16th July, 2018
Inside Russia and Uzbekistan
Jacek Dehnel – Edinburgh International Book Festival [SOLD OUT]
16th July, 2018
Russia, Revolution, and Real Lives
4 Oneworld titles shortlisted for Hearst Big Book
3rd July, 2018
Dark Pines, Hormonal, My Life on the Road and The Angry Chef have all been nominated.
Iain Sinclair – Garden Museum Literary Festival
21st June, 2018
Iain Sinclair on mulberry trees, motorway fringes and metropolitan prophets
Will Dean – Heffers’ Summer Crime and Mystery Party
21st June, 2018
What’s Your Poison? Heffers’ Summer Crime and Mystery Party 2018
Peter Fiennes – Wealden Literary Festival
21st June, 2018
Peter Fiennes and Lisa Samson – Journeys through Trees
Jennifer Makumbi – British Library
21st June, 2018
Africa Writes, in partnership with the Royal African Society
A. C. Grayling – Balham Literary Festival [SOLD OUT]
21st June, 2018
Democracy and its Crisis with AC Grayling
Jenni Murray – The Oldie Literary Lunch
21st June, 2018
Dame Jenni Murray on A History of Britain in 21 Women
Step into seven of the best indie bookshops
15th June, 2018
Saturday 6th October marks Bookshop Day and we’ve highlighted our favourite shops to get lost in. Be prepared to come away with more books than you ca…
Jud Newborn awarded the Spirit of Anne Frank Human Writes Award
14th June, 2018
Co-author of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose received his award on the 12th June in New York.
Read the opening section of the one of the greatest love stories of all time
8th June, 2018
‘The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled From India to Europe for Love’
Seven must-follow writing tips from Amy Lilwall
6th June, 2018
Ahead of publication of her first book The Biggerers, author Amy Lilwall reveals her top seven writing tips for better prose.
Bogotá 39 launched at the Colombian Ambassador’s residence
24th May, 2018
‘This new generation of Latin American writers has exchanged history for memory, dictators for narcos and political engagement for gender and cl…
Peter Brannen – Waterstones Edinburgh
22nd May, 2018
An Evening with Peter Brannen and Steve Brusatte
The Angry Chef shortlisted for two awards by The Guild of Food Writers
18th May, 2018
The winners will be announced at Opera Holland Park on the 18th June.
Caoilinn Hughes – Dublin International Literature Festival
10th May, 2018
Caoilinn Hughes & Rebecca O’Connor
UK launch of the new Bogotá 39 anthology
10th May, 2018
Thinking Ibero-América: Latin America’s next generation of writers
Ahmed Saadawi – Man Booker International Shortlist Readings
10th May, 2018
2018 Man Booker International Prize Shortlist Readings
7 moving quotes from The Diary of Mary Berg
9th May, 2018
Marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in World War II.
In Translation: A Man Booker International Prize panel
27th April, 2018
Jonathan Wright, translator of Frankenstein in Baghdad
Jenni Murray – Guernsey Literary Festival
27th April, 2018
Dame Jenni Murray in conversation with Jenny Kendall Tobias
Martin Bell – Menorah Synagogue, Manchester
27th April, 2018
Jewish Book Week: ‘War and the Death of the News’
Grace shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize
17th April, 2018
‘It haunted the judges long after the final line.’ The Walter Scott judging panel on Paul Lynch’s Grace.
Black Tudors shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2018
16th April, 2018
The winner will be selected from the six shortlisted titles on Monday 4th June at a ceremony hosted at Claridge’s, London.
Frankenstein in Baghdad shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize
13th April, 2018
The winner is revealed on the 22nd May.
Jacqueline Woodson wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
28th March, 2018
The ALMA is the world’s largest award for children’s and young adult literature.
‘Grace’ by Paul Lynch shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award
23rd March, 2018
Find out more about the prize.
Iain Sinclair – Living with Buildings
20th March, 2018
Iain Sinclair at Erno Goldfinger’s home at 2 Willow Road NW3
Anthony Warner – Edinburgh International Science Festival
20th March, 2018
The Angry Chef: Bad Science and the Truth About Healthy Eating
David Darling – Edinburgh International Science Festival
20th March, 2018
Weird Maths: At the Edge of Infinity and Beyond
Jennifer Makumbi – Oxford Festival
20th March, 2018
Jennifer Makumbi – Winner of one of this year’s Windham Campbell Prizes – talks about her highly acclaimed debut novel
Rania Abouzeid – Magdalene College, Cambridge
16th March, 2018
Rania Abouzeid and Dr Wendy Pearlman in conversation with The Rt Revd Lord Dr Rowan Williams
Syd Moore – Essex Book Festival
16th March, 2018
Spooked! – Spiritualists, Spies and Scandals Syd Moore & Cathi Unsworth
Rania Abouzeid – The Frontline Club
16th March, 2018
Rania Abouzeid in conversation with Lyse Doucet
Dark Pines and The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao win at the Academy of British Cover Design Awards
16th March, 2018
Find out more about the coveted awards for brilliance in book cover design.
The House of Impossible Beauties comes to London
14th March, 2018
Last night at Waterstones Tottenham Court Road Joseph Cassara spoke about his book The House of Impossible Beauties, alongside a screening of the film…
The weirdest maths facts ever
12th March, 2018
Maths, statistics, and ham sandwiches – it’s all there in Weird Maths by David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee.
Stanley Johnson – The Frontline Club
9th March, 2018
An Evening with Stanley Johnson and Rachel Johnson
8 books you must read for #InternationalWomensDay (and 3 you should watch out for)
8th March, 2018
If you’re looking to mark International Women’s Day by reading books written by and about women (and you should be), we’ve selected…
Jennifer Makumbi Wins Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction 2018
7th March, 2018
Jennifer Makumbi has won the 2018 Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction for her novel Kintu, published this January.
Author Guy Bolton takes a look at the Oscars 2018
20th February, 2018
Who will win the Oscars? Guy Bolton, author of CWA Dagger-shortlisted THE PICTURES looks at the nominations…
Sophie Scholl and the White Rose 75th Anniversary
19th February, 2018
A short history of the events that transpired in February 1943.
The Oneworld Podcast – Jenni Murray
6th February, 2018
To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Women getting the vote for the very first time, broadcaster and author Jenni Murray heads to Parliament Square t…
The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love Wins ESTW Award
2nd February, 2018
The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love by Per J Andersson and translated by Anna Holmwood wins the Marco Polo Outs…
VIDEO: AC Grayling on democracy
23rd January, 2018
AC Grayling discusses the current state of democracy on the BBC.
The Oneworld Podcast – The Angry Chef
10th January, 2018
We are kicking off 2018 with a brand new podcast. This month Anthony Warner – The Angry Chef – discusses fad diets, blogger sensationalists and w…
VIDEO: The Only Girl In The World
8th January, 2018
When she was three Maude Julien became her father’s prisoner and was kept hidden from the world for years. In ‘The Only Girl In The World’ she sp…
The Oneworld Podcast – AC Grayling on Democracy
19th December, 2017
Prompted by the EU referendum and the election of Trump in the USA, AC Grayling discusses his book Democracy and its Crisis in the twenty-first centur…
Jason Segel, author of OTHERWORLD, on Today Extra
29th November, 2017
Jason Segel chats with Today Extra
Jenni Murray – Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
10th November, 2017
A History of Britain in 21 Women
Ilan Pappe & Donald Macintyre – Cambridge Literary Festival
10th November, 2017
Life in the Occupied Territories
Iain Sinclair – Five Leaves Bookshop
10th November, 2017
The Last London; True Fictions from an Unreal City
Martin Bell – Richmond Literature Festival
10th November, 2017
Martin Bell in conversation with John Stapleton
Miranda Kaufmann – Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge
10th November, 2017
Black Tudors – The Untold Story
VIDEO: Richard Florida at LSE
17th October, 2017
For those who missed it, Richard Florida’s launch event at LSE is now available in video and audio via LSE Cities The New Urban Crisis offers a d…
Syd Moore – Halloween at Gower Street
16th October, 2017
Daughters of Darkness with Syd Moore and Cathi Unsworth
Designer discusses back story to the beautiful cover of Heather Harpham’s ‘Happiness’
25th September, 2017
Happiness – the inspiration behind the stunning cover from Kate Forrester
Martin Bell – Ilkley Literature Festival
22nd September, 2017
Making or Faking? New Approaches to the News
Jenni Murray – Isle of Wight Literary Festival
22nd September, 2017
A History of Britain in 21 Women
Miranda Kaufmann – The Mary Rose Museum
22nd September, 2017
The Mary Rose Trust Anniversary Lectures
Rupert Younger & David Waller – Blackwell’s Oxford
20th September, 2017
The Art of Changing How People See You
Stanley Johnson – Cheltenham Literature Festival
18th September, 2017
Stanley Johnson in conversation with Vince Cable
Iain Sinclair – Daunts Marylebone
18th September, 2017
Iain Sinclair in conversation with Keggie Carew
Sarah Gristwood – Lincoln Book Festival
18th September, 2017
Sarah Gristwood and Alison Weir on Queens and Power
Martin Bell – Dublin History Festival
15th September, 2017
Martin Bell in conversation with Keelin Shanley
Richard Cohen – Blackwell’s Oxford
15th September, 2017
Ex Libris LIVE: Richard Cohen, Anna McNuff, Angela Clarke and Mark Ellis
Anthony McGowan – Wigtown Book Festival
15th September, 2017
The Art of Failing: Notes from the Underdog
Iain Sinclair – Waterstones Brighton
15th September, 2017
An Evening With Iain Sinclair and Brian Catling
VIDEO: Happiness author Heather Harpham
6th September, 2017
The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After
Edward O. Thorp’s A Man For All Markets Longlisted for Business Book of the Year
14th August, 2017
We are thrilled to see Edward O. Thorp’s brilliant memoir longlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2017. For those…
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2017
14th August, 2017
Edinburgh Book Festival is off and running and there are no less than eight Oneworld authors on show. Among the highlights are Booker winner Paul Beat…
Oneworld is looking for a Social Media & Marketing Manager
1st August, 2017
Working on a range of books that include prize winners such as The Sellout, thought provoking non-fiction like the recently published T…
Read the first chapter of Kompromat by Stanley Johnson
29th June, 2017
Read the first chapter of Stanley Johnson’s new geo-political thriller
Stanley Johnson’s Brexit thriller, Kompromat, to be adapted for Channel 4
1st June, 2017
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s father Stanley Johnson’s satirical thriller about political “skullduggery”, Kompromat, is to be adapted for a…
Do you know more than the average Millennial?
24th May, 2017
What’s the point in knowing anything when facts are so easy to look up?
Juliet Mabey winner of Editor of the Year at the British Book Awards 2017
9th May, 2017
The judges called Juliet Mabey ‘an editor who is bold and clear in her decision-making… and who spots the potential in books and authors that m…
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize
21st April, 2017
Fever Dream by Argentinian novelist Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell, has been shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. The…
The Panama Papers investigation has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
13th April, 2017
It was announced on 10th April 2017 that the Panama Papers investigation won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. To read the behind the scen…
The Seven by Ruth Dudley Edwards longlisted for the Orwell Prize 2017
3rd April, 2017
The Seven – The Lives and Legacies of the Founding Fathers of the Irish Republic by Ruth Dudley Edwards has been longlisted for the Orwell Book Prize…
Oneworld is shortlisted for three British Book Industry Awards
31st March, 2017
Oneworld is honoured to be shortlisted for three British Book Awards. Fiction Book of the Year – The Sellout Editor of the Year – Juliet…
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017
29th March, 2017
Oneworld is proud to announce that Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell, has been longlisted for the Man Booker Internationa…
Justin Trudeau’s speech delivered at the 11th Annual Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention
8th March, 2017
Toronto, December 22, 2012
Disease eradication in the Trump era
27th February, 2017
Karen Bartlett, author of The Health of Nations – The Campaign to End Polio and Eradicate Epidemic Diseases
How the World Entered a New Cold War – Peter Conradi
16th February, 2017
I went to work in Moscow in summer 1988…
Oneworld wins the IPG Alison Morrison Diversity Award
10th February, 2017
Oneworld is honoured to win the 2017 Alison Morrison Diversity Award at the Independent Publishers Awards on 9th February 2017. For a list of all the…
Fall in Love with Books this Valentine’s Day
7th February, 2017
From beautifully written novels and short stories to true stories about overcoming obstacles in the name of love, we’ve got just the selection for you…
Diversity Access Internship Programme – work for us in 2017
6th January, 2017
Oneworld prides itself on showcasing a very diverse, inclusive workplace. In 2016 we went a step further and launched our Diversity Access Programme t…
Foyles names The Sellout as Book of the Year 2016
30th November, 2016
Booker-winning novel picked for special pre-Christmas promotional push Foyles will have displays of The Sellout, carrying a gold and white Foyles Book…
Oneworld profiled in the Guardian Books
15th November, 2016
Oneworld: the tiny publisher behind the last two Man Booker winners It started as a kitchen-table project in Cyprus, and 30 years later has grown into…
Paul Beatty wins the Man Booker Prize for The Sellout
26th October, 2016
Paul Beatty has become the first US author to win the Man Booker Prize with his racial satire The Sellout. His novel tells the story of a young black…
Join this year’s Man Booker shortlisted authors at one of four major events around the country
11th October, 2016
Saturday 15 October: The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival 4.45–6pm Tickets: £12 + fee Literary Director of the Bo…
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson is a finalist for the 2016 National Book Awards for Fiction
11th October, 2016
Congratulations to Jacqueline Woodson whose novel, Another Brooklyn, is a finalist for the 2016 National Book Awards for Fiction. Take a look at the o…
Spring 2017 Highlights from Oneworld
11th October, 2016
Take a look at what titles we will be publishing from January to June 2017
Prison Book Club author, Ann Walmsley, wins the 2016 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
29th September, 2016
The Prison Book Club is a record of book club discussions, presented in a straightforward and engaging manner that draws the reader into the conversat…
The Sellout by Paul Beatty is shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016
13th September, 2016
Paul Beatty, Deborah Levy, Graeme Macrae Burnet, Ottessa Moshfegh, David Szalay and Madeleine Thien are announced as the six shortlisted authors for t…
Brad Pitt reads from A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
12th September, 2016
Watch Brad Pitt read from Marlon James’ Man Booker winning novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings
Meet the Translator: The Hermit, K.E. Semmel
7th September, 2016
Get acquainted with K.E. Semmel, the translator of Thomas Rydahl’s novel, The Hermit (Denmark).
Oneworld shares their memories of reading The Little Prince in celebration of publishing The Return of the Young Prince
31st August, 2016
Share your memories on Twitter #ThePrinceReturns
The Return of the Young Prince book trailer
31st August, 2016
Watch the book trailer for The Return of the Young Prince
The Sellout by Paul Beatty makes the Man Booker Prize 2016 longlist
27th July, 2016
The longlist, or ‘Man Booker Dozen’, for the £50,000 Man Booker Prize is announced today, 27th July 2016. This year’s longlist…
Umami author, Laia Jufresa, in conversation with translator Sophie Hughes
14th July, 2016
Laia Jufresa and Sophie Hughes in conversation
Dana Reinhardt on Tell Us Something True
8th July, 2016
A Q & A with Tell Us Something True author, Dana Reinhardt.
Meet the Translator – Umami, Sophie Hughes
7th July, 2016
Get acquainted with Sophie Hughes, the translator of Laia Jufresa’s novel, Umami.
Call for bloggers for our Point Blank titles
1st July, 2016
From today (4th July) until Friday, 8th July, Point Blank will be adding new names to its blogger database.
Q&A with Frederik Obermaier & Bastian Obermayer, authors of The Panama Papers
27th June, 2016
A Q&A with the journalists who broke the story of the biggest data leak in history
Simon Van Booy reads from Father’s Day
23rd June, 2016
Simon reads from his newest novel, Father’s Day
Meet the Translator – A Very Special Year, Jamie Bulloch
3rd June, 2016
Get acquainted with Jamie Bulloch, the translator of Thomas Montasser’s novel, A Very Special Year.
Meet the Translator – The Sky Over Lima, Andrea Rosenberg
3rd June, 2016
Get acquainted with Andrea Rosenberg, the translator of Juan Gómez Bárcena’s novel, The Sky Over Lima.
Oneworld celebrates 30 years
27th May, 2016
Oneworld celebrated its 30th birthday on Wednesday, 25th May at the Union Club with authors, booksellers, agents, and fellow industry guests.
Radical Histories of the Middle East
26th May, 2016
This series commissions outstanding original monographs which set out to examine radical histories of the Middle East.
Oneworld wins The British Book Industry Independent Publisher of the Year 2016
4th May, 2016
Oneworld is honoured to have won Independent Publisher of the Year at the British Book Industry Awards
Trade post 1
30th April, 2016
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29th April, 2016
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A reading and Q&A with Jane Urquhart, author of The Night Stages
21st April, 2016
A reading and Q&A with Jane Urquhart, author of The Night Stages
Marlon James on BBC World TV’s ‘GMT’
21st April, 2016
In case you missed it – watch Marlon James speaking about A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS on BBC World TV’s GMT programme.
Oneworld is honoured to have been named IPG Trade Publisher of the Year
13th April, 2016
The Independent Publishers Guild is delighted to announce the 13 winners of the 2016 IPG Independent Publishing Awards.
Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpont is long listed for the Dylan Thomas Prize
7th April, 2016
A longlist of 12 books has today (20 January) been announced for the prestigious International Dylan Thomas Prize, sponsored by Swansea University.
