And there’s some good media coverage already: Augustin Trapenard at France Inter (August 30) : https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/boomerang/boomerang-30-aout-2017 Antoine De Caunes at france inter (August 29) : https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/popopop/popopop-29-aout-2017 Le Monde (August 30) re: the webdocumentaries : http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2017/08/30/alan-moore-morceaux-choisis_5178406_4408996.html
Category: Adult Fiction
Dans la Tête d’Alan Moore
Here is a link to watch all eight (5-minute) episodes of the documentary from Arte to celebrate the publication of Alan’s book, JERUSALEM, in French from Inculte on the 30th of August. The documentary is in English (French, Spanish, German, and Polish subtitles are available).
Miles Franklin Longlist Announced
We are thrilled to announce that THE LAST DAYS OF AVA LANGDON by Mark O’Flynn (UQP) has been named to the longlist of the prestigious Australian Miles Franklin literary award! A piercing and witty portrait of a true maverick It has been twenty years since Ava Langdon published her much-lauded novel The Apple Pickers. Now, she leads…
SPEAK GIGANTULAR on Jhalak Prize Shortlist!
SPEAK GIGANTULAR by Irenosen Okojie (Jacaranda Books) is on the shortlist for the first Jhalak Prize for a Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour! Described by chair of judges Sunny Singh as showcasing “the variety, scope, depth, and literary excellence to be found amongst writers of colour in Britain today,” the shortlist consists…
It’s “Best Books of the Year” Time
And JERUSALEM is getting selected! The latest list being NPR’s: NPR Best Books of 2016 JERUSALEM review. “Alan Moore (the groundbreaking, hairy, British genius behind V for Vendetta and Watchmen) spent 10 years pecking away at this Really Big Book — a nearly 1,300-page masterpiece of ambition and focus in which the only character…
Another Great Review for JERUSALEM!
Now, it’s The Spectator’s turn to give JERUSALEM a glowing review! Click here to read it. Alan Moore at the press conference for the launch of JERUSALEM, September 2016. (photo credit: Lora Fountain)
JERUSALEM Encore
We are thrilled to announce that The Washington Post has named JERUSALEM one of the Notable Books of 2016! (This is the UK boxed set.)
More Kudos for JERUSALEM!
Alan Moore’s JERUSALEM has made Kirkus‘ “Best Fiction of 2016” list! “Mind-meld James Michener, Charles Dickens, and Stephen King and you’ll approach the territory the endlessly inventive Moore stakes out in his most magnum of magna opera.” Read the full review here.
HOPE FARM Wins the Barbara Jefferis Award!
Congratulations are due to author Peggy Frew and publisher Scribe as HOPE FARM wins Australia’s prestigious Barbara Jefferis Award! The award is given by the Australian Society of Authors for “the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise empowers the status of women…
The National Post Loves JERUSALEM!
Here is yet another wonderful review for a book that is already a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic just two weeks after publication: “Using the word “staggering” to describe Jerusalem, the new novel from English writer Alan Moore, might actually seem like an understatement… “But “staggering” is in fact most apt as a description…
Lora Fountain Literary Agency 