New York Times"The Atlas of War and Peace combines short brutally clear analysis with maps and graphics showing exactly what is going on around the world."
George Monbiot"Brilliant – funny and shocking and apt and beautifully drawn. Kate Evans has told the story of climate change in a way that's accessible, funny and moving."
It's great to hear that book groups are enjoying our novels, and to celebrate this and encourage more groups to discover our authors we're offering a special 3 for 2 deal: buy two copies of any Myriad novel and get the third free. Postage is included too! Contact Vicky Blunden for details.
We're thrilled to see that The Clay Dreaming (just published) has not only been selected for Waterstone's prestigious promotion, New Voices 2010, but also picked out as one of its highlights. Author Ed Hillyer is interviewed in Waterstone's Books Quarterly.
The Cloths of Heaven is the Radio 4 Woman’s Hour Drama every day this week (Monday 15th – Friday 19th March) at 10.45am, repeated at 7.45pm. Author Sue Eckstein has distilled the novel into five gripping episodes: British diplomat Daniel Maddison, on his first posting to West Africa, is looking for life beyond the ex-pat cocktail parties – and surprised to find his past catching up with him. Directed by BBC's Bruce Young (centre), the cast includes Ruth Gemmell (Rachel) and Matthew Pidgeon (Daniel) pictured here.
Myriad is proud to be supporting Quick Fictions, a night of short fiction (every story under 300 words) organised at the University of Sussex by Nicholas Royle, author of Quilt.
This annual event features new writing by students and staff at Sussex. If you missed the night itself you can read all the stories here on our website by following this link.
Isabel Ashdown's novel will feature alongside nine other books from independent publishers in Legend Press' innovative Exclusively Independent promotion throughout London's independent bookshops and libraries this month. Now in its third printing, Glasshopper was listed in The Observer as one of the best débuts of 2009 and chosen by Juliet Nicolson in the London Evening Standard as one of her favourite books of the year.
Two Myriad titles have been chosen for this month's shortlist in The People's Book Prize. Vote in the fiction category for I have waited, and you have come by Martine McDonagh. In the non-fiction category, vote here for Funny Weather by Kate Evans.
Just one of the many maps and graphics in our atlases. This one is from Dan Smith's State of the World Atlas.
