Levy, Deborah. Beautiful Mutants and Swallowing Geography. Two Early Novels. Bloomsbury, 2015.
Bloomsbury Publishing
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing | Deborah Levy | This was reissued by Penguin
together with Beautiful Mutants and under the title Early Levy, 2014. The combination was reprinted by Bloomsbury Publishing
the next year as Beautiful Mutants and Swallowing Geography. Two Early Novels. |
| Publishing | Jeanette Winterson | The book, turned down by Winterson's former publisher, was published by Bloomsbury
. Parker, Peter, editor. A Reader’s Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers. Oxford University Press, 1996. |
| Publishing | J. K. Rowling | JKR
's first book, a novel for children called Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was published by Bloomsbury
after many other publishers had turned it down. The initial print run was just 500. Smith, Sean, b. 1955. J. K. Rowling. A Biography. Arrow, 2002. 179 Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. “The Decade in Review 1997-2007”. MuggleNet. |
| Publishing | J. K. Rowling | Rowling submitted her manuscript to one agent who rejected it, then to the Christopher Little Literary Agency
, where it was noticed by Bryony Evans
, who had the job of opening the post. The... |
| Publishing | Helen Oyeyemi | Bloomsbury
in London and Penguin
in New York published HO
's second novel, The Opposite House. Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk. |
| Publishing | Patricia Highsmith | PH
's last novel, Small g: a summer idyll, was published posthumously (shortly after she died) with Bloomsbury
. Contemporary Literary Criticism. Gale Research, 1973–2024, Numerous volumes. 102: 217 Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Gale Research, 1981–2024, Numerous volumes. 62 |
| Publishing | Patricia Highsmith | Harper
rejected this novel, and it came out pseudonymously from Coward-McCann
as The Price of Salt. A paperback followed in 1953, in which the work sold more than a million. Dirda, Michael. “This Woman Is Dangerous”. The Guardian, 20 June 2009, p. between pp. 12 and 13. between 12 and 13 |
| Reception | J. K. Rowling | These books have been credited with single-handedly raising literacy rates among children. “The Decade in Review 1997-2007”. MuggleNet. |
| Textual Production | Joanna Trollope | JT
published with Bloomsbury
a short novel or novella, The Book Boy, one of the collection of Quick Reads contributed by various authors and publishers to World Book Day and to the cause of... |
| Textual Production | Joanna Trollope | JT
contributed to Bloomsbury
's series of pocket-size, separately printed short stories costing a pound each (Bloomsbury Quids) a tale entitled Faith, published in 1996. “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. |
| Textual Production | Kamila Shamsie | KS
published her second novel, Salt and Saffron, with Bloomsbury
. Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk. |
| Textual Production | Helen Oyeyemi | HO
, still a student, published her first novel, The Icarus Girl, with Bloomsbury Press
in the same month that her two plays, Juniper's Whitening and Victimese, were printed by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
. Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
| Textual Production | Nadine Gordimer | After this her next novel, My Son's Story, 1990, marked a change of publisher, from Cape
to Bloomsbury
. |
Timeline
By Autumn 1975: Carmen Callil's new Virago Press issued its...
Women writers item
By Autumn 1975
Carmen Callil
's new Virago Press
issued its first title, Mary Chamberlain
's Fenwomen: A Portrait of Women in an English Village, an indictment of rural poverty as it bears on women.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
(25 September 1975): 13
1986: The publishing firm of Bloomsbury Books was...
Writing climate item
1986
The publishing firm of Bloomsbury Books
was founded with the aim of bringing quality to the mass market.
Wardle, Gerry. “Bloomsbury literary fiction imprint at Bloomsbury”. Mslexia, Vol.
14
, 1 June–30 Nov. 2002, p. 44. 44
1986: The publishing firm of Bloomsbury Books was...
Writing climate item
1986
The publishing firm of Bloomsbury Books
was founded with the aim of bringing quality to the mass market.
Wardle, Gerry. “Bloomsbury literary fiction imprint at Bloomsbury”. Mslexia, Vol.
14
, 1 June–30 Nov. 2002, p. 44. 44
Summer 2005: News broke that one of the bestselling nonfiction...
Women writers item
Summer 2005
News broke that one of the bestselling nonfiction books of the year, Judith Kelly
's Rock Me Gently, included passages almost verbally identical with passages by other authors.
Leith, Sam. “Sounds familiar? When ’memories’ seem to spring from other literary sources”. Telegraph.co.uk, 6 Aug. 2005.
Texts
Atkinson, Diane. Rise Up, Women!. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.