Fourth Estate launched in 1984, from cramped offices in London’s Westbourne Grove and soon became a highly respected imprint for its challenging and innovative publishing across a wide range of books.
With a large selection of non-fiction titles and authors under its belt
Fourth Estate moved in to publishing fiction in 1987 and has since been
responsible for launching the careers of such great authors as Carol
Shields, Annie Proulx and Jonathan Coe. The number of award winning
authors runs on and on - Booker Prize winners, Orange Prize winners,
Pulitzer Prize winners and in 2007 a Nobel Prize for Literature for the
marvellous Doris Lessing. This year Fourth Estate celebrates its 25th
year in publishing and to celebrate this anniversary on Lovereading we
bring you just a taster from the huge eclectic mix of fantastic fiction
and non-fiction they have produced over the years.
Click here to view a video celebrating 25 years of Fourth Estate books.
Fourth Estate 25th Anniversary
Prize Draw
As part of the 25th anniversary celebrations Fourth Estate have produced numbered, collectable editions of five of their classic books. These editions are hardbacks, limited to 2000 copies each, with jackets designed by some of the finest artists at work today. At Lovereading we have we have a set of the limited editions to give away to one lucky reader. To enter the prize draw to win this lovely set of books click the prize draw button on the featured titles in the Fourth Estate 25th anniversary section. Please note that this draw is free to enter and closes on Friday 29 May 2009. Terms and conditions apply. Winners will be notified by Friday 12 June 2009.
When you go into a bookshop, how often do you look for the author’s name before you look at the title? How much value do you place on literary prizes, or Richard and Judy stickers? Do writer’s reputations matter? Should they? Can you really judge a book by its author?
The ANONthology is an experimental project to assess the importance placed on name and reputation over quality of writing. Amongst the writers contained within are Orange and Genius Prize winners, Booker and Pulitzer Prize nominees. There is one author who’s sold over half a million copies, another who’s written over fifty books. But can you tell which is which? And how does it change the reading experience, not knowing if the author is young or old, male or female?. To read the ANONthology click here.
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