Fancy hearing from one of the most interesting authors writing today? Nothing author Janne Teller will be in conversation with literary critic Paul Binding at Kensington & Chelsea’s Town Hall (Hornton St, W8). The event comes ahead of 2 world premières – Glyndebourne putting on Nothing as an opera in February while Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre are…
A tree, some teenagers and some stuff thrown on the ground. We LOVE this trailer for Glyndebourne’s forthcoming operatic production of Janne Teller‘s awe-inspiring novel NOTHING. So simple, yet so effective. Just like the book itself. Tickets are on sale now for the performances on 25, 26 & 27 Feb. Click here to go to…
It’s a question Freddy Mercury used to ask. It’s also one that the BBC’s Nick Higham raised when interviewing Kazuo Ishiguro recently about his new novel, Buried. (You’ll find the interview at the end of this post.) And it’s a question we’ve often asked about Gillian Philip‘s Rebel Angels series – Firebrand, Bloodstone, Wolfsbane and…
If you caught David Almond’s excellent ‘A World Beyond Alice’ programme on BBC Radio 4 yesterday you’ll have heard him talking Janne Teller about her provocative modern classic Nothing. It’s a remarkable existential novel, with an equally remarkable tale behind its publication. If you missed the programme, click here to go to it on the BBC…
Nothing author Janne Teller will be speaking at HowTheLightGetsIn, the world’s largest philosophy and music festival, this May in Hay-on-Wye. Janne will join Hilary Benn and Thomas Dichter to debate whether foreign aid is perpetuating poverty, speak on whether the web needs a democratic revolution and debate whether distance is irrelevant to moral responsibility. (For…
Janne Teller‘s stunning novel Nothing has topped this list of top recommendations in The Guardian, with a spot-on summary from Skillig author David Almond. We’re not surprised it’s been chosen. It’s an astounding (life-changing?) novel. Ironcically, it’s actually about everything. The meaning of life and all that. To celebrate, we’ve released a very small parcel of signed copies into the book trade. You…
Janne Teller’s NOTHING is a huge international bestseller. This short clip tells you all you need to know about this modern classic. A brief introduction to NOTHING/NADA by Janne Teller