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Lost in Tove Jansson’s letters. My perfect travel companion and chosen book for the brilliant #readhouruk initiative, supported by @moominofficial @indies_alliance @riotcomms
Time to pluck that book you’ve always meant to dip into from your shelves and prepare for #readhouruk. A genius 💡 to promote the simple pleasure of reading - adults acting as role models for those around them, young and old @riotcomms @moominofficial
Raising ghosts and glasses to @shehankaru for his amazing BOOKER SHORTLISTING. Our pride in bringing out this vibrant, searing, inventive SRI LANKAN novel would take many moons to express. So pleased that Shehan Karunatilaka will soon be on our shores @Indies_alliance @ProfileBooks @TheBookerPrizes @RKbookpublicist #7MoonsofMaali #bestsrilankannovels #ShehanKarunatilaka
No just fiendishly good but ‘the most significant Sri Lankan novel in a decade’. Huge congrats @shehankaru #7MoonsofMaali @bookshop.org @Gratiaentrust @TheBookerPrizes @Indies_Alliance @RKbookpublicist
It’s such a thrill to see this extraordinary novel, so deeply and vitally Sri Lankan, **Booker long-listed**! Huge Congrats to @shehankaru who kept faith with it through the hardest of times and 🙏 @TheBookerPrizes @Indies_alliance @ProfileBooks @gratiaentrust @Ruth_Killick_publicity #thebookerprizes #7moons #shehankarunatilaka #Jayawewa
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka writes from the Presidential Palace “we were welcomed by protestors holding signs in all languages saying “Come, have a look, take a selfie, have a laugh. Please do not break anything or steal. We are not looters or vandals. We are good people and our money paid for this.’ Aragalayata Jaya!” Swipe to see his latest book - a scathing satire of Sri Lanka in the murderous mayhem of the late 80s (link in bio) @indies_alliance @profile.books @bookshop_org_uk #shehankarunatilaka #srilanka #srilankanauthors #srilankanbooks

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THE SEVEN MOONS OF MAALI ALMEIDA WINS THE 2022 Booker Prize
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Sort of Books chosen by Wiki as one of seven Book Publishers around the world who are Finding Fresh Voices
Sort of Books chosen by Wiki as one of seven Book Publishers around the world who are Finding Fresh Voices

We’re so proud to be recognised by Wiki as a publisher who helps bring compelling works from talented authors to market. As they say, “The big publishing houses may have all the resources and money, but they hardly have the last word when it comes to releasing great literature to the public; the smaller, independent presses are just as worthy, and often have even more unique and interesting catalogs of titles.”

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Listen to KATHLEEN JAMIE reading her inspiring essay Voice of The Wood from Surfacing
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Cast for the film TOVE announced!
Cast for the film TOVE announced!

The director of the film is Zaida Bergroth, a highly acclaimed Finnish director for which this will be the fifth feature-length drama. She says that Alma Pöysti has all the right characteristics for the role of Tove Jansson. “When I searched for an actress to portray Tove Jansson, I was looking for someone who would have that right Tove-like energy, and who could credibly play a person who created something as amazing and imaginative as the Moomins. Alma Pöysti’s version of Tove combines intelligence and melacholy as well as humour and flirt in a wonderful way. I am very excited to be able to present such an incredible actress to a large audience”, Bergroth says.

Vivica Bandler is played by Krista Kosonen and Shanti Roney plays Atos Wirtanen.

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Listen to Letters from Tove on BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
Listen to Letters from Tove on BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

Tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 9.45 everyday this week to hear Sarah Lamble reading extracts from Letters From Tove by Tove Jansson. Episode One introduces listeners to the young Tove Jansson, arriving as an art student in Paris and coping with the misogyny and hazing rituals meted out to novices at the eminent École des Beaux-Arts.

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