Born in Cardiff, Andrew Davies is a multi-award-winning screenwriter, novelist and former academic. He is best known for his adaptations of Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, War and Peace, Bleak House, House of Cards and Bridget Jones’s Diary. His original work includes A Very Peculiar Practice, Game On and Filthy Rich. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a BAFTA and Emmy…
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Introducing the John Calder Translation Prize An annual award for English translations of ‘ambitious, groundbreaking’ works opens for submissions in January Alma Books, in association with the Society of Authors and the Whitefriars Club, is delighted to announce the launch of the John Calder Translation Prize, an annual award for translations into English of full-length ambitious, gr…
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To celebrate the rediscovery of Albert Maltz and the republication of A Tale of One January, we caught up with literature professor Patrick Chura, who is writing the introductions to our new editions of Maltz’s novels. Your research has involved a handful of American writers including Henry David Thoreau and Eugene O’Neill. What drew you to Albert Maltz? Initially it was because he was a r…
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Do you think you know your Ulysses stuff? Well, we’ll see! Here’s a quiz to test your knowledge about Ulysses by James Joyce. If you get some of the questions wrong, don’t worry, you’ll be the only one to know! You can play this quiz anonymously or, for a chance to win a copy of the book, you can sign up as a register user, and (if you are new to Alma) get a personal discount coupon too! So good,…
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Do you think you know your Jane Austen stuff? Here’s a quiz to test your knowledge about Jane Austen and her works. If you get some of the questions wrong, don’t worry! You can play this quiz for a chance to win The Complete Jane Austen Collection (8 volumes)! So good, luck and – no cheating and no Wikipedia, because the score doesn’t matter to win the Austen set – only a bit of luck! See below fo…
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Teachers’ resources can be found here (right click to download the PDF) EmergencyZooTR
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Do you think you know your Brontë stuff? Well, we’ll see! Here’s a quiz to test your knowledge about Emily Brontë and Wuthering Heights. If you get some of the questions wrong, don’t worry, you’ll be the only one to know! For a chance to win a copy of Wuthering Heights, you can sign up as a registered user, and (if you are new to Alma) get a personal discount coupon too, or simply leave a comment…
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