Books for Life (Happy World Book Day)
To celebrate World Book Day here at Gollancz Towers we’ve each come up with a book we wanted to share with you. A book for life. And because it’s World Book Day we’re offering you a chance to win each...
View ArticleWhispers Under Ground – First Chapter extract
I was neither born nor bred in London. But I’ve lived and worked here for longer than I have anywhere else – 26 years now. If I’m anything, I’m a Londoner. My children are born and bred Londoners and I...
View ArticleThe Sound of Whispers Under Ground
You’ve been treated to extracts and articles in the build up to the release of Ben Aaronovitch’s third Peter Grant novel, Whispers Under Ground, and it wouldn’t be a new Gollancz release without a plug...
View ArticleLove Charing Cross Road Festival
This weekend, two of London’s best bookshops have joined together to put on a day of literary, musical and culinary events to celebrate Charing Cross Road, spiritual home of the UK bookselling trade....
View ArticleGollancz signings this weekend, and a competition!
There’s lots of exciting signings going on this weekend, so we thought this would be a good chance to let you know about some of our author’s movements. Ben Aaronovitch has been all around the country...
View ArticleRivers of London- Chapter One
This week we’re giving you a chance to acquaint yourself with Ben Aaronovitch’s Sunday Times bestselling series of supernatural London Detective novels. We’re serializing the opening chapters of the...
View ArticleRivers of London- Chapter Two
To celebrate our long week part serialization of Rivers of London Team Gollancz are sharing their love of London before each chapter. Today, Gillian tells you why London is a miracle of a city . . . ....
View ArticleRivers of London- Chapter Three
To celebrate our long week part serialization of Rivers of London Team Gollancz are sharing their love of London before each chapter. Today, Jen tells you why London is home . . . I first set foot in...
View ArticleRivers of London- Chapter Four
To celebrate our long week part serialization of Rivers of London Team Gollancz are sharing their love of London before each chapter. Today, Jon shares his London memories with you . . . There’s a...
View ArticleFriday Reads: Remembrance of the Daleks
I bought all the fondly remembered Target novelisations of Doctor Who stories as an 80s kid. I couldn’t afford to buy the videos till much later so the books were cheap and cheerful reminders of...
View ArticleBen Aaronovitch Month – Peter Grant is back!
We’re excited to be publishing the latest Peter Grant novel, Broken Homes, later this month from Ben Aaronovitch. We’re particularly excited, because PC Grant will be heading south of the river, to...
View ArticleMoon Over Soho – extract and audio clip
Moon Over Soho is the second outing for Peter Grant and this time Ben shifts the focus for his wonderful series of supernatural London investigations to London’s much loved and notorious Soho. But this...
View ArticleWhispers Under Ground – Chapter 1
There’s only one week to go before the publication of Broken Homes, the fourth book in Ben Aaronovitch’s brilliant crime series featuring everyone’s favourite policeman-slash-wizard, Peter Grant. This...
View ArticleHappy Publication Day to Broken Homes!
Broken Homes is out in bookshops today and we couldn’t be more excited to share this fantastic new PC Peter Grant adventure with you. To celebrate we returned to the bookshop where the adventure began....
View ArticleThe Intern Insight: Ben Aaronovitch’s book launch
Our lovely publicity intern, Jessica, has shared her experiences of being asked along to the Ben Aaronovitch book launch last week, to celebrate the release of the fourth Peter Grant novel, Broken...
View ArticleBehind the Sofa: Ben Aaronovitch
At the end of this month, we’re going to be publishing an expanded edition of Behind the Sofa, a collection of celebrity memories of Doctor Who. All the royalties will go to Alzheimer’s Research UK, as...
View ArticleGollancz Signings this Autumn
Gollancz are running some exciting events this autumn, so we thought it only fair to share a round-up with you. Lots of chances to meet some of your favourite authors and get one (or many) books signed...
View ArticleThe Rivers of London Rap – written, composed and performed by Doc Brown and...
Introducing The Rivers of London rap! Yep, you read that right! What do you do when two talented friends tell you they’d love to write, compose and record a rap song based on your novels? Well you say...
View Article2014: The Continuing Series
In the last of our series of sneak peeks at Gollancz’s 2014 schedule, our focus turns to ongoing series. We’re thrilled as always to have so many authors and series returning, and the books below are...
View ArticleBig news for fans of Peter Grant/Rivers of London!
We are delighted to announce that in a major deal, we have acquired publishing rights from the Zeno Agency for the seventh and eighth books in Ben Aaronovitch‘s hugely successful Peter Grant/Rivers of...
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