The Publishing Game: Adventures in Books: 150 years of Hodder & Stoughton
By (Author) Edward Stourton
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
10th July 2018
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Literature: history and criticism
European history
Publishing and book trade
070.509421
Hardback
272
Width 162mm, Height 240mm, Spine 28mm
554g
Author, journalist and BBC presenter Ed Stourton delves into the Hodder & Stoughton archives to tell the human story of 150 years of publishing.
From the day in June 1868 when Matthew Henry Hodder and Thomas Wilberforce Stoughton first founded the company, through numerous encounters with authors from John le Carre to Jodi Picoult, and several staff sports days - this will be an entertaining and enlightening read for any book lover.Edward Stourton has worked in broadcasting for 38 years, and regularly presents BBC Radio Four programmes such as The World at One, The World This Weekend, Sunday and Analysis. He has been a foreign correspondent for Channel Four, ITN and the BBC, and for ten years he was one of the main presenters of the Today programme.