Andy Murray, the British national football team, the 1948 Olympics. "We tried to become distracted by sports, but—you've guessed it—that didn't turn out so well," Hornby writes. But "In 2012, the medals matter. We don't want this party to end." Hornby is the author of the new ebook special Pray.
In his June column for The Believer, Nick Hornby’s challenge as an Englishman is to read and enjoy the “awesomely uncompromising” American nature of Vowell’s books, including her most recent novel Unfamiliar Fishes. Read Hornby’s column here.
The collaboration album from Nick Hornby and Ben Folds -- Lonely Avenue -- has been getting rave reviews. From Time: "This is the beauty of Lonely Avenue...each track is a little story, often told in the first person, about what it's like to be a 9-year-old girl, a washed up rockstar, or the world’s most famous hockey-playing teen dad. And in every story, there’s something relatable.” More...
Come meet Nick Hornby in Atlanta when he reads from his latest novel Juliet, Naked on Monday, October 18th at 7pm. The event is part of the ongoing Ballroom Book Bash series. Click here to find out more about the event...
Lonely Avenue, a collaboration between two eminent artists—American singer-songwriter Ben Folds and novelist Nick Hornby—will be released September 28 on Nonesuch Records. The album features music and vocals by Folds and lyrics by Hornby (author of Juliet, Naked, High Fidelity, Fever Pitch, etc.), with string arrangements by one of the most influential pop string arrangers of all time, Paul Buckmaster (David Bowie, Elton John, Leonard Cohen). More...
Getting ready for the World Cup? Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch and David Goldblatt’s The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer are named in the top 25 football books on abebooks.co.uk. See the full list of titles here.
Critics from The Washington Post have weighed in on the books of 2009 and three Riverhead books made the cut. Joel Richard Paul’s Unlikely Allies was a pick for best of in American History, and Nick Hornby’s Juliet Naked and Sarah Waters’ The Little Stranger made the fiction list. Plus, Jonathan Yardley picked Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s The Informers as the Best Novel of 2009.
