Oliver Wearing
@oliverwearing.bsky.social
Senior Publicist at WW Norton UK. F1 & Taylor Swift enthusiast (in other words: annoying). All views my own but frankly you're welcome to them!
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Oliver Wearing
@oliverwearing.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Hello hello! Planning on treating Bluesky like a diary for the coverage that comes in for my books; can't say it will be truly thrilling content but certainly more edifying than what's percolating on That Other Website these days
'There is much here that will fascinate any space enthusiast.' ☄️
HOW TO KILL AN ASTEROID by Robin George Andrews, reviewed in December's issue of the Literary Review: literaryreview.co.uk/apocalypse-d...
HOW TO KILL AN ASTEROID by Robin George Andrews, reviewed in December's issue of the Literary Review: literaryreview.co.uk/apocalypse-d...
Andrew Crumey - Apocalypse Delayed
Andrew Crumey: Apocalypse Delayed - How to Kill an Asteroid: The Real Science of Planetary Defense by Robin George Andrews
literaryreview.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 5:34 PM
'There is much here that will fascinate any space enthusiast.' ☄️
HOW TO KILL AN ASTEROID by Robin George Andrews, reviewed in December's issue of the Literary Review: literaryreview.co.uk/apocalypse-d...
HOW TO KILL AN ASTEROID by Robin George Andrews, reviewed in December's issue of the Literary Review: literaryreview.co.uk/apocalypse-d...
THE INVENTION OF PREHISTORY by Stefanos Geroulanos is a Prospect best history book of the year!
'This is a work that makes you wonder how much we actually know—and how much we just project.'
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/6871...
'This is a work that makes you wonder how much we actually know—and how much we just project.'
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/6871...
Prospect’s books of the year 2024: History
From the meaning of prehistory to the significance of children’s literature
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 5, 2024 at 10:46 AM
THE INVENTION OF PREHISTORY by Stefanos Geroulanos is a Prospect best history book of the year!
'This is a work that makes you wonder how much we actually know—and how much we just project.'
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/6871...
'This is a work that makes you wonder how much we actually know—and how much we just project.'
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/6871...
So thrilling to see Liveright's beautiful re-issue of Peter Hujar's PORTRAITS IN LIFE AND DEATH, one of the most arresting photographic books ever published, leading Frieze's 2024 gift guide: www.frieze.com/gift-guide-2...
December 5, 2024 at 10:34 AM
So thrilling to see Liveright's beautiful re-issue of Peter Hujar's PORTRAITS IN LIFE AND DEATH, one of the most arresting photographic books ever published, leading Frieze's 2024 gift guide: www.frieze.com/gift-guide-2...
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SOLIDARITY AND STRENGTH to all those striking today!!
Why are we striking?
Our owners says the sale is “necessary”. But the Observer is a successful part of the Guardian family
The deal has been done in secret and without considering other bids
Our owners have a £1.3bn fund & a duty to protect liberal journalism - why not invest?
Our owners says the sale is “necessary”. But the Observer is a successful part of the Guardian family
The deal has been done in secret and without considering other bids
Our owners have a £1.3bn fund & a duty to protect liberal journalism - why not invest?
December 4, 2024 at 11:36 AM
SOLIDARITY AND STRENGTH to all those striking today!!
There's an entry-level opening in our lovely little team for a Sales & Marketing Assistant! You'd have to spend three days in the office with me but I promise there are actual perks to the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised and creative International Sales & Marketing Assistant to join Norton UK's small (but mighty!) Trade team—could that be you?
Find out more about the job here: wwnorton.co.uk/about/careers
#PublishingJobs #JobsInBooks #WorkInPublishing
Find out more about the job here: wwnorton.co.uk/about/careers
#PublishingJobs #JobsInBooks #WorkInPublishing
December 3, 2024 at 10:21 AM
There's an entry-level opening in our lovely little team for a Sales & Marketing Assistant! You'd have to spend three days in the office with me but I promise there are actual perks to the job
So great to see Turner Prize-winning artist Chris Ofili honour Emily Wilson's landmark ODYSSEY translation in this brilliant piece! 🌊
www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
‘We recognise it in this very primal way’: Stephen Fry, Brie Larson, Chris Ofili and more on why we can’t get enough of Greek mythology
Love, death, grief, power, revenge: Greek tragedies get to the essence of the human experience. Here, writers and artists select their favourite plays, music and films inspired by ancient classics, fr...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:47 AM
So great to see Turner Prize-winning artist Chris Ofili honour Emily Wilson's landmark ODYSSEY translation in this brilliant piece! 🌊
www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
Wonderful to see REAGAN by Max Boot, THE CATALYST by Thomas Cech, ORIGIN STORY by Howard Markel and RAIDERS, RULERS, AND TRADERS by David Chaffetz on the Economist's best books of 2024 list, and keeping excellent company too with so many other Norton US titles!
www.economist.com/culture/2024...
www.economist.com/culture/2024...
The best books of 2024, as chosen by The Economist
Readers will never think the same way again about games, horses and spies
www.economist.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Wonderful to see REAGAN by Max Boot, THE CATALYST by Thomas Cech, ORIGIN STORY by Howard Markel and RAIDERS, RULERS, AND TRADERS by David Chaffetz on the Economist's best books of 2024 list, and keeping excellent company too with so many other Norton US titles!
www.economist.com/culture/2024...
www.economist.com/culture/2024...
“A timely and very entertaining work of intellectual and political history.”
AMERICA LAST by Jacob Heilbrunn is an FT best political book of the year! www.ft.com/content/ab87...
AMERICA LAST by Jacob Heilbrunn is an FT best political book of the year! www.ft.com/content/ab87...
Best books of 2024: Politics
Gideon Rachman selects his must-read titles
www.ft.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:50 PM
“A timely and very entertaining work of intellectual and political history.”
AMERICA LAST by Jacob Heilbrunn is an FT best political book of the year! www.ft.com/content/ab87...
AMERICA LAST by Jacob Heilbrunn is an FT best political book of the year! www.ft.com/content/ab87...
“Offshore centres sell secrecy. Such secrecy, Harrington argues, is indeed a source of wealth, but also a threat to law-governed democracy.”
OFFSHORE by Brooke Harrington is an FT best economic book of the year! www.ft.com/content/d5fa...
OFFSHORE by Brooke Harrington is an FT best economic book of the year! www.ft.com/content/d5fa...
Best books of 2024: Economics
Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles
www.ft.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:54 PM
“Offshore centres sell secrecy. Such secrecy, Harrington argues, is indeed a source of wealth, but also a threat to law-governed democracy.”
OFFSHORE by Brooke Harrington is an FT best economic book of the year! www.ft.com/content/d5fa...
OFFSHORE by Brooke Harrington is an FT best economic book of the year! www.ft.com/content/d5fa...
“Rich and learned… [Sinha] offers admirable clarity on the complex political and constitutional developments of Reconstruction"
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SECOND AMERICAN REPUBLIC by Manisha Sinha, reviewed in the TLS: www.the-tls.co.uk/history/mode...
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SECOND AMERICAN REPUBLIC by Manisha Sinha, reviewed in the TLS: www.the-tls.co.uk/history/mode...
The short triumph and long death of Reconstruction | Book review
The literature on Reconstruction has long been the jewel in the crown of American history scholarship, a crucial field for the trial of new methods and a source of politically resonant interpretations...
www.the-tls.co.uk
November 21, 2024 at 5:21 PM
“Rich and learned… [Sinha] offers admirable clarity on the complex political and constitutional developments of Reconstruction"
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SECOND AMERICAN REPUBLIC by Manisha Sinha, reviewed in the TLS: www.the-tls.co.uk/history/mode...
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SECOND AMERICAN REPUBLIC by Manisha Sinha, reviewed in the TLS: www.the-tls.co.uk/history/mode...
THE INVENTION OF PREHISTORY by Stefanos Geroulanos, reviewed in the LRB: “Geroulanos doesn’t think all prehistory is bad or exclusionary; he objects only to theories that claim certainty and seek legitimacy from an essentially unknowable past.”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Oliver Cussen · Lamentable Stick Figure: Uses of Prehistory
Recognition of a past without people yielded a centuries-long ‘obsession’ with trying to find the essence of...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 4:38 PM
THE INVENTION OF PREHISTORY by Stefanos Geroulanos, reviewed in the LRB: “Geroulanos doesn’t think all prehistory is bad or exclusionary; he objects only to theories that claim certainty and seek legitimacy from an essentially unknowable past.”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
And TRANSIENT AND STRANGE by Nell Greenfieldboyce made the Telegraph's best science books of 2024 roundup! We simply love to see it!
"Greenfieldboyce reminds us that knowledge is more than just an acquisition: it enables us to feel the world more deeply.” www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
"Greenfieldboyce reminds us that knowledge is more than just an acquisition: it enables us to feel the world more deeply.” www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
The best science books of 2024, from lethal technology to eternal life
This year, leading thinkers asked how humanity became so fragile, what other life could exist in the universe, and whether it’s already here
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 4:34 PM
And TRANSIENT AND STRANGE by Nell Greenfieldboyce made the Telegraph's best science books of 2024 roundup! We simply love to see it!
"Greenfieldboyce reminds us that knowledge is more than just an acquisition: it enables us to feel the world more deeply.” www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
"Greenfieldboyce reminds us that knowledge is more than just an acquisition: it enables us to feel the world more deeply.” www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
Truly so wonderful to see LOVING SYLVIA PLATH by Emily Van Duyne on this TLS list, as selected by Elizabeth Lowry; “Dazzlingly illuminating... Hands down the most gripping thing I’ve read this year… Buy her book, read it, believe it.” ❤️🩹
www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...
www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...
The TLS Books of the Year 2024: Our contributors decide
Visit the Times Bookshop to purchase the books below DAVID ABULAFIA In Courage and Compassion: A Jewish boyhood in German-occupied Greece (Berghahn), Tony Molho, a celebrated historian of Renaissance ...
www.the-tls.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Truly so wonderful to see LOVING SYLVIA PLATH by Emily Van Duyne on this TLS list, as selected by Elizabeth Lowry; “Dazzlingly illuminating... Hands down the most gripping thing I’ve read this year… Buy her book, read it, believe it.” ❤️🩹
www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...
www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...
A NEW PHILOSOPHY OF OPERA by Yuval Sharon is an FT best book of the year! "Expect insight, originality and some contentious views that will stimulate debate” 🔥
Best books of 2024: Classical and Pop Music www.ft.com/content/2e2a...
Best books of 2024: Classical and Pop Music www.ft.com/content/2e2a...
Best books of 2024: Classical and Pop Music
Richard Fairman and Ludovic Hunter-Tilney select their must-read titles
www.ft.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
A NEW PHILOSOPHY OF OPERA by Yuval Sharon is an FT best book of the year! "Expect insight, originality and some contentious views that will stimulate debate” 🔥
Best books of 2024: Classical and Pop Music www.ft.com/content/2e2a...
Best books of 2024: Classical and Pop Music www.ft.com/content/2e2a...
Hello hello! Planning on treating Bluesky like a diary for the coverage that comes in for my books; can't say it will be truly thrilling content but certainly more edifying than what's percolating on That Other Website these days
November 18, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Hello hello! Planning on treating Bluesky like a diary for the coverage that comes in for my books; can't say it will be truly thrilling content but certainly more edifying than what's percolating on That Other Website these days