Kate Pullinger is the author of several novels and collections of short stories and has collaborated with Jane Campion on the novelization of the film The Piano. The Mistress of Nothing, winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, is... Read full bio
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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. My mother was a great one for maxims, me less so. However, I'm a great believe in optimism, however unfounded. Plus I always like to have my next holiday booked and planned.
Q. What is your motto or maxim?A. My mother was a great one for maxims, me less so. However, I'm a great believe in optimism, however unfounded. Plus I always like to have my next holiday booked and planned.Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?A. Reading of course!Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?A. The global banking crisis, and the way the bankers continue to profit from it.Q. What do you regret most?A. I had a trip book to go see my mum but I got the worst flu I've ever had, and couldn't travel. Five weeks later she died.Q. What’s your fantasy profession?A. My job title at the university where I work part-time is Reader in Creative Writing and New Media. 'Reader' is a British academic title that is one rank below 'Professor'. But it would be great if what it really meant was 'reader' - the perfect job for me!Learn more about Kate Pullinger
...Louise Dennys, executive vice-president of Knopf Random House.'Free-for-all market'Indeed, award-winning Canadian authors like Charles Foran and Kate Pullinger say they plan to stick with their publishers for both print and e-book sales. Still,...
...our literature in seven categories, in both official languages. The 2009 Governor General's Fiction award winner was Kate Pullinger with The Mistress of Nothing. In The Mistress of Nothing, Pullinger creates the fascinating character of Sally, maid to...
...Peace, turning her Academy Award-winning fame to ending violence against women and girls around the globe. In 2009, Kate Pullinger won the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction for her Victorian-era novel “The Mistress of Nothing.” M.G....
...Agant Ltd) recommended by Alex Butterworth, author and founder director of Amblr, location-based storytelling. Online works Inanimate Alice Kate Pullinger and Chris Joseph recommended by Alison Norrington and novelist and games writer Naomi Alderman....
...Louise Dennys, executive vice-president of Knopf Random House.'Free-for-all market'Indeed, award-winning Canadian authors like Charles Foran and Kate Pullinger say they plan to stick with their publishers for both print and e-book sales. Still,...
...complicated nature of the reader as protagonist putting interactivity unavoidably at loggerheads with narrative. Few would argue with Kate Pullinger when she says " there has been a time-lag between what is possible, and what people are actually doing ",...
...of books on sale. Internationally acclaimed poet Mourid Barghouti, children’s writer John Agard, award-winning novelist and lecturer, Kate Pullinger, crime-writer Mark Billingham, India’s famous author Chetan Bhagat are among some of the...
...complicated nature of the reader as protagonist putting interactivity unavoidably at loggerheads with narrative. Few would argue with Kate Pullinger when she says "there has been a time-lag between what is possible, and what people are actually doing",...
...Lady" as she calls her employer, but it is clear as one reads The Mistress of Nothing by Kate Pullinger that Sally enjoys her situation. Many opportunities are available to her, uncommon to someone in her position in 1862. She travels with Lady Duff...
...Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa (eGalley) - releases February 1, 2011- Review Link The Mistress of Nothing by Kate Pullinger (eGalley) - releases January 4, 2011 - Review Link LEFT Neglected by Lisa Genova (eGalley) - releases January 4, 2011 - Review Link...
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...root of what the publishing business is all about, after all. In a post at The Bookseller, novelist Kate Pullinger said, "I think the big publishers have got themselves into a difficult situation with the stranglehold that Amazon, Apple and Google have...
...week on the theme of The Future of the Book . Yesterday’s piece comprised an interview with author Kate Pullinger , the superb wordsmith behind Inanimate Alice (which has a brand new website , worth checking out, as well as a new Partner Page on...