Literature – Henningham Family Press

Launching The Goddess Lens and The Lost Spell

By - David
Posted on September, 8, 2022September, 8, 2022

This September sees us launch Irish queer fiction online and (in person) translated Ethiopian satire. The Goddess Lens is Pascal O’Loughlin’s second novel. Fans of Irish fiction, visual poetry and LGBTQ+ books should flock to David Collard’s online literary magazine show The Glue Factory: Sunday 18th September 2022, 7pmRegister for free here The Lost Spell

Remembering Ethiopia

By - David
Posted on March, 29, 2022March, 30, 2022

To accompany the launch of The Lost Spell by Yismake Worku in English, we relate some neglected history The Lost Spell by Yismake Worku (tr. Bethlehem Attfield) is the tale of a businessman who turns himself into a dog whilst dabbling in the occult. But the journey he is forced to make through the Southern

Historical Fiction at Henningham Family Press

By - David
Posted on March, 4, 2021March, 3, 2021

The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2021 has longlisted the first book in our Historiographic Fictions series: Mr. Beethoven by Paul Griffiths. The Prize celebrates fiction set over 60 years ago. Which of our books should fans of historical fiction investigate and (ahem) qualify for free UK postage? There’s been an explosion of lively

Sir Walter Scott Prize 2021 Longlists Mr. Beethoven!

By - David
Posted on February, 23, 2021February, 23, 2021

The UK’s leading prize for historical fiction longlists Paul Griffiths! The novel we published in Beethoven’s 250th anniversary year will be celebrated in Sir Walter Scott’s 250th year by the the prize that bears his name. Paul Griffiths and Mr. Beethoven find themselves in the estimable company of THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT by Hilary

Goldsmiths Prize 2020 Shortlists Paul Griffiths and Mr. Beethoven!

By - David
Posted on October, 14, 2020October, 14, 2020

The novel that takes Beethoven to America strikes Gold! We are delighted that Paul Griffiths’ Mr. Beethoven has been included in the shortlist of six books for the Goldsmith Prize 2020, for “fiction at its most novel.” This Mr. Beethoven most certainly is; oscillating between an almost cinematic account of what it would have been

The Blackbird: a round robin

By - David
Posted on August, 17, 2020August, 13, 2020

Our first Blog Tour has been a huge success thanks to these wonderful reviewers: Claire Allen really nails what it’s like to Care for someone… Her descriptions throughout the book are just so perfect. Years Of Reading Selfishly Claire Allen also did a short reading, our thanks go to Clare Reynolds for broadcasting this via

Sarah Crewe and Claire Allen discuss Liverpool, echoes and male violence: #BlogTour

By - David
Posted on August, 14, 2020August, 13, 2020

The poetry collection that most impressed us in 2018 was Floss by Sarah Crewe (Aquifer). Crewe compounds feminism with a psychogeography of Liverpool. At HFP we sometimes describe psychogeography as “going somewhere to see what isn’t there”. By adding female and working class history, Crewe raises the question of why particular things are not there,

The Blackbird pre-sale launches on Unbound

By - David
Posted on May, 31, 2020May, 31, 2020

Pre-order Claire Allen’s novel by 15th June and add your name to the back of the book! Last night we launched the pre-sale for our next Historiographic Fiction on David Collard’s Leap in the Dark programme. Claire did a wonderful reading, then we got to ask her some questions about the characters, Alzheimer’s, the themes

“Well, you can now see and know that I am here”

By - David
Posted on April, 30, 2020April, 30, 2020

Mr. Beethoven arrives today. It takes irreverence to pay tribute to an iconoclast. Paul Griffiths’ invention, wit and skill have created the Beethoven 250 tribute. We could not be more proud of this book. Travel to the United States in their infancy. Watch Boston society boil with anticipation as it produces Beethoven’s biblical oratorio. Feel

60 Lovers To Make And Do launches!

By - David
Posted on October, 2, 2019October, 2, 2019

Harpreet Kalsi captures our Cinema Museum launch in glorious color! Harp (thatthingyoupluck.com – geddit?) flicked through Herxheimer’s brand new artists’ book, 24 pages per second, coming away with the idea to collage the night’s patrons of the arts with the curious artefacts of the silver screen that surrounded us. So look closely. Herxheimer herself becomes

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