We’re very pleased to announce that audio rights in Meghan Daum's #TheCatastropheHour (just announced as the winner of the Air Mail Tom Wolfe Literary Prize for Reportage) have been sold to Tantor Media. Congratulations Meghan! 29 s

Don't miss this conversation on 3rd September, Village Underground, New York.

‘A book I believe every photographer should own. Not just the pros. Not just the high end amateurs. But everybody who has ever raised a camera or a cell phone with the hope to create an image should at some point have this book...and carry it with them.’ readframes.com/to-consider-...

We're looking forward to Tom McCarthy talking to Deborah Levy about his new book #thethresholdandtheledger at Foyles Charing Cross Road 15 September. Book tickets here (£10) bit.ly/3GZPDLd. Find out more about the book here bit.ly/3IMDhGG

If you purchase tickets for Meghan Daum's event by August 1 you get them for $18 using promo code CATASTROPHE18. @meghandaum.bsky.social @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social

"This book is a beautiful object, and so packable it can fit in a purse. What a delight it would be this summer to pull it out and engage in that now-radical act of reading a book in public." www.thefp.com/p/the-free-p... on Meghan Daum's The Catastrophe Hour

Join Travis Elborough for a tour of some of the West End buildings that caught Ian Nairn’s eye. Meet Sun 17 Aug 2.30pm The Blue Posts, Soho, W1F 0QA. Tickets available here: tinyurl.com/3tfzb4fw #IanNairn #Londonwalks @C20Society

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Happy birthday Frida Kahlo, born 6 July 1907. shorturl.at/q1UCx

‘A perfect gift for the photographer in your life’ (Arts Hub) ‘Compelling reading’ (Amateur Photographer) ‘thoughtful and thought-provoking’ (V&A magazine) ‘wide ranging and informative’ (Source). Fantastic reviews for Michael Collins’ Blind Corners: Essays on Photography, intro by Will Self

Modernist Soho and Mayfair: Walking in Ian Nairn's footsteps, led by Travis Elborough. Sunday 6 July, meet outside Blue Posts pub, W1F 0QA, 2.20 pm. Tickets: buff.ly/n1KyE41 Ian Nairn books: buff.ly/iHFz9Gi

ECOS, journal of the British Association of Nature Conservationists, has published this thoughtful and fascinating review of Outrage, our edition of Ian Nairn’s 1955 essay, introduced by Travis Elborough. Read the review here buff.ly/QPwPv7t. Buy the book here buff.ly/9hshhQk

Sick of socks, bored of booze or tired of tools for father's day? (We can think of more alliterations, just let us know.) Gift a beautiful book he might actually enjoy from NHE instead. Visit our Gift Helper to find the perfect one: buff.ly/EO9Azz0 #FathersDay

Listen to Notting Hill Editions' Kim Kremer and Rosalind Porter discuss the history of NHE and highlights from the list on Monocle Radio. Listen here, 19 mins in bit.ly/3ZpTas9

New dad? First Father’s Day? Tiny Feet offers the pick of over 400 years of parenting advice, packaged in a beautiful 168-page clothbound hardback, with an introduction by Lauren Child. www.nottinghilleditions.com/product/tiny... a great gift for Father’s Day. Signed first editions available.

Enter the furious, singular, off-kilter world of Ian Nairn with Outrage: often considered his masterpiece, the one that started it all. Proudly reissued for the first time since 1955. Order here and find out why his following is still going strong today: buff.ly/9hshhQk

Meghan Daum, author of The Catastrophe Hour, has launched a book club for subscribers of her Substack, beginning on June 11 and running every Wednesday from 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET for 14 weeks. Enjoy an essay each week, plus audio excerpts! Listen to a sample and join the club here: buff.ly/QwWrvJL

In our next newsletter, we share hand-picked recommendations to gift to the father-figure in your life for Father's Day - whether he's a history buff, an incorrigible contrarian or a self-professed deep thinker. Subscribe here to receive it: buff.ly/9ZVJWzq #FathersDay

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Meghan Daum, author of The Catastrophe Hour, has launched a book club for subscribers of her Substack, beginning on June 11 and running every Wednesday from 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET for 14 weeks. Enjoy an essay each week, plus audio excerpts! Listen to a sample and join the club here:

'On that fateful night of 7 January, when I decided to evacuate ... I experienced a moment that will remain seared in my memory until my dying day.' A beautiful piece by Meghan Daum in ‪@theobserveruk.bsky.social‬ - read 'The things I left behind in the fire':

'Imagine this: think of a photograph which has great personal meaning for you. You can look at the picture ironically ... or, from something so seemingly simplistic, allow something profound to emerge.' On our blog, photographer Michael Collins invites a radical new way of seeing: buff.ly/RgKoRJD

'If reading is one of the pleasures – and necessities – of youth, rereading is one of the pleasures – and necessities – of age.' Have you changed your mind about books from your past? Read (and re-read) Julian Barnes' thoughts in Changing My Mind: buff.ly/Hi3dpW8

'Compelling reading . . . The essays give us pause to consider what it is about photography that humans find so endlessly fascinating.’ Amateur Photographer Magazine Get your copy of Blind Corners: Essays on Photography by Michael Collins: buff.ly/nUD0Kxm

'I’d long wanted to write ... for a wide-ranging readership, for a public beyond the confines of the photography world, for anyone who had ever looked at a photograph with wonder, heart, and introspection' Read our interview with photographer Michael Collins on the NHE blog:

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'What inspires me are the contradictions and logistical inconsistencies that permeate our days but nonetheless often go unchecked or unremarked upon.' On the NHE blog, read our interview with Meghan Daum, author of The Catastrophe Hour, on inspiration, taboos and personal essays:

'Michael Collins – for as long as I keep reading him, and for a considerable while after – persuades me not only of [photography's] significance as an artform, but also of the beauty of individual photographs' Will Self Get your copy of Blind Corners: Essays on Photography now: buff.ly/nUD0Kxm

'Depending on the light, photography’s realism can be unworldly, emphatic in its notation, severe in its demarcation.' Introduced by Will Self, Blind Corners: Essays on Photography is an eloquent literary reappraisal of the artform by Michael Collins. Shop here: buff.ly/nUD0Kxm #Photography

'I like the idea of sneaking up on readers and saying something that causes them to be surprised by their own responses.' Over on the NHE blog, read our interview with writer, podcaster and essayist Meghan Daum on inspiration, taboos and why she likes writing personal essays:

'Michael Collins – for as long as I keep reading him, and for a considerable while after – persuades me not only of [photography's] significance as an artform, but also of the beauty of individual photographs' Will Self Blind Corners: Essays on Photography is out now - learn more: buff.ly/nUD0Kxm

The music of Shostakovich for Stephen Johnson; the madcap ideas of William Burroughs for neurologist A. J. Lees; and Miep Gies, who sheltered Anne Frank, inspired Alison Leslie Gold. Meet our Inspiration gift set: buff.ly/Z48GtPL

'For engaged readers of any age, her ability to share difficult life experiences with lightness, humor and nuance conveys an everyday human resilience that’s affirming, uplifting, inspiring — and much needed today.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Catastrophe Hour by Meghan Daum is out now: buff.ly/AsLlVzB

'Should we say my mind changed me as much as I changed my life?' Read a delightful portrait piece of Julian Barnes in the @financialtimes.com by Jo Metson Scott: buff.ly/y0iifX5

Out now! Happy publication day to Michael Collins, whose collection Blind Corners: Essays on Photography is published today. With a introduction by Will Self, these interlinked pieces celebrate the artform in many shapes, and invite everyone to rethink how we look at photos. Shop: buff.ly/qFE72jV

Buy any three hardbacks on our website and get £5 off your purchase: you could have a shelf like this in no time. Automatically applied at check-out. Browse here: buff.ly/rxvM48y

'I soon realised, to my amazement, that most people only looked superficially at the photographs.' Kick off your week with our inspiring interview with photographer Michael Collins, a passionate champion of photography as an artform:

'This is a photograph that looked into the archaeology of the future ... This form of beauty is exact and uncontrived, as is the aesthetic of "record pictures", photography at its most fundamental.' – Blind Corners: Essays on Photography by Michael Collins 📷 buff.ly/Y8Vx8TF

‘Photography is art’s orphan’ Read our interview with photographer Michael Collins, who invites us to go beyond the superficial observation of photographs, highlighting that 'photography is all about the long look'. Read it here:

Meghan Daum is a one-of-a-kind essayist with an uncanny ability to throw new light on even the most ubiquitous subjects. We're delighted to be the home of her new collection, delving into divorce, friendship, beauty, death and more. Learn all about The Catastrophe Hour: buff.ly/YdQIDpx

'I’d long wanted to write ... for a wide-ranging readership, for a public beyond the confines of the photography world, for anyone who had ever looked at a photograph with wonder, heart, and introspection' Read our interview with photographer Michael Collins on the NHE blog:

'Someone, somewhere, is kicking a football, possibly to take a penalty. It’s a moment of truth that can take your breath away, and the climax to a story about a young goalkeeper from Northern Ireland that’s one of the game’s fairytales. Ah, football!' - from The Penalty Kick: buff.ly/hT7wfBI

Did you know we sell themed notebooks with literary quotations inside, bound in the same linen as our beautiful editions? Perfect for the writer in your life (or yourself, if that's you) - choose between Nostalgia, Voyage and Epiphany. Shop here: buff.ly/lCq8T8i

'After the Los Angeles wildfires destroyed her home in January, Meghan Daum found herself mourning the ordinary things – a toaster, five bottles of wine, elephant-shaped bookends – that a life is made of.' A beautiful feature by Meghan Daum in @theobserveruk.bsky.social :

'What inspires me are the contradictions and logistical inconsistencies that permeate our days but nonetheless often go unchecked or unremarked upon.' On the NHE blog, read our interview with Meghan Daum, author of The Catastrophe Hour, on inspiration, taboos and personal essays:

What links Margaret Atwood, Ernest Hemingway, Nikola Tesla and Muriel Spark? They are all cat lovers. What’s more, they all feature in our beautiful anthology, On Cats, introduced by Margaret Atwood. Shop here: buff.ly/al1UztR

'Her father, along with the other adults standing behind her, is looking above her, watching the gorilla with the bamboo stick as she pokes it near the cable release's button ... the little girl seems utterly drawn into the magical idea of having her picture taken by a gorilla.' buff.ly/qFE72jV

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