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Notting Hill Editions Author Profile: Duncan Wu

Duncan Wu is a British academic and biographer. From 2000-2008, Wu was Professor of English Language and Literature at St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, England. He is now the Raymond Wagner Professor of Literary Studies in the English Department at Georgetown University in Washington DC. He is Vice-Chairman of the Keats–Shelley Memorial Association and The Charles Lamb Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a founder member and former Chairman of The Hazlitt Society.

Duncan Wu introduces All That Is Worth Remembering, … Keep Reading

Notting Hill Editions Author Profile: Phillip Lopate

Phillip Lopate is an essayist, novelist and poet. He has written four personal essay collections — BachelorhoodAgainst Joie de VivrePortrait of My Body and Portrait Inside My Head, as well as a pair of novellas, a memoir of his teaching experiences, three poetry collections, a collection of his movie criticism, an urbanist meditation, a critical study, and a biographical monograph. He is currently a professor at Columbia University’s School of the Arts, where he teaches nonfiction … Keep Reading

Notting Hill Editions Author Profile: A. J. Lees

Andrew Lees is a Professor of Neurology at the National Hospital, London. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the American Academy of Neurology Life Time Achievement Award, the Association of British Neurologist’s Medal, the Dingebauer Prize for outstanding research and the Gowers Medal. He is one of the three most highly cited Parkinson’s disease researchers in the world.

In his extraordinary memoir, Mentored by a MadmanLees explains how William Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch and troubled … Keep Reading

COP26 Virtual Book Showcase Author Profile: Carola Rackete

In July 2019, Carola Rackete, former ship captain of Sea-Watch 3, was temporarily arrested on the Italian island of Lampedusa when she took the decision to sail 40 migrants into a port without authorisation. Every year thousands of people drown trying to reach safe harbour in the EU. German non-governmental organisation, Sea-Watch, commissions ships to rescue refugees in the Mediterranean sea. Sea-Watch has so far been involved in the rescue of well over 35,000 people.

Her book, Handeln statt Keep Reading

COP26 Virtual Book Showcase Translator Profile: Chris McMahon

Chris McMahon is a retired Professor of Engineering Design, who continues his role at the University of Bristol as a Senior Research Fellow and Senior Associate Teacher. He is particularly interested in how technology can assist the organisation and management of the information used in design, and in design for a sustainable future. Recently, he has translated best-selling French book, The Age of Low Tech, by Philippe Bihouix.

The Age of Low Tech, challenges the often accepted belief that complex … Keep Reading

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