USA Today gives IGYN a great review!
USA Today gives a great review of I’ve Got Your Number today, receiving 3 out of 4 stars! The reviewer compares Maddy’s writing to “a box of Valentine’s Day chocolates. A pleasurable if guilty indulgence that can be entirely devoured in a single sitting if one doesn’t heed the clock – or the bathroom scale.”
Read the full article on the USA Today website
Read Sophie's interview in The Guardian
‘You can be highly intelligent – and also ditzy and klutzy’
With her Shopaholic series of novels, Sophie Kinsella is the quintessential chick-lit writer. Is she offended by the label? And why does she write about women who are obsessed with handbags?
What do we think about chick lit? It’s a question that has been on a sort of literary loop for about 15 years. Harmless escapism? Cynical commercialism? Post-feminism at its most depressingly inane? Or is it an insult to the intelligence of women who like to read and write about contemporary female lives? If Jane Austen were alive today, would her books come in pink sparkly covers? If glitter sells, should we even care? Does chick lit propagate a retrograde notion of women as shallow cretins – or reflect their nuanced reality? And on and on it goes.
Find out what Sophie has to say on the matter in her interview with Decca Aitkenhead on The Guardian website.
I've Got Your Number global publication dates
If you want to read the new Sophie Kinsella book in English and you live outside of the USA, UK, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand or India, fear not! From 16th February you’ll be able to buy I’ve Got Your Number from good bookstores in the following countries:
Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Pakistan, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkey, UAE (Dubai)
Other language edition publication dates include:
Italy: Mondadori – Oct 2011
Finland: WSOY- Feb 2012
Netherlands: The House of Books – 14th Feb 2012
Indonesia: Gramedia – Feb 2012
Russia: Eksmo – 31 March 2012
Denmark: Lindhardt & Ringhof – May 2012
Norway: Gyldendal Norsk – May 2012
Serbia: Laguna – May 2012
Romania: Polirom – May 2012
Greece: Psichogios – June 2012
Sweden: Damm – Sept 2012
Spain: Random House Mondadori – 31 October 2012
Germany: Goldmann – November 2012
Vietnam: Nha Nam – Autumn/Winter 2012
China: Horizon Media Co – Jan 2013
France: Belfond – May 2013
More local language edition publication dates will be added here as soon as they are confirmed!
World Book Night 2012
The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic selected for World Book Night giveaway!
For all UK and Ireland fans, would you like 24 copies of The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic to give away?
World Book Night 2012 represents the most ambitious and far-reaching celebration of adult books and reading ever attempted in the UK and Ireland. It will be on 23rd April and they’re looking for 20,000 volunteer givers. This year, givers will be distributing 24 copies of their selected title and we’re delighted to tell you that Sophie’s brilliant first Shopaholic novel is part of this amazing initiative.
Reading changes lives and at the heart of World Book Night lies the simplest of ideas and acts – that of putting a book into another person’s hand and saying ‘this one’s amazing, you have to read it’.
Giver applications are open until the 31st January 2012 so head here for more information or to sign up now and be part of World Book Night 2012
I've Got Your Number cover reveal!
We’re thrilled to share with you the two very different new covers for the UK & US editions of I’ve Got Your Number, Sophie’s next novel which will be published in February 2012, in most countries around the world.
40 Love – Coming soon to North America
Hello to all my North American readers!
As you probably know, the first book I ever wrote, back when I wrote under the name Madeleine Wickham, was The Tennis Party. It was re-released in the UK earlier this summer and now it’s coming out in the US under the fun title 40 Love.
I was filmed on court especially to tell you all about it, so have a look at the video here.
The book is going to be published on the 30th August and is available to pre-order now.
As for me, I’m off to practise my smash!
Love Sophie x
Sophie on… Kate Middleton
Kate Middleton: The princess bride
We live in a world of “now!” Easy credit, instant gratification, do it yesterday. Patience seems a virtue long forgotten. So feathery hats off to Kate Middleton and her measured, dignified bearing over the last eight years. As any young woman knows, it’s hard enough to strew off questions from friends and family members when one is in a relationship.
(“So? Any…news?”)
Imagine having to put up with it from the entire world. Once upon a time, potential princesses were born to the role, trained from birth and swapped among European states in a blue-blooded members’ only club. These days, royalty, like greatness, can be thrust upon you as a result of simply chatting up that handsome chap at the university bar.
Somehow, Kate Middleton, from a relatively normal family, has handled it all beautifully. She and William must know each other well by now, and they must feel confident that their marriage will work. I hope the joy is all the sweeter for her after such a patient wait.
Column by Sophie Kinsella in Parade Magazine
New Year video message
Happy New Year everyone! And here’s to a fabulous 2011…
Sophie's Christmas message
Happy Holidays!!
And I want to say a massive thank you. It’s been an amazing year, seeing our gang grow on the Facebook page, and even meeting some of you face-to-face. Have a wonderful festive period and I’ll see you in the New Year!
Sophie xx
New fan Q&A with Sophie – what would you ask?
Do you have a burning question you’d love to ask Sophie? Perhaps you’ve always wanted to know who her favourite character is, where she gets her ideas from, or to find out about the most extravagant item in her wardrobe? Well now is your chance to ask!
Just post your question here as a comment before 1pm GMT on Thursday 2nd December. Sophie will then pick a selection of questions from her website and Facebook fan page to answer in a special video Q&A for her fans.
A new question & answer video (including a personal greeting) will be released each month in 2011, so keep a lookout here to see if one of them is yours!