On
Thursday, 1 August, 2013 at 6:00pm Time Out Bookstore in Auckland’s Mt Eden
were proud to host the Auckland launch of the 2013 Man Booker Prize winner, The Luminaries (Victoria University
Press).
Launched in style by her New Zealand publisher, Fergus Barrowman of
Victoria University Press the launch was a total sell out of hardback copies of
the book available on the night. Time Out Bookstore went on to sell 87 copies of
the hardback in total, nearly a tenth of the total print run of 1000 which is
now out of print.
A
capacity crowd turned out in force to support the growing buzz around Eleanor
Catton’s second novel, after 2008s widely acclaimed The Rehearsal. Eleanor spoke eloquently about the twin importance
of pounamu and gold to the novel’s plot.
The youngest Man Booker winner in the prize's 45-year history
(she is 28 but completed The Luminaries
aged 27) has triumphed with the longest ever Man Booker winning novel (832
pages). Catton is just the second New Zealander to win the prize, the first
being Keri Hulme with The Bone People
in 1985 (the year Eleanor Catton was born).
The
Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book
of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the
power to transform the fortunes of authors and publishers.
The Luminaries is available in-store
at $35, paperback.
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