Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Wednesday, April 01, 2015
Sequel to Stieg Larsson’s Millennium novels: title and cover revealed
The Girl in the Spider’s Web, continuing the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo sequence, was written by David Lagercrantz and will be published worldwide this August
First, there was The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Then, she Played With Fire and Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. Now, more than 10 years since Lisbeth Salander’s creator Stieg Larsson died, his British publisher is preparing for the release of the fourth novel in the bestselling Millennium series, which it has announced will be called The Girl in the Spider’s Web.
Larsson redux ... The cover for The Girl in the Spider’s Web. Photograph: PR Penned by Swedish writer David Lagercrantz with the blessing of Larsson’s estate – though not his long-term partner – the novel, based on Larsson’s universe and characters, will be published worldwide on 27 August. Amid Harry Potter-style levels of security – Lagercrantz wrote the work on a computer with no internet connection, and delivered the Swedish manuscript to his publishers by hand – UK publisher MacLehose Press has unveiled only the cover, which shows Salander herself, complete with dragon tattoo and a suitably punk pair of trousers. Called Det som inte dödar oss in the original Swedish, or What Doesn’t Kill You, it is now in the process of being translated into 38 different languages, with George Goulding working on the English version. More
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