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Orange Readers Group

Posted in The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas on June 21, 2009 by johnboyne

orange_logoThe Orange Readers Group Book of the Year has been awarded to THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS. From the Orange website:

 

John Boyne’s novel, The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, (Black Swan) has been voted the Penguin Orange Readers’ Group Book of the Year.

Votes were collected via the Spinebreakers website and from people entering the 2009 Penguin Orange Readers’ Group Prize. The award had previously been won by Khaled Hosseini’s, The Kite Runner, which remarkably claimed the top spot three years in a row.

The three favourite reading group books are:

1 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne, Black Swan

2 Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, ATOM

3 Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, Penguin

Author John Boyne said, “”I’m thrilled that The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas has been selected as the Penguin Orange Readers’ Group Book of the Year. From the day the novel was published, it has received extraordinary support from reading groups who debate the novel back and forth with all the passion and argument that good literature demands – I know, because I’ve been there for some of those debates! That the story of Bruno and Shmuel continues to move readers is a source of great encouragement to me as a writer. I’m very grateful to Penguin and Orange and all the readers who selected the novel for this prize.”

The Penguin Orange Readers’ Group Prize

Now in its eighth year, the prize is the UK’s only annual award for reading groups and forms part of Orange’s portfolio of literary partnerships

Berlin: Day 3

Posted in Festivals, Striped Pyjamas - The Movie, The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas on May 4, 2009 by johnboyne

dsc005202Our last full day in Berlin was devoted to press interviews in the morning before we visited the Holocaust Memorial (left) in the centre of Berlin, next to the Brandenburg Gate, for a television recording. An extraordinary public installation of concrete slabs through which visitors can walk, the memorial plays with your sense of perspective and space; inside it’s very quiet. One of the most fascinating works of public art/memorial I have ever seen.dsc00529

Germany is the last country to release the film adaptation of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS and the premiere took place later in the evening as the opening night film in the 15th Berlin Jewish Film Festival. We also got a chance to see ‘Toyland’, this year’s Oscar-winning short film, which was presented by director Jochen-Alexander Freydank.

Thanks to everyone involved in the festival for making our stay so enjoyable.

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Berlin: Day 2

Posted in Festivals, The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, Uncategorized on May 3, 2009 by johnboyne

dsc00486Our second day in Berlin began with a visit to Potsdam where we were guests on RBB Radio, along with Nicola, the director of the Jewish Film Festival here in Berlin.

The festival runs here in Berlin from 4-14 May before going on tour.

 

 

 

 

In the evening I gave a reading at the dsc00498Kathe Kollwitz Museum, alongside German actor August Zirner who read from the German translation of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS.

It was particularly good to hear the German characters of my novel read in a German accent. It also seems appropriate that the final stop on our movie tour is in Berlin, where the opening chapters of the novel are set.dsc005071

BBC Radio 7

Posted in The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, The House of Special Purpose on May 1, 2009 by johnboyne

anne-marieduff_286x161For anyone who hasn’t had more than their share of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS over the last few years, BBC Radio 7 is broadcasting the novel this weekend at 8 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The novel is read by the very talented actress Anne-Marie Duff and nestled within the reading is an interview about the writing of the novel with the author, i.e. me.

Meanwhile Radio 4 continues its broadcast of THE HOUSE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE every night until May 8th and you can catch up with any episodes you’ve missed on the BBC iPlayer.

Nibbies Voting

Posted in The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas on February 7, 2009 by johnboyne

boy-usa-film-pbPublic voting for this year’s British Book Awards has opened and THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS in on the longlist for the Children’s Book of the Year.

And if you’re so inclined, you can vote for your book of choice here.

From BAFTA to IFTA

Posted in The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas on January 9, 2009 by johnboyne

iftaHot on the heels of the news that THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS is longlisted for 8 British Academygoya Awards comes the news that it has also been shortlisted for Best International Film at the Irish Film Awards – where it’s up against Man On Wire, Wall-E, and In Bruges – and also the Spanish Film Awards (the Goyas), where the competition is 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, The Dark Knight, and The Edge of Heaven.

New York Times #1

Posted in The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas on November 23, 2008 by johnboyne

0011This weekend, THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS has hit #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers Chart. When the hardback was published in 2006 it reached no.4 so it’s great to finally have a #1 over there! The book is also currently #1 in Ireland, Spain and the UK.

The film adaptation has gone wide in the States this weekend too, showing on over 400 screens, so if you’re in America check out the listings close to you at Fandango.

Waterstone’s Special Edition

Posted in Publications, The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas on September 18, 2008 by johnboyne

Yesterday I was in London to sign 1,500 copies of the special, limited edition Waterstone’s edition of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS, a beautifully produced hardback edition which comes inside a blue and white striped slipcase. Each copy is individually numbered too. I own several of there special Waterstone’s editions of other books and they’re beautifully presented; it’s great that BOY is to now to be one of them. They won’t be available for a couple of weeks yet but you can pre-order one here.

And how long does 1.500 books take to sign? Two and a half hours. Not bad going.

Back at no.1 in Ireland

Posted in The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas on September 14, 2008 by johnboyne

The film tie-in edition of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS has returned to no.1 in Ireland for the 67th week. It’s also breaking into the top 10 in the UK and is back at no.1 in Spain.

Waterstone’s Special Edition

Posted in The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas on September 3, 2008 by johnboyne

Waterstone’s are producing a special edition of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS, to be published on 1st November. A hardback edition, cased inside a special slip cover, the edition will be limited to 1500 numbered copies. I will be signing all these book in London in a couple of weeks time so it will make a very nice collector’s item. You can already pre-order a copy from the Waterstone’s website.