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Reportage Press
Reportage Press was a publishing house specialising in "books on foreign affairs or set in foreign countries, or just books written from a stranger's view." In reaction to the lack of quality books on foreign affairs, Reportage Press was established in 2007 by two former journalists: Charlotte Eagar, a foreign correspondent who has covered conflicts such as the Iraq War and Balkan wars; and Rosie Whitehouse, a former BBC journalist. They believe these books are newsworthy and want to publish books "that mainstream houses shun in favour of ghosted showbiz autobiographies and TV spin-offs". At the beginning of 2008, Reportage was named as one of the 'New lists to watch' by ''The Bookseller''. All the titles published have received media coverage, something Eager and Whitehouse put down to "the newsworthy content, and their ability to get books out quickly." Reportage Press books also have a charitable aspect: a percentage of the profits go towards a charity related to the book. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Judah
Tim Judah (born 1962) is a British writer, reporter and political analyst for ''The Economist''. Judah has written several books on the geopolitics of the Balkans, mainly focusing on historical and present relations between Serbia and Kosovo and Serbs and Kosovar Albanians. Early life and education Tim Judah was born in London in 1962 and was raised in a family of Baghdadi Jewish descent whose tradition maintains they first came to Iraq from the ancient Kingdom of Judah at the time of the Babylonian Exile. His ancestors include Solomon Ma'tuk. The Judah family was later established in Calcutta as part of the Baghdadi Jewish community before migrating to Britain. Judah attended Charterhouse School followed by the London School of Economics. He also studied at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Career Tim Judah began his career at the African service of the BBC World Service. He has reported from many flashpoints around the world, including th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitali Vitaliev
Vitali Vitaliev (; born 1954) is a Ukrainian-born journalist and writer who has worked in Russia, the United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland. Biography Vitaliev was born in 1954 in Kharkiv, USSR (present-day Ukraine). He graduated from Kharkiv University in French and English, working as an interpreter and translator before becoming a journalist in 1981. He worked as a special correspondent for '' Krokodil'' magazine in Moscow when he appeared as Clive James' 'Moscow Correspondent' on ''Saturday Night Clive''. On 31 January 1990, he and his family 'defected', moving first to London, then taking up residence (and citizenship) in Australia. After a few years there, he moved back to the United Kingdom, living in London. He is now back in London again after spending some time in Edinburgh and Dublin. Vitaliev's books were translated from English into German, Japanese, Russian, Italian, Finnish, French, Spanish, Portuguese and some other languages (see: Books). In June 2018, Vitaliev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Venning
Annabel Venning is a British author and journalist. She was educated at University College, Durham. After working at the ''Daily Mail'' in London, she left to write ''Following the Drum: The Lives of Army Wives and Daughters Past and Present'' (2005). In 2019 she published her second book, ''To War With the Walkers: One Family's Extraordinary Story of the Second World War''. Venning is the granddaughter of General Sir Walter Walker, a senior British soldier in the post-World War II period. Her father, Richard Venning, was a lieutenant-colonel of the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles). Venning divides her working tine between journalism including travel writing - and books. She has two adult children and lives in Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Poole (journalist)
Oliver Poole is a British journalist and author who has had articles published by The Independent, The Guardian, BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ... and The Observer. He has also published two books detailing his experiences of the war in Iraq; ''Black Knights: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad'' and ''Red Zone: Five Bloody Years in Baghdad''. In ''Black Knights'', Oliver details his experiences embedded in a US tank corps known as the Black Knights as they spearheaded the push into Baghdad in spring 2003. Following on from this experience, ''Red Zone'' provides an account of daily life for Iraqis, as well as the British and American soldiers sent to Iraq. It is also the story of Ahmed Ali, tourist guide turned Telegraph interpreter, a job that made him an ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |