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John Hemming honoured

Congratulations to John Hemming who has been awarded the Order of the Sun by the Peruvian Government. The author of Monuments of the Incas and Tree of Rivers received the order at the recent book launch. It is the oldest order awarded by any South American country, instituted by Simon Bolivar himself. See John Hemming talking about Tree of Rivers

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Burger books

12 photographs from The Elements of Design are going to be used as the main decorative themes in 200 McDonald's restaurants in Europe

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T&H winners in Historical Picture Researcher of the Year

Thames and Hudson Picture Researchers Sally Paley and Alice Foster have won the Longman-History Today award for Historical Picture Researcher of the Year. Katie Morgan came second. The award ceremony was held on 12 January 2010.


• Sally Paley and Alice Foster for
Shakespeare's London on 5 Groats a Day
• Katie Morgan for
Great Military Leaders and Their Campaigns

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H.C.Robbins Landon

We are sad to announce the death of H.C. Robbins Landon, the distinguished musicologist whose groundbreaking research and many publications, in particular on Haydn and Mozart, managed to be both scholarly and compellingly readable. The many books by H.C. Robbins Landon published by Thames & Hudson include:
1791: Mozart's Last Year, Mozart: The Golden Years 1781-1791, Mozart and Vienna and the five volumes in the monumental series Haydn: Chronicle and Works.
A Festschrift Studies in Music History, also published by Thames & Hudson, was presented to H.C. Robbins Landon on his Seventieth Birthday.
See the obituary in The Guardian
See the obituary in The Times

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Grayson Perry and Will Self at the British Library

Celebrating the publication of the new monograph, Grayson Perry was in conversation with Will Self at the British Library on 10th November. He called the art boom of the last 15 years 'an interesting moment' but post collapse we would see 'a re-evaluation of what’s happened'. See the review of the event in Londonist

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Timmy the Tug revisited

Thames & Hudson held celebratory champagne drinks for illustrator Jim Downer opposite the house which he shared with Ted Hughes from 1953 – 1956. Richard Hollis, the graphic designer (author of T&H's Graphic Design: A Concise History) was there too, as he had lived in Jim’s old flat from 1956. They went back to the top floor and there met Sean, the current occupier of their old flat, who is also an illustrator. Ted Hughes, who had a strong interest in the paranormal, would have been intrigued by the continuing creative thread in the house!

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New President for T&H Inc (USA)

Thames & Hudson Inc. announces the appointment of Will Balliett as its President and Publisher, commencing in October. He will succeed Peter Warner who will be retiring after thirty years as Thames & Hudson's President. Balliett co-founded the book packaging firm Balliett & Fitzgerald Inc. in 1989, and later became the publisher of Carroll & Graf Publishers and Thunder's Mouth Press when both imprints were part of the Avalon Publishing Group, before moving to Hyperion in 2007.

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T&H appoints new Director of Sales and Marketing

Thames & Hudson is delighted to announce the appointment of Christian Frederking as Director of Sales and Marketing. Frederking joined T&H 10 years ago as head of the international rights department following wide experience in both bookselling and publishing in Germany, France and the USA. See the announcement in The Bookseller.
Download the press release

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T&H 60th Anniversary in the Press

Amongst the fantastic press coverage of our anniversary:

• From the National Press, The Times Magazine carried a lead story on the founding and development of Thames & Hudson on 18th April.
The Telegraph Magazine ran an 'at home' feature and interview with our Chairman Thomas Neurath. The Independent had this story on T&H (4th June) including a competition to win copies of our Anniversary Editions.

• Of the Art Magazines, the RA Magazine March-May issue included an article on T&H and The Art Newspaper had an interview with Managing Director Jamie Camplin in May. Apollo published a story on ten classic titles published in 'the early days' of T&H in June. The Art Book interviewed Chairman Thomas Neurath for its Spring issue and Art Quarterly had a story on the history of T&H in its Summer issue, with Artists & Illustrators and the V&A Magazine later in the year.

• From the Architecture & Design press, Design Week ran a feature on our new logo and book jacket designs in April and Graphotism featured Subway Art in May.

• In History, Classics, Education and Literary, JACT (The Joint Associations of Classical Teachers) showcased T&H in May and the British Museum Magazine in their Summer issue. The Times Literary Supplement ran a story on T&H in May, as did Contemporary Review.

• Elsewhere, GQ included a page story on T&H's 60th in their June issue, Attitude contributes mentions of 'Derek Jarman's Garden' and 'The Complete Zaha Hadid', and The New Statesman also reviewed Derek Jarman's Garden with a mention of the T&H 60th. Time Out London offered that ‘Thames & Hudson turns 60 in defiant style, with the re-release of a slew of hits and two new glossy tomes … they are all wondrous’.

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If arts journalism is in trouble, what about publishing?

See the article by MD Jamie Camplin in the June 2009 issue of The Art Newspaper

The Atlas of the Real World wins Gold Award

The Atlas of the Real World has won the Geographical Association Gold Award 2009. The citation comments 'This attractively presented atlas is highly original and very significant geographically … should be in every geography classroom and in every school, college and university library.'

Michael Levey

Former Director of the National Gallery Sir Michael Levey, who died in December 2008, became deputy keeper of the gallery in 1966, keeper in 1968, and finally director in 1973. He was knighted in 1981 and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Among Sir Michael's books published by Thames and Hudson are
From Giotto to Cézanne: A Concise History of Painting – one of the most successful books ever written on art history – and Rococo to Revolution: Major Trends in Eighteenth-Century Painting.
See the obituary of Sir Michael in The Telegraph

Picture Research Award

Alice Foster of T&H's picture research department has gained joint second place in History Today's Historical Picture Researcher Award for her work on DISCOVERY!. Three T&H picture researchers have been winners of the award in recent years!