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Jonathan Cape is a London publishing firm founded in 1921 by Herbert Jonathan Cape (1879–1960), who was head of the firm until his death. Cape and his business partner Wren Howard (1893–1968) set up the publishing house in 1921.
- 1921; 102 years ago
- London, England
- Herbert Jonathan Cape, Wren Howard
- Penguin Random House
Jonathan Cape (born November 15, 1879, London, England—died February 10, 1960, London) was a British publisher who in 1921 cofounded (with George Wren Howard) the firm that bears his name; it became one of the outstanding producers of general and high-quality books in the United Kingdom.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Where books break new ground. At Jonathan Cape our publishing has been setting trends for a century. Our carefully curated list, respected and admired across the globe, ranges from commercial to literary fiction, pioneering graphic novels to award-winning poetry, and rich non-fiction spanning memoir, nature writing and ground-breaking ideas books.
Machines Like Me is the 15th novel by the English author Ian McEwan. The novel was published in 2019 by Jonathan Cape. The novel is set in the 1980s in an alternative history timeline in which the UK lost the Falklands War, Alan Turing is still alive, and the Internet, social media, and self-driving cars already exist.
- Ian McEwan
- 320 pages
- 2019
- 2019
Mar 14, 2010 · As the boss of Jonathan Cape, Franklin has one of the most prestigious jobs in publishing, but puts a good deal down to luck. Early in his career, he secured the rights to Michael Jackson's ...
- Susanna Rustin
Written in January and February 1958, it was first published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 23 March 1959. The story centres on the investigation by the British Secret Service operative James Bond into the gold-smuggling activities of Auric Goldfinger , who is also suspected by MI6 of being connected to SMERSH , the Soviet counter-intelligence ...
Oct 20, 2020 · Tom Maschler. Image: Getty/Penguin. Tom Maschler has died aged 87. He joined Jonathan Cape in 1960 as editorial director and was chairman when he sold the company to Random House in 1989. For four decades Tom Maschler was the most important and most talked about figure in British publishing.
