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Charles Taylor commented that 'reintroduced books are as eagerly awaited as any mainstream house's seasonal list'.
September 2008

We have been filmed three times this month, once for BBC1, once for Monocle (click on the link and then allow the film to load) and once for Channel 4 (click on the link below to view the film).
August 2008

Miss Pettigrew is one of the Sunday Times 100 best holiday reads.
July 2008

Persephone Books has recently arrived in Kensington Church Street. Pendle Harte, editor of The Hill meets its founder.
June 2008

'The publishing house Persephone Books is a labour of love for its founder. As the company opens a second bookstore, she tells Rebecca Tyrrel about her passion for rediscovering neglected 20th century classics.' The Financial Times
May 2008

'This tiny publishing house-cum-lovely bookshop has breathed new life into 78 neglected interwar fiction titles' Time Out
May 2008

Thanks to a tiny publishing house, novels our mothers – and grandmothers – loved have new fans. Now with a film version of one set to be this summer's hit romcom. What is the secret of Persephone's success? The Daily Telegraph
May 2008

How a 1938 novel - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - led to a surprise box- office hit. The Observer
April 2008

'Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is perhaps the happiest, most ebullient piece of fiction every written for adults.' Newsday.com
March 2008

'There is no “official” movie tie-in edition of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, the 1930s period film starring Amy Adams and Frances McDormand currently in theaters. However, a small English publishing house, Persephone Books, which re-releases forgotten classics by 20th-century (mostly) women writers and has two stores in London, has sold 23,000 copies worldwide of its version of Winifred Watson’s novel. It’s the biggest seller in Persephone’s nine-year history.' Publishers Weekly
March 2008