Press Area for The Death of a Pope
Reporter and Reviewer Resources
You can download high-res images and the press release in this ZIP file, and can access just the press kit for The Death of a Pope as a PDF.
Be sure to check out the online interview. Also, Mr. Read is coming to the U.S., so see if he'll be in your area.
Contacts
- Nancy Sayles (818) 999-9571
- Christine Valentine-Oswik Christian media (215) 230-8095
Blogger/digital Kit
You can download internet-ready images and other helpful bits of information in this ZIP file.
Be sure to check out the online interview. Also, Mr. Read is coming to the U.S., so see if he'll be in your area.
Contacts
- Dan Nicholls
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News & Reviews
- Catch Mr. Read on The World Over Live, with Raymond Arroyo this Friday, June 19, at 8pm Eastern! You can watch online by clicking here. This show is the last official part of the US Book tour.
- The National Catholic Register posted a two-part interview with Mr. Read: here and here (log-in required).
- An audience member has uploaded a number of clips to YouTube from the Piers Paul Read and Ron Hansen event: Poetry & Acts of Mercy, Faith-based Writing, their influences, and some general Q&A.
- The Sunday Times featured Richard Brooks' biting observation about the novel's UK fate in his Biteback arts column, which has sparked some blog commentary. Back in the U.S., the Portland Phoenix notes that Read's struggle with big questions "lends a quiet weight to the smooth, quick readability of The Death of a Pope." Meanwhile, the Catholic San Francisco calls The Death of a Pope "a spiritual thrill ride" and covers Read's take on social and theological questions (see the article here, as a PDF), and a Catholic blogger offers a thoughtful review.
- New reviews and interviews: Frank Wilson's review for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and his follow-up interview; and a podcast interview on Catholic Spotlight.
- Catholic News Agency article: "Novelist's Catholic thriller explores Church division in face of 'secular spirit'"
- Piers Paul Read will be interviewed on EWTN's prime-time TV show The World Over, with Raymond Arroyo on Friday, May 29. See the tour page for more about this and other appearances.
- National Review's Mike Potemra calls The Death of a Pope "An Alternative to Angels and Demons". Meanwhile, reporter Dan England gets a number of insights into Read's work, and his article's available online.
- More blog coverage: American Papist says "Forget Angels & Demons - Read Death of a Pope". Darwin Catholic's more in-depth review calls the book's writing "deft and indeed literary", while also being exciting and, notably, realistic: "clearly an insider view of Catholicism, not the sort of outsider sensationalism so often found in movies and thrillers".
- A full-chapter excerpt from Read's Hell and Other Destinations available online: "Catechists and Commissars" covers the real-life events that fuel part of The Death of a Pope.
- The Catholic Herald article: "Left-wing Catholicism twists Gospel, says novelist".
- The Curt Jester (Catholic blogger) reviews The Death of a Pope.
Did you know Piers Paul Read is coming to the U.S.? See if he's coming to your area by clicking here.
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Novels should be neither homilies nor apologetics: the author's faith, and the grace he has received, will become apparent in his work even if it does not have Catholic characters or a Catholic theme.
— Piers Paul Read
