Authors in the Media – January

A bumper edition of agency authors in the media to start 2024.

Henry R. Schlesinger (Honey Trapped) wrote for AirMail magazine in the New Year’s Eve edition about Prince Serge Oblensky, the a nightlife-and-hospitality impresario, who seemed to know everyone and be everywhere, could always be found among the boldface names. His marriage into the Astor clan lasted nearly a decade and ended without apparent rancor or loss of employment. When the St. Regis hotel landed back under Astor control, in 1935, Obolensky was put in charge of its remodeling and relaunch, and it was here that Obolensky’s knack for creating fashionable scenes blossomed.

Henry also appeared on Carl Rollyson’s podcast, to discuss the ever-popular honey trap.

Uruguayan poet, narrator, and essayist Roberto Echavarren was interviewed for No Country Magazine about his latest book – Russian Nights: Autocracy and Testimony (Vernon Press, 2023), in which Echavarren reconstructs, through a mosaic of heartbreaking testimonies, a panoramic view of the terror lived under Lenin and Stalin. These testimonies, collected between 2001 and 2005, lend a voice to the experience of survivors during four decades of Soviet terror (1917-1956), from the moment Lenin took power to the Second World War.

He also discussed Verde escarabajo, a book that brings together poems from the last 20 years for Brecha.

Shafik Meghji’s story on Tierra del Fuego appeared in the BBC’s favourite travel stories of 2023. Barely 1,000km north of Antarctica and home to just two people, Caleta Eugenia is the southernmost point to which you can drive in Chile.

“This journey to ‘the end of the world’ wraps elements of adventure, isolation, environmentalism and Indigenous rights into a stunning narrative while revealing a side of the globe few people will ever see.” – Eliot Stein. Read the story here.

Nick Breeze wrote an article in the Drinks Business Magazine reporting on what links COP28 to wine production, both emissions and resilience. Nick’s debut book – COPOUT: How governments have failed the people on climate – is published by Ad Lib on 14th March 2024 (paperback RRP £9.99) Pre-order here now or via any bookshop.

Last, but never least, Seth Thevoz (Behind Closed Doors) was quoted in The Guardian about the ever-slow moving campaign to force the Garrick Club, one of London’s last remaining gentlemen’s clubs, to admit women with an internal poll revealing that a majority of members are in favour of dropping the men-only rule.