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HYGGE
ByCharlotte Abrahams
Anna Valentine, Publishing Director of Non-Fiction, Orion Publishing Group has bought World rights from Clare Hulton for HYGGE,which is to be published as a hardback and eBook, priced £12.99/£7.99, on 20th October 2016.
Hygge (pronounced ‘hoo-ga’) is the hot new lifestyle philosophy that everyone is talking about. The concept has been firmly embedded in Danish culture since the 18th Century and loosely centres around the notion of cosiness and cherishing yourself. Candlelight is hygge; bakeries are hygge; not denying yourself that pastry is hygge; dinner with friends is hygge. It celebrates experiences, rather than possessions; it’s about being kind to yourself and treasuring a sense of community. World happiness polls consistently rank Denmark as one of the globe’s happiest countries. This book asks whether those two things are connected.
With two divorces behind her and her 50th birthday rapidly approaching, journalist Charlotte Abrahams embarks on a journey to happiness through hygge. A lifestyle and interiors specialist, Charlotte has long been fascinated by hygge and explores its history and role in Scandinavian culture – its influence on everything from food and furniture design (is hygge the reason Scandi designers have always made comfort a top priority, a fact that has ensured its on-going international popularity?) to the importance the Danes put on spending time with each other. This is juxtaposed with Charlotte’s own attempts, as an English woman, to embrace the hygge way of life. Under the guidance of an expert in the field, Charlotte examines the impact on her home, her daily life and her mental health, resulting in a beautifully told, stylish and inspiring book that will enrich your life.
Anna Valentine said: ‘There was an audible cheer in the office when I acquired this book – hygge has captured everyone’s imagination and Charlotte is the perfect author to bring it to life. Being the antithesis of lifestyle trends that centre on denial (whether that’s no sugar, no gluten, no possessions), hygge is clearly a philosophy we can all get on board with. It is reaching its zeitgeist moment, and this book will lead the way. ’
Charlotte Abrahams is a writer, editor and curator specialising in design and the applied arts. She trained at Central St Martin’s (graduating with a BA Hons in fashion in 1994) and since then has written regular features, columns and profiles for national broadsheets and magazines including Financial Times How to Spend It, Guardian Weekend Magazine, Crafts, Saturday Telegraph Magazine, Elle Decoration and Living Etc. She is also the author of two books, Wallpaper the Ultimate Guide (Quadrille, 2009), and Wallpaper a Collection of Modern Prints (Quadrille, 2013), combined sales of which are in excess of 22,000 copies. She was also Contributing Editor on both Made, A Book of Lifestyle, Fitness and Food by Millie Mackintosh (2015, Ebury) and Orla Kiely Home, (2013, Octopus). Charlotte has curated several exhibitions, including the forthcoming The Craft of Wallpaper at The Geffrye Museum in association with London Craft Week 2016. As a highly respected design journalist, she has a Twitter following of more than 6,500.
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The Orion fiction list includes crime and thrillers, contemporary women’s fiction, romance and historical novels. Its bestselling fiction authors include: Linwood Barclay, Maeve Binchy, Michael Connelly, Anthony Horowitz, Erica James, Cathy Kelly, Kate Mosse and Ian Rankin. The Orion non-fiction list embraces celebrity autobiography, music and showbiz, including titles by Keith Lemon, Tim Minchin and Terry Wogan. Orion also publishes sport, humour, inspirational memoir, current affairs and health. Authors include: Jo Frost, Kate Harrison, Davina McCall, John McEnroe, Ian Marber, Tim Minchin, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Dave Pelzer and Jonathan Wilson.
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