Borough Press Collaborate with Jewellery Designer Claudia Bradby to Celebrate its 10th Anniversary
14 Jun 2024
First published in 1999, The Girl With The Pearl Earring is truly a modern classic, having sold over 5 million copies.
To mark their 10th Anniversary, Borough Press has issued this iconic novel with a gorgeous new cover, updating the original Vermeer painting (that the book, of course, is about) to create an anniversary edition cover. When Claudia Bradby read about this via an old colleague’s Instagram (Claudia’s first job was working for a literary agent, Curtis Brown), Claudia contacted the publisher to see if they were interested in a collaboration – as they have reinvented the original Vermeer cover so Claudia, too, has reinvented the pearl.
Claudia Bradby Jewellery and Borough Press are offering 5 signed copies of this special anniversary edition, plus a pair of Claudia’s iconic biography hoops (in either silver or 18k gold plate (on 925 silver). One lucky overall winner will get, in addition, a proof copy of Tracy Chevalier’s new novel, which will be published in September 2024.
Claudia says,
"When I heard about this new edition I immediately thought what a gorgeous collaboration we could cook up between us. Having just re-read the novel, I remembered in particular this line: ‘You know,’ he murmured, ‘that the painting needs it, the light that the pearl reflects. It won’t be complete otherwise.’ This sums up our feelings about our pearl jewellery – not only does it give us all the wonderful glow and light of the pearls, but we feel incomplete without it! It was enormously generous of Borough Press to offer to work with us so swiftly, and we can’t wait to send out the earrings to the lucky recipients this June."
This new edition is published in June, of course, the birthstone of which is the pearl, so this is very apt.
Win a pair of Claudia Bradby earrings and TWO Tracy Chevalier books
The competition ends on 18 June 2024 at 11:59 PM.
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Source: Claudia Br