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Irish Post interviews David McGrath
28 May 2015
Debut novelist David McGrath was the cover star of the Irish Post at the weekend, discussing his novel Rickshaw in an entertaining interview.
‘The novel is set on the peripheries of conventional-bourgeois life, and Joe finds himself growing into London, by simply observing those who operate by the rule of the street: thus hustlers, the homeless, peddlers, venders, whores, drunks and drug addicts all become his gateway to understanding the city.’
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Bizarre England extract in Daily Express
28 May 2015
David Long’s new book Bizarre England is extracted this week in the Daily Express.
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Kirkus reviews Piu Eatwell
28 May 2015
‘BBC documentary producer Eatwell (They Eat Horses, Don’t They: The Truth About the French, 2014, etc.) brings her skills as a researcher and training as a lawyer to this engrossing tale of mystery, lies, and intrigue…. cliffhanging narrative. Each chapter ends with a question unresolved, a discovery soon to be made, or a character (there are more than 40) gasping in disbelief. Besides recounting years of subterfuge, media hype, greed, and fraud, Eatwell throws light on Victorian and Edwardian society: aristocratic entitlement and power, numbing poverty, political corruption, and many secret lives.’
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Huge interest in Black Brain, White Brain
27 May 2015
Gavin Evans’ fascinating new book Black Brain, White Brain has been generating lots of media coverage, including the following.
‘Evans debunks racist science and centuries-old beliefs that Africans are predisposed to being less intelligent than their European counterparts.’
The Herald‘In Black Brain, White Brain, Evans lays out the reasons he believes science does not support the idea that intelligence is determined by race, with an impressive list of scientific references and interviews to back up his rationale.’
Mail & Guardian‘Ripping apart theories about the link between race and intelligence Evans is able to decipher fact from fiction and illustrate how history has shaped perceptions of race.’
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Radio 4 Midweek interviews Vanessa Nicolson
25 May 2015
Vanessa Nicolson’s interview with BBC Radio 4 ‘Midweek’ is now available online here.
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The Guardian reviews A Very Dangerous Woman
25 May 2015
There’s a good review for A Very Dangerous Woman in The Guardian.
‘The lives, loves and lies of Russia’s most seductive spy come under scrutiny in this spiced-up biography.’
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Recent Foreign Rights Sales
24 May 2015
Turkish rights in Anthony Allfrey’s Man of Arms: The Life and Legend of Sir Basil Zaharoff.
French rights in Cathy Glass’s Daddy’s Little Princess.
Turkish rights in Hitler’s Forgotten Children by Ingrid Von Oelhafen and Tim Tate.
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Daniel Tammet's new book which explores language sold
24 May 2015
World English rights in Daniel Tammet’s A World of Words , an engaging, eclectic, mind-expanding exploration of language, and what it can teach us about our minds and lives , have been bought jointly by Tracy Behar at Little Brown (US) and Rowena Webb at Hodder.
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Ithaca sold to Pegasus Books
23 May 2015
Patrick Dillon’s new historical novel Ithaca, a reworking of the Odyssey from Telemachus’s point-of-view, has been sold to Pegasus Books, in a deal for World English rights.
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Deborah McDonald in Country Life
23 May 2015
There’s an excellent review of Deborah McDonald and Jeremy Dronfield’s A Very Dangerous Woman in the current ‘historic’ edition of Country Life (which also features the newly discovered Shakespeare portrait).
‘A rollicking good read.’
