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  • Beyond the Call featured in UK Daily Mirror

    31 Mar 2015

    Hot on the heels of the review feature in History of War magazine, this weekend, Beyond the Call was given a 2-page feature in the UK’s Daily Mirror national newspaper. It’s a terrific article, which focuses on Lee’s relationship with his dad and the discovery of the story of Robert Trimble’s POW rescue mission.

    You can read the article in full online: Amazing story of WW2 hero who went beyond the call.

  • Great review for Beyond the Call

    30 Mar 2015

    There’s a terrific review of Beyond the Call in the current issue of History of War magazine.  

  • Helen Lederer interviews Helen Fry

    27 Mar 2015

    Helen Fry is the Book Guest interview with Helen Lederer this week.

    Full interview

  • Cleveland St scandal book to Atlantic

    26 Mar 2015

    Atlantic have bought world rights in Neil McKenna’s Number 19 Cleveland Street, one of the greatest, yet least exposed and least understood, scandals of the Victorian age. The book, which completes McKenna’s trilogy of gay histories The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde and Fanny & Stella will be published in 2017.

  • This is After memoir sold to John Blake

    26 Mar 2015

    This is After by Amanda Wright with Katy Weitz , a memoir of how aged four she witnessed her mother’s brutal murder, has been bought by John Blake

  • US rights in Word Drops sold to University of New Mexico Press

    26 Mar 2015

    US rights in Paul Jones’ Word Drops: A sprinkling of literary curiosities have been bought by the University of New Mexico Press.

  • Houghton Mifflin buys Networks of Resistance: A New History of the German Resistance to Hitler

    26 Mar 2015

    North American rights in Harvard historian Danny Orbach’s Networks of Resistance: A New History of the German Resistance to Hitler have been sold to Houghton Mifflin with Public Affairs the under-bidder.

  • Guardian Masterclass with Andrew Lownie and Andrew Crofts

    25 Mar 2015

    ‘Ghostwriting can be a rewarding experience in more ways than one, given the enduring public appetite for revealing memoirs by celebrities, sports stars and ordinary people facing extraordinary challenges. Publishers are on the lookout for smart writers who can win the trust of subjects and turn in-depth interviews into gripping writing that puts your reader in the centre of the action, whether you are writing about someone’s abused childhood, exotic sex life or rise to global power or fame. This comprehensive day course, led by professional ghostwriter Andrew Crofts and leading literary agent Andrew Lownie, introduces all the skills you’ll need to get started in this potentially lucrative field. You’ll learn how to find and recognise great stories, and how to build a relationship with your subject that enables you to get to the heart of their life story.’

  • Saving Danny remains at no 4

    24 Mar 2015

    Congratulations to Cathy Glass whose Saving Danny has retained its Number 4 position this week in the Sunday Times Bestsellers.

  • Rachel Kelly in the Telegraph

    23 Mar 2015

    Rachel Kelly has written a fascinating article for the Daily Telegraph on the healing nature of poetry.