News
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How to become a better storyteller
04 Feb 2015
Lynne Barrett-Lee has written a very helpful piece in the current Words With Jam on How to become a better storyteller.
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The Arrival of the Wearable Dating App
04 Feb 2015
Monica Porter has written a fascinating piece for Newsweek on The Arrival of the Wearable Dating App.
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Breadline Britain is Unite’s book of the month for February
04 Feb 2015
Stewart Lansley and Joanna Mack’s BREADLINE BRITAIN - The rise of mass poverty has been named Book of the Month by the Unite union.
‘Highly readable. A devastating critique… Lansley and Mack are to be congratulated in assembling in relatively few pages a wealth of information. It is to be hoped that their work helps encourage a debate on poverty at the forthcoming general election.’
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Chloe Banks moves into the Kindle top 100
04 Feb 2015
Chloe Banks’ debut novel The Art of Letting Go has moved into the Amazon top 100 bestsellers.
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New history of public schools to Elliott & Thompson
31 Jan 2015
Mark Peels’ The New Meritocracy. : A History of UK Independent Schools 1979-2014, which charts the momentous changes in private schools over the last thirty-five years, has been bought by Elliott & Thompson.
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Two-book deal for TV vet Jo Hardy with Harper Collins
31 Jan 2015
Harper Collins have bought world rights in the first two books in a series by Jo Hardy star of BBC 2’s “Young Vets” series . Tales from a Young Vet recounts Jo Hardy’s final year of training at the Royal Veterinary College whilst Vet on the Move is the story of her first year travels as a fully-qualified vet.
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Great Booklist review for Lee Trimble
31 Jan 2015
Lee Trimble’s Beyond the Call: The True Story of One World War II Pilot’s Covert Mission to Rescue POWs on the Eastern Front has had a great review from Booklist. The book has already attracted several film offers.
“A riveting, tense, and ultimately satisfying account of his father’s heroic effort.”
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Great review for Piu Eatwell in the NY Times
31 Jan 2015
“A highly entertaining book that subjects popular stereotypes to a reality-based fact-check… A welcome corrective to the charming postcard tableaux on display… ever since Peter Mayle’s 1989 memoir ‘A Year in Provence’… a book that can make you laugh out loud.”
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Book on Blair's wealth to John Blake
30 Jan 2015
Blair Inc: The Man Behind the Mask by Francis Beckett, David Hencke and Nick Kochan, which looks at Blair’s commercial activities since leaving government, has been bought by John Blake for publication in March.
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A Year of Living Calmly to Short Books
30 Jan 2015
Short Books have bought UK & Commonwealth rights in A Year of Living Calmly, in which Rachel Kelly answers the question that she has been asked so often since the publication of her memoir, Black Rainbow: How words healed me - my journey through depression: ‘So what have you learnt about staying well after your breakdowns?’
