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  • Ian Graham on science writing

    16 Feb 2015

    Ian Graham has written a fascinating article on science writing:

    What inspires me to learn something new?

    Ian also recently met the shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt at a reception for writers at the Houses of Parliament, to receive his prize for being shortlisted for the 2014 Educational Writer’s Award.

  • Michael Hartland is #1

    13 Feb 2015

    Michael Hartland’s The Third Betrayal, recently published by Thistle Books, is the #1 bestseller on Amazon Australia.

  • Andrew Crofts on Thistle Publishing and 'Pretty Little Packages'

    12 Feb 2015

    ‘Thistle is an enormously successful imprint set up by London agents Andrew Lownie and David Haviland to keep books alive and available when the more traditional publishing organisations are no longer willing or able to do so.’

    "Pretty Little Packages" from Thistle Publishing

  • History of War magazine reviews Zero Night

    12 Feb 2015

    There’s an excellent review of Mark Felton’s Zero Night in the latest History of War magazine.   ‘Fans of the film The Great Escape (and frankly who isn’t?) will love this book… This is undeniably history as it should be told and a thundering good read.’  
  • Monica Porter feature in Daily Mail

    12 Feb 2015

    Today’s Daily Mail has a feature on Monica Porter, the author of Raven: My Year of Dating Dangerously.

    Why there’s nothing less sexy than a middle-aged man

  • Recent Foreign Rights Sales

    12 Feb 2015

    Spanish rights in Nessa Carey’s Junk DNA: A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome

    Russian rights in Patrick Dillon’s The Story of Buildings

    Chinese rights in Michael Schuster’s Essential Winetasting

  • The Guardian reviews Spymaster

    11 Feb 2015

    The Guardian today carries a great review of Helen Fry’s new book Spymaster: The Secret Life of Kendrick.

    “An exhaustively-researched book on a man whose life cried out for an autobiography… an extremely valuable contribution to our understanding of a secret world.”

    Full review

  • Great review for Lee Trimble

    10 Feb 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 Publishers Weekly:

    ‘An inspiring read and well-researched, to boot; Trimble’s story shows that even in a great global war, one regular soldier can make a difference.’

    Full review

  • Junk DNA reviewed in New Scientist

    09 Feb 2015

    There’s a great review of Nessa Carey’s Junk DNA in this week’s New Scientist:

    ‘A cutting-edge, exhaustive guide to the rapidly changing, ever-more mysterious genome.’

    Full review

  • Chloe Banks continues to climb

    09 Feb 2015

    Chloe Banks’ debut novel The Art of Letting Go, published by Thistle Books, continues to climb the charts, currently at No.64 in the Kindle bestseller list.