07 Nov 2014
Mark Felton’s Zero Night is continuing to generate worldwide interest, including lots of newspaper coverage, a radio interview on BBC Cambridge, and this piece on US entertainment channel The Blaze:
Unsung Nazi Prison Camp Escape May Have Been the Boldest Breakout During World War II, Book Claims
07 Nov 2014
The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton & Other Singular Tales from the Victorian Press by Jeremy Clay has been selected as a ‘Must Read’ by the Daily Mail.
‘There are more than 200 wacky real-life stories reproduced here, including a bearded lady who brawled with a snake charmer, a boy who hatched a crocodile in a hen’s nest and a man whose paralysis was cured by lightning. Makes today’s tabloids seem positively tame.’
06 Nov 2014
Jennifer Craig has won the latest IPR ‘Agents Pick’ competition for Yes Sister, No Sister: My Life as a Trainee Nurse in 1950s Yorkshire.
“Yes Sister, No Sister is an appealing, well written memoir about the life of a trainee nurse in the 1950s, with obvious similarities to the hugely popular Jennifer Worth.” - David Haviland
05 Nov 2014
‘The combination of history, trivia, and firsthand observations offers insights into the cultures on both ends of the Chunnel.’
Full review - Publishers Weekly
04 Nov 2014
Congratulations to Casey Watson, whose Nowhere to Go: The heartbreaking true story of a boy desperate to be loved is no 4 and Cathy Glass whose The Child Bride is no 6 and spending a sixth week in the top six.
04 Nov 2014
Duncan Falconer’s eight-book series of Stratton action thrillers, published by Little Brown, based on his own experiences serving in Special Forces, have been bought by actor Henry Cavill (best known for his Superman character) for his own production company Promthean, producing with Amber Entertainment and GFM Films, with Cavil taking the central role of Stratton.
04 Nov 2014
‘Through Treger’s sensitive, poetic writing, The Lodger offers a wonderful study in character growth.’
HIstorical Novel Society
‘A beautiful debut novel.’
Midlife at the Oasis
03 Nov 2014
Manuel Arriaga’s Rebooting Democracy: A Citizen’s Guide to Reinventing Politics has climbed into the Amazon top 5 for books on ‘Democracy’.
03 Nov 2014
Mark Felton’s action-packed new history Zero Night - The Untold Story of World War Two’s Most Daring Great Escape is generating lots of interest, including the following:
Daily Mail - Was this THE greatest escape of WW2?
Daily Mirror:
03 Nov 2014
John Jobling’s new biography of rock band U2 has had a great review in the Wall St Journal by Tony Fletcher, author of the Smiths’ biography The Light That Never Goes Out.
‘Concise and compelling.’
Full review (£)