News
-
Vikie Shanks wins at Best magazine awards
18 Nov 2014
Vikie Shanks, the author of the inspirational memoir Unravelled, was a winner at the star-studded Best Bravest Women Awards 2014. Below is the live-blog transcript of Vikie’s proud moment:
19:59: Ruth introduces our next winner… Vikie Shanks was left with seven children – six of whom are autistic – when her husband tragically committed suicide and left her with £1 million worth of debts…
20.03: Carrie and David Grant bring Vikie up to the stage to present her award…
20.04: Carrie mentions her own children who suffer from autism and Asperger’s and says this is a story close to her and David’s hearts: “You are awe-inspiring,’ she tells Vikie. ‘Truly amazing.’
20.07: Vikie says she applauds her children for not ‘going off the rails’ and dedicating their lives to the right track which has made her trauma easier to deal with
20.09: ‘If i can make one more person understand what autistic children are going through and to help them achieve the incredible potential they have, that’s what I want to do.’
20.10 Massive applause as Vikie announces to the room that her fashion-designer daughter made her dress! She looks absolutely stunning.
-
Ian Graham nominated for Educational Writers Award
18 Nov 2014
Ian Graham is one of four writers nominated for the Educational Writers Award 2014:
‘The Danger Zone: Avoid Being Sir Isaac Newton! (Book House) by Ian Graham and illustrated by David Antram puts the readers in the place of Newton. The judges said it was a “fascinating look at the man behind the theories of gravity, optics and calculus – tantrums, heresy, warts and all”.’
-
Bannockburn is one of Kindle 100 'most-read'
18 Nov 2014
David Cornell’s Bannockburn was one of the Kindle 100 ‘most-read’ titles during October.
-
Standard Deviations is Book of the Week in the Times
17 Nov 2014
‘Data is so prevalent these days that its misuse as a dark art is all too easy, this book’s author, a former Yale economics professor, says. However, this engaging romp — subtitled Ways to Lie with Statistics— demystifies some of the science behind the stats and illuminates some worrying frauds. It is a handbook for doing statistical inference properly and a great guide for debunking others’ crackpot claims. A must for anyone doing business in the new data-driven economy.’ The Times
-
Mark Felton interview in the Telegraph
17 Nov 2014
Mark Felton was interviewed in the Telegraph this weekend about his new book Zero Night.
-
The Great Charity Scandal serialised in the Mail on Sunday
17 Nov 2014
David Craig’s shocking new book The Great Charity Scandal: What really happens to the billions we give to good causes? was serialised in the Mail on Sunday this weekend.
-
More coverage for Rachel Kelly
17 Nov 2014
There was a good review for Rachel Kelly’s Black Rainbow in the Telegraph this weekend, and Rachel also featured on BBC radio’s The Why Factor, which you can listen again to here.
-
Great review for The Book of 365
14 Nov 2014
‘Anyone looking for that quirky gift or unusual literary present this Christmas may find it in the brilliantly fastidious The Book of 365… This really is a unique and fascinating book that will give you material enough to outwit even the most ardent of quizmasters.’
-
Julie Shaw is #1 and #2 in True Crime Biographies
12 Nov 2014
Julie Shaw’s series of books on the notorious Hudson family go from strength to strength, currently occupying the top two positions in the Amazon chart for True Crime Biographies.
-
Our Vinnie into top 20 bestsellers
12 Nov 2014
Julie Shaw’s Our Vinnie: The true story of Yorkshire’s notorious criminal family is at number sixteen in the Sunday Times paperback non-fiction chart this week.
