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  • Great review for Louisa Treger

    03 Oct 2014

    ‘Treger’s taut evocation of Dorothy’s life and emotional struggles is gripping from the very first page.’

    Full review

  • Rachel Kelly appointed official Ambassador for SANE

    02 Oct 2014

     

    The leading mental health charity SANE today appointed  Rachel Kelly, author of Black Rainbow,  as an official Ambassador for the charity. Paul Flitcroft, director of Fundraising and Marketing said the appointment reflected Rachel’s work in raising awareness about the reality of mental illness and helping to combat stigma for those who suffer depression and other mental health conditions. Rachel said: "I have long been a supporter of SANE’s outstanding work, especially the services it provides for those who are fighting mental illness such as its fantastic advice Hotline. Its Black Dog campaign in particular has made a real difference to how we now understand depression and has done much to raise awareness of this debilitating illness." 

  • Three pages for Dickie Arbiter in Hello!

    02 Oct 2014

    Dickie Arbiter’s sensational new memoir On Duty with the Queen is the subject of a three-page feature in this week’s Hello! magazine.

  • More publicity for The Devil on the Doorstep

    02 Oct 2014

    Annabelle Forest’s shocking memoir The Devil on the Doorstep is continuing to generate huge interest, including an interview last night on BBC WM (link here, starts at 01:28:38), a scheduled interview next Tuesday on the BBC Wales Jason Mohammad show at 11.30am, as well as an upcoming appearance on ITV’s This Morning.

  • Cathy Glass's The Child Bride is no 2

    01 Oct 2014

    Congratulations to Cathy Glass whose The Child Bride is no 2 in this week’s paperback non-fiction chart.

  • Cathy Glass goes straight into Amazon Top 40

    30 Sep 2014

    Cathy Glass’s new fostering memoir The Child Bride is already climbing the charts:

    Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #36 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

    #1 in Books > Society, Politics & Philosophy > Government & Politics
    #1 in Kindle Store > Books > Biography & True Accounts > Memoirs
    #1 in Books > Biography > Social & Health Issues > Child Abuse

  • On Duty with the Queen topping Amazon categories

    30 Sep 2014

    Dickie Arbiter’s headline-grabbing new memoir On Duty with the Queen, which comes out tomorrow, is already topping all its Amazon categories:

    #1 in Books > Biography > Historical > Royalty

    #1 in Books > Business, Finance & Law > Biographies & Histories

    #1 in Books > Biography > Business & Finance

  • Agency article picked up by Publishing Perspectives

    30 Sep 2014

    The ‘Hole in the Heart of Publishing’ article that appeared on the agency website last week has now been picked up by Publishing Perspectives here.

  • Rachel Kelly wins First Book award

    30 Sep 2014

    Congratulations to Rachel Kelly who has won this year’s Spear’s prize for Best First Book. William Cash, editor-in-chief of Spear’s, said Rachel’s memoir ‘Black Rainbow: How words healed me - my journey through depression’ tackled the difficult but important subject of depression and was a powerful and moving account of how Rachel used poetry to overcome her demons. Rachel’s book was published by Yellow Kite, a subsidiary of Hodder & Stoughton in April and comes out in paperback on 9th October.