News
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New judging role for the agency
08 Apr 2014
The Andrew Lownie Literary Agency will be judging The Guardian’s new monthly literary prize for self-published authors.
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Cabin Fever lightwalls at Sydney Airport
08 Apr 2014
There’s been great promotion for Mandy Smith’s sexy new memoir Cabin Fever, including a series of lightwalls at Sydney Airport.
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Andrew Lownie quoted in Tom Weldon profile
08 Apr 2014
Andrew Lownie is quoted in The Guardian’s profile of Tom Weldon this week:
Tom Weldon: ‘Some say publishing is in trouble. They are completely wrong’
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Atlantis and the Silver City reviewed
04 Apr 2014
‘An unusual and riveting read… you are sure to be entertained.’ The Daily Opinion
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Thistle books in Amazon 'Big Spring Deal'
04 Apr 2014
This month, an amazing 15 titles from Thistle Publishing have been selected for Amazon’s ‘Big Spring Deal’ promotion, all available for just 99p each.
Fiction:Bing Banged My Lula Brilliantly raunchy novel from ex-model Frankie Park. Think Bridget Jones after the divorce with a kid on her hands and needing a new man like a hole in the head …
Dodger - Down Under: The Further Adventures of the Artful Dodger 1827-1832 “I have always thought the Artful Dodger’s story needed telling and now David Weston has told it, in a wonderfully engaging way.” - Julian Fellowes
Maxwell’s Movie “An engaging crime tale, featuring schoolmaster-detective ‘Mad Max’ Maxwell, who is in top form as he helps the police to investigate the disappearance of a fellow teacher. A character to savour.” - Northern Echo
Maxwell’s Ride On a trip to a theme park, Maxwell’s ride on the log flume is a little more white-knuckle than he was expecting when a stray bullet whips past him and his charges before killing the accountant in the car behind. Who was that gunman on the grassy knoll?
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel ‘It’s an authentic whodunnit with a surprising twist at the end you’ll kick yourself for not guessing sooner.’ - Punch
The Third Betrayal “Very impressive - for devious depth this one beats the band.” - THE OBSERVER
Frontier of Fear “Superior stuff – taut, well-observed, original.” - THE TIMES
Tom Kennedy A chance meeting at the Menin Gate in 1969 between a young War Studies lecturer and an elderly Benedictine monk sparks a close friendship – one that will ultimately lead a dying Father Peter Quinn to entrust a family’s tragic secret to John Malcolm…
The Seventh Moon A new thriller from the international bestselling author of THE MASK OF TIME and THE ORIGINAL SIN.
One Winter of the Holy Spirit “One of the most talked-about novels of the year.” - Western Mail
Non-fiction:Conclave “If you want to understand what’s happening in the Vatican now, read this book. Gripping, lurid and fascinating, both scholarly and utterly readable, oozing with original academic research, its a minute-by-minute, day-by-day account of all the intrigues, maneouvres, deals, politics and scandals of a papal conclave.” - SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE
Gin: The Much Lamented Death of Madam Geneva - The Eighteenth Century Gin Craze ‘Patrick Dillon has gathered together some marvellous tales here… This book is as crowded with sensational incident as an 18th-century newspaper… With its manic tempo, Dillon’s prose embodies the relentless energy of the time… the city’s infinite variety is also successfully invoked. He has, too, a gift for simplifying complex issues.’ - Daily Telegraph
John Buchan: The Presbyterian Cavalier ‘Admirably readable, this book will be invaluable to those who are now encountering Buchan’s work for the first time. Lownie’s lucid account of Buchan’s life redefines the man as infinitely more complex than he thought he was.’ - The Sunday Times
Warlords: An Extraordinary Re-creation of World War II Through the Eyes and Minds of Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin “Gripping, innovative and perceptive… It reads like a thriller but it is also a scholarly, impeccably researched piece of work… superlative.” - Tribune
Who Dares Wins In Business ‘A good read. Sharpe has certainly done his homework, and generated lots of interesting, relevant facts and stories from both military and corresponding business situations.’ - Ben Legg, CEO - AdKnowledge
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More coverage for Monica Porter
04 Apr 2014
Monica Porter has written two fascinating new pieces about her sexy new memoir Raven: My year of dating dangerously…, and the effects of her new fame.
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Another great review for Jessie Childs
03 Apr 2014
‘In the quality of her research and sensitive handling of issues that remain raw to this day, Jessie Childs succeeds in evoking ‘the lived experience of anti-Catholicism’ as few have done before…Childs’s language is lively and inventive… By picturing Elizabethan recusants in all their complexity, Jessie Childs has enabled them to speak for themselves at last.’ John Cooper, Literary Review
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Cabin Fever launches
02 Apr 2014
Mandy Smith’s saucy memoir of her time as a Virgin air hostess, Cabin Fever, has just launched in Australia in a blaze of publicity.
Excerpts from the book were placed in Virgin flights leaving the Sydney terminal as well as in Virgin staff rooms – apparently the flight attendants loved it and have been sharing the extract with their friends.
There was also an extract here in Business Insider magazine.
There have also been numerous reviews, including the Sun-Herald and The Age.
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Cathy Glass goes straight into Top 5 bestsellers
02 Apr 2014
Cathy Glass’s latest fostering memoir Daddy’s Little Princess has gone straight into the bestseller list at number 4, despite only being on sale for part of the week.
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The Monica Porter story continues to spread
31 Mar 2014
Monica Porter’s sensational memoir Raven: My year of dating dangerously… continues to stir debate. This weekend it featured as a reference point in another Mail story about the sex lives of older people.
‘As 60-year-old Monica Porter’s memoir about having sex with younger men, published in The Mail on Sunday this month, continues to cause a sensation, Miss Sayle hopes to cash in on the desire of middle-aged people ‘to explore their fantasies’.’
