06 Sep 2013
In an exciting development, Cathy Glass’s new book Will You Love Me? is being released in three staggered installments, before the full launch on September 12. Part Two is now on sale, for just £1.99.
02 Sep 2013
Dominic Adler’s gritty new thriller The Ninth Circle has been selected for Amazon’s September promotion, and will be available for 99p all month.
02 Sep 2013
Sarah Ingham’s romantic comedy novel <em>Kissing Frogs</em>, recently published by Thistle, last week broke into the Amazon top twenty, just between Tracy Bloom and John Grisham.
31 Aug 2013
Joyce Mackenzie’s The Gold Mohur Tree is continuing to sell well in France, and is currently at #2 in English-language historical fiction, just below Hilary Mantel.
31 Aug 2013
The serial rights in Spencer Matthew’s autobiography have gone to Now Magazine.
31 Aug 2013
Dutch rights in Sean McMeekin’s Russian Revoluton to Niewe Amsterdam
Romanian rights in Simon Berthon’s Warlords to Humanitas
Polish rights in Michael Jago’s The Man Who Was George Smiley to Wydawnictwo RM
31 Aug 2013
US rights in Piu Eatwell’s They eat horses, don’t they?: The Truth about the French have been bought by Thomas Dunne Books.
31 Aug 2013
World English rights in Debbie McDonald’s biography The Mysterious Lives of Moura Budberg, written with Jeremy Dronfield, have been sold to One World.
28 Aug 2013
Agency author Katharine Quarmby has written a fascinating piece for The Spectator on Gypsy entrepreneurs.
“Ask anyone from the settled community (known as ‘gorgias’ to Romani Gypsies and as ‘country people’ to Irish Travellers) what Gypsies do for money and the list would be short: tarmacking, roofing, scrap-metal dealing, hawking or maybe horse dealing.
This picture, of course, has a germ of truth in it. Many Gypsies still work as skilled labourers — but what’s remarkable is just how entrepreneurial they are, too.”
Katharine’s new ebook Blood & Water was recently selected as an Amazon ‘Kindle Single’.
28 Aug 2013
Zoe Griffin has selected Lynne Barrett-Lee’s new creative writing guide Novel: Plan it. Write it. Sell it., published by Thistle, as her Book of the Week.