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  • Daniel Tammet secures starred reviews in all four main book pre-publication magazines

    13 Aug 2013

    Congratulations to Daniel Tammet who has secured starred reviews in all the four big book publications. - Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly and Booklist - for Thinking in Numbers.

  • Derek Paravicini and Adam Ockelford at TEDx

    12 Aug 2013

    “Born three and a half months prematurely, Derek Paravicini is blind and has severe autism. But with perfect pitch, innate talent and a lot of practice, he became an acclaimed concert pianist by the age of 10. Here, his longtime piano teacher, Adam Ockelford, explains his student’s unique relationship to music, while Paravicini shows how he has ripped up the ‘Chopsticks’ rule book.”

    In the key of genius

  • Runaway remains bestseller

    11 Aug 2013

    Emily Mackenzie’s Runaway ghosted by Clifford Thurlow remains in the best seller lists for another week.

    9 The Sunday Times, 14 The Guardian, 14 Live Magazine,

    #16 The Bookseller Paperback Non-Fiction.

  • No Place to Call Home serialised in Observer

    11 Aug 2013

    Katharine Quarmby’s book on the travelling community in Britain and abroad, No Place to Call Home, was serialised in the Observer.

  • Rachel Woods featured on Model Mayhem

    11 Aug 2013

    Rachel Woods’ guide to the beauty industry The Model’s Guide has been excerpted this week in Model Mayhem:

    Model Mayhem

  • Thistle Books on promotion

    06 Aug 2013

    Five Thistle novels have been selected for Amazon’s EU Summer Sale, which means they will be promoted Europe-wide, and available for just 0.99 Euros until September 5.

    Dodger Down Under

    The Dulang Washer

    The Gold Mohur Tree

    The Holiday

    Maxwell’s House

  • Terrific reviews for two agency titles

    31 Jul 2013

    There were two great reviews for agency books in Saturday’s Times:

    "A work of meticulous scholarship…" Roy Hattersley on Sean McMeekin’s July 1914

    "James, an expert chronicler of imperial history, shows how Churchill never wavered from his belief that the Empire was “a precious asset, not just for Britain, but for civilisation as a whole”. He analyses from this perspective the whole of Churchill’s career, bringing fresh insights even to oft-examined episodes such as the Boer War and Gallipoli. One of the many strengths of his magisterial survey, based on extensive research in primary sources — especially the records of the intelligence services — is its objectivity…. The portrait of the final years is both compelling and sad, as Churchill had unwillingly to come to terms with the fact that, “however loudly the lion roared, it needed America’s permission to pounce”. James has written a pioneering biography of Churchill from a central, specific point of view that reveals his strengths and weaknesses in an entirely new light. It will be of abiding interest to all those concerned with Britain’s past and how it influenced the world in which we live today. " DR Thorpe on Lawrence James’s Churchill and Empire

  • Sam Pivnik book signing

    31 Jul 2013

    Sam Pivnik signs copies of his memoir Survivor.

  • Two agency titles in top 20 non-fiction paperback list

    30 Jul 2013

    Congratulations to Emily Mackenzie and Clifford Thurlow whose Runaway:Wild Child, Working Girl, Survivor is no 10 and Cathy Glass who spends a fourteenth week in the best-seller list with Please Don’t Take My Baby at no 17.

  • Rachel Woods in Model Mayhem

    30 Jul 2013

    Rachel Woods’ guide to the modelling industry, The Model’s Guide, is featured today in Model Mayhem.

    Model Mayhem