News
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Three in top 20 non-fiction paperback list including no 1.
24 Nov 2009
Congratulations to Cassie Harte, Cathy Glass and Alice Jamieson for making the top 20 paperback non-fiction list for their respective memoirs I Did Tell, I Did, The Saddest Girl in the World and Today, I’m Alice.
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Gurpareet Bains on STV
18 Nov 2009
Gurpareet Bain’s appearance last night on STV can be seen by clicking on the link, then clicking on Part 2, and watching from 06:55.
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No 1 again!
17 Nov 2009
Congratulations to Cassie Harte whose memoir I Did Tell, I Did remains at no 1 in paperback non-fiction and Cathy Glass whose The Saddest Girl in the World remains for a fourth week in the list at no 7. Alice Jamieson’s Today I’m Alice though only published a few days ago is no 21 so stayed tuned for an even better position next week.
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Top UK non-fiction agent
17 Nov 2009
The recent Publishers Marketplace piece about the agency being the top UK non-fiction agency in terms of deals done this year perhaps didn’t make sufficiently clear the margin in which the agency is ahead - 21 deals with second place 7 - nor that the agency hasn’t announced new deals since June so plenty more to be listed. The top ten table is as follows:
Andrew Lownie (Andrew Lownie Literary Agency) 21 deals in this category in the last 12 months | 15 in the last 6 months | 50 overall | 7 six-figure+ deals Most recent deal in this category: June 24, 2009 | view matching deals
Charlie Viney (The Viney Agency) 7 deals in this category in the last 12 months | 5 in the last 6 months | 9 overall Most recent deal in this category: November 5, 2009 | view matching deals
Jonathan Conway (Mulcahy Conway Associates) 7 deals in this category in the last 12 months | 7 in the last 6 months | 7 overall | 1 six-figure+ deal Most recent deal in this category: October 22, 2009 | view matching deals
Patrick Walsh (Conville & Walsh) 6 deals in this category in the last 12 months | 3 in the last 6 months | 39 overall | 12 six-figure+ deals Most recent deal in this category: October 22, 2009 | view matching deals
Ivan Mulcahy (Mulcahy Conway Associates) 5 deals in this category in the last 12 months | 5 in the last 6 months | 14 overall | 6 six-figure+ deals Most recent deal in this category: October 21, 2009 | view matching deals
Paul Feldstein (The Feldstein Agency) 4 deals in this category in the last 12 months | 3 in the last 6 months | 8 overall Most recent deal in this category: August 20, 2009 | view matching deals
Peter Tallack (Science Factory) 3 deals in this category in the last 12 months | 1 in the last 6 months | 17 overall Most recent deal in this category: November 9, 2009 | view matching deals
Caspian Dennis (Abner Stein) 3 deals in this category in the last 12 months | 2 in the last 6 months | 12 overall | 4 six-figure+ deals Most recent deal in this category: November 9, 2009 | view matching deals
Angharad Kowal (Writers House) 3 deals in this category in the last 12 months | 2 in the last 6 months | 5 overall | 1 six-figure+ deal Most recent deal in this category: November 9, 2009 | view matching deals
Diane Banks (Diane Banks Associates) 3 deals in this category in the last 12 months | 3 in the last 6 months | 4 overall Most recent deal in this category: November 2, 2009 | view matching deals
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Recent Deals
13 Nov 2009
Harper Collins have bought a sixth memoir by bestselling author Cathy Glass. A Dreadful Mistake will be published in 2011.
Little Brown have signed up two more novels from another Top Ten bestseller, Duncan Falconer, for a six-figure advance. Pirate and Assassin will be published in 2011 and 2012.
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Doug Beattie in the media
13 Nov 2009
Doug Beattie, whose Taskforce Helmand has just been published by Simon & Schuster and has extensive experience of mentoring the Afghan police, has had a busy few days discussing the shooting of the five British soldiers by a member of the ANP.
Below a ‘screen grab’ of Doug on Channel 4 news being interviewed by Jon Snow and scanned articles which Doug ‘authored’ or contributed to in a major way. From the top they are: Guardian Daily Mail Daily Mirror Sun Daily Express Scotsman
Over two days Doug’s comments appeared in 165 online articles (predominantly newspaper websites, including the national papers mentioned above, and the Telegraph and FT), not to mention in broadcast interviews on BBC Breakfast, BBC Ten O’Clock News, BBC News Channel, BBC Radio 4’s PM programme, BBC World Service, GMTV, Radio One’s Newsbeat, Five Live, ITV news and Sky News.
Here are a few links to that coverage:
Herald Scotland: Afghan police infiltrated by Taliban ‘at every level’
BBC News: What are the Afghan police like?
Guardian: ‘Afghan police have been infiltrated at every level by the insurgency’
Telegraph: Afghan National Police penetrated by Taliban at ‘every level’
Metro: Afghan police infiltrated by Taliban ‘at every level’
Channel 4: Afghan policeman kills five UK soldiers
Mirror: Gordon Brown vows fight against Taliban will go on but are there more enemies within?
The Sun: Taliban ‘ordered’ soldier shooting
Daily Express: Afghanistan’s police ‘is infiltrated by Taliban at all levels’
Doug on the Simon Mayo programme
Mail Online: Analysis - Drugs, bribes and ‘police’ in the pocket of the Taliban
Belfast Telegraph: Afghanistan’s police ‘is infiltrated by Taliban at all levels’
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Rave review for Wings Over The Desert
13 Nov 2009
Damian Thompson singles out for praise Desmond Seward’s memoir of his father’s experience in the Royal Flying Corp during World War One Wings Over the Desert in his Daily Telegraph blog
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Two authors in top five
13 Nov 2009
Congratulations to Cassie Harte whose first book I Did Tell, I Did has gone to no 1 in the paperback non-fiction bestseller list.
Cathy Glass’s The Saddest Girl in the World , also published by Harper Collins, remains in the same bestseller list at no 5.
Two books continually in the top five over the space of three weeks is not bad for a small agency
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Frances Woodsford
13 Nov 2009
Many congratulations to Frances Woodsford who celebrated her ninty-sixth birthday on Wednesday - a birthday she shares with her agent though he is a little younger - and whose memoir Dear Mr Bigelow, recently Radio 4 Book of the Week, is selling well.
Frances Woodsford can be seen talking about her book on YouTube: Dear Mr Bigelow/Frances woodsford
Sue Baker’s review at www.lovereading.co.uk is at Dear Mr Bigelow: A Transatlantic Friendship
Peter Burton writes in today’s Daily Express “a vividly observed picture of suburban life in a Britain of more than 60 years ago…Frances Woodsford’s letters were presumed destroyed as had been those of the Commodore. That they survived is astonishing. They are a treat to be savoured.”
The full review can be found at DEAR MR BIGELOW: A TRANSATLANTIC FRIENDSHIP: FRANCES WOODSFORD
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Two authors in Top Five
13 Nov 2009
Congratulations to Cassie Harte whose first book I Did Tell, I Did has gone to no 1 in the paperback non-fiction bestseller list.
Cathy Glass’s The Saddest Girl in the World , also published by Harper Collins, remains in the same bestseller list at no 5.
Two books continually in the top five over the space of three weeks is not bad for a small agency!
