24 Feb 2017
Agency author David Long has been awarded the Blue Peter Book of the Year 2017, for Survivors: Extraordinary Tales from the Wild and Beyond. His second book for Faber & Faber, it includes classic adventures such as Shackleton’s remarkable exploits in the Antarctic as well as more recent examples of personal courage and endurance such as those which inspired the Hollywood blockbusters 127 Hours and The Revenant. From a shortlist drawn up by a professional panel, the winning book was chosen by a vote of primary school children across the UK.
23 Feb 2017
You can listen again to Gavin Evans fascinating interview with Talk Radio on his new book Mapreaders and Mindreaders.
23 Feb 2017
An interesting interview with Gavin Evans on his new book Mapreaders And Multitaskers.
Author Gavin Evans explores conventional gender roles in his new book Mapreaders And Multitaskers
09 Feb 2017
Romanian rights n Richard Aldrich’s GCHQ.
Japanese rights in Patrick Dillon’s The Story of Buildings.
Romanian rights in Mark Felton’s Castle of the Eagles: Escape from Mussolini’s Colditz.
French rights in Cathy Glass’s The Girl in the Mirror.
Complex Chinese rights in Lawrence James’s Empires in the Sun: The Struggle for the Mastery of Africa, 1830-1980. Chinese rights in Sean McMeekin’s The Russian Revolution.
03 Feb 2017
Elliott & Thompson have bought UK & Commonwealth rights in Julia Boyd’s account of travellers in the Third Reich for publication in August.
03 Feb 2017
Coronet have bought UK rights in Piu Eatwell’s re-examination of The Black Dahlia case Black Dahlia, Red Rose. North American rights have been sold to Norton.
03 Feb 2017
Osprey have bought World English rights in Stuart Smith’s The Most Dangerous Man in Europe : The Reputation of Colonel Otto Skorzeny
03 Feb 2017
Pegasus have bought US rights in Nicola Tallis’ Elizabeth’s Rival: The Life of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester UK rights have already been sold to O’Mara Books.
30 Jan 2017
Richard Venables’ extraordinary memoir A Life in Death moved into the Amazon top ten bestseller list at the weekend, reaching #7.