News
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'Novel' reaches category top spots
29 Dec 2013
Lynne Barrett-Lee’s creative writing guide Novel: Plan it. Write it. Sell it. has reached number one in its Amazon categories Authorship, Publishing and Books.
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BBC feature for Jeremy Clay
29 Dec 2013
‘Life in Victorian times was arguably considerably more dangerous than now, if the newspaper reports of the time are anything to go by, writes Jeremy Clay…’
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Pegasus buy two further Desmond Seward titles
21 Dec 2013
US publisher Pegasus has bought two further Desmond Seward titles - The Last White Rose: Fear and Paranoia in the Tudor Court and his forthcoming history of the Plantagenets The Demon’s Brood.
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Lance Armstrong's whistleblower memoir to Transworld
21 Dec 2013
Transworld has bought Race to Truth in which Lance Armstrong’s soigneur Emma O’Reilly lifts the lid on life behind the Tour de France and one of the biggest sports scandals this century.
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Child of Courage: My Escape From a Satanic Sex Cult goes to S&S
21 Dec 2013
Annabelle Forest’s Child of Courage: My Escape From a Satanic Sex Cult, ghosted by Katy Weitz, has been sold to Simon & Schuster at auction with Sidgwick as the under-bidder.
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Square Peg buys Terrible Estate Agent Photos
21 Dec 2013
Andy Donaldson’s Terrible Estate Agent Photos based on his successful blog has been bought by Random House imprint Square Peg.
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Black Inc buys Full Brazilian
21 Dec 2013
Black Inc have bought ANZ rights in Full Brazilian - the memoirs of lapdancer Gabriella Santos. UK & US rights remain free.
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Recent Foreign Rights Sales
21 Dec 2013
Nicholas Best’s Five Days That Shocked The World: An Oral History of Europe at the End of World War Two to Spain.
Roger Crowley’s Constantinople: The Last Great Siege to Spain.
Cathy Glass’s Will You Love Me?: Lucy’s Story to Germany.
Stewart Lansley’s Londongrad to Poland.
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Christmas promotion for Thistle titles
20 Dec 2013
A number of Thistle books have been selected for Amazon’s big Christmas promotion - the 12 Days of Kindle. All of these fantastic books, across a range of genres, are available until 2014 for just 99p.
Non-fiction:
Churchill & the Secret Service by David Stafford ‘A startlingly good book.’ MRD Foot, SPECTATOR
Heads Up by Dominic Carman ‘This is a fascinating and unique book, often punchy, at times outrageous, and always difficult to put down. Somehow, Dominic Carman has spirited out of a set of leading heads’ views and opinions which they probably would never acknowledge in public, as well as the occasional traditional view. The approaches are in many cases entirely contradictory, yet the effects on schools are clearly very comparable. No head - or governor – should be without this book; and for many parents it will be an eye-opening and extraordinary read.’ Tim Hands, master Magdalen College School, HMC chairman 2013-2014
Spies Beneath Berlin by David Stafford ‘“Spies Beneath Berlin” delivers surprise after surprise, and makes all previous accounts of of this amazing story quite obsolete. It’s a real page turner too – I read it virtually at a sitting’ Len Deighton
Novel: Plan It. Write It. Sell It by Lynne Barrett-Lee Got a burning desire to write a novel but don’t know where to start? If so, you’ve come to the right place. Written by bestselling novelist and creative writing tutor, Lynne Barrett-Lee, Novel: Plan it. Write it. Sell it, will teach you the skills you need to do that, step by step.
Atlantis and the Silver City by Peter Daughtrey ‘A new and compelling case for the location of the Atlantis heartland. An intriguing and thought-provoking read.’ Graham Hancock – author of Fingerprints Of The Gods
An Encyclopedia of Naval History by Anthony Bruce From the beginnings of the age of sail and firearms to the present day, the Encyclopedia of Naval History provides a complete and comprehensive guide to world naval history.
Fiction:
The Alchemist’s Apprentice by Jeremy Dronfield ‘Funny, weird and intricate… A gifted, original writer’ Sunday Telegraph
The Nudists by Guy Bellamy ‘It is rare for a book to be comic, happy and readable all at once but Guy Bellamy’s The Nudists is just that.’ Daily Telegraph
Lestrade and the Ripper by M J Trow ‘Barrowloads of nineteenth century history… If you like your humour chirpy, you’ll find this sings.’ Daily Telegraph
The Dividing by Jeff Gulvin It’s 1946, the war in Europe is over and John Quarrie has just left school. Godson to the most famous Texas Ranger in history, he’s on his way to spend the summer with his grandma. No sooner is he off the bus, however, than he comes across Pious Noon and Willow Flood, and so begins their adventure. A terrible summer storm, an inheritance forfeited, two corrupt sheriff’s deputies, and a terrifying boat trip across The Dividing.
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'Haggard Hawks' in Guardian best of 2013
19 Dec 2013
Paul Jones’ Haggard Hawks & Paltry Poltroons was featured in The Guardian as one of the Best Language Books of 2013.
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