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Lynne Barrett-Lee launches 'Novel'
24 Aug 2013
Lynne Barrett-Lee has launched her new creative writing guide Novel - Plan it. Write it. Sell it through Thistle Publishing. There’s a preview of some of Lynne’s words of wisdom at Urban Writers’ Retreat:
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Rachel Woods featured in Last-Year Girl
24 Aug 2013
Rachel Woods’ new book The Model’s Guide is included in a review of modelling advice through the decades:
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David Haviland judges Agent's Pick
23 Aug 2013
David Haviland selected Jill Darragh’s The Case of the Distant Relative as the winner of this month’s IPR Agent’s Pick competition.
“This is an intriguing detective mystery, with an excellent sense of the historical period and context, engaging with powerful themes regarding women’s emancipation and domestic abuse.”
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'Atlantis' in The Cultural Voyager
20 Aug 2013
Peter Daughtrey’s amazing new theory for the location of Atlantis, outlined in his new book Atlantis and the Silver City, is featured in today’s Cultural Voyager:
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The Gold Mohur Tree selling well in France
20 Aug 2013
Joyce Mackenzie’s debut novel The Gold Mohur Tree is currently part of Amazon’s Europe-wide summer promotion, and is selling particularly well in France, where it is up to #4 in Historical Fiction:
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Great review for Caroline Young
20 Aug 2013
Caroline Young’s new book The Cool Guide to Edinburgh has received a great review from the Scotland on Sunday’s Spectrum magazine:
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Thistle launches 'Novel' by Lynne Barrett-Lee
20 Aug 2013
Thistle Publishing has launched Lynne Barrett-Lee’s new creative writing guide Novel: Plan it. Write it. Sell it. which is already at #2 in Amazon’s ‘publishing’ bestseller list.
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Dodger - Down Under in Amazon promotion
17 Aug 2013
David Weston’s new novel Dodger - Down Under has been selected as part of Amazon’s Summer Sale, and is available for just 99p until the end of August.
“Delightful Dickensian pastiche. Readers will definitely be clamouring for more.” Mail on Sunday
“Clever and great fun!” Jeffrey Archer
“A right ripping yarn. Mr Weston writes ‘trippingly off the tongue’.” Ian McShane
“I have always thought the Artful Dodger’s story needed telling and now David Weston has told it, in a wonderfully engaging way.” Julian Fellowes
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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.
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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.”
