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JULY 2010
Reading Agency Party
In a day of announcements about the future of the library service, a Reading Partners networking event at the Free Word Centre in London pointed up the public, private partnerships that will become increasingly significant in an era of tightened public spending. Book Guild representatives Laura Lockington and Jessica Haggerty were in attendence, and met Minister of Culture Ed Vasey and author Nick Hornby amongst others.
(L-R) Comic and chef Hardeep Singh Koli and Minister of Culture Ed Vasey; Publicity and Marketing Director Laura Lockington and Head of Marketing Jessica Haggerty; Ed Vasey and author Nick Hornby
JUNE 2010 The Book Guild website is now resplendent
with our brand new readable catalogue and newsletter - do make sure you
go to the home page and click on the links - and listen to the sound of
the pages turning as you browse!
As England's World Cup hopes are ended for another 4 years, Book Guild author Bryony Hill (wife of well-loved pundit Jimmy Hill) shows us a sporting way to round up chickens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqD1bwWWfYY Pamela Binns, author of Christmas Kittens will be on In Tune on BBC Radio 3 talking about her wonderful opera stories....do catch her if you can.
Hadrian productions have asked Book Guild to dress the set of their forthcoming Brit-flick "One Day", based on the book by bestselling author David Nicholls (Starter for Ten). So keep your eyes peeled for some favourite titles on the bookshelves of the main characters!
The HENDRICK’S HORSELESS
CARRIAGE of CURIOSITIES
is eminently delighted to present author and salonnière Damian Barr.
Provider of critically acclaimed literary salons in Shoreditch House,
Damian has agreed don his finest Panama, climb the Carriage band stand to host his Peek & Speak sessions.
With renowned authors such as Book Guild's own Publicity Director Laura
Lockington, Naomi Alderman and Jessica Ruston revealing unusual
stories behind their own treasured curiosities - from South African tortoise
shells to Roald Dahl letters - there is sure to be much intrigue
abound and very little in the way of the ordinary.
Telling tales of unusual
fixations, memories and extraordinary stories of unexpected encounters, the
Peek & Speak sessions offer a unique glimpse at the eccentricities and
imaginations of some of the most talented authors in Britain.
Peek & Speak is free to attend but due to vivacious
and charismatic nature of Mr Barr, they will be very popular so it is advised
to arrive early.
Buxton Festival Fringe — Sat
10th & Sun 11th July, 14.00 & 16.00
Port Eliot Literary Festival — Sat 24th & Sun 25th July, 14.00
& 16.00
Camp Bestival — Sat 31st July & Sun 1st August, 14.00
& 16.00
MAY 2010
We are delighted that Mary Edmonds book The Roving Wrinkly was featured as a double page spread in the Daily Mail. Recently retired and bereaved, the book follows Mary Edmonds adventures to exotic parts of the world that many of us haven't heard of!
APRIL 2010
April draws to a close with a delightful full-page review in the Evening Standard for our most popular title of the month - Is That Cat Dead?, an unusual book on poison plants. Listing some common household plants that are more lethal than their familiar names imply, the quirky article perfectly encapsulated why this little book is flying off the shelves.
This year's London Book Fair,
held at Earls Court from 19th - 21st April, was a great success for Book Guild. Attendance was down about 30% due to airport closures, but many participants still braved the volcanic ash cloud for what became a busy and bustling fair.
Book Guild stand J205, with a bright display of this year's key titles
Our stand was the
place to be, as we hosted exciting events for many of our key titles this
year, including talks, signings and author Q and A sessions for Neil
Kirby (Celebrity
Hotel), Bryony Hill (Angel
in an Apron), John Mariani (The Monies)
and Gaydar. Many of our current authors popped by to say hello, along with potential authors, journalists, foreign rights representatives, printers, distributers and illustrators amongst others.
(L-R)
Director of Publicity Laura Lockington and author John Mariani (The Monies) on the
Book Guild stand. The delightful boys from Gaydar, author Andrew Kay (Pretty Boys all in a Row), Laura Lockington, and Head of Marketing Jessica Haggerty Bryony Hill, our very own "Angel in an Apron" with Head of Marketing Jessica Haggerty.
Carol Biss MD, with Laura Lockington, Director of Publicity, and author Neil Kirby (Celebrity Hotel).
Carol Biss MD with Book Guild author Pamela Binns (Christmas Kittens)
Book Guild Newsletter
Our 2010 newsletter is hot off the press this month. Bursting with Book Guild facts, press coverage, events updates and author feedback, we're confident that this year's newsletter is our biggest and best ever!
One City. One Book. A Thousand Conversations. Representatives of Book Guild were in attendance for this year's City Reads "Bond at Bedtime" event at myhotel. For the next three months, the whole of Brighton will be joining forces to read From Russsia With Love, making it the city's biggest and best collective read ever! MARCH 2010saw the printing of the new Spring/Summer catalogue. With a beautiful jacket by award-winning artist Christopher Corr, taken from Andrew Kay's upcoming novel "Pretty Boys All in a Row", we feel that it perfectly encapsulates the season. We are particularly proud of both the look of the new catalogue, and its exciting contents.
Book Guild's fruitful partnership with the Reading Agency continues, with library talks planned, and a series of posters depicting our sports titles to be placed in libraries throughout the UK.
FEBRUARY 2010
We are delighted that Neil Kirby's Celebrity Hotel will appear in the Sunday Times this Sunday 28th February. In a piece on page 7, Neil Kirby talks about his life behind the scenes at London's Grosvenor House Hotel.
"One of Crime Central's all time heroines..." Sally Murrer appears in the Times Online. Her book, According to Bella, will be out this March.
http://timesonline.typepad.com/crime/
7th February 2010, and a wonderful double page spread in the Daily Mail's Sunday magazine, You, about the Shoreditch House Literary Salons and the Reading Weekends run by Damian Barr and Book Guild's Head of Publicity, Laura Lockington. Further details about the salon can be found on Facebook, and check here for regular updates on the Reading Weekend.
31st January 2010 and a great start to the year with a double page spread in the Sunday Express for Neil Kirby's forthcoming book, Celebrity Hotel, due out in March 2010.
JANUARY 2010
Happy New Year to all!
It's football transfer season and this month sees two of our new football books in Chelsea FC's Official Magazine. With all the money that the club has to splash around we're hoping that Gaffers: the Wit and Wisdom of Football Managers and Football's Giant Killers will be smash hits with the fans!
There's also a great 5-star review for Football's Giant Killers by Derek Watts in Flipside magazine. "Written by someone with a real love for football, this is a personal as well as historical journey. Even if 22 men kicking a ball isn't your thing, you'll soon be rooting for the little guys."
Lovely to see William Bleasdale's new book, Footsteps of the Celts by Rail, sandwiched between Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape and Jamie's America! Obviously in Wrexham Bleasdale is twice as popular...
A 5-star review appeared on the I heard it on the grapevine website for one of our crime thrillers, Lillia's Diary by Ian McFadyen. "The story itself is pretty straightforward, although I have to say, I
didn’t guess who the murderer was, which is pretty impressive as quite
often with these books, it becomes obvious too soon. But McFadyen’s
style of writing is so easy to read that it became a pleasure to read
it each day... If you like a gentle paced whodunnit with lots of twists and turns I would recommend you check it out. I look forward to reading more of McFadyen’s books."Karen Mason
Despite the snow, Book Guild staff managed to slip and slide their way into the office and get working on the 2010 Summer Collection! Below: Pavilion View, with Max Miller overseeing the gritting.
A sad end to 2009
Our favourite author, Julian Fane, author of 50 books, sadly died just before Christmas.
The Hon. Julian Charles Fane was born in 1927, the second son of the 14th Earl of Westmorland. His mother was the daughter of Lord Ribblesdale, whose portrait was painted by Singer Sargent. He and his wife Gilly were a devoted couple. Their happiness was very plain to see.
Julian worked for five hours a day, seven days a week writing rapidly in pencil on lined quarto paper. In 1999 he announced that he had written his last novel, called Evening to balance with his first much-acclaimed novel, Morning. For the next two years he kept a journal, eventually published as the Time Diaries, but he missed writing stories. He gave up retirement and embarked on an Indian summer of creativity, publishing a novel every six months. His novels are too many to detail, but Julian started publishing with John Murray, then moved to Hamish Hamilton, Sinclair-Stevenson and Constable. Lately he became disillusioned with mainstream publishers and changed to the Book Guild.
We all feel at the Book Guild that we've lost a friend, not just an author. We will miss him.
We have been asked to submit Learning My Lines by Ray Brooks for the prestigious Theatre Book Prize – it as a great honour to be asked, and we are delighted to comply! Good luck Ray! The judges with an onerous task ahead of them are: Mark Shenton, Professor Jane Moody, Matthew Kelly and Howard Loxton.
Residential weekends for writers in 2010: Tailor made by Industry Experts to specifically cater to individual clients needs, and accommodated by the wonderful Tilton House in Sussex, the weekend comprises of 3 morning/afternoon interactive master-classes on 'How to create and improve a new concept', 'Character & Dialogue' & 'Plot & Structure' as well as 2 one-on-one sessions to ‘Finesse your project’. Click here to download further details (Word doc 262KB).
26th November 2009: Very sadly, Borders bookshops UK has today gone into administration. All Borders and Books Etc shops will close. Cited amongst the causes were increased competition from online retailers and supermarkets.
Three reprints this month: The Touch of Durrellby Jeremy Mallinson, which has sold out in its first 3 weeks of publication; ever-popular The Human Reality by Peter Prew; and, naval yarns Call the Hands by Roger Paine. For a full list of all our reprints, second editions and foreign and large print rights sold, please go to About Us.
There's a nip in the air and frankly premature Christmas decorations on some people's houses. It's time for a Winter Warmer!
From Roger Paine's Call the Hands: A Collection of My Naval Yarns, here's the recipe for “PUSSER’S RUM” PUNCH: Ingredients
2 tablespoons sugar
1 lemon
1/2 pint (300 ml) - 1 cup - “Pusser’s Rum”
1/8 pint (75 ml) - 1/4 cup - brandy
1 pint (600 ml) - 2 cups - boiling water
Method
Use a very large saucepan with a tightly fitting lid.
Put the sugar and lemon zest into the saucepan with the rum and brandy. Warm the mixture over medium heat until the sugar has melted, turn off the heat and set light to the mixture. Let it burn for 2 minutes, then cover the saucepan to extinguish the flame. Squeeze the juice from the lemon and add it to the mixture with the boiling water. Stir well, cover and leave to stand for 5-10 minutes. Taste and add more sugar if deemed necessary before serving.
Great background review in the Newcastle Sports online journal for Ian Smith, author of Rugby Union - out this month. Click here to read more about the man who founded the Newcastle Falcons' Academy and went on to write about the motivations and inspirations of the great rugby players today, including Matthew Tait, Jamie Roberts and Martin Corry.
This Sunday, 1st November 2009, is Stir Up Sunday - traditionally the day to make your Christmas pudding. Download Laura's delicious recipe from the Book Guild home page and get stirring! Newsflash! For the duration of the postal dispute we are happy to receive manuscripts by email. Please send to katie@bookguild.co.uk
Phil Dampier and Ashley Walton's book, Duke of Hazard: The Wit and Wisdom of Prince Philip,is in the news again as Prince Philip makes another gaffe. Embarassing as it may be for the palace, the public seem to love his blunders as we are now on our 11th reprint! http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/royals/article2700630.ece
From the Daily Express: AN unusual request was made of guests who turned up earlier
this week for the London launch of Alandra Varinia, the latest novel by Eleanor Berry, author
and daughter of former newspaper owner Lord Hartwell. All the invitations had
"No Germs Please" emblazoned upon them.
An acquaintance of Eleanor, 58
(who once formed a close relationship with another press magnate, the disgraced
late Robert Maxwell), tells me: "She won't shake someone's hand if they are ill
and her housekeeper has to wear a mask."
One books' website describes her
latest work, the heroine of whose title is the daughter of dead IRA members, as
"the extremely eventful life of a thuggish but likeable young woman." Reserve my
copy.
Another lovely review for Elizabeth Manson Bahr's Children of the Sun: The Fall of the Aztecs, this time from the Mexican Society.
"With a surprising ability to treat historic events as a tale, Elizabeth allows the reader to enter in simple way into the Mexica world; to its everydayness and deep religiousness, taking us to that dramatic shock of cultures, where the diverse personages and protagonists are not condemned to be one cold history lesson. Elizabeth transcends the borders of the theories and delivers a story full of life, giving to each encounter, to each battle, the face and personality of its protagonists. Without doubt, “Children of the Sun” is a widely recommendable novel for all that one that enjoys Mexico’s past and to play with history."
From September 2009, our sales representation will be undertaken by Chris Lloyd Sales and Marketing Services. With a team of seven reps to cover the UK trade, and an extended team working in Europe, we are looking forward to building on our past successes with bookshops and wholesalers. For further details, go to Our Distributors.
Ice skater and author of Adventures in Frostavia Robin Cousins is featured in The Times Monday August 17th in the Birthday section:
'The ice skater Robin Cousins won the Olympic Gold Medal in 1980 and has since built his own entertainment company. He is rehearsing today in Utrecht for a new Holiday on Ice show and is playing Jack Frost in Santa Claus: The Musical at Christmas. He says: "I am very excited to act and sing again." Robin Cousins is 52 today.'
Sharon Kirk, author of Lot 22, will be taking position as a living statue on a Trafalgar Square plinth on Friday 7th August 2009 between 1 and 2am. Good luck Sharon!
Roger Paine's Call the Hands is the Marine Society's Book of the Month and has had a lovely review: "Like the tot of Pusser’s we raised to Roger at the Boot and Flogger,
Call the Hands warms the sailors’ heart, and the pleasure lingers on." Click here to read more: http://www.ms-sc.org/Marine-Society/Content/Book-Services/Book-of-the-Month
Child of the Hive by Jessica Meats,
a compelling science fiction thriller for young adults, has been submitted for
one of the oldest and prestigious literary awards – The John Llewellyn Rhys
Prize 2009. Good luck Jessica!
Paul Spiring,author of On the Trail of Arthur Conan Doyle, will be giving a "Bobbles & Plum" talk to the Living Literature Societyon the 25th July at the Calder Bookshop, Waterloo. Between 1904 and 1907, the young P G Wodehouse (Plum) and Bertram
Fletcher Robinson (Bobbles) co-authored four satirical playlets. They
disappeared into the archives until historian Paul R Spiring found all four and tells how he brought them together in his new book
capturing two of the most talented humorists of their time. Drinks,
canapés and optional supper nearby. Review of the book and the evening in Latest News section of the Wodehosue Society: http://www.pgwodehousesociety.org.uk/
Children of the Sun by Elizabeth Manson Bahr has been "highly recommended" by the Oxford Mexican Society and Elizabeth has been invited to give a talk to the Oxford University Mexican Society members in October. This will coincide with the aztec exhibition at the British Museum, Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler, that runs from the 24 September 2009 to 24 January 2010.
Byron
the Maker by Anne Fleming has been submitted for the Rose Mary Crawshaw
Prize and the prestigious James Tait Black Memorial Prize... Good luck
Anne!
Show and
Tell Thursday 25 June,
19.00 - 21.00
If the idea of a
Show and Tell makes you think of Tupperware parties or elementary school competitions, think again. Damian Barr, funny man, journalist and custodian of
all things hip, has completely reinvented the concept. Now you can hear objects
tell stories we actually want to hear. With Cupboard Love author, Laura Lockington.
The Unravellers authors, Tracey and Kevin Morley, have created a delightful animated youtube film for the book. View here, and meet an Unraveller for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtND3baFu7g
Thursday 11th June was a great day for press for our authors. The Argus had a lovely piece on Brighton 70s popstar and author of Long Time Running, Johnny Wakelin, describing the book as a "terrifically good read" - proudly on display at his book launch on the same day. And Jessica Fellowes, author of Mud in the City, had a full page in The Express and a double-page spread in The Times Style magazine.
Long Time Running by Johnny Wakelin will be launched with a gig of his greatest hits, Black Superman and In Zaire, at the Moulsecombe Labour Social Club in Brighton on the evening of 11th June 2009. If you would like to buy a book or invite Carol for a spin on the dancefloor then do please come along!
An exciting weekend at the Steyning Festival, 29-31st May 2009, where Laura Lockington will be a judge at the Tasteival in her capacity as foodie supreme and author of Cupboard Love: A Food Romance. LONDON BOOK FAIR, Earls Court, 20-22nd April 2009.
Book Guild Publishing will be on stand J205 in EC1, exhibiting with the IPG.
Laura Lockington appears in March 09 in the Reader's Digest. She will be in Edinburgh on the weekend of 20th March to talk about her book, Cupboard Love, and will be doing a signing at her local Waterstones in Brighton on the 26th March from 7-8pm.
Recommended for Christmas by Clare Canning in the Law section of The Times, Half-Closed Door by Alan Tritton, she writes it is "a must for anyone who is embroiled in lengthy proceedings. It is also a helpful reminder that such an experience does not detract from an otherwise fascinating life outside the courtroom."
Martin Wells, biologist and writer of Second Coming, remembers his grandfather HG Wells in a marvellous piece in the Telegraph Magazine on the 6th December 2008, complete with a charming photograph of the three generations of Wells'.
Alex Janaway appears in the Cambridge News online to promote his book Redoubt. Alex will be having a book launch at Heffers on Friday 28th November from 6.30-8.00pm.
Book Guild Publishing will be having a Christmas stall at Brighton's Sparkles Market in New Road (by the Theatre Royal) on Saturday 29th November 2008, 11am-6pm! Pop along for a nice cup of Thunder Tea, a chocolate brownie and selection of Christmas gift books. See you there!
And yes, that was us in the Daily Express piece on Thursday 20th November, "The Day a Psychic Came to Our Offfice." Apparently, in former lives we were variously a queen, a quaker and a lady of the manor! While we all profess to have open minds, Janet now only answers to Your Majesty.
Triptych of a Young Wolfhas been shortlisted for the Literary Review Bad Sex Award 2008. This puts the book in very prestigious company, with the list including John Updike and Alistair Campbell. Click here for the full list. Announced 25th November 2008, Winner of the 2008 Bad Sex Awards: Rachel Johnson (sister of Boris) with her novel, Shire Hell. Ma'at's Featherby Juliet Desailly is being offered as a prize in a Primary Times competition. Juliet runs Egyptian workshops focused around her children's book (see picture below of a class in masks). There is also a review of Ma'at's Feather
on the Historical Association's website recommending it
for use by primary schools.
Two magazines each featured two of our books in November: Sussex Life had pieces on John Parry's Not for Wimps and Pamela Sydney Wilson's Home Was a Grand Hotel, while The Lancashire Magazine writes on Magpie Crescent by Chris Durkin and I Wish You Weren't My Mummy by Carole Patti Clarke. For an up-to-date list of all our press, please go to Press Coverage.
"This year's gift hit", Laura Lockington's Cupboard Love, had a full-page feature in this weekend's Argus magazine. Read all the fantastic reviews that have been posted on Amazonand click here for a summary of the press it has received.
Cambridge News featured John Paterson's Who'd Be a Patient on their website. Click here to read the full article: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/
Yesterday's Mail on Sunday (26/10/08) had a page lead about the Duke of Edinburgh's latest gaffe (calling tourism "prostitution"). Phil Dampier was quoted in the piece as co-author of the Duke of Hazard, talking about the fact that Philip is a wonderfully politically incorrect national treasure.
Laura Lockington, Brighton-based author of Cupboard Love, had a full page magazine feature in the The Argus Weekend magazine.
How's this for a Halloween treat? Juliet Desailly, author of Ma'at's Feather, and the class of West Hill Primary showing the results of their Egytptian mask workshop.
Paul Spiring, author of On the Trail of Arthur Conan Doyle, was interviewed byTony Beard for BBC Radio Devon.
He will air
the interview on Saturday 25th October as part of his Halloween Special on Tony
Beard's Dartmoor Diary (around 1.30pm) and also mention it again on his Sunday
afternoon request show the following day.
You can stream these shows
using the listen live and listen again options on the
right-hand side of the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/local_radio/
Heard of International Older Persons Day? The Daily Mail hadn't, until they read John Parry's Not for Wimps - see page 70 of The Mail 17/10/08.
In Latest 7 magazine Andrew Kay lists Laura Lockington's book, Cupboard Love, as "this year's gift hit".
What's in the Queen's Handbag is being reprinted yet again to meet Christmas sales. This means we have printed over 13,500 copies in just one year to meet demand, building on the successes of the authors Phil Dampier and Ashley Walton whose two other books, Duke of Hazard and Wit and Wisdom of British Prime Ministers, have also enjoyed formidable sales.
In November 2007, author Ashley Walton said in the UK Press Gazette, "We are really pleased with Duke of Hazard, which has sold more than 14,000 copies. What makes it particularly satisfying is that Kelvin McKenzie came to our launch party and, although he liked the book, predicted we would only sell 500. We have had the last laugh, and Kelvin's John Prescott Karma Sutra has disappeared without a trace."
Congratulations to Paul Spiring and Brian Pugh, whose book, On the Trail of Arthur Conan Doyle, has now been translated into German, French and Spanish.
Congratulations
to Jessica Fellowes, Laura Lockington and Melanie Whitehouse on a
fabulous triple book launch at Julie's, Holland Park. Laura's Cupboard Love has a review in Saturday's Times. See the photos of the launch in Press Coverage/Events.
Melanie Whitehouse talks about her new book, The Tail of Augustus Moon, in the October issue of Woman&Home magazine, out in September 08.
Laura Lockington had a full-page feature in the Daily Express on 1st September entitled, My lifelong love affair with food. Best quote is, "I'd eat a mash potato sandwich if I could get one". Cupboard Love: A Food Romance is available now directly from the Book Guild website, and contains Laura's wonderful foodie memoirs and recipes, though sadly it does not come with a free mash potato sandwich.
"I
couldn't tell you with any certainty what shoes I wore on my ill-fated
first honeymoon, but I could tell you what I had for dinner." Laura Lockington and her book, Cupboard Love, are featured in the food and drink section of Publishing News, in a full-page feature on the joys of being both Book Guild's Head of Publicity and a nervous author awaiting publication with us. Cupboard Love heads the recommendations in PN's Top Titles.
Sadly
this is the penultimate issue of Publishing News as it is announced
that the trade magazine is to close after twenty-nine years.
Pauline Hyde's Midas Manwas featured in Sunday's News of the World, receiving a 4-star review. Together with the double-page feature in the Independent on Sunday and mentions in TheTimes, The Telegraph, The Express, and UK Metro, Midas Man has had some truly remarkable press coverage.
Our very own Head of Publicity, Laura Lockington, will see her first book with Book Guild Publishing released in September 08. Cupboard Love is a foodie memoir to make you laugh, cry and cook.
With two novels published with Random House to critical acclaim, Laura's work already has some fans in high places...
Wizzy-woo takes a nap with Stargazy Pie.
Ian's Debut Novel a Sell-out Success Ian McFadyen has sold out of copies of Little White Lies at his first ever book signing in Bishops Stortford Waterstones. "The South Street bookshops's entire stock of whodunnit Little White Lies was snapped up and the 48-year old author gave his own copies to sell on. Up to 30 were sold and people were queuing." Hert's and Essex Observer
Gary Webster, author of Debt Rescue, talks on BBC Breakfast TV about how to manage your finances in the Credit Crunch. Save money with our Special Offers!
The London Book Fair ran from the 14th to the 16th April 2008. Book Guild Publishing was in attendance at stand R435, and had a very successful Fair. Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited on the first day; Paul Nagle hosted a champagne prize draw at which lucky Karen Banyan-Thomas won a fabulous trip to Portugal; and our Head of Marketing, Kerry Herbert, went on several speed-dates with prominent Waterstones buyers!
The A to Z of Punishment and Torture is a fascinating compendium of grisly facts. With a unique endorsement from James Herbert, the UK's bestselling horror writer, the book can be found in your local Waterstones branch.
Welcome to our BRAND NEW WEBSITE!
Now complete with a shopping cart, search facility and email alerting service, bookguild.co.uk is Web.2.0 happy!
Building on the success of Phil Dampier and Ashley Walton's Duke of Hazard and What's in the Queen's Handbag, newly published The Wit and Wisdom of British Prime Ministers has proved to be a top seller even before publication.
When Innocence Was Bliss is featured in sixtyplussurfers.com book reviews.
John Samuels has had amazing success with The Beautiful Game is Over: we had to reprint even before publication! Named Book of the Month in The Observer, he has been on SkyNews and SkySport to talk about the globalisation of football, and has had features The Telegraph and the Birmingham Post.
Alec Weeks, author of The Loneliest Place, a boxing novel, was interviewed on the Sussex Breakfast Show.
Susi Osborne has had amazing success with book signings of her book, Ripples of Life. Look out for her in a bookshop near you.
The Nestle Children's Book Prize has ended after 23 years of partnership between Nestle and Booktrust. Both parties are confident that increased importance has been placed on children's books.
Roger Cook, the investigative journalist and author of More Dangerous Ground appeared on Countdown in January '08.
What's in the Queen's Handbag? is voted December Book of the Month in Majesty magazine!
The Book Guild has supported the ITV1 show Startraders Christmas Challenge with Phillip Schofield. Adventures in Frostavia by Robin Cousins will be one of the items featured in this charity TV show.
Hey Diddle Diddleby Charles Hendray, anecdotes from a building site, has been serialised in the quantity surveying publication, QSWeek, and is selling like hot bricks!
John Samuels, author of The Beautiful Game is Over, talks about what has gone wrong with English football on SkyNews.
Roger Cook's Greatest Hits on ITV showed 90 minutes of classic investigative journalism, following up on stories from his TV series, The Cook Report. But with 120 episodes of the original, Greatest Hits barely scratched the surface. His book, More Dangerous Ground tells the full story of this remarkable man.
Roger also appeared on ITV's THIS MORNING where it was mentioned that Richard and Judy could not put the book down!
What's in the Queen's Handbag? on THIS MORNING
Phil Dampier appeared on ITV's This Morning to talk about his new book, co-written with Ashley Walton. It also had a full-page spread in the Daily Express. Together with The Duke of Hazard, the Wit and Wisdom of Prince Phillip, these two books make an ideal gift, especially for the grandparents! Order your copies now, while stocks last!
On the Trail of Arthur Conan Doyle, published in January 2008, has just sold the French rights and could be found in Amazon.co.uk's Top 100 Hot Future Releases.
Paul Johnson chatted to the ever-lovely Declan Curry on Breakfast TV, BBC1, talking about his book that has taken the business world by storm, Email Survival Guide.
Legal eagle author taking the literary world by storm
For Mr Iyer writing is about enjoyment and pleasure. "I enjoy writing, it's like if you start writing you become a writer, it's a nice distraction, almost a second career."'
From the Wolverhampton Chronicle
September 07 saw the publication of Andrew Iyer's second novel, The Betrayed. Featured in a half-page ad in The Lawyer magazine and in the news pages of www.thelawyer.com, this fast moving thriller was also reviewed in the FTmagazine: "Iyer's third novel does exactly what is required by it's genre - plot, plot, plot and twist." Financial Times Magazine.
September also saw a full page ad in The Bookseller for the Book Guild's Children's Picture Books. Based on the cover of Fairy Bergamot's New House by Amber McCarroll, first book in the 26-book series Fairy Teatime Tales, the ad got the reps and trade very excited and looking forward to filling stockings at Christmas!
The Big Read: a group from Knighton Fields Primary School, Leicester, listened to author Rob Fallon read from his novels The Itsy Bitsy Family at Waterstones bookshop.
A final note: we were delighted to see Holly Williams interviewed on ITV Meridian South for her new novel, A Warlock in Jersey. Holly was thrilled to receive her first copy of the book, live on TV. Congratulations Holly!
Long Time Running
LONDON BOOK FAIR,
Alec Weeks, author of 