Read Norman Price's author interview about his travels around The Warm Arctic on travelconnect.co.uk

Pauline Hyde's Midas Man was 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 The Times, 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

Trevor Danby has had his book, A Botcher in France, picked as Book of the Month on living-in-France website, Frenchentree.com

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!

Karen Eberhardt-Shelton will be taking her book, A Women's Guide to Saving the World, to the Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival in May 2008.


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 Diddle by 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!

Joe Powell, author of The Life and Times of a Fall Guy, appeared on BBC South Today.
Click here to view the TV broadcast online.

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!