Last week, as part of Rachel Caine’s UK tour to celebrate the launch of Fall of Night, I was excited to find myself back in my home country (well, technically ‘principality’) of Wales. After a brilliant event at Howell’s School Llandaff, and a quick hop on the train to an equally great book signing at […]
It’s that time of year again when I am scouring bookshelves for potential holiday reads. I have two weeks to find two/three great books to keep me entertained on the plane and the beach. But my criteria are quite specific so I probably should’ve started my search earlier. I definitely want a print book rather […]
Yesterday I had the chance to go along to a special event with bestselling author Rachel Caine, hosted by Renaissance Learning, a company who works with schools to encourage reading. They were also the organisers of the recent nationwide What Kids Are Reading poll which saw Glass Houses (the first book in Rachel’s Morganville Vampire […]
If you’re a fellow Janeite (a fan of Jane Austen, for anyone who hasn’t read Persuasion too many times), you’ll be happy to know that this Friday 10th May, at 9pm, BBC Two will be showing Pride & Prejudice: Having a Ball. The programme will involve a team of experts staging an authentically Austen-esque ball, much […]
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While our Art Editor, Christina, can often create a cover design that is so perfect from the get-go that it requires not even the tiniest of tweaks (that’s how brilliant she is), the process of creating a cover can often be a more collaborative process. Designs can change to accommodate a new quote for the […]
I was buying some books for a little person the other day. No, scratch that, considering one of my purchases was entitled Poo Bum, I was probably buying more for the dubious humour of said little one’s parents. Already being embarassed by them and she’s only a year old, poor thing. But while browsing the […]
The satirical crime novel Killing the Emperors, by author and journalist Ruth Dudley Edwards has won the Goldsboro Last Laugh Award for Best Humorous Crime Novel 2012.
A sunny visit to Hampshire last weekend to see my sister and brother-in-law resulted in the three of us visiting Waterstones on our jaunt into Reading. (They stood in the doorway blinking, slightly confused as to how we ended up in another bookshop while I went galloping among the shelves.) As well as spotting Hugh […]
Yesterday we blogged about book-inspired summer homes, and now we have news over another house that may go on your wish-list. It’s The Gables, in Tisbury, Wiltshire, where Rudyard Kipling’s parents lived for over 20 years and apparently where Kipling wrote most of his famous novel, Kim. And if you fancy a home with such […]
It’s the 1st of May, the sun is out and had my first lunch in the park with no coat on. Summer is finally just round the corner and I can start looking forward to summer life: picnics and bike rides, ice-cream and beach-time, staying out late on those long warm nights, walking barefoot on […]
Books are the great present-conumdrum-solution. Whether buying for fashionista or fisherman (both actual cases on my Christmas shopping list), what other shop could you duck into with a pretty good chance of present-purchasing success? So, it seems a no-brainer to me to sprinkle some of that bookish magic into the humble greetings card… While strolling […]
Today, the arrival of our fabulous Morganville canvas bags (which we’ll be taking along on Rachel Caine’s UK tour very soon) made me crave more handy bookish things to carry too much stuff around in. And thankfully there is a wealth of choice out there on the Internet; below are a couple of my favourites (click on the […]
I started the week with another trip to my new favourite haunt a few blocks from the Allison & Busby office, Iberica, on Great Portland Street. This Spanish restaurant is inconspicuos from the outside but walk through the front doors and you’ll enter into a beautiful space, featuring tables and plush leather armchairs by the […]
The chaos fromthe London Book Fair last week has only now begun to settle and I can now approach people without attempting to hand out flyers. It was my second experience at the Fair. Last year’s was spent wide eyed, attempting to hand out CV’s and stalk famous authors. But this year’s experience was quite […]
We often spend days, weeks, months mulling over cover designs and it’s always interesting to hear what people think of our covers. And of course, it’s particularly nice to hear readers think we’ve done a good job, especially when we’ve reprinted a book and revamped the cover with a new design… you hope readers will […]
Monday 20th May, 7pm WATERSTONES YORK International best selling author of the Morganville vampire series, Rachel Caine is embarking on her UK tour to sign copies of her new book Fall of Night. Join her at Waterstones, 28-29 High Ousegate, YO1 8RX where she will be giving a talk and taking questions from the audience. The first book in this addictive […]
Monday 20th May, 3:30pm WATERSTONES HULL International best selling author of the Morganville vampire series, Rachel Caine is embarking on her UK tour to sign copies of her new book Fall of Night. Join her at Waterstones, Grand Buildings, Jameson Street, HU1 3JX. The first book in this fantastic series, Glass Houses, was Voted the […]
Sunday 19th May, 1:30pm WATERSTONES, O2 CENTRE International best selling author of the Morganville vampire series, Rachel Caine will be signing copies of her new book Fall of Night. Join her at Waterstones, Unit 5, O2 Centre, Finchley Road, London NW3 6LU. The first book in this addictive series, Glass Houses, was Voted the NUMBER ONE MOST POPULAR book with […]
Saturday 18th May, 3pm WH SMITH TEESIDE International best selling author of the Morganville vampire series, Rachel Caine is embarking on her UK tour to sign copies of her new book Fall of Night. Join her at WH Smith, Unit 17 Teesside Retail Park, Stockton on Tees, TS17 7BW. The first book in this addictive series, Glass Houses, was Voted the […]
Saturday 18th May, 12 noon, WH SMITH DARLINGTON International best selling author of the Morganville vampire series, Rachel Caine is embarking on her UK tour to sign copies of her new book Fall of Night. Join her at WH Smith, 37b The Cornmill Shopping Centre, Priest Gate, DL1 1LS. The first book in this addictive series, Glass Houses, was Voted the […]