This summer sees the launch of the new paperback in Zoë Sharp‘s Charlie Fox series, Fifth Victim. And with this new release comes a brand new look for the cover. Our heroine, Charlie – ex-Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard – continues to excite critics and readers in the know, who constantly proclaim her to be […]

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Anyone who spends time on Facebook will have an inkling of the way targeted advertising is headed. One small tweak of a relationship status and you’ll find your page overflowing with ad boxes for bridal hair, hen party ideas and rings. I understand that FB isn’t slow on the uptake when new parents use the […]

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TUESDAY 8 May, 4.30pm-5.30pm WATERSTONES NORTHAMPTON Come and meet Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series. Rachel will be signing copies of her hotly anticipated twelfth instalment, Black Dawn, at Waterstones, 19-21 Abington Street,  Town Centre, Northampton NN1 2WS. For more information contact the bookshop on 0843 290 8517.

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In a week where we’ve had book-sized blocks of chocolate everywhere around the office (see Sara’s post), I now have come across a mention of an actual edible cookbook in my Emerald Street email.  Click on the picture below and click through to see the stages of ‘composition’. How utterly wonderful is that? It has […]

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Yesterday I tweeted the link to 10 books featured on Flavorwire. They were highlighted as must-reads for April, but to me, they were mostly interesting because of their original covers. And one cover in particular stood out the most for me: Narcopolis, by Jeet Thayil. This is the hardback American edition (very different to the […]

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Saturday 12 May, 2.00pm – 4.00pm    WATERSTONES, MANCHESTER Come and meet Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series. Rachel will be signing copies of her hotly anticipated twelfth instalment, Black Dawn, at Waterstones, 42 Regent Crescent, Trafford Centre, Barton Dock Road, Manchester M17 8AP. For more information contact the bookshop on 0843 […]

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As we’re approaching the Easter weekend, I thought I’d write my blog this week on what, to me, is the most important aspect of the holiday: chocolate. Chocolate has invaded our lives lately (not that we’re complaining). Recently we girls in the office were lucky enough to each receive a free, and very large, bar […]

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On our blog (Friday 23rd March) we posted a competition to come up with another word or phrase to denote the term AUTHOR. We’ve had some lovely entries including these favourites below: A life injector of paper Samantha Wesley, Blandford (our runner-up) Ink Wizard Stacey Corrin, Tiverton Imagination in Use Steph Meakin, Derby Wordician Kelly […]

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We’ve already been enjoying the fact that Hotel on the Corner of BItter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford has climbed to the #2 spot on the Small Publishers Bestsellers List this week, but have just now seen (causing a combined squeal from the all of us in the office) that Hotel has hit the Heatseekers […]

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Do you remember when QR Codes came into your life? I’m not sure when it happened.  All I know is that now they are everywhere.  We’ve got one (above) on our London Underground poster for Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, I spotted two codes in the Evening Standard last night, and as […]

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When we first published Mary Nichols‘ charming novel The Summer House, little did I expect it to be one of the stand-out sellers on our list.  Not that it doesn’t deserve its success, let me quickly add, but when we started to see it climbing Amazon‘s charts, I did wonder what had prompted such a […]

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I was reading through The Bookseller the other day and came across this article about scented books coming to a store near you soon. It made me think back to the heady days of my childhood when smell-a-vision swept the nation. I think it was a Comic Relief night that particularly sticks in my memory. […]

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Today I discovered the impressive literary history of The Fitzroy Tavern, a pub just around the corner from our office which I have passed many times. The tavern is famous for its history as a meeting place for London’s artists and intellectuals, from the 1920s to the 1950s. How could I have overlooked this, having […]

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Monday 21 May, 4.00pm WHSMITH, BRIGHTON Come and meet Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series. Rachel will be signing copies of her hotly anticipated twelfth instalment, Black Dawn, at WHSmith, 2-3 Churchill Square, Brighton BN1 2TA. For more information contact the bookshop on 01273 324 146.

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Men sweat, women perspire or glow (though the latter I feel surely takes things a bit far); a friend of mine protested that she was merely ‘lamenting’ the fact her husband never brought her flowers, whilst he retorted she should stop ‘whining’ about it; parents will deny they are ‘passing judgment’ and only ‘voicing concern’ […]

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Sunday 20 May, 6.00pm    WATERSTONES, ABERDEEN As part of Aberden’s Look Who’s talking Festival, Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series, will be talking about and signing copies of her hotly anticipated twelfth instalment, Black Dawn,  Waterstones,3-7 Union Bridge, Aberdeen AB11 6BG. For more information contact the bookshop on 0843 290 8101.

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Sunday 20 May, 1.00pm    WATERSTONES, PERTH Come and meet Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series. Rachel will be signing copies of her hotly anticipated twelfth instalment, Black Dawn, at Waterstones, St John’s Centre, Perth PH1 5UX. For more information contact the bookshop on 0843 290 8543.

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Saturday 19 May, 5.00pm    WATERSTONES, GLASGOW Come and meet Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series. Rachel will be signing copies of her hotly anticipated twelfth instalment, Black Dawn, at Waterstones, 174-176 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8BT. For more information contact the bookshop on 0843 290 8343.

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Saturday 19 May, 1.00pm     WATERSTONES, EDINBURGH Come and meet Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series. Rachel will be signing copies of her hotly anticipated twelfth instalment, Black Dawn, at Waterstones, 83 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 3ES. For more information contact the bookshop on 0843 290 8309.

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Friday 18 May, 6.00pm    WATERSTONES, NEWCASTLE Come and meet Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series. Rachel will be signing copies of her hotly anticipated twelfth instalment, Black Dawn, at Waterstones, Emerson Chambers, Blackett Street, Newcastle NE1 7JF. For more information contact the bookshop on 0191 261 7757.

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Thursday 17 May, 6.00pm   WATERSTONES, YORK Come and meet Rachel Caine, author of the international bestselling Morganville vampire series. Rachel will be signing copies of her hotly anticipated twelfth instalment, Black Dawn, at Waterstones, 28-29 High Ousegate, York YO1 8RX.For more information contact the bookshop on 0843 290 8715

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