I believe it is a universal fact that everyone will have some kind of reaction to the mention of two simple words. And the words are: The Hoff. Whether you can bear to admit it or not, the man has become an icon. Yes, I watched Knightrider. Yes, I watched Baywatch (the early series), yet […]
The first in the Lucas Rocco crime series Death on the Marais, and the latest Railway Detective mystery, Railway to the Grave, are in the top 20 Small Publishers Bestsellers List.
Anyone who is a fan of Martin Edward’s Lake District mysteries will know they’ve recently been given a revamp with striking new covers (very neon colouring – I love it!). The new look for The Serpent Pool prompted the redesign of the previous titles in the series beginning with The Coffin Trail and the The […]
There’s something of an occupational hazard to working in the publishing industry – it becomes harder to treat a work of fiction as a complete, inviolable entity.
Wednesday 18th May, 7.00pm-9.00pm THE BIG GREEN BOOKSHOP, WOOD GREEN Alex Wheatle, author of the cult classic Brixton Rock and Island Songs will be appearing with fellow author Courttia Newland at The BIg Green Bookshop, Brampton Park Road, Wood Green, London N22 6BG. They will also be signing copies of their books. For more information […]
Saturday 12 November, 11.00am-12noon, TOWN HALL, READING Adrian Magson, author the new Lucas Rocco series set in 1960s France, and his literary agent David Headley will be speaking at the Reading Festival of Crime Writing (10 – 13 NOvember) about the experience of getting published. For more information, visit the festival website.
Sunday 13 November, 12noon-1.15pm TOWN HALL, READING Edward Marston, author of the bestselling Railway Detective series will be speaking at the Reading Festival of Crime Writing (10 – 13 November) on a panel with fellow Victorian crime writers Judith Flanders, Anne Perry and Kate Summerscale, with Barry Forshaw as chair. For more information visit the […]
I spent last weekend scouring Winnie-the-Pooh books looking for catchy phrases to use for a friend’s baby shower, her nursery theme being that of the AA Milne classic. There was a fair amount to choose from, not all of it quite right for writing on the little hunny pot party favours, but I still spent […]
I won’t be the first to say that for many authors, writing is not a very profitable line of work. When a book really works, it REALLY works but the number of books published every year (151,969 in 2010 according to Nielsen), nay every week, point us to a more accurate picture. Which is why […]
Saturday 23rd July, 2.00 – 3.00pm OLD SWAN HOTEL, HARROGATE Martin Edwards, a practising solicitor and author of Waterloo Sunset, featuring Liverpool lawyer Harry Devlin, as well as the hugely popular Lake District mysteries, will be speaking at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate (21st – 24th July) to be held at […]
Saturday 9th July RNA CONFERENCE, CAERLEON Freda Lightfoot, author of House of Angels and Angels at War, will be giving a talk about making your backlist into ebooks at the RNA Annual Conference (8th – 10th July) which will be held at The Caerleon Campus, University of Wales, Lodge Road, Caerleon, Newport. For more information […]
Tuesday 24th May, 2.00pm REVOE LIBRARY Freda Lightfoot, author of House of Angels and Angels at War, will be giving a talk and signing copies of her books at Revoe Library, 1 Revoe Street, Blackpool FY1 5HN. For more information call the library on 01253 478160.
Thursday 12th May, 6.00pm MILLOM LIBRARY Freda Lightfoot, author of House of Angels and Angels at War, will be giving a talk and signing copies of her books at Millom Library, St George’s Road, Millom, Cumbria LA18 4DD. For more information call the library on 01229 772445.
My summary of War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy continues… Books Thirteen to Fifteen The French are in Moscow and the Russians are without, vacillating between activity and lethargy, apparently on the brink of disintegration, suddenly propelling themselves uncompelled into attacks on the invaders. Kutusov is not a happy pensioner. His commanders delay when they […]
Working in book publishing and in open plan office, it is natural that at some point in the week (possibly day) we will talk about a cover to a book – one of ours or one from another publisher. Exactly how we might end up talking about a particular cover may vary… It could be […]
With the May bank holiday break behind us (and the inevitable post-holiday blues) it’s time to look forward towards the summer. If you’re planning a summer escape and fancy something away from the thronging hordes and lager louts, perhaps the south of France is for you? I’m currently inspired by the upcoming women’s fiction title, […]
My summary of War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy continues… Books Eleven & Twelve, Part II Last week, as you may recall, another one of our gallant heroes snuffed it. The ranks of our epic are thinning, and the survivors are bunching together for protection. Before Prince Andrei had the decency to succumb to his […]
A while ago I came across the article about how the cover to The New Yorker had been designed using Brushes, a new app on the iPhone. This week, I see that the cover to the Annual issue of Creative Review – which always involves a different treatment of the letter ‘A’ – has also […]
One of the handful of LBF seminars I managed to squeeze into this year was entitled ‘Beyond eBook Novels – What Publishing Can Learn from the World of Entertainment and Digital Marketing’ and had some very eloquent contributors from EA Games, Fever Media and Arkstone Publishing. Numerous interesting ideas were bandied about, among them: direct […]
My summary of War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy continues… Books Eleven & Twelve (Part 1) Having thrashed the French at the Battle of the Borodino, the Russian army sportingly decides to retreat, and now finds itself at the beginning of book 11 with its back pressed hard against the shuddering walls of Moscow. Quite […]
Art Editor, Christina, has been beavering away at finishing off book jacket designs for the rest of the year’s titles. There are some beautiful new looks coming up – sneak peak of Book 11 in the Morganville Vampire series, Last Breath (out November 2011) which Christina just finished today, below! – so keep an eye […]