Saturday 20 June, 10am – 3pm WOKING Beryl Kingston will be celebrating the launch of her new book Octavia’s War at Waterstone’s, The Peacock Centre, Woking, Surrey, GU21 1GD. Set in Woking in the run up to the Second World War it is a moving account of a pioneering woman’s struggle in a town […]
Sunday 30 August, 6.45pm Peppers Theatre, Charlotte Square, EDINBURGH Acclaimed Edinburgh crime-author Frederic Lindsay will speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival about his latest book The Stranger from Home. He will be joined by fellow thriller-writer, Charles Maclean. For the full list of events visit www.edbookfest.co.uk
It seems so odd to be thinking about Christmas given I’m sitting here in short-sleeves with the sunshine pouring into the office … but think about it I must. Two lucky members of the A&B team need to know when we’ll be shutting-up-shop as they will be spending the holidays on the other side of […]
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Am meeting up with the girls tonight to plan a baby shower for a friend. She’s doing the baby’s room in a Winnie-the-Pooh theme – how easy does that make it for us to buy gifts for her! In amongst the craziness of Ferrari strollers and Jamie Oliver bottle warmers, I got thinking about our […]
Today I was discussing a manuscript with Lara (our Managing Editor). She’s read it all whereas I’m only a hundred pages into it, so far, but we were exchanging a few views. And in doing so it struck me how my attitude to a book changes when I’m not simply reading it for pleasure. I […]
Opinions are divided on this one – mostly male vs females – but I for one am in love with this marvellous monstrosity of commercialism. From Gucci to H&M this shopping mecca offers me everything – windows to drool over and aspire to, as well as those shops I can actually afford to step into […]
Buzz is building for the first UK Morganville Vampire book tour! Rachel Caine, author of the bestselling teen vampire series, will be coming over at the end of May for a series of talks and signings.
Monday 18th May, 6.30pm SHOREDITCH, LONDON EC1 Murder One Film Club presents an evening with Rachel Caine, author of the bestselling Morganville Vampire series, at HOME (101-106 Leonard Street, Shoreditch EC2) including a book signing and a screening of her favourite vampire film Lost Boys (complete with popcorn!). The 80’s classic starring a very young […]
I was reading a very interesting article in The Bookseller here today, about the ‘death’ of the publishing sales rep, the general gist of which elaborated on the scaling down of large on-the-road rep bodies as more and more buying decisions become centralised or via one-stop wholesalers. As some of you out there may know, […]
Friday 22nd May, 3.30pm LANCASTER Rachel Caine, bestselling author of the Morgaville Vampire series will be giving a talk, taking questions and signing copies of her books at Waterstone’s, 4-6 Corn Market, Marketgate Shopping Centre, Lancaster, LA1 1AL. For more information call the bookshop on 01524 842561
SATURDAY 23rd MAY, 3.30pm CAMDEN, LONDON Rachel Caine, author of the bestselling Morgaville Vampire series will be signing copies of her books at Waterstone’s,128 Camden High Street, NW1 7JR. For more information call 020 7284 4948
SATURDAY 23rd MAY, 11am BLUEWATER SHOPPING CENTRE, KENT Rachel Caine, autuhor of the bestselling Morganville Vampire series (and Weather Warden series) will be signing copies of her books at Waterstone’s in the Bluewater Shopping Centre, Greenhithe, Kent. For more information call 01322 624 831.
THURSDAY 21st MAY, 6.30pm STOCKPORT Rachel Caine, author of the bestselling Morganville Vampire series will be talking about, taking questions and signing copies of her books at Borders, Peel Retail Park, Great Portwood Street, Stockport, SK1 2HH. For more information call 0161 476 3392
TUESDAY 19th MAY, 5pm BOSTON Rachel Caine, author of the bestselling Morgaville Vampire series will be giving a talk, answering questions and signing copies of her books at Waterstone’s, 18 Pescod Square, Wide Bargate, Boston. For more information call 01205 360002
They might not rival Gucci or Prada, but our A&B branded bags proved such a hit with London Book Fair goers that we’re now offering anyone the chance to get one (while stocks last). I actually got a rather unexpected call at the office one Book Fair morning from a random guy who said he’d […]
Someone asked me at last week’s London Book Fair why didn’t I have a Blackberry so I could spend all my waking hours hunched over it, fingers feverishly tapping… and I thought to myself, how blissful it is that I don’t have one and so can’t be found 110% of the time! And then someone […]
Saturday 16 May, 4.30 – 6.00pm LINCOLN Daniel Blythe, author of the novel This is the Day and the perennial favourite I Hate Christmas, will be giving a talk and reading, answering questions from the audience and signing copies of his books at Lincoln Drill Hall, as part of the Lincoln Book Festival. For more […]
Yesterday, back in the office routine after the Book Fair mayhem, I was hit by a notable contrast. At the fair you have three days where the hordes who work in publishing collide under one roof – and there’s a real physical and audible connection there. You see people having face-to-face meetings, physically bumping into […]
Phew, a mere three days at Earls Court, having largely lovely conversations and dashing off to the odd seminar, how exhausting the whole thing was. And as suspected it was often the people I didn’t expect to see who gave me the most pleasure by stopping by. So a quick, virtual wave to the following: […]
Today, Tania Crosse will be signing copies of her books, including her latest novel Lily’s Journey, at Book Stop in Tavistock today as part of the town’s Music and Arts Festival.