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The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth About Birth serialised 27 Jan 2020
The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth About Birth by Philippa George and Katy Weitz was serialised in the Mail on Sunday.
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Recent Foreign Rights sales 23 Oct 2019
Russian rights in The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth About Birth by Philippa George and Katy Weitz.
German rights in I Own You by Dawn McConnell with Katy Weitz.
Czech rights in Bombshell by Mike Rothmiller with Douglas Thompson.
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Midwife memoir to Bonnier 16 Apr 2019
World rights in the midwife memoir Stand and Deliver: Amazing True Stories of Birth, Life & Death by Phillipa George with Katy Weitz have been bought by Bonnier.
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Halifax child sex ring memoir to Blake 15 May 2018
John Blake have bought Prey: The shocking true story from the girl at the centre of the Halifax child sex ring by Cassie Pike and Katy Weitz for publication next year.
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Ghostwriting tips from Katy Weitz 01 Dec 2016
Agency ghost writer Katy Weitz gives her top writing tips here
https://vimeo.com/193574786
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Without a Mother's Love on TV this Sunday 16 Nov 2016
CBS Reality – Saturday 19 November 10pm – The Day I Should Have Died
Author Amanda Wright’s incredible story of survival is told in compelling detail this Sunday when CBS Reality airs an hour long documentary about how John Dickinson strangled her mother and then came after four-year-old Amanda. He lay their lifeless bodies on the bed side by side then set fire to the house before fleeing the scene of the crime.
For the first time on TV, this shocking murder is examined through the testimony of those who were witnesses to what happened and its terrible aftermath. It is based on Amanda’s heartbreaking memoir Without a Mother’s Love, co-written with Katy Weitz, which was published by Blake this year and can be ordered through Amazon.
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Film rights to Sins of the Mother sold 18 Apr 2016
Film rights to Sins of the Mother, written with Irene, Matt and Jennifer Kelly, have been sold to Unstoppable Urges Productions .Canadian-based producer Kelli Keiley optioned the film rights to the book, published by Macmillan in August 2015, after she was moved by the Kelly family’s heartbreaking story of a family coming to terms with mum Irene’s abusive past in Ireland.
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Sins of the Mother is number 7 in Sunday Times bestseller list 17 Sep 2015
Congratulations to Katy Weitz and Irene Kelly whose Sins of the Mothers remains at no.7 in the Sunday Times paperback non-fiction chart.
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Sins of the Mother is number 5 in Sunday Times paperback non-fiction bestseller list 13 Sep 2015
Congratulations to Irene Kelly and Katy Weitz whose Sins of the Mother remains in the Sunday Times bestseller list - this week at no 5.
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Sins of the Mother no 7 this week 11 Sep 2015
Congratulations to Katy Weitz and Irene Kelly whose Sins of the Mother continues in the paperback non-fiction list - now at no 7,
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Katy Weitz interview now online 08 Oct 2014
Katy Weitz’s interview with BBC Wales, promoting the shocking new memoir The Devil on the Doorstep, is now available online here.
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katy-weitz-to-ghost-aardman-story 14 Nov 2016
Ghostwriter Katy Weitz is getting stuck into the world of plasticine to tell the incredible true story of The Making of Aardman.
For the first time, the Oscar-winning creators of Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, Morph, Shaun the Sheep and other family favourites describe their extraordinary journey from crafting characters on a kitchen table to building a global film studio.
Now in its 40th year, Aardman Animations continue to entertain millions around the world with their unique clay-mation techniques, unforgettable characters and brilliant stories on TV, film and in adverts too.
Today the company employs over 800 people to create their special brand of animation magic and is recognized as a beloved British institution.
And to think it all started with two Bristol schoolboys who simply wanted to make each other laugh!
The Making of Aardman by Nick Park, Peter Lord and Dave Sproxton, published by Simon and Schuster, is due out Autumn 2017.
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