04 Jul 2014
Michael O’Mara have commissioned a new life of the French Resistance fighter Lucie Aubrac from historian Sian Rees, author of The Floating Brothel.
04 Jul 2014
David Long’s new book Bizarre England has been bought by Michael O’Mara.
04 Jul 2014
Both Andrew Lownie and David Haviland contribute some thoughts on the future of publishing to this month’s ‘Ideas Issue’ of New Edition.
03 Jul 2014
Child Soldiers of WWII, based on Sean Longden’s Blitz Kids, is on Channel 5 tonight at 8pm.
03 Jul 2014
The Guardian has interviewed Emma O’Reilly, former soigneur to Lance Armstrong, whose new book The Race to Truth, Blowing The Whistle on Lance Armstrong and Cycling’s Doping Culture: My Story is out now.
Emma O’Reilly: ‘My relationship with Lance Armstrong was and still is a human one’
03 Jul 2014
Congratulations to Casey Watson whose The Girl Without a Voice is no 5 this week in the paperback non-fiction list.
03 Jul 2014
Vikie Shanks’ powerful new memoir Unravelled: The inspirational true story of a journey out of darkness, published yesterday by Thistle, is already up to #123 in the Amazon chart, and in the top 10 ‘Movers & Shakers’.
03 Jul 2014
The Times has serialised two pieces from Gerry Harrison’s edition of his great-uncle’s diaries, To Fight Alongside Friends: The First World War Diaries of Charlie May, which is published today.
Captain’s secret diary reveals vain hope in the face of death (£)
To Fight Alongside Friends: The First World War Diaries of Charlie May (£)
02 Jul 2014
David Haviland has chosen counterfactual WWII novel ‘Waffen SS Britain’ by Paul Hurley as the winner of this month’s IPR Agent’s Pick competition.
02 Jul 2014
Vikie Shanks today launched the publication of her memoir Unravelled with an appearance on ITV’s This Morning. The book has gone straight into the Top 10 ‘Movers and Shakers’ on Amazon.