News
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The Mysterious Lives of Moura Budberg to Oneworld
31 Aug 2013
World English rights in Debbie McDonald’s biography The Mysterious Lives of Moura Budberg, written with Jeremy Dronfield, have been sold to One World.
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Katharine Quarmby on Gypsy entrepreneurs
28 Aug 2013
Agency author Katharine Quarmby has written a fascinating piece for The Spectator on Gypsy entrepreneurs.
“Ask anyone from the settled community (known as ‘gorgias’ to Romani Gypsies and as ‘country people’ to Irish Travellers) what Gypsies do for money and the list would be short: tarmacking, roofing, scrap-metal dealing, hawking or maybe horse dealing.
This picture, of course, has a germ of truth in it. Many Gypsies still work as skilled labourers — but what’s remarkable is just how entrepreneurial they are, too.”
Katharine’s new ebook Blood & Water was recently selected as an Amazon ‘Kindle Single’.
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'Novel' is Book of the Week
28 Aug 2013
Zoe Griffin has selected Lynne Barrett-Lee’s new creative writing guide Novel: Plan it. Write it. Sell it., published by Thistle, as her Book of the Week.
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Great review for Jeremy Clay
27 Aug 2013
Jeremy Clay’s fascinating new book The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton has received a terrific review in The Times.
“If you like black humour you will like Clay’s eclectic compilation.”
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Runaway remains in top ten.
27 Aug 2013
Congratulations to Emily Mackenzie and Clifford Thurlow whose Runaway has been S&S’s summer non-fiction hit and is still charting at No. 10 in the Sunday Times chart.
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Lynne Barrett-Lee launches 'Novel'
24 Aug 2013
Lynne Barrett-Lee has launched her new creative writing guide Novel - Plan it. Write it. Sell it through Thistle Publishing. There’s a preview of some of Lynne’s words of wisdom at Urban Writers’ Retreat:
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Rachel Woods featured in Last-Year Girl
24 Aug 2013
Rachel Woods’ new book The Model’s Guide is included in a review of modelling advice through the decades:
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David Haviland judges Agent's Pick
23 Aug 2013
David Haviland selected Jill Darragh’s The Case of the Distant Relative as the winner of this month’s IPR Agent’s Pick competition.
“This is an intriguing detective mystery, with an excellent sense of the historical period and context, engaging with powerful themes regarding women’s emancipation and domestic abuse.”
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'Atlantis' in The Cultural Voyager
20 Aug 2013
Peter Daughtrey’s amazing new theory for the location of Atlantis, outlined in his new book Atlantis and the Silver City, is featured in today’s Cultural Voyager:
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The Gold Mohur Tree selling well in France
20 Aug 2013
Joyce Mackenzie’s debut novel The Gold Mohur Tree is currently part of Amazon’s Europe-wide summer promotion, and is selling particularly well in France, where it is up to #4 in Historical Fiction:
