News
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Gruesome Victorian stories in The Sun
08 Jul 2013
Jeremy Clay’s fascinating collection of Victorian newspaper stories, The Burglar Caught By A Skeleton, is serialised in today’s Sun.
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More coverage for Joyce Mackenzie
07 Jul 2013
Debut novelist Joyce Mackenzie, 84, has been getting lots of press coverage, following the publication of her novel The Gold Mohur Tree by Thistle Publishing.
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Great review for Dodger Down Under
07 Jul 2013
David Weston’s new novel, the ‘delightful Dickensian pastiche’ Dodger Down Under, is reviewed in today’s Mail on Sunday.
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IPR License partners with Andrew Lownie to promote monthly ‘Agents Pick’
07 Jul 2013
IPR License, the global and digital marketplace for books rights, has entered into a partnership with award-winning The Andrew Lownie Literary Agency which will see an unpublished manuscript, with world rights available, selected as the monthly ‘Agents Pick’ to be featured on a special promotion to over 50,000 publishers in over 90 countries. In addition, the chosen work will also receive a professional written critique.
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Rachel Woods interview
06 Jul 2013
Rachel Woods has given an interview to Sapphire City, promoting her new book The Model’s Guide - Everything you need to know about the world of professional modelling.
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MJ Trow enters Top 50
05 Jul 2013
MJ Trow’s The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade, reissued by Thistle Publishing, has broken into the Amazon top 50 bestsellers.
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St Martin's Press buys North American rights to The Lodger
05 Jul 2013
Louisa Treger’s debut novel The Lodger has sold to St Martin’s Press.
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How To Be A Ghostwriter, featuring Andrew Lownie
05 Jul 2013
Andrew Lownie will be the guest speaker for The Guardian’s course on ghostwriting on 12-13 October 2013.
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How I published a bestseller in just nine days
05 Jul 2013
The background behind this tale, written by Shed Simove in 2011, is one of ambition, attention to detail and marketing – and it reveals secrets for anyone writing a book, or indeed selling any product or service…
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Thistle publishes debut novelist, 84
03 Jul 2013
A Dundee grandmother who tried for 20 years to get her novel in print has finally got a book published — just days before her 84th birthday.
Joyce Mackenzie, who lives in Seaforth Road, based the story of The Gold Mohur Tree on her own experiences living in India. She stayed in Calcutta with her husband Frederick, a jute broker, and started her family there. An excited Joyce said: “I got the usual rejection slips. Then I got the book out the drawer this year, revamped it and Thistle Publishing took it on.”
