14 Jun 2012
Congratulations to Geoff Roberts whose life of the Russian commander Zhukov , Stalin’s General, just published in the US by Random House, has made The Daily Beast’s Father’s Day 2012 Gift Ideas: 13 Best Books for Dad: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/14/father-s-day-2012-gift-ideas-13-best-books-for-dad.html
13 Jun 2012
The Sunday Times best-seller list was, I’m told, incorrect and Living Life the Essex Way was actually no 1 last week.
13 Jun 2012
Marina Chapman’s memoir of being brought up by monkeys in the Columbian jungle , already sold to UK, Canadian, Australian and several European publishers, has been bought by Pegasus who will publish next spring.
12 Jun 2012
Sam Faiers’ Living Life the Essex Way remains at no 2 in the hardback non-fiction list.
12 Jun 2012
Congratulations to Casey Watson whose Little Prisoners has entered the paperback non-fiction list in its first week at no 9.
10 Jun 2012
John Blake has bought Born Gangster, the memoirs of Jimmy Tippett Jnr ghosted by journalist Nicola Stow, which takes the reader from the mean manors of South London, to the gloomy underbelly of Hull and the glitzy, sun-drenched millionaires’ playgrounds of the Costa Del Crime.
10 Jun 2012
Harper Collins have bought Cathy Class’s latest book Happy Mealtimes - for Kids: Quick and simple meals that children love in which she shares successful recipes, loved by children of all ages (and adults), together with useful information on food, and tips for ensuring children eat healthily.
10 Jun 2012
Chinese deals for Roger Crowley’s first three books - Constantinople, Empires of the Sea, City of Fortune.
Polish rights in Clare Mulley’s The Spy Who Loved .
German rights in Maths on Trial by Coralie Colmez and Leila Schneps.
Danish rights in Sam Pivnik’s Survivor.
10 Jun 2012
Sam Faiers’s Living Life the Essex Way, ghosted by agency author Emma Donnan, is no 2 in the Sunday Times General hardback list this week.
10 Jun 2012
Andrew Lownie’s latest column in Words with Jam can be found at issuu.com