News
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Recent Deals
13 Nov 2009
Harper Collins have bought a sixth memoir by bestselling author Cathy Glass. A Dreadful Mistake will be published in 2011.
Little Brown have signed up two more novels from another Top Ten bestseller, Duncan Falconer, for a six-figure advance. Pirate and Assassin will be published in 2011 and 2012.
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Doug Beattie in the media
13 Nov 2009
Doug Beattie, whose Taskforce Helmand has just been published by Simon & Schuster and has extensive experience of mentoring the Afghan police, has had a busy few days discussing the shooting of the five British soldiers by a member of the ANP.
Below a ‘screen grab’ of Doug on Channel 4 news being interviewed by Jon Snow and scanned articles which Doug ‘authored’ or contributed to in a major way. From the top they are: Guardian Daily Mail Daily Mirror Sun Daily Express Scotsman
Over two days Doug’s comments appeared in 165 online articles (predominantly newspaper websites, including the national papers mentioned above, and the Telegraph and FT), not to mention in broadcast interviews on BBC Breakfast, BBC Ten O’Clock News, BBC News Channel, BBC Radio 4’s PM programme, BBC World Service, GMTV, Radio One’s Newsbeat, Five Live, ITV news and Sky News.
Here are a few links to that coverage:
Herald Scotland: Afghan police infiltrated by Taliban ‘at every level’
BBC News: What are the Afghan police like?
Guardian: ‘Afghan police have been infiltrated at every level by the insurgency’
Telegraph: Afghan National Police penetrated by Taliban at ‘every level’
Metro: Afghan police infiltrated by Taliban ‘at every level’
Channel 4: Afghan policeman kills five UK soldiers
Mirror: Gordon Brown vows fight against Taliban will go on but are there more enemies within?
The Sun: Taliban ‘ordered’ soldier shooting
Daily Express: Afghanistan’s police ‘is infiltrated by Taliban at all levels’
Doug on the Simon Mayo programme
Mail Online: Analysis - Drugs, bribes and ‘police’ in the pocket of the Taliban
Belfast Telegraph: Afghanistan’s police ‘is infiltrated by Taliban at all levels’
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Rave review for Wings Over The Desert
13 Nov 2009
Damian Thompson singles out for praise Desmond Seward’s memoir of his father’s experience in the Royal Flying Corp during World War One Wings Over the Desert in his Daily Telegraph blog
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Two authors in top five
13 Nov 2009
Congratulations to Cassie Harte whose first book I Did Tell, I Did has gone to no 1 in the paperback non-fiction bestseller list.
Cathy Glass’s The Saddest Girl in the World , also published by Harper Collins, remains in the same bestseller list at no 5.
Two books continually in the top five over the space of three weeks is not bad for a small agency
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Frances Woodsford
13 Nov 2009
Many congratulations to Frances Woodsford who celebrated her ninty-sixth birthday on Wednesday - a birthday she shares with her agent though he is a little younger - and whose memoir Dear Mr Bigelow, recently Radio 4 Book of the Week, is selling well.
Frances Woodsford can be seen talking about her book on YouTube: Dear Mr Bigelow/Frances woodsford
Sue Baker’s review at www.lovereading.co.uk is at Dear Mr Bigelow: A Transatlantic Friendship
Peter Burton writes in today’s Daily Express “a vividly observed picture of suburban life in a Britain of more than 60 years ago…Frances Woodsford’s letters were presumed destroyed as had been those of the Commodore. That they survived is astonishing. They are a treat to be savoured.”
The full review can be found at DEAR MR BIGELOW: A TRANSATLANTIC FRIENDSHIP: FRANCES WOODSFORD
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Two authors in Top Five
13 Nov 2009
Congratulations to Cassie Harte whose first book I Did Tell, I Did has gone to no 1 in the paperback non-fiction bestseller list.
Cathy Glass’s The Saddest Girl in the World , also published by Harper Collins, remains in the same bestseller list at no 5.
Two books continually in the top five over the space of three weeks is not bad for a small agency!
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Mike Perham
13 Nov 2009
1million people watched Mike Perham’s film about sailing single-handed around the world- not bad for bonfire night.
Mike’s just been nominated for BBC Young Sports Personality of the
Year: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tvandradio/sportspersonalityoftheyear/8342437.stm -
Chris Lloyd lectures on YouTube
13 Nov 2009
Chris Lloyd’s excellent lectures at The Royal Institution based on his books What on Earth Evolved and What on Earth Happened are now available on YouTube
http://www.whatonearthevolved.com/Whaton_EarthEvolved/Videos.html
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Andrew Lownie taking part in York literary festival
11 Nov 2009
Andrew Lownie will be appearing at Jez Fez, a festival of writing, in York 9th-11th April 2010. More details at http://www.writersworkshop.co.uk/index.html
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Michael Perham book and film
06 Nov 2009
Jago Lee’s gripping Channel 4 documentary about Mike Perham’s single-handed circumnavigation of the world went out last night.
The film can be seen on 4oD, link here: The Boy Who Sailed the World
It’s been reviewed in the: The Independent and in The Scotsman.
Mike’s book, Dangerous Seas, has just been sold to Transworld and will be published next March.
