News 19 April 2002

NEW TITLES OUT THIS WEEK:

Finished copies of new titles are flooding in at the moment. This week alone we have received THE LOOKED AFTER KID, PRISONER 13498, NATURAL BORN FIGHTERS, THE JOURNEYMAN and THE PLEASURE IN SCOTTISH TREES. A competition on our web site to win a box of Spring titles has resulted in the most entries ever.

RIGHTS SALES:

ICE ROAD by Dr Stefan Waydenfeld has just been published in Poland by Norbertinum under the title "Droga Lodowa". The author and his wife who translated the book have just returned from Poland where they attended two launches. The first in Otwock, the authors home town, where he was reunited with several neighbours and school mates who he had not seen since 1939. The second in Lublin, where the publishers are based, which was attended by a number of members of the local branch of the Association of Deportees to Siberia, and their descendants.

Still in Poland the JIHAD contract has at last been finalized with Zsk I-Ska Wydawnictwo who are the publishers of 8 out of the top 10 current Polish best sellers.

HOW TO SPOT A BASTARD continues to do well internationally. In the States St Martins Press are going in to their fourth print run since Valentines Day.

Publicity for Current Titles

Frank McGillion, author of ON THE EDGE OF A LIFETIME, was interviewed today on BBC Radio 5 (Nicky Campbell Show). He has also been the subject of a full page interview in THE DAILY MAIL and a double page spread in THE DAILY RECORD this week.

SHUTTERBABE, out now in paperback, will be reviewed in Saturday's GUARDIAN

Kay, the subject of the hard hitting ARMED CANDY by Reg McKay, is to be interviewed in the most prominent interview slot, page 3 of Review of the DAILY TELEGRAPH. Not sure how traditional TELEGRAPH readers will react to some of Kays more explicit revelations!

BEATLES FOR SALE is to be reviewed in the next issue of FRONT magazine.

And Finally...

A new editor has been appointed to replace Clive Hewat. William Mackie will be joining the company from Harper Collins, reporting to Editorial Manager, Ailsa Bathgate. He previously worked at Kogan Page and Virgin.