News 9 May 2003

Following last weeks' acquisition news about IN HITLER'S BUNKER we have been inundated with requests for material. We have had interest from 14 North American publishers and five Australian including one offer. Although the manuscript is not due until next month it seems likely that North American and Australian rights will be sold on synopsis. We have also had interest from numerous foreign publishers. German rights have already been sold to Luebbe.

In the last week we have also had offers for SEAL, HEALING IN THE 21ST CENTURY and TEN GOLDEN RULES FOR GOOD HEALTH. The author of the two health books, Jan de Vries continues to have a high profile in the UK. He was interviewed on THIS MORNING on ITV1 on Wednesday 5th May.

Following the elections last week the BNP (British National Party) has a worrying 17 councillors in England. It is not only a British problem. Nick Ryan, the author of HOMELAND: INTO A WORLD OF HATE has discovered that Nick Griffin, the BNP leader featured in the book has had a meeting in London with Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the Front National. The two are discussing an electoral pact, together with groups in Italy (Alleanza National and Lega Nord) and Belgium (Vlaams Blok) to form a defacto extreme right block inside the European Parliament. The European parliamentary elections will take place this time next year.

MASTERMINDS OF TERROR is now published and is getting media attention all over the world. The authors Yosri Fouda and Nick Fielding appeared on daytime chat show RICHARD AND JUDY on Channel 4 on Tuesday 6th May. On Wednesday 7th they had a full 45 minute interview with Simon Mayo on BBC Radio 5. We have also been fielding calls from prime time shows in Australia. There will be a media launch at The Groucho Club in London on 13th May from 7-9pm. For further information contact Publicity Manager Sharon.Atherton@mainstreampublishing.com

JOHN CHARLES by Mario Risoli has had reviews in THE INDEPENDENT and THE SUNDAY TIMES. It is Number 3 in the Sports Pages bestseller list.

And Finally...

This week has been taken up with our Autumn sales conference. Many thanks to the authors, Frank Maloney and Kevin Brennan (NO BALONEY); Michael Gilliard (UNTOUCHABLES); Hugh Jordan and David Lister (MAD DOG) who gave up their time to present their titles. We were particularly impressed by David Lister's brave attempt to drink an entire bottle of champagne through a straw!