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News 26 September 2003

North American rights to MR NASTY have been sold to Greystone Books who publish out of Vancouver and are distributed in the US by PGW.

Hitler's BastardWe have also had an offer for Latin American rights for HITLER'S BASTARD. The deal is being handled by Tessa Estevez at the ACER agency in Madrid.

Shang a LangLes McKeown, author of SHANG A LANG, is poised to take Australia by storm. He leaves for a five week tour of the country with intensive media interviews on October 22nd. SHANG A LANG will be distributed in Australia by Capricorn Link.

In the UK further interviews for Les have been confirmed with The Sun and The Big Issue. He is also doing Scottish TV and Radio interviews to accompany his Scottish book tour at the beginning of October.

FramedRowland Perkins (co founder of Creative Artists Agency) together with Sterling Lord and Jody Hotchkiss are promoting and marketing a feature film inspired by FRAMED. Talks with major producers and studios are underway and there is interest from a wide variety of independent companies. Since film rights reverted back to Sterling Lord Literistic after Film Fours financial upheaval last summer, Mr. Perkins, executive producer of the feature film, feels we have an excellent opporunity to create a studio backed character driven story with a powerful message about self deception set in the corruption of the art world on the level of 'Traffic'.

 

 

Mad DogMAD DOG is set to receive blanket coverage. It will be extracted in The Times and The Observer in the UK. Irish media to be confirmed.

No BaloneyFrank Maloney, author of NO BALONEY, will be on the Simon Mayo show on BBC Five live. Ricky Gervais is also supporting publication and will be interviewed about the book on XFM, LBC and Talksport. The book will be launched on 23rd October. Details to be confirmed.

Jackie MilburnJackie Milburn's son will be interviewed on Tyne Tees TV and BBC Radio Newcastle to support publication of his biography of his father, Jackie Milburn - A Man of Two Halves.

 

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