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News 5 April 2004
Mainstream
remained on the Sunday Times bestseller list this week with SOLDIER
FIVE by Mike Coburn. We are on something of a roll having
had offers for both Australian rights and UK serial for DANCING
IN THE SEA. We have also accepted an offer for THE
GREAT ESCAPERS from Spain.
I
am being totally self indulgent this week and announcing a new
acquisition which is close to my heart. It is the autobiography
of Dave Mackay, one of football's genuine legends who was
at the centre of many of the biggest stories of British football
for almost three decades. He played for Hearts, Tottenham Hotspur
and Derby County and managed several clubs including Nottingham
Forest and Derby. As a Derbyshire girl he has always been a hero
of mine and I am delighted that we are publishing his autobiography. THE
DAVE MACKAY STORY is as uncompromising, determined and
controversial as the player himself. It is being written in conjunction
with Martin Knight who is responsible for numerous bestsellers
at Mainstream including HOOLIFAN, THE NAUGHTY NINETIES and OSSIE.
For more information contact fiona.brownlee@mainstreampublishing.com
Irshad
Manji, author of THE TROUBLE WITH ISLAM, is already
causing waves over here. She is lined up for interviews with various
papers and national TV and radio programmes. She is due to arrive
in the UK on Saturday 24th April and will leave on Friday 30th.
To arrange an interview please contact Nicky Stonehill at Colman
Getty nicky.stonehill@virgin.net We
were amused to read that after running a major feature claiming SCOTLAND
FIRST hadn't sold any copies, THE HERALD have been
forced to include it in their list of bestselling hardback non-fiction!
WITH FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES continues to get great coverage. THE SUNDAY TIMES are running an interview this weekend (28 March) and reviews are confirmed in 8 major regional papers.
Tod
Volpe, author of FRAMED which was published in
the UK in 2002 and in the US in 2003 continues to get publicity
for the book. He is being interviewed live on the MONTEL WILLIAMS
SHOW this week and is recording an interview with Between Ourselves
on BBC RADIO 4.
The
BBC1 drama England Expects is airing on Monday night at 9pm. Nick
Ryan, author of Homeland, was the Creative Producer and the main
consultant
for the drama. Homeland is now available in paperback.
And Finally...
A big thank you to Fiona Atherton who has been helping out in publicity
for the last couple of weeks. With the surname of our Publicity
Manager (Sharon Atherton) and the first name of our Marketing Director
(Fiona Brownlee) she has managed to utterly bamboozle many of the
people she has been dealing with but she has been great.