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News 24 March 2005
Mainstream
is delighted to have acquired world rights to THE LITERARY TRAVELLER
IN EDINBURGH, A Bookworm's Sightseeing Guide by Allan Foster
for publication in August 2005, coinciding with the Edinburgh International
Book Festival. In October 2004 UNESCO gave Edinburgh the accolade of World
City of Literature so there is no better time to draw attention to the
literary heritage of the city. Edinburgh has inspired classic and controversial
works ranging from THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE and THE PRIME
OF MISS JEAN BRODIE to the novels of Irvine Welsh and Ian Rankin. THE LITERARY
TRAVELLER IN EDINBURGH is a practical 'go see' guide to Edinburgh.
It includes birthplaces, childhood and former homes of writers plus burial
places, literary places, restaurants and pubs, walks and trails, bookshops,
specialist libraries, book festivals and museum exhibits. For further information
contact Fiona.brownlee@mainstreampublishing.com
Thanks to our hard working Scandinavian agent Jan Michael we have another offer for Donya al-Nahi's NO ONE TAKES MY CHILDREN from Prisma in Sweden. The book has already been sold to de Kern in Holland and Harper Collins in Australia.
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We have had an offer from Turkey for ONCE I WAS A PRINCESS by Jacqueline Pascarl Gillespie, whose children were also snatched by her husband, and have been told to expect an offer for Czech rights for both ONCE I WAS A PRINCESS and NO ONE TAKES MY CHILDREN any day now.
Publicity
Publicity is pouring in. NO ONE TAKES MY CHILDREN is confirmed for LK TODAY with Lorraine Kelly on ITV1. It's the UK's largest Breakfast Show with over 6 million viewers. Interviews are also confirmed in The Sun and The Times.
The Sunday Times have just confirmed that they will review MASTERS OF THE BAIZE and RING OF HATE.
Awards
DAYS LIKE THESE by Jamie Reid has been short-listed for the William Hill / Inside Edge Gambling Book Award 2005. The winner will be announced on 31 March at Borders on Oxford Street.
Film / TV
This year is the 60th Anniversary of the end of WWII, which has resulted in an enormous amount of interest in IN HITLER'S BUNKER by Armin Lehmann. According to the BBC who have interviewed Armin for a special documentary to be aired in May he is the last person alive to have been in Hitler's Bunker during the last ten days of the war. Oliver North has also interviewed Armin for his programme 'War Stories' to air on Fox TV on 8 May.
The
US Television Premiere of CONFESSIONS OF A SOCIOPATHIC SOCIAL CLIMBER based
on the bestselling novel by Adèle Lang starring Jennifer Love-Hewitt
premiered on 12 March at 8pm on the Oxygen Network. CONFESSIONS (WHAT KATYA
DID NEXT) is out of print in the UK but another of Adele's books, HOW
TO SPOT A B*STARD BY HIS STAR SIGN, co-written with Susi Rajah,
is a consistent bestseller.
Events
Charles Nevin was the guest at a 'meet the author' session at Darwen Library Theatre on 3 March. He gave a lecture and answered questions on LANCASHIRE: WHERE WOMEN DIE OF LOVE to celebrate World Book Day.
Paolo
Hewitt was invited to a conference hosted by Harrow Council last month
to read from his book, THE LOOKED AFTER KID, which documents
his own experiences growing up in the care system.
Jan de Vries, author of numerous health books, will appear at the Body and Soul Fair in Aberdeen on 2 and 3 April. For further information see www.bodyandsoulevents.com
And Finally...
It's good to see that TERROR TRACKER by Neil Doyle
is recommended reading at the Foreign Office. On their web site they list
books which cover topics key to the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office in which they mention TERROR TRACKER 'an account of a journalist's
investigation of the internal workings of al Qaeda and international terrorism.
The three year investigation led to the arrest of the London-based cleric
Abu Hamza.'
Neil Doyle's second book, TERRORNAUT, was announced at the London Book Fair and will be published in September 2005.