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News 21 June 2006
New Acquisition:
Mainstream is thrilled to have acquired world rights (excl ANZ) to SINCE I WAS A PRINCESS which can be described as misery memoir (DON'T EVER TELL) meets gutsy memoir (EXTREME by Sharon Osbourne). It is the follow up to Jacqueline Pascarl's ONCE I WAS A PRINCESS which was published to great critical acclaim in 1996 ('I read it at a gallop, like a thriller, sometimes forgetting that it is all horrifyingly autobiographical' - The Spectator) and has since been published in 12 different countries.
In 1992, Jacqueline Pascarl's world collapsed when her former husband, a Malaysian prince, abducted her two young children and took them back with him to Malaysia, claiming it was 'the will of Allah'. ONCE I WAS A PRINCESS, detailed Jacqueline's life up to and including the kidnap of the children. In SINCE I WAS A PRINCESS she describes how she coped with the loss of her children, the complex emotions she felt when she fell pregnant again and the joy when in March 2006 she was reunited with her daughter, a real princess, for the first time in 14 years. At last this is a fairytale with a happy ending. Mainstream and Harper Collins Australia will publish simultaneously in Spring 2007. For further information contact fiona.brownlee@mainstreampublishing.com
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Rights
After an extremely exciting auction in The Netherlands, Sander Knol at de Boekerij has bought rights to THE PALACE DIARIES publishing simultaneously with the UK edition.
Following offers from a number of high profile US publishers we have sold rights for WHO OWNS THE WORLD to Beth de Guzman at Warner.
THE DAN BROWN COMPANION continues to sell internationally with additional sales this week to Albin Michel in France and Tomo in Mexico, a lovely publisher Fiona Brownlee met when she ambushed them during a meeting they were having with another publisher at BEA!
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Bestsellers:
DON'T EVER TELL entered the bestseller list at No.5, went up to No. 2 for two consecutive weeks and is now at No.4.
ROCK AND ROLL MOUNTAINS, by Graham Forbes has been in the top 5 selling Mainstream titles on Amazon every 6 months since it was published in May 2005 and has been consistently in the UK top 10 mountaineering books on Amazon since it was published.
PRESS:
SQUADDIE has been getting an enormous amount of publicity in the British press. THE INDEPENDENT gave it an excellent full-page article (I'A powerful insight into what motivates young men to join the army') and in THE TELEGRAPH ('Squaddie is the British Jarhead - and it is the first one I have ever seen. I would like this book to be made compulsory reading for every single member of the MOD' ). An interview is confirmed with THE DAILY MAIL and the book is also reviewed in the June edition of 'Soldier' magazine - the top selling official magazine of the British Army.
GLAMOUR have confirmed that they will be reviewing KITCHEN CON in their September issue.
Ever since a diary story broke in THE INDEPENDENT last week the media have been trying to get their hands on THE PALACE DIARIES. Serial is already confirmed in a leading national newspaper, in addition interviews are lined up in EVE and GRAZIA and RICHARD AND JUDY, CHANNEL 4, are desperate to get her on the programme.
Craig Murray, author of MURDER IN SAMARKAND, is equally popular with the media. Interviews are lined up in THE GUARDIAN, THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE HERALD, THE OBSERVER REVIEW, THE EXPRESS and THE LITERARY REVIEW.
As tennis fever takes over in the UK we have had the ANDY MURRAY biography serialised in THE HERALD and SUNDAY HERALD, reviews in THE DAILY TELEGRAPH and THE OBSERVER, a mention in THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY MAGAZINE and an author interview in TENNIS TODAY magazine plus numerous radio interviews and competitions.
Events
KITCHEN CON will be launched in London at Bentleys Oyster Bar on Wednesday 6 Septemer and in Dublin on Tuesday 5 September.
Following his success as closing speaker at the Banff Festival in Canada, where ROCK AND ROLL MOUNTAINS was nominated for an international award, Graham has been invited to speak at top UK events including the Kendal Film Festival, the Fort William Festival and Pitlochry Book Festival. Graham has also been offered an expenses-paid, residential writing scholarship at the Banff Centre in Canada.
Staff:
Too much information to cram in to an 'and finally' this week so staff merits an entire paragraph of it's own! We welcome Korena Hillier (Production); Gillian Bevan (Sales) and Amy Mitchell (Marketing and Rights) to the Mainstream fold. If you would like to see a picture of Amy and Ailsa Bathgate (our senior editor) go to our home page www.mainstreampublishing.com)
Publicity Manager, Lindsay Farquharson, has changed her e-mail address to lindsay.knox@mainstreampublishing.com, prompting Publicity Director Sharon Atherton to change her name, after a mere four years of marriage, to Sharon Campbell. As she works from home her e-mail address will be sharonlcampbell@btinternet.com Please amend your records accordingly.
And Finally...
Paul Howard, author of RIDING HIGH, dispels the myth riding a bike is bad for male fertility; proof provided by the arrival of twin boys last week (Thomas and Freddie, 6lb 2oz and 6lb 12oz respectively).
Assuming the reproductive consequences aren't the same, he is looking forward to getting back on his bike!
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