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News 26th April 2007
New Acquisition:
Mainstream is delighted to have acquired the rights to BIBLE JOHN'S SECRET DAUGHTER by investigative journalist, David Leslie. A real-life CSI or Waking the Dead, it is the true story of how police have recently found a woman whose DNA could identify a serial killer from the 1960s. Known as 'Bible John' because he liked to recite the scriptures to his victims before attacking them, the serial killer was never caught. One of his victims, Hannah Martin, escaped but went on to have a daughter as a result of the rape. From that moment her life spiralled out of control as she was thrown out of home by her father, gave up her daughter and eventually died alone and in poverty. Recently, in connection with a completely unrelated case, police discovered Hannah Martin's adopted daughter and therefore, through her, now have DNA which could identify the elusive serial killer Bible John. Serial rights have already been sold and Mainstream will publish in July.
Rights Deals:
THE OTHER MRS JORDAN has only been submitted inHolland and Scandinavia and has already been sold to Bra Bocker in Sweden and Arena in Holland. There was an enormous amount of interest at the London Book Fair and more deals are expected shortly.
There was a huge amount of interest in SINCE I WAS A PRINCESS at the Book Fair, helped by the fact that Jaqueline's face was staring out at everyone from poster sites all over London! Offers are in from France, Spain and Italy and it has already been sold to Germany, Holland, Poland, the Czech Republic and Brazil.
On the serial front BIBLE JOHN'S SECRET DAUGHTER has been sold to the News of the World accompanied by TV advertising.
Publicity:
Publicity for SINCE I WAS A PRINCESS has been going strong. Interviews will run in The Sunday Times News Review (29 April), The Scotsman Magazine (28 April), The Sun (30 April), Woman magazine, and The Catholic Herald (25 May). Jacqueline was also interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour on Friday 20 April, on Outlook on the BBC World service on Tuesday 17 April, and on London's One Word Radio Between the Lines show. She also spent an entire day in Broadcasting House doing regional radio interviews all over the UK.
WHITE CARGO, by Don Jordan and Michael Walsh, has also been receiving a lot of high-profile publicity. In early April news pieces about the book ran in the Daily Telegraph, Metro, The Evening Standard and London Lite, and the Daily Express ran a double-page spread on the book on Saturday 7 April. The Big Issue also interviewed Mike Walsh for their 'My Big Issue' column, and Don will be writing a piece for The Herald ahead of the Queen's trip to Virginia on 3/4 May. Reviews have already run in Metro, which called the book "a fascinating account of Britain's troubled relationship with its biggest colony", and in the Daily Mail, who had the book as Critic's Choice on Friday 20th April, and described it as "a riveting history". Reviews are also confirmed in The Times (running Saturday 28 April), the Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times and The Scotsman, and Mike and Don are spending a day in Broadcasting House to do a host of regional radio interviews to add to those they have already given on One Word Radio and REM. The book is set to receive still more coverage as the Queen's trip to Virginia to mark the 400th birthday of the first successful English colony approaches.
Steve Overbury's,GUNS, CASH AND ROCK 'N' ROLL has also been going down a storm this month, with interviews on BBC Radio 5 Live's Steve Nolan Show, Capital Gold London, Kerrang!, BBC Asian Network, One Word, and a flock of BBC regional radio stations. Reviews have been confirmed in MOJO magazine, Record Collector, The Big Issue and The Sunday Herald.
THE OTHER MRS JORDAN is shaping up to be a big book for June, with interviews already confirmed in SHE magazine (out 4 June), New! magazine (out 4 June), and in Scotland on Sunday's Spectrum magazine (3 June). Serial is still to be confirmed, but is likely to run in The News of the World towards the end of May. BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour are considering interviewing Mary Turner Thomson at publication, as are BBC Radio 5 Live's Anita Anand Show and BBC World Service's Outlook programme. ITV's This Morning have also invited Mary to appear on the show. Watch this space!
Events:
On Tuesday 17 April Jacqueline Pascarl hosted a fabulous black-tie dinner at Claridges in aid of CARE International, photographed by Hello! magazine and filmed by Deadline, ITV. It was the result of months of work by Marketing and Rights Director, Fiona Brownlee and attended by high profile figures from international publishing To her annoyance some of the promised celebrities cancelled at the last minute but ironically her informal party the previous night, was crashed by David Walliams of Little Britain Fame and Miquita Oliver from T4!
Pictured above at Claridges are Erwin Koning (Arena, The Netherlands); Shona Martyn, (Harper Collins, Australia); Sander Knol, (de Boekerij, The Netherlands) and Fiona Brownlee.
And Finally...
Mainstream welcomes two new members of staff to the fold. Lindsay Ankers joins as Sales Admin Manager / PA to the Directors and Ailsa Morrison joins as Sales Admin Assistant.