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News 7 November 2007
New Acquisition:
Mainstream is delighted to have acquired world rights to WAR CHILD by Juliet Lac. It is a dramatic, harrowing and inspirational story by one of the Vietnamese 'boat people'. Lac describes herself first and foremost as a survivor of war, repression, neglect, loss, domestic violence and racism. In July 1978 Juliet and her mother left war- ravaged Vietnam and travelled in an overcrowded boat to Malaysia. During the precarious voyage, 200 of their fellow refugees drowned when the boat was hit by a terrible storm. But their flight to the West did not have a fairy-tale ending and in the coming years they faced a struggle to integrate into society first in America and later in France. Comparable to Loung Ung's, AFTER THEY KILLED OUR FATHER, it is a moving first person account of what it is like to be uprooted from everything you know and forced to survive in an alien culture, not just once but twice. Ailsa Bathgate bought world rights direct from the author. An edited manuscript is now available. It will be published in January. For further information contact fiona.brownlee@mainstreampublishing.com
RIGHTS DEALS:
Recent rights deals include North American rights for ELIZABETH TAYLOR: THE LADY WAS A VAMP to Greystone Books in a deal concluded at the Frankfurt Book Fair between Rob Sanders of Greystone and Fiona Brownlee of Mainstream.
World Spanish rights for HOLLYWOOD UNDERCOVER have been sold to Diana in Mexico.
Amphora in Russia have just bought rights to both ONCE I WAS A PRINCESS and SINCE I WAS A PRINCESS by Jacqueline Pascarl. The US is now virtually the only territory in the world where Pascarl does not have a rights deal.
NO ONE TAKES MY CHLDREN has been sold to Sinisukk in Estonia, following a sale to Presenca in Portugal immediately prior to Frankfurt. Total rights sales for NO ONE TAKES MY CHILDREN now total nine countries.
Amy Mitchell continues her quest for domination in the world of audio rights with yet another sale, this time for MA, HE SOLD ME FOR A FEW CIGARETTES to Oakhill Publishing.
Serial Rights:
The Irish Times - HOUSE OF PAIN (3 November)
The Sunday Tribune- THE GAMBLER (28 October)
The Daily Sport- IN THE SHADOW OF PAPILLON (date TBC)
The Western Mail- ALFIE (26 October for four days - The Editor said they'd had a great response from their readers)
PUBLICITY:
With Martha Long's MA, HE SOLD ME FOR A FEW CIGARETTES and Colm Keane's PADRE PIO both in the Irish bestseller lists, it's no surprise that Irish publicity for these titles has been huge. After blanket coverage in the daily and Sunday press and national radio interviews including RTE's Pat Kenny show and Newstalk, Martha this week rounded-off the campaign with an appearance on TV3's Ireland AM, which went brilliantly. In the UK, Martha has done a host of regional radio interviews and on 3rd December BBC Radio Scotland will air their 'Turning Point' programme with Martha, a half-hour interview on a major changing point in her life.
After serialisation in the Irish Daily Mail and the Irish Catholic, coverage for Colm Keane's PADRE PIO has also been impressive, including RTE television news and both the Pat Kenny and Gerry Ryan shows on RTE.
And the Irish success goes on. Oisin McConville, author of THE GAMBLER, appeared on The Late Late Show last Friday, on Sports Tonight (TV3) on Monday, on Ireland AM this morning and is confirmed for RTE1's Seioge & O'Shea show tomorrow. National radio interviews include Newstalk's Off the Ball, Today FM's The Last Word and 2FM's Sunday Sports Bag.
Georgina Louise Hambleton, author of CHRISTY BROWN: The Life that Inspired My Left Foot, is also extremely busy this week, with interviews on Ireland AM, RTE1's Pat Kenny show, Newstalk's Sean Moncrieff show, BBC Radio Ulster Arts Extra, and press coverage going through the roof. As well as interviews in the Irish Independent and Sunday Tribune, news coverage this week has also been massive, with stories on Tuesday in The Times, the Daily Telegraph, Irish Daily Mail, Daily Mirror and Evening Herald. In the UK, a four-page piece will run on Saturday 17 November in The Scotsman Magazine, a whole day of BBC radio interviews is confirmed for Monday 12 November, and reviews are already confirmed in the Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times. And there will be plenty more!
Back in the UK and the publicity campaign for Andy Ripley's RIPLEY'S WORLD has also been flying. As well as interviews in the Sunday Telegraph and on the Guardian Unlimited, and Scottish interview in The Herald, Andy has also been doing a huge number of broadcast interviews, including Sky News' Sunday Live with Adam Boulton, BBC Radio London's The Late Show, and an entire day of BBC GNS interviews at television centre. And the campaign's not over yet. On Friday Andy will be a guest on BBC Radio Five Live's Simon Mayo show and on 22 November he will appear again on BBC Radio London's The Scrum. RIPLEY'S WORLD is also Rugby World magazine's 'Book of the Month' in their December issue, in shops now.
Congratulations also to Andy McLaren and Mark Guidi, authors of TORMENTED: The Andy McLaren Story, who had a fantastic run of publicity on publication back in October. The brilliant coverage included interviews on the Guardian Unlimited and Sun Online sites, an interview on BBC Radio Five Live's Eamonn Holmes programme, another on BBC Radio London and one on BBC Radio Scotland's Off the Ball - to name but a few. Following a press conference in Glasgow, news coverage was also spectacular, with pieces the following day in the Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, the Sun, the Daily Mail, the Daily Record, The Herald and the Glasgow Evening Times, and broadcast coverage on BBC Reporting Scotland, Sky Sports and Setanta Sports. The following weekend also produced coverage in The Sunday Times, News of the World, Scotland on Sunday, Sunday Herald and Sunday Mail. All this came on the back of a huge 2-week serialisation in the Sunday Mail.
Events:
03/11/07 Steven McLaughlin, SQUADDIE, Waterstones, Bolton 11am
03/11/07 Lew Yates, WILD THING, Waterstones, Westwood Cross, Kent, 11am
07/11/07 Trevor Royle, THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS, Museum, Aberdeen, 11am
08/11/07 Graham Johnson,THE DEVIL,Waterstones, Liverpool Bond Street, 5.30
10/11/07 Steven McLaughlin, SQUADDIE, Waterstones Preston, 11am
10/11/07 Oisin McConville, THE GAMBLER, Waterstones, Newry, 12-2pm
15/11/07 Andy McLaren, TORMENTED, W H Smith, Ayr, 1pm
17/11/07 Graeme Sharpe, SHARPY, Waterstones Birkenhead, 1pm
17/11/07 Graeme Sharpe, SHARPY, Waterstones Liverpool, Bond Street, 3.30pm
17/11/07 Oisin McConville, THE GAMBLER, Waterstones Newry, 12-2pm
24/11/07 Andy McLaren, TORMENTED, Kilmarnock Football Club, 1-3pm
24/11/07 Lew Yates, WILD THING, Waterstones, Romford 1pm
24/11/07 Charles Nevin, LANCASHIRE, Waterstones Bolton, 12-3pm
29/11/07 Graham Johnson, THE DEVIL, Borders Liverpool, 7pm
01/12/07 Andy McLaren, TORMENTED, Borders, Dundee, 12-2pm
01/12/07 Steven McLaughlin, SQUADDIE, Waterstones, Blackpool, 11am
01/12/07 Georgina Hambleton, CHRISTY BROWN,Country Bookstore Bakewell, 2
15/12/07 Andy McLaren, TORMENTED, Ayr United Club Shop, 1pm
AND FINALLY:
Congratulations to Ailsa Bathgate who married her long suffering fiancé, James Annal, on Saturday 3 November. It was a beautiful day on the East Coast of Scotland attended only by close friends and family… and Marketing and Rights Director, Fiona Brownlee who invited herself!