Mainstream is delighted to have acquired the rights to 30 Something and The Clock Is Ticking by Kasey Edwards, bestselling author of 30 Something and Over It. Ambivalent about motherhood and in a fledgling relationship, in this book Kasey confronts the baby issue. Written in the first-person, the narrative follows her journey as she explores what it would mean to be a mother, (what she would gain, what she would lose and what she would regret), and then discovers that conceiving isn't as easy as her sex education teacher had led her to believe. The style is accessible and humorous, but the content addresses serious issues including: the cultural contradictions of motherhood, gender inequality in parenting, becoming a single mother by choice with donor sperm, the grief of infertility and indignity of IVF, and the importance of women actively addressing the baby issue, regardless of their decision, before it's too late.
Reminiscent of The Girlfriend's Guide To Pregnancy except several steps earlier and factoring in IVF. Rights have already been sold to Random House Australia. Her previous book was sold to Random House Australia, Arena in Holland, Nemo in Finland and Luebbe in Germany. For further information contact fiona.brownlee@mainstreampublishing.com
Liston & Ali by Bob Mee, the lead item on our last newsletter, has been sold to Skyhorse Publishing in the US
Behind Enemy Lines has been sold to Isis both for large print and audio rights
House by the Dvina has been sold to Audio Go for audio rights
Extract rights to The Last of the Last by Claude Choules were sold to the News of the World and ran the weekend before Armistice.
Fantastic coverage for Coronation Street star Bill Roache's book, 50 Years on The Street: My Life with Ken Barlow, including ITV1's Alan Titchmarsh Show, and interviews in the News of the World, The People and women's weekly magazine Best.
Rave reviews also for two of our lead sports titles, True Storey and Bring Me the Head of Trevor Brooking, both receiving 5-star reviews in the current issue of FourFourTwo magazine. And praise also for True Storey from none other than football legend John Motson, who said, 'if you want a really entertaining book, read Peter Storey's autobiography.' High praise indeed!
Brilliant coverage for John Hartson's moving memoir, Please Don't Go, including a 4-star review in FourFourTwo this month. As well as appearances on BBC Breakfast and STV's The Hour, John has been interviewed everywhere over the last month, including Sky, BBC Radio 5 Live, Talksport and BBC Radio 4. An appearance on GMTV with Lorraine Kelly is also in the pipeline, as well as a publicity-packed trip to Ireland.
Lee Trundle has attracted much attention with his autobiography, More Than Just Tricks, with an appearance on Sky's Soccer AM amongst his many interviews over the last few weeks.
Sports stars Bobby Windsor (The Iron Duke), Petery Storey (True Storey), John Hartson (Please Don't Go), Sir Ian Botham (Botham's Book of the Ashes), Lee Trundle (Lee Trundle) and Robbie Savage (Savage!) have been meeting and greeting their many fans at signing sessions all over the UK. Still to come:
18 November Robbie Savage - Blackburn Club Shop 5pm
20 November - Steven McLaughlin (Squaddie) Waterstone's Southport
21 November - Nicholas Parsons, Lennoxlove Festival
25 November Lee Trundle - Cover to Cover bookshop on Newington Road, Mumbles near Swansea from 7pm. (after turning on the Christmas lights in the town)
27 November - Steven McLaughlin, Waterstone's Bolton
2 December Robbie Savage - WHS, Trafford Centre, Manchester 6pm
04 December - Steven McLaughlin, Waterstone's Carlisle
11 December - Steven McLaughlin, Waterstone's Blackpool
18 December - Steven McLaughlin, Waterstone's Preston
We are extremely sorry to announce the death of Philip Carlo, bestselling author of The Iceman, The Butcher, Gaspipe, The Night Stalker and most recently The Killer Within in which his focus changed from studying killers to the disease which was slowly killing him. He will be much missed but his legacy lives on, three of his four True Crime books have been optioned with Mickey Rourke tipped to play the lead role in one of them. Our thoughts are with the friends and family he leaves behind.