David Bret's sensational biography of Elizabeth Taylor was written and edited four years ago but deliberately not published until her death. Following the news on Wednesday 23 March that Elizabeth Taylor had died the final chapters have been edited, the epilogue written and the book rushed out for publication on 7 April.
While never yielding in his admiration and respect, in Elizabeth Taylor: The Lady, The Lover, the Legend 1932-2011, Brett has stripped away the veneer to portray the star as she really was: sometimes arrogant, attention-seeking, avaricious, reckless, monstrous towards her peers, generous, even foolish at times but, above all, through the tumultous relationships and the personal mayhem, a survivor.
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30 Something and the Clock's Ticking by Kasey Edwards to Ann-Kathrin Schwarz at Luebbe in Germany. Luebbe also published Kasey's first book 30 Something and Over It.
The Daily Mail bought serial rights to 30 Something and the Clock's Ticking which ran with a front cover on Femail on 24 March and has also been sold to Best magazine.
Sugar Daddy Diaries ran in the Sunday Times Style magazine on 24 February and that extract has now been sold to Cosmopolitan in Germany.
Fantastic coverage for Helen Croydon's Sugar Daddy Diaries has continued to flood in all month, following the serialisation in The Sunday Times Style magazine just ahead of publication. Interviews have appeared in bestselling women's magazines Reveal and Best, and Closer magazine gave the book a brilliant 4-star review. News of the World called Helen's book 'searingly honest', and the Daily Record also ran a double-page spread on Helen and her story. Broadcast coverage has included BBC Radio 5 Live's Stephen Nolan show, BBC London, BBC Manchester, and a host of radio interviews all around the UK.
The campaign for Kasey Edwards' 30-Something and the Clock is Ticking has got off to a phenomenal start, with serialisation in the Daily Mail, making the cover of Femail magazine on Thursday. Best magazine have secured weekly magazine rights. Kasey will be visiting the UK to promote the book at the beginning of April.
Meanwhile, great coverage is being lined up for Roger Hermiston's Clough & Revie, ahead of the Leeds v Derby game on 12th April. Roger will be a guest on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show and on TalkSport's Hawksbee & Jacobs on Friday 8 April, and Shortlist magazine have confirmed that they will be reviewing in their 7 April issue.
2 April Shaun Attwood, Hard Time, Waterstones, Liverpool 1-4pm
2 April Steven McLaughlin, Squaddie, Waterstones, Carlisle 10-4pm
9 April Steven McLaughlin, Squaddie, Waterstones, Warrington 10-4pm
28 April Helen Croydon, Sugar Daddy Diaries, Sh!, Hoxton 7-8.30pm
7 May Shaun Attwood, Hard Time, Waterstones, Guildford 11-4pm
10 May Andrew Dempster, 100 Classic Coastal Walks, Perth Library, 7.30pm
Yet another Mainstream baby! Congratulations to Editor, Karyn Millar who gave birth to Hugh on 8 March.