Historical Fiction authors out in force to celebrate double publication!
Last night Cecil Court toasted to the publication of two historical fiction authors, Transworld’s Giles Kristian and Hodder’s Anthony Riches.
Goldsboro Books played host to a number of authors in addition to Giles and Anthony including Manda Scott, Ben Kane, Angus Donald, Henry Venmore-Rowland, Mike Arnold and Russell Whitfield as they all came out to celebrate the publication of The Bleeding Land and The Leopard Sword.
The event was also attended by Roman and English Civil War re-enactors as well as representatives from blogs such as Parmenion Books, My favourite Books, Geek Syndicate and Historical Novels Review.
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Captain Alistair North
Ensign Christian Towers
Goodwives Sharon Eldred and Micheline McAteer
Sir Marmaduke Rawdon’s Regiment of Foote, English Civil War Society
Calling all historical fiction fans and bloggers alike!
On Sunday 19th February, Giles Kristian will be shooting the trailer for The Bleeding Land, his epic new English Civil War hardback due out in April.
We would love a blogger to come along with us to observe the whole process so if you would like to meet and interview Giles, the film crew and have a wonderful day out in Lincoln, get in touch!
Elizabeth Swain / e.swain@transworld-publishers.co.uk / @EKSwain
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Michael Bublé kicked off the publicity campaign for his illustrated memoir, On Stage, Off Stage, last week. A red carpet was rolled out at Waterstone’s Piccadilly for the crooner, where 400 people had camped out to get their book signed and a two-storey high projection of the cover was to be seen on the front of the store.
Michael also made an appearance at Tesco head office, charming staff and even giving an impromptu performance.
Jonathan Ross had Michael on his sofa on Saturday and interviews are still to come on This Morning, BBC Breakfast, Magic, Heart and plenty of print interviews too.
Photography (c) Rune Hellestead
Yesterday lunchtime, Robert Goddard visited The Bailey Hill Bookshop in Castle Cary, Somerset to talk about and sign copies of his new novel Blood Count, which is out now in paperback. The shop was filled with avid readers of Robert’s novels as well as a local book group who quizzed Robert about his writing techniques and his new releases for 2012.
Robert will speaking at the Wadebridge Bookshop tonight at 6pm and will be doing a meet and greet at Totnes Bookshop from 11am – 12pm tomorrow. For more information about Robert and his events, please visit The Serial Thrillers facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/theserialthrillers
http://www.robertgoddardbooks.co.uk/
Last week, Jon Simon and Tristan Hogg, authors of the brilliant Pieminister cookbook A Pie for All Seasons, came into the offices to cook pies for everyone. Transworld employees were treated to a choice of four delicious Pieminister pies: the brilliant new Pietanic, veggie favourite Heidi, classic Shamrock and Chicken of Aragon and they went down a treat and we even learnt about how to make the perfect pastry from the authors themselves.
The Pieminister cookbook is a collection of brilliant and original recipes from the good old fashioned pies to new and exciting creations like the lucky ducky pie and the very naughty hedonist pie. Every season has corresponding recipes including veggie, meat and fish, fruit and a few low-calorie options too. This is a cook book not just for cold stormy nights, but for summer parties, spring suppers and autumn lunches.
To join in with pie related fun on twitter keep your eyes peeled for the #piedayfriday hash tag every Friday to be in with a chance of winning a signed copy of the cookbook.
http://www.pieminister.co.uk/cookbook/
Theo Walcott was at the Arsenal club shop yesterday to sign copies of his new book, Theo: Growing Up Fast. Fans turned out in their hundreds to meet Theo, and he proved his reputation as the nice guy of football by staying until he’d made sure every single person had their copy signed.
Speaking before the signing, Theo explained that writing the book had given him the chance to “revisit the highs and lows” of his career, and that he was glad for the chance to get all his emotions down in writing.
To order your copy of Theo: Growing Up Fast click here
On Monday night Hallie Rubenhold celebrated the launch of her new novel Mistress of My Fate: The Confessions of Henrietta Lightfoot. The launch was held at the Phillip Mould’s Gallery in Mayfair, home to a collection of Old Master and British paintings providing the perfect backdrop for the celebration of Hallie’s historical fiction novel set in eighteenth-century England.
The event was well attended by authors, journalists, publishers as well as Hallie’s family and friends.
Mistress of My Fate: The Confessions of Henrietta Lightfoot is the first in a series of novels Hallie will be writing for Transworld Publishers.
Bear Grylls appeared at Waterstone’s Piccadilly yesterday to sign copies of his new hardback Mud, Sweat and Tears and to meet some of his doting fans ranging from cub scouts to dedicated adventurers.
It was a fantastic way to celebrate the book reaching the number one position.
Last night Goldsbro Books hosted the first Crime in the Court evening to coincide with Independent Booksellers Week. David Headley – Co-founder and MD of Goldsboro Books – was joined by over 200 authors, journalists, publishers, and crime bloggers in the beautiful surroundings of Cecil Court.
Transworld Publicity provided canapés for the evening, and were a dominant presence with huge in-house attendance alongside authors SJ Bolton, Robert Goddard and Nick Drake.
