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February 17th, 2012
Not necessarily the opening line you might expect from a respectable family man and political consultant, in Waterstones Croydon on a Thursday night. But Steven Gauge is no ordinary man: a few years ago he discovered the joys to be found on a muddy field in the front row of the scrum of the Warlingham 4th XV, and My Life as a Hooker is his story.
In front…
February 17th, 2012
It’s Summersdale Free Sample Friday. Every Friday we are giving away a free sample of one of our fantastic books.
This week you’ll be able to read and download the first chapter of our bestselling travel title Snowball Oranges by Peter Kerr.
I could hardly believe my eyes. A cold mantle of white was rapidly transforming our sunny paradise into a bizarre winterscape of citrus Christmas trees, cotton wool…
February 10th, 2012
It’s the second Summersdale Free Sample Friday. For this week only you’ll be able to read and download the first two chapters of the brilliant My Life as a Hooker by Steven Gauge.
In my late thirties, it gradually dawned on me that I had become Jason’s regular hooker. It was an arrangement that worked well for a couple of reasons. He didn’t need…
February 3rd, 2012
Summersdale are pleased to announce the start of Free Sample Friday. Every Friday we will be giving away a free sample of one of our fantastic books.
For one week only you’ll be able to read and download the first three chapters of the hilarious tale Are We Nearly There Yet? by Ben Hatch.
They were bored, broke, burned out and turning 40.…
February 3rd, 2012
The rights team are pleased to announce the sale of German rights to An Apple a Day by Emma Woolf. Several publishers fought it out for the rights to this wonderfully poignant memoir of battling anorexia, with Mosaik (an imprint of Random House) emerging victorious. We predict big things for this amazing title!
January 31st, 2012
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Summersale is embarking into new territory this week with the sale of several titles to Spanish publishers. The week began with the sale of John Harris’ The Backpacker to Varsek and was followed up nicely by the double purchase of Bev William’s Older, Wiser, Sexier gift titles. What better way to start the New Year than…
January 23rd, 2012
Felicity Aston, author of Call of the White, has become the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica.
The record-breaking adventurer completed her exhausting journey over the icy continent today – after 59 days pulling two sledges for 1,084 miles.
She tweeted that she had made it to Hercules Inlet on the Ronne Ice Shelf, after finally completing her journey which started from the Leverett Glacier on November 25, last year.…
January 10th, 2012
Felicity Aston, author of Call of the White, has been making great progress and reached the South Pole shortly before Christmas Day on the 21st o
f December. Felicity has passed the 1000km mark in her 1700km, 65-day journey to become the first woman in the world to cross Antarctica alone.
Having spent one day at the Pole resupplying and resting, Felicity was back on the ice for…
December 15th, 2011
What did famed telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell send to his many Twitter followers?
Phone hacking? Drunk dialing Watson? You decide.
Follow this link to enter and the best tweet will win a free copy of the book!
November 21st, 2011
Next year, we are publishing a book about James Dearsley’s first year of beekeeping. It is all about his first year trying desperately to get one, JUST ONE jar of honey.
There is one problem…it has no title!
The Competition:
- Leave a comment on James’ website with your idea for a title – between 1 and 7 words.
- The end date for entries is 26th November.
-…
