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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.
-…
November 9th, 2011
Kay Sexton the author of Minding My Peas and Cucumbers has been nominated for Best Non-Practical Gardening Book of 2011 at The Horticultural Channel Awards.
If you would like to vote for Kay you can do so here
October 26th, 2011
Wednesday saw a gathering of booklovers at October’s Oldie Literary Lunch at Simpson’s-on-the-Strand in London. The speakers were Alistair Darling, Diana Athill, and our very own Edward Enfield, who delighted the diners with his tales of falling asleep on live TV (and being rudely awoken by Jeremy Paxman demanding to know just how he, Edward, would live on £147 a week), bonfire-loving chickens, and the man who took a…
October 20th, 2011
To Hull and Back: On Holiday in Unsung Britain by Tom Chesshyre
is a finalist for the Narrative Travel Book of the Year 2011 in The British Travel Press Awards. Winners will be announced at an Award Ceremony in London on the evening of 28th November 2011.
Sarah Outen MBE (author of A Dip in the Ocean)
is a…
September 19th, 2011
Friday night was the launch of our new title Knit the City by Deadly Knitshade at the brilliant Gosh! Comic shop in Berwick Street, London.
The store was yarnstormed, as you can see in the pictures, with knitted superheroes and there was also an appearance by Plarchie, the giant knitted squid. The event was a big success and was very well attended. ‘Deadly’ was joined in…
August 22nd, 2011
A great review of our new book Everyman’s England by Victor Canning featured in The Daily Mail on Friday.
The review can be seen online by following this link
For more information on Everyman’s England click here
