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Friday, October 29th, 2010
Halloween is nigh, and I brace myself for the barbarians at the gate: sugar-crazed kids citing defunct medieval superstition as evidence of their right to free confectionary from total strangers. And this year bodes to be scarier than ever, as what child will not pass up the opportunity to don a contemporary monster-mask… The George [...]
Everyone wants a little Happiness At Work…
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Tomorrow marks the opening of a new exhibition at the Print House Gallery in Dalston, featuring work by past and present members of the studio Happiness At Work, and including work from illustrator Harriet Russell…
She also happens to be one of our authors…
‘Author of what book?’, I hear you ask…
Author of Envelopes: A puzzling Journey [...]
Wednesday Cover Story: Pink is only for girls…?
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
There are two books in my house which stand out on our livingroom bookshelf for the mere fact that they are - pink. One is the book One Hundred Shades of White, by Preethi Nair - with a beautiful hardback cover that evokes the vibrant colours of Indian saris… and yes, that luscious pink, inequivocally [...]
An Olympic Job?
Monday, October 25th, 2010
As I go back and forth each day out of Liverpool Street station I have seen the stadium for London 2012 taking shape. I’ve been more interested in the progress of the Aquatics centre myself, as a regular(ish) paddler, and because it looks like it’s going to be a very cool building. What I’m not [...]
How about a pop-party?
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
There is a gentleman who patrols Abbey Road; clad as a skeleton, balloons in hand, his purpose is apparently the promotion of a party shop. The first time I saw him he gave every appearance of throwing himself into his chosen occupation with abandon: frame buoyed up by a bulbous crowd of helium balloons, neon-ridged [...]
Halloween starts October 23rd…
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
I know it’s over a week until the 31st but in London at least, Halloween’s starting early…specifically in my case on Saturday 23rd October.
I’ve already marked the date for Dr Dale’s return to London with his hit comedy-seminar How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse RELOADED - back at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith this Saturday [...]
Wednesday Cover Story: Revamping the Republic
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
The acclaimed Republic trilogy, by Jack Ludlow - including The Pillars of Rome (a Top Ten bestseller), The Sword of Revenge and The Gods of War - has been a great success for us. Now the Romans are getting a revamp and so far, the first two books in the trilogy have been released with [...]
The Rise of the Fake Autobiography
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
Traditionally Christmas book promotions have been all about the celebrity memoir but over recent years their popularity seems to have waned. With a few notable exceptions - Peter Kay, Sharon Osbourne, Frankie Boyle etc - most big name autobiographies seem destined to bomb, hitting publishers extremely hard if you are to believe the insane advances [...]
Brave new book world
Monday, October 18th, 2010
You may already have spotted the news that Allison & Busby’s ebooks will very shortly be distributed by a new collaboration of independent publishers – The Faber Factory. It’s an exciting and fast moving time for publishing, but I stumbled upon the most intriguing recent example of this the other day with a mention of [...]
Foodie forces at work today
Friday, October 15th, 2010
Today has been a bit of a food-themed day. Granted, seeing as my mind is generally food-obsessed, that probably doesn’t differentiate it from any other day, but let’s just say there were more external factors feeding into this today.
I spent my morning preparing extracts from The South African Illustrated Cookbook for House & Home magazine [...]
ZOMBIE SHOW - HARLECH
Friday, October 15th, 2010
Friday 19th November, 7.30pm THEATR, HARLECH
Would you survive the rising of the undead? Catch Dr Dale (author of Dr Dale’s Zombie Dictionary) and his team of experts on their autumn tour of How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse RELOADED – the brilliant award-winning spoof seminar (a mix of sketches, improvisation and audience [...]
ZOMBIE SHOW + BOOK SIGNING - HAMMERSMITH, LONDON
Friday, October 15th, 2010
Saturday 23rd October, 8.00pm RIVERSIDE STUDIOS, LONDON
Would you know how to survive the rising of the undead? Catch Dr Dale (author of Dr Dale’s Zombie Dictionary) and his team of experts, on their autumn tour of How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse RELOADED – the brilliant award-winning spoof seminar (a mix of sketches, improvisation and [...]
ZOMBIE BOOK SIGNING - LEICESTER
Friday, October 15th, 2010
Wednesday 11th November, 10.00am-11.30am WATERSTONE’S, LEICESTER
Come and Meet Dr Dale, leader of the hit comedy seminar How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse and author of Dr Dale’s Zombie Dictionary. Ask him anything you want about zombie survival and get a signed copy of his book at Waterstone’s, 26 Market Street, [...]
ZOMBIE BOOK SIGNING - PRESTON
Friday, October 15th, 2010
Wednesday 27th October, 11.00am-1.00pm WATERSTONE’S, PRESTON
Come and Meet Dr Dale, leader of the hit comedy seminar How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse and author of Dr Dale’s Zombie Dictionary. Ask him anything you want about zombie survival and get a signed copy of his book at Waterstone’s, 3-5 Fishergate, Preston PR1 3LJ. [...]
From knitting basics to yarn bombing
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
This past week I have been far too pleased with myself for finishing my first knitting project that is fit for human wardrobes. Granted, the recipient is about 11 weeks old, so she doesn’t have much of a voice yet in sartorial decisions regarding herself, but that hasn’t diminished my pleasure.
However, a recent piece in [...]
A GOODBYE TO FORMER ALLISON & BUSBY AUTHOR, CLAIRE RAYNER
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Britain’s much-loved agony aunt, and former Allison & Busby author, Clare Rayner has passed away - leaving a legacy of achievements including the novel The Burning Summer which Allison & Busby published back in 1972.
Wednesday Cover Story: The Finkler Question
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
So there you have it. The Finkler Question, by Howard Jacobson has just won the Man Booker Prize. (Congratulations!). And looking back at our earlier blogs this week, perhaps we should have seen this coming?? On Monday, Lara blogged about attending a recent Man Booker author-reading event, and whilst she said she had her money [...]
Rachel Caine - What were your inspirations for Morganville?
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Q. Hi Rachel! I’d just like to know what inspired you to do the Morganville series? I am a huge fan and I absolutely adore Claire, Eve, Micheal and Shane! Who inspired the characters? What inspired you to have the setting in Texas? I thought the bullet in The Dead Girls Dance was really clever [...]
Homage to old laughs
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Last Monday evening I had the most brilliant idea for this week’s blog. The epiphany came when, in a lecture on Victorian culture, I snickered in knowing agreement at a typically pithy Oscar Wilde quote regarding the unintentional hilarity of Little Nell’s demise in The Old Curiosity Shop, and allowed my thoughts to wander from [...]
Allison & Busby in Faber Factory partnership
Monday, October 11th, 2010
Faber has launched an exciting new digital alliance with independent publishers - The Faber Factory - of which Allison & Busby is delighted to be a part of. It aims to provide independent publishers with a comprehensive digital service which will allow them to reach a wide market.
Wednesday Cover Story: Don’t read this book if you’re stupid
I bought this collection of short stories by Tibor Fischer, some years ago and must admit, purchased it solely on the basis of the title - the most blatant and yet brilliant marketing ploy I’ve ever seen. It’s a challenge, encouraging you to think: ‘well, I’ll prove to you I’m not stupid by reading it!’. [...]
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