http://www.allisonandbusby.com/info Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:31:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Introducing the first book in the brand new Lucas Rocco mystery series by Adrian Magson. Set in the 1960s, city-man Inspector Rocco has relunctantly been posted to a small French village, where little crime ever occurs. But no sooner as he arrived when a woman is found dead in a ... http://www.allisonandbusby.com/info/offers/brand-new-mystery-series-first-hardback-only-1299/ These are the four different covers to the book Under the Dome, by Stephen King - depicting each of the four main characters in the book. As book covers go, these covers do look odd, with the title and author name pushed to the bottom of the image, almost as though ... http://www.allisonandbusby.com/info/blog/5256/ You may not be surprised to hear that I'm not much of a pampering girl. I mean there aren't many beauty treatments that justify a half hour of boredom, in my opinion. You can't hold a book with tacky nail polish and you can't have much of a conversation when ... http://www.allisonandbusby.com/info/blog/in-need-of-a-pedicure-send-in-the-garra-rufa-fish/ This is the newest member of the Allison & Busby team checking in for my first blog – the writing of a blog being, I was told by Chiara last week, an absolutely vital, unavoidable necessity of my new job. Those may not have been her exact words, but my ... http://www.allisonandbusby.com/info/blog/what-ho-blogosphere/ Well, it’s my last ever blog for A&B, and I just wanted to use this chance to say thank you to everyone who has made my time at A&B so enjoyable. I’ve got so many good memories of my time here – launch parties, book fairs, author lunches and cups ... http://www.allisonandbusby.com/info/blog/a-final-farewell%e2%80%a6/ Apparently Jedward’s autobiography has been signed by John Blake.  Remember them? The jumpy twins who got their hair styling tips from There’s Something About Mary? To the top of my must-read list it goes... Lara Crisp, Managing Editor http://www.allisonandbusby.com/info/blog/what-a-coup/ It is an obvious fact that book covers follow certain trends with new books mimicking the look of the current bestsellers. It's a way of helping readers recognise a similar kind of book, or indeed (for the more cynical of you) a way to encourage them to think "I'm going ... http://www.allisonandbusby.com/info/blog/wednesday-cover-story-c-is-for-creative-and-clever-cover/ We’re all used to hearing news stories every year about the shiny new words that have had the official stamp of acceptance by the English language and have made it into one of the dictionaries. Just the other day, chillax made headlines as it was welcomed into the Oxfrod Dictionary ... http://www.allisonandbusby.com/info/blog/your-language-needs-you/ Last night I watched the film Blindness - about an epidemic that spreads through a city causing people to suddenly go blind. It is a harrowing story that follows a group of people infected with blindness who have been quarantined and abbandoned in an asylum - a place which quickly ... http://www.allisonandbusby.com/info/blog/blindness-and-seeing/ Lancashire Libraries has been focusing on crime fiction and true crime this year, recommending a variety of books in all crime sub-genres (from classic crime to psychological thrillers), hosting special author events and organising other (legal of course) crime-related activities... And here's the latest: Crime-writer Zoë Sharp, author of the hugely ... http://www.allisonandbusby.com/info/blog/crime-writing-short-story-competition/