We are very proud of the twelve books in our
inaugural 2008 list, five of which will be published
in the first half of the year.
These are: Brighton’s satirical audio
anarchist turned librarian Michael Bollen's
hysterical sci-fi Earth Inc. Stephen
Merchant has taken time out from The Office
and Extras to endorse it as: 'The best
work of fiction since the Bible'; Corinne Souza's
superb thriller Jasmine's Tortoise
- described as 'merciless' in Lloyd's List;
while Britian's answer to Michael Moore - Robin
Ramsay - brings us Politics and Paranoia.
(Should suit conspiracy buffs everywhere!).
On the children's front: French illustrator
Caroline Bailey - who designed a flash interactive
website with animated characters sponsored by
the Vodafone UK Foundation - will charm you
with The Sleepy Ladybird;
as will the Portuguese illustrator raised in
London, Sarah Ramos - one time extra in Four
Weddings and a Funeral, Shopping
and Room 36 - with her stunning Saki
and the Moonster.
Our Autumn 2008 list is well underway with
three fabulous illustrated books. These are:
Emigré London, an exhilarating
modern memoir of retro street fashion and furnishings
which unite all Londoners; Nanny Brown's
Scrapbook, the poignant story of English
children's nurse Grace Brown. The scrapbook
covers the start of Grace Brown's working life
in the 1880s and takes us all the way through
to the 1960s, via the grief of The Holocaust
and London Blitz.
And, finally, for something rather different
. . . Alexander Carysfort's beautifully photographed
poetic lament, Girl on Top.
On the children's side, we will have the funny,
surreal Ghostly Garlic and Silly Salami;
zany, edgy Jimmy Rat (about a skateboarding
rat!) and the retro-style Dragon Juice and
Dinosaur Cafe.
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