East of the Sun

May 2018 – New Releases

...an employee of the British East India Company. There, she is astonished to discover that he has married a beautiful Indian girl and lives with his wife’s extended family in...

New Releases: June 2019

...partied away their youth. So cue a trip to a sun-drenched Greek island, ouzo cocktails, a trip down memory lane… and Alex Hallas, the man Beth has never quite forgotten....

Kate Baker: Awards First Timer

...face value then ask what’s for tea. Don’t tell him I said so, but I’m completely blown away by the moral support he is giving me in these early days...

New Releases: April 2021

...only be partnered up with love rat rugby player Jamie Welsh but to find that one of the judges is her ex Alex Michaelson, who previously dropped her on the...

Hodder & Stoughton Announce The Takeaway Girl As Winner Of Love At First Line Writing Prize

...broadcasts nationally on hip-hop/R&B station Capital XTRA. She launched herself as a stand-up comedian in 2022 and had over 50 gigs on the London open mic circuit in her first...

Ask An Industry Expert – Isobel Akenhead.

...King’s Cross, I check my current books’ bestseller positions, and then yesterday’s sales figures. With an eye on those figures, I then look at the way we are publishing these...

#IndieApril Author Spotlight: Julia Boggio

...I decide when the book is done. I choose the cover. I choose what marketing I want to do. I choose how quickly I put them up for sale (3...

Sara-Jade Virtue

Self-publish, Traditional – Or Both? Kindle Bestseller Nicola May Gives Us Her Opinion

...magazine now includes the Bookstat E-Book Top 10 chart, which includes weekly sales from self-published authors. It is another step forward for the recognition of indies and hopefully for the...

Milly Johnson Wins The Richard Whiteley Award

...sold widely and respected because the sales figures don’t lie. Romantic fiction sales were up by over 47% last year and recently eight out of the top ten in the...

Sam Eades: Searching For The Next, Great Love Story

...of an editor, I’ve spent the weekend merrily reading submissions from agents. 10 submissions in fact. And of those 10 submissions, they were all in the crime and thriller &...