Compass
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Your weekly round up
of publishing news, publicity information and trivia!
What have we got in store for you this week? Well,
at Compass we are all getting very excited about a book coming up in October
called A Day in the World. On 15 May 15
people all over the world picked up their cameras and photographed their daily
lives. Participants ranged from professionals to amateurs; school children to
farmers, office workers to astronauts! They sent their many thousands and
thousands of photos to the website ADAY.org – whose mission is to use the power
of photography to create, share and inspire perspectives on daily life – today
and tomorrow. And the most thought proving photos of all will be chosen for the
book, which is sure to contain some truly amazing pictures. We can’t wait! You
can already preview some of the images on the website – have a
look!
Do you like spy related fiction – John Le Carre?
James Bond? Spooks? Or would you prefer to read about the real thing? Many
people thought that the organisation SMERSH was just a figment of Ian Fleming’s
imagination – but now a new book - SMERSH: Stalin’s
Secret Weapon by Vadim Birstein proves otherwise. It has just won the
inaugural St Ermin’s Hotel Intelligence Book of the Year Award 2012.The
judges found it “a very absorbing, thoroughly readable, extraordinarily detailed
account of an organisation which had a terrible, bloody history about which the
author tells us every compelling detail.”
It’s Father’s Day! Are you a
dad yourself? Or do you want a gift for your own dad – or husband? Have you read
Commando Dad – a guide to all the basic
skills you will need on your parenting mission! Lorraine Kelly called it “one
of the best parenting books I’ve ever read”. Check it out!
“When most people hear the
words ‘Enoch Powell’ they think of the phrase ‘rivers of blood’. It was Powell’s
misfortune — partly self-inflicted — that his monumental contribution to
political ideas should still be eclipsed by a phrase that he never uttered,
misquoted from the speech that still defines him. Powell was born 100 years ago
this Saturday. In time, he would become the most brilliant classical scholar of
his generation at Cambridge, the youngest professor in the British Empire, the
youngest Brigadier in the Army, an MP, a Cabinet Minister and one of the most
loved and hated men in Britain.” These are the words of Simon
Heffer in a full page review this week in The Daily Mail of Enoch at 100: A Re-evaluation of the Life, Politics and
Philosophy of Enoch Powell which is getting an enormous amount of
press coverage.
When will this wet and windy
weather ever stop? Who hasn’t dreamed of abandoning grey old Britain , and the bookselling world completely,
and flying off to France
Mind you, if the weather ever
does improve, Punk Publishing have got the ideal books to help you make
the most of the British summer! Beautiful Buggy
Walks is getting lots of coverage in Prima Baby, Practical
Parenting, Sainsbury’s Magazine and on Mumsnet, while Cool Camping Kids is getting a big feature in the
Sunday Times Travel section at the end of the
month.
In
Case You Missed:
Margaret Rhodes, the Queen’s cousin and author of
The Final Curtsey was on Desert Island
Discs this week:
Another chance to enjoy the
Julian Smith rap on YouTube
All of the titles mentioned here are available to
order from the Compass New Titles website.
That's all for now folks - more next
week!
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