Alex Scarrow on Bestseller List
Alex Scarrow’s debut young adult novel TimeRiders is climbing the Children’s bestseller chart and is now at #40 with sales continuing to rise.
More information can be found on this exciting new series here.
WIDOW 7 9 To Ebury
PFD are pleased to announce that they have sold Widow 7 9 by Sgt 'Bommer' Graham and Damian Lewis to Andrew Goodfellow at Ebury Press. Sgt ‘Bommer’ Grahame is one of the British Army’s elite Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, and with over 200 kills to his name, he is one of the best.
Highly-trained specialists, JTACs operate from the very heart of the battlefield. Deploying an awesome array of Allied firepower – Apache gunships, A10 tank-busters, F15s and Harrier jump jets – JTACs are routinely called upon to destroy the enemy, while delivering their fellow soldiers from the most desperate situations.
Widow 7 9 tells the story of Bommer Grahame and his five-man Fire Support Team on one brutal tour of Afghanistan. Frequently operating deep behind enemy lines and in the heat of the fiercest fighting in the Afghan theatre, Sgt Grahame notches up 203 confirmed enemy kills, more than one for each day of his tour.
Hunted relentlessly by the Taliban, shot at, blown up and mortared, the devastating airstrikes directed by JTAC Bommer Grahame from ‘danger close’ positions saved countless soldiers’ lives and decimated a relentless enemy.
A riveting account of intense frontline fighting, high-tech weaponry and daily feats of unbelievable heroism, Widow 7-9 offers a fascinating insight into modern soldiering.
Sgt Paul ‘Bommer’ Grahame is an NCO with the Light Dragoons, a formation recce regiment. After his 180-day tour of Afghanistan, Sgt Grahame was commended with an operational award recognising his performance during the most intense battles of the Afghanistan deployment. He is currently on a two-year secondment to a training regiment, teaching his skills to other soldiers.
Damien Lewis has spent 20 years reporting from war and conflict zones around the world. His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers, Operation Certain Death and Apache Dawn, plus the novels Cobra Gold and Desert Claw. He was recently chosen as one of the nation’s ‘20 favourite authors’ for the Government’s World Book Day, and two of his books are presently being produced as feature films, Widow 7 9 will be published later this year.
Ernest and the Pale Moon 2010 Tour Announced
Jessica Cooper is delighted to announce that Oliver Lansley’s sell-out Edinburgh hit show, Ernest and the Pale Moon, which he wrote and produced through his award-winning theatre company, Les Enfants Terribles commences its national tour at the Greenwich Theatre in London on Tuesday 2nd March 2010.
“A gloriously gothic production from razor-sharp theatre group Les Enfants Terribles… the real joy is the sheer inventiveness of the ensemble's quirky telling, combining physical and musical ingenuity to luminous effect” **** Elizabeth Kirkwood, The Telegraph
Full information on Les Enfants Terribles and the tour including booking information can be found here
Oliver also works in TV and is a past winner of the 4Talent Multi-Talented Award and a Broadcast Hotshot. For the screen, he created the critically acclaimed ITV2 comedy series, FM, in which he starred alongside Chris O’Dowd (The IT Crowd) and Kevin Bishop (Star Stories) and is currently working on a number of exciting new projects including the forthcoming BBC2 series, Whites and a project with Extras producer Charlie Hanson, which he’s writing with Isy Sutie.
Ella Hickson's Soup at Oran Mor
Multi award winning Ella Hickson’s new specially commissioned play Soup opens at Oran Mor in Glasgow as part of their A Play, A Pie and A Pint season on Monday 8th March. For full details including booking information please click here
Ella’s multi-award winning debut play, Eight was awarded a Fringe First Award and the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award in 2008 and went on to play in New York, Florida and London's West End. She returned to Edinburgh in 2009 with Precious Little Talent which enjoyed a sell-out run and garnered critical acclaim. Ella is currently working on a feature film based on Precious Little Talent and is also working with the Traverse as their inaugural Emerging Playwright on Attachment, as well as writing an original pilot script for BBC Comedy Scotland.
Follyfoot Returns
PFD are proud to announce that Follyfoot Farm, the very popular children's title by Monica Dickens, will be re-launched by Andersen Press in July 2010. The book will reach a new generation of young people who love horses and who will relish reading about the adventures on the farm.
Annie Caulfield play on Radio 3
Gemma Hirst is delighted to announce that Annie Caulfield's new play Still The Same Paul, starring Lenny Henry as the civil rights activist Paul Robeson will be broadcast on Radio 3 on Sunday, 21st February at 8pm.
Pauline Prescott Serialisation
The final instalment of Pauline Prescott's serialisation of her book Smile Though Your Heart is Breaking is due to be published in this weekend's Mail on Sunday.
Simon King's Shetland Diaries
In the Mail On Sunday, Simon King's diary exceprt covering his time on the Sheltand Diaries was serialised. The Tv series covering his time there began last week and a book to accompany the series will be published by Hodder in April.
Two PFD Authors shortlisted for RNA Awards
We’re delighted that two PFD authors, Louise Bagshawe and Lucy-Anne Holmes, have been shortlisted for awards by the Romantic Novelists’ Association.
Louise Bagshawe’s PASSION has been shortlisted for the overall Romantic Novel of the Year Award. PASSION is one of six shortlisted titles.
50 WAYS TO FIND A LOVER by Lucy-Anne Holmes has been nominated for the Romantic Comedy of the Year Award – a new award that is part of the RNA’s Pure Passion Awards to celebrate 50 years of the RNA. Lucy is the only debut novelist on the shortlist of four titles.
The Awards take place on the 16th March.