The Bookseller - Summersdale https://www.thebookseller.com/tag/summersdale en Summersdale hops aboard Vincent's travel writing anthology https://www.thebookseller.com/news/summersdale-hops-aboard-vincents-travel-writing-anthology-1281118 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Untitled%20design-4_23.jpg?itok=dUmLp4Oj" width="192" height="181" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Summersdale has signed <em>The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century – A Celebration of Outstanding Travel Storytelling in British Media</em>, an anthology edited by Jessica Vincent.&nbsp;</p> <p><span class="floatright"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/The%20Best%20British%20Travel%20Writing_RGB_cropped.jpg" style="width: 250px; height: 384px; margin: 5px; float:right;"></span>Debbie Chapman, senior commissioning editor,&nbsp;acquired world rights in all languages directly from Vincent, with&nbsp;publication scheduled for 10th March 2022.</p> <p>Billed as a "celebration of the craft of travel writing and its ability to educate, inspire and build understanding between people and cultures"<em>, The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century</em> is a collection of 25 travel stories published in a host of British magazines, newspapers and journals over the last two decades. Alongside Vincent,&nbsp;Levison Wood, Monisha Rajesh and Simon Willmore will act as&nbsp;contributing editors.&nbsp;</p> <p>Following an open call for submissions earlier this summer, the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bestbritishtravelwriting.com/submit-work">shortlisted stories</a> were announced earlier this month, including writing&nbsp;from Stanley Stewart, Leon McCarron, Noo Saro-Wiwa, Lola Akinmade, Sophy Roberts and Tharik Hussain.&nbsp;</p> <p>Vincent, who is the current Global Travel Writer of the Year, commented: "After months of reading and deliberating, we finally have our shortlist. From discovering the kindness of strangers in rural Bolivia to seeing Rome afresh through a child's eyes, these are the stories that inspired, educated and, most importantly, made us fall in love with the world all over again."</p> <p>The final 25 stories will be announced on 31st October 2021 at The British Guild of Travel Writer's "A Celebration of Travel" Gala at the Savoy Hotel in London.</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-09-27T16:15:00+01:00">September 27, 2021</span><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/news">news</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/categories/rights">rights</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/summersdale">Summersdale</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/levison-wood">Levison Wood</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/monisha-rajesh">Monisha Rajesh</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/simon-willmore">Simon Willmore</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/debbie-chapman">Debbie Chapman</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:26:47 +0000 tamsin.hackett 1281118 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/summersdale-hops-aboard-vincents-travel-writing-anthology-1281118#comments Summersdale signs Dr Kaye's cancer diary https://www.thebookseller.com/news/summersdale-signs-dr-kayes-cancer-diary-1222669 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Kaye.png?itok=851LkNn0" width="192" height="181" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Summersdale has signed <em>Doctors Get Cancer Too:</em>&nbsp;<em>A Doctor’s Diary of Life and Recovery from Cancer</em> by Dr Philippa Kaye, featuring a foreword by broadcaster Sara Cox.</p> <p>Claire Plimmer acquired world rights from Jane Maw at Graham Maw Christie, for publication on 11th February 2021.</p> <p>The book tells the story of Kaye's bowel cancer diagnosis at the age of 39, and how it meant crossing the divide from being a doctor to being a patient.</p> <p>Its synopsis explains: “As a GP, Dr Philippa Kaye has seen countless patients with cancer; referring them for tests, helping with their treatments, simply holding their hands; and yet even with years of medical training, nothing could have prepared her for the reality of a cancer diagnosis [herself]. <em>Doctors Get Cancer Too</em> is the tender, moving&nbsp;but ultimately hopeful account of a doctor’s experience with cancer, in which Philippa shares the insights she gained, not only through the diagnosis and treatment, but in surviving and thriving through cancer and beyond. Filled with practical advice and information, <em>Doctors Get Cancer Too</em> aims to help patients and their loved ones feel better understood, more prepared and less alone.”</p> <p>Kaye is a GP with a particular interest in children’s, women’s and sexual health. She has written multiple books, including <em>The M Word</em>&nbsp;(Vie), and writes a weekly column in <em>Woman </em>magazine. She is also the GP ambassador for Jo’s Cervical Cancer trust.</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-10-19T12:15:00+01:00">October 19, 2020</span><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/news">news</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/categories/rights">rights</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/summersdale">Summersdale</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Fri, 23 Oct 2020 09:49:55 +0000 mark.chandler_475941 1222669 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/summersdale-signs-dr-kayes-cancer-diary-1222669#comments Summersdale to expand offer with new games series https://www.thebookseller.com/news/summersdale-launches-new-card-games-1186701 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/drinking%20games.png?itok=bSuNBzCz" width="181" height="192" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Octopus imprint Summersdale is branching into card games and affirmation cards, starting in March 2020.</p> <p>The games will cover a variety of content including sex, positivity and drinking, which are all bestselling topics for the non-fiction publisher. Summersdale, which was acquired by Octopus in <a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/summersdale-acquired-octopus-664691">2017</a>,&nbsp;wants to offer alternative formats to its bound publications for a "greater gift choice and a broader retail reach" and "will be keeping its strict attention to quality and design, married with some great content and plenty of humour and irreverence".</p> <p>Summersdale m.d.&nbsp;Alastair Williams said:&nbsp;"Branching out into cards and games seemed like a natural progression for Summersdale since we have successfully licensed our content to gift providers in the past."</p> <p>Next month, Summersdale will publish its Cupid Stunts series of "fun card games to pep up any party" and will follow up in April with&nbsp;three affirmations cards sets; The Little Box of Positivity, She Believed She Could So She Did and Sh*t Happens before introducing Filth, the "outrageous party game for disgraceful people".&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-02-10T14:45:00+00:00">February 10, 2020</span><li class="item-inline"><a href="/genre/humour-and-gift-books">Humour and gift books</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-written-by field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Written By:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Noemi Vallone</div></div></div><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/news">news</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/categories/books">books</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/summersdale">Summersdale</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/alastair-williams">Alastair Williams</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:48:28 +0000 Heloise Wood 1186701 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/summersdale-launches-new-card-games-1186701#comments Summersdale makes changes to sales team https://www.thebookseller.com/news/summersale-makes-changes-sales-team-755946 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2018/03/28/Summersdale%20192x181_0.png?itok=9rmloXeU" width="192" height="181" alt="Summersdale" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Summersdale’s sales and export director Nicky Douglas will be leaving the company on 29th March after more than 14 years in the role.</p> <p>She will be travelling for several months before moving to Australia.</p> <p>Philippa Painter, most recently deputy foreign rights director at the Quarto Publishing Group, will be joining Summersdale on 6th April as key account manager.</p> <p>Her other notable roles have included foreign sales manager at both Tony Potter Publishing and Michael O’Mara, and international sales executive at Egmont Books.</p> <p>The publisher said: "Painter will be building and maintaining the outstanding relationships we have with our UK high street and online retailers and wholesalers, as well as maximising all front-list, back-list, custom and special sales opportunities."</p> <p>She will also be managing some key export accounts, and will be reporting into sales director, David Edyvean.</p> <p>Last year, Summersdale was <a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/summersdale-acquired-octopus-664691">acquired</a> by the Octopus Publishing Group for an undisclosed sum.&nbsp;</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-03-27T13:00:00+01:00">March 27, 2018</span><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/news">news</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/summersdale">Summersdale</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:12:36 +0000 Natasha Onwuemezi 755946 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/summersale-makes-changes-sales-team-755946#comments Summersdale acquired by Octopus https://www.thebookseller.com/news/summersdale-acquired-octopus-664691 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2017/11/01/Summersdale%20192x181.png?itok=YkVAHFXx" width="192" height="181" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Octopus Publishing Group has acquired 27-year-old indie Summersdale.&nbsp;</p> <p>The deal was completed yesterday (31st October), Alison Goff, c.e.o.&nbsp;of Octopus Publishing Group, and Alastair Williams, managing director of Summersdale, have confirmed.&nbsp;The transaction has been structured as a purchase by Octopus of 100%&nbsp;shareholding in the business, which remains intact as a company.</p> <p>Williams, who founded Summersdale with Stewart Ferris in 1990,&nbsp;will&nbsp;continue&nbsp;in his role as managing director and be given "a wider creative role within Hachette" also. According to Octopus, there are no redundancies;&nbsp;Williams and&nbsp;all 23&nbsp;Summersdale staff will remain based in Chichester, West Sussex for the foreseeable future, it confirmed.</p> <p>Summersdale had a strong 2016, according to Nielsen BookScan,&nbsp;with 319,906 books sold for £1.985m—a record 20% boost in both volume and value. For the year to date, its volume sales come in&nbsp;at 142,085 books, a 14% boost on the same period in 2016, while revenue at £903,069&nbsp;climbed 14.5%. Known for its gift and humour titles,&nbsp;the publisher's recent successes include&nbsp;<em>F in exams,&nbsp;Commando Dad </em>and <em>Little Book of Drinking</em> <em>Games, </em>and it has thrice been&nbsp;been shortlisted for Independent Trade Publisher of the Year, winning the award in 2014.&nbsp;</p> <p>Williams said Hachette would help it to&nbsp;achieve "greater scale and reach" while retaining its "independent,&nbsp;entrepreneurial spirit", as&nbsp;Octopus said it looked forward to growing the "dynamic, fast-growing"&nbsp;business internationally.</p> <p>"After 27 years of independent publishing, I am delighted that the company has been acquired by Octopus, and extremely proud that Summersdale will sit alongside so many fine imprints," he said.</p> <p>"After a number of meetings with Alison I felt comfortable and excited that we had found the ideal home for our company and list. It was important for us to retain our independent, entrepreneurial spirit and distinct personality, and Octopus identified this. Likewise, we also saw the benefit of being part of much larger group to allow our lists to flourish and also to achieve greater scale and reach."</p> <p>Goff said:&nbsp;"I have long-admired the energetic, creative publishing that Alastair and his team deliver. They’re quick to spot trends and, with characteristic high quality design and production values, bring books to market with incredible speed. It’s a winning formula which has convinced many retailers that books can be an important part of their product range and thus opening up whole new areas of the market. I am hugely excited by the opportunity to work with Alastair and grow the business further internationally."</p> <p>The acquistion follows Octopus Publishing Group's purchase&nbsp;of&nbsp;independent cookery publisher <a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/octopus-publishing-group-buys-kyle-cathie-ltd-647821">Kyle Cathie Ltd</a> earlier this month&nbsp;as&nbsp;its&nbsp;managing director of 28 years,&nbsp;Kyle Cathie, prepares to step down. It also bought Lewes-based illustrated reference publisher&nbsp;Ilex in <a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/octopus-buys-ilex">2014</a>.</p> <p>David Shelley, c.e.o.&nbsp;designate of Hachette commented on this&nbsp;latest acquisition: "I am so excited about Summersdale joining Octopus. A dynamic, fast-growing company with an incredibly sophisticated understanding of consumer behaviour and changing trends, Summersdale is a true leader in its field. The team there delivers something genuinely different and appealing, as evidenced by their great success in the gift and humour markets. I am also delighted that Alastair Williams will have a wider creative role within Hachette – I think he and Summersdale will be a brilliant addition to Hachette UK."</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2017-11-01T13:15:00+00:00">November 1, 2017</span><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/news">news</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/octopus-publishing-group">Octopus Publishing Group</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/summersdale">Summersdale</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/alastair-williams">Alastair Williams</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Wed, 01 Nov 2017 13:52:06 +0000 Katherine Cowdrey 664691 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/summersdale-acquired-octopus-664691#comments Daniel Radcliffe to star in adaptation of Summersdale title https://www.thebookseller.com/news/daniel-radcliffe-star-adaptation-summersdale-title-322880 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2016/02/17/Screen%20Shot%202016-02-17%20at%2015.46.09.png?itok=vVSu3MWh" width="192" height="181" alt="Daniel Radcliffe" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Daniel Radcliffe is to star in an upcoming thriller based on Summersdale title <em>Lost in the Jungle </em>by Yossi Ghinsberg.</p> <p><em>Lost in the Jungle</em> is Ghinsberg’s “thrilling account” of trying to survive while lost in the Amazon. Ghinsberg journeyed through the Amazon in 1982 after meeting a man who claimed to know where to find gold in an uncharted section of the expansive rainforest. The man’s promises turned out to be false, and Ghinsberg ended up alone for three weeks before being found and rescued.</p> <p><em>Lost in the Jungle </em>was used as the source material for the film "Jungle" written Justin Monju. Summersdale is going to re-release <em>Lost in the Jungle</em> as <em>Jungle</em> by in 2017.&nbsp;</p> <p>Radcliffe said that he is “incredibly excited” and “honoured” to have a role in “furthering awareness of what happened” to Ghinsberg and his fellow travellers.</p> <p>He said: “Their story is a truly remarkable one that sheds light on both harrowing and hopeful aspects of human nature. It should be a very intense and physical shoot (obviously we wouldn’t be doing our jobs if it wasn’t) and I can’t wait to start work on it.”</p> <p>Alastair Williams, managing director of Summersdale, said: “We are thrilled that one of our most successful travel titles will soon be on the big screen. It will be exciting to see Daniel Radcliffe bringing Yossi’s adventures to an even wider audience.”</p> <p><em>Picture: Gage Skidmore</em></p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-02-17T15:00:00+00:00">February 17, 2016</span><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/news">news</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/daniel-radcliffe">Daniel Radcliffe</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/harry-potter">Harry Potter</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/alastair-williams">Alastair Williams</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/summersdale">Summersdale</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:00:33 +0000 Natasha Onwuemezi 322880 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/daniel-radcliffe-star-adaptation-summersdale-title-322880#comments Pictures of the week https://www.thebookseller.com/news/pictures-week-317449 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/11/27/POTW%20November%2027%20192x181.jpg?itok=qKSPUojM" width="192" height="181" alt="Yang May Ooi" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2015/11/27/William_Hill_Sports_Book_Winner_MomentOfWin_DavidGoldblatt%28c%29SteveWelsh.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 471px;"></p> <p>Author David Goldblatt finds out he has won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award for his book <em>The Game of Our Lives</em> (Viking) on Thursday 26th November.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2015/11/27/William_Hill_Sports_Book_Winner_David_GoldblatWithAwardt%28c%29SteveWelsh.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 507px;"></p> <p>Goldblatt with his trophy.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2015/11/27/Headley%20and%20Orenda%201.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 600px;"></p> <p>The launch of Ragnar Jonasson's <em>Nightblind</em> (Orenda Books) at the Icelandic Embassy in London on Thursday 26th November. Pictured are (from left) Jonasson, Karen Sullivan, founder of Orenda, and David Headley of Goldsboro Books.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2015/11/27/Yang%20May%20Ooi.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 533px;"></p> <p>Yang May Ooi uses her fists to demonstrate the "golden lotus", the three-inch foot created by the Chinese practice of foot-binding, for her performance "Bound Feet Blues", at the Tristan Bates theatre in London. The three-week theatre run accompanies her new book of the same title (Urbane Publications, £16.99), a memoir inspired by oral stories passed down by the women in her family.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/Summersdale%2025th%20anniversary.JPG" style="width: 800px; height: 600px;"></p> <p>Summersdale m.d. Alastair Williams celebrates the publisher's 25th birthday with an anniversary cake.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2015/11/27/Anne%20Enright%2C%20Novel%20of%20the%20Year.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 533px;"></p> <p>Anne Enright with her award for Irish novel of the year for <em>The Green Road</em> (Jonathan Cape) at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2015 on Wednesday 25th November in Dublin.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2015/11/27/JP%20Donleavy%20Lifetime%20Achievement%20Award.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 533px;"></p> <p>Irish American novelist JP Donleavy with the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2015.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2015/11/27/Louise%20O%20Neill%2C%20Children%27s%20Senior%20Category.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 533px;"></p> <p>Louise O'Neill with her award for Specsavers Children's Book of the Year for <em>Asking For It</em> (Quercus) at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2015.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/Marlon%20James%20reading%20at%20Waterstones%20Piccadilly.JPG" style="width: 800px; height: 449px;"></p> <p>Marlon James reads from his book <em>A Brief History of Seven Killings</em> (Oneworld) at Waterstones Piccadilly on Tuesday 24th November.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2015/11/27/22657786823_333f9c5bb1_k.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 533px;"></p> <p>Paula Hawkins at The Mainstreet Trading Company in St Boswells on Monday 24th November.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2015/11/27/Reeve%20and%20McIntyre%20reading-%20credit%20Jonny%20Wood.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 508px;"></p> <p>Sarah McIntyre and Philip Reeve read from Pugs of the Frozen North (OUP) at the&nbsp;Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators’ (SCBWI) conference, which took place on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd November. Picture: George Kirk</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2015/11/27/101.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 533px;"></p> <p>Representatives from Walker Books at Seven Stories' 10th birthday celebrations at the House of Commons.</p> <p><br> <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/BTBS%20013.JPG" style="width: 800px; height: 618px;"></p> <p>Richard Charkin and Trevor Goul-Weeker at the BTBS annual thank you party at Carmelite House, London.</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2015-11-27T12:30:00+00:00">November 27, 2015</span><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/news">news</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/pictures-week">Pictures of the Week</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/william-hill-sports-book-year-award">William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/david-goldblatt">David Goldblatt</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/ragnar-jonasson">Ragnar Jonasson</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/karen-sullivan">Karen Sullivan</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/david-headley">David Headley</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/yang-may-ooi">Yang May Ooi</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/urbane-publications">Urbane Publications</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/summersdale">Summersdale</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/alastair-williams">Alastair Williams</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/anne-enright">Anne Enright</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/bord-g-energy-irish-book-awards-2015">Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2015</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/jp-donleavy">JP Donleavy</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/louise-oneill">Louise O&#039;Neill</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/marlon-james">Marlon James</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/paula-hawkins">Paula Hawkins</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/sarah-mcintyre">Sarah McIntyre</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/philip-reeve">Philip Reeve</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/scbwi">SCBWI</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/seven-stories">Seven Stories</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/walker-books">Walker Books</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Fri, 27 Nov 2015 12:40:38 +0000 sarah.shaffi@thebookseller.com 317449 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/pictures-week-317449#comments Summersdale signs deal for Purple Ronnie books https://www.thebookseller.com/news/summersdale-signs-deal-purple-ronnie-books-312855 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/09/21/null%282%29.jpg?itok=oXKEfkJG" width="192" height="181" alt="Purple Ronnie logo" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Summersdale has signed a four-book license deal with the Purple Ronnie brand.</p> <p>The deal for worldwide rights, excluding North America, was done with rights management company Coolabi Group and Purple Ronnie.</p> <p>Purple Ronnie relaunched in 2014 aimed at 15 to 30-year-olds. The new range currently includes greetings cards, wrap and party products and has its own YouTube channel.</p> <p>Claire Plimmer, editorial director at Summersdale, said: “We’re so excited to be welcoming the iconic brand Purple Ronnie into our portfolio and to align our company with such a strong brand where the synergies between the two are clear. We’re looking forward to promoting Purple Ronnie’s fun, quirky and slightly irreverent character within this initial four book deal.”</p> <p>Valerie Fry, director of licensing at Coolabi Group, said: ‘This refreshed creative direction for Purple Ronnie is already attracting a huge following in the digital space and we are thrilled to be taking the brand to new audiences at retail with a new range of books from Summersdale.”</p> <p>The books will be launching in spring 2016.</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2015-09-21T09:30:00+01:00">September 21, 2015</span><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/news">news</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/categories/rights">rights</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/summersdale">Summersdale</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/purple-ronnie">Purple Ronnie</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/claire-plimmer">Claire Plimmer</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/valerie-fry">Valerie Fry</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/coolabi-group">Coolabi Group</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Mon, 21 Sep 2015 08:55:43 +0000 sarah.shaffi@thebookseller.com 312855 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/summersdale-signs-deal-purple-ronnie-books-312855#comments Summersdale launches lifestyle imprint Vie https://www.thebookseller.com/news/summersdale-launches-lifestyle-imprint-vie <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/01/12/summersdalelogo.jpg?itok=757Pj-ZP" width="192" height="181" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Independent non-fiction publisher Summersdale is to launch a new lifestyle imprint this month.</p> <p>Vie Books, which launches in Summersdale’s 25th year of publishing, will help “grow awareness and sales” of the company’s health and wellbeing titles, and will also include parenting and self-help books.</p> <p>Launch titles include <em>Oh Sugar: How to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth Naturally for a Happy, Healthy Lifestyle</em> (paperback, £7.99) by Katherine Bassford, released earlier this month, and <em>New Old-Fashioned Parenting</em> (paperback, £10.99) by Liat Hughes Joshi, out on 12th February.</p> <p>Alastair Williams, founder of Summersdale Publishers and Vie Books, said: “Part of our ongoing strategy is to look at creating distinctive imprints to give strength and clarity to existing parts of the list. Summersdale has had a passion for the wellbeing arena for some time, and the time felt right for us to give it the attention it deserves.”</p> <p>Vie Books will be sold in the UK by Simon &amp; Schuster and distributed by Littlehampton Book Services Ltd.</p> <p>Summersdale was named the IPG Trade Publisher of the Year at the<a href="http://www.thebookseller.com/news/usborne-nosy-crow-summersdale-winners-independent-publishing-awards" target="_blank"> 2014 Independent Publishing Awards</a>.</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2015-01-12T09:30:00+00:00">January 12, 2015</span><div class="field field-name-field-written-by field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Written By:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Sarah Shaffi</div></div></div><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/news">news</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/summersdale">Summersdale</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/vie-books">Vie Books</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/alastair-williams">Alastair Williams</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div> Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:00:00 +0000 Joshua Farrington 290257 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/summersdale-launches-lifestyle-imprint-vie#comments In depth: Summersdale https://www.thebookseller.com/profile/depth-summersdale <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/legacybookseller/summersdale.jpg?itok=E5fCn4EN" width="192" height="181" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>If there is a book that encapsulates the Summersdale ethos, it might be <em>Bake for Britain</em>, launched in March during the crest of the baking popularity wave. Summersdale produced the cookery title from idea to print in an astonishing eight weeks, with the recipes initially generated from an office baking competition.<br> <br> Alastair Williams, m.d. and co-founder of the Chichester-based independent, says: “One thing about Summersdale is that we’ve never been afraid of experimenting and producing in-house content. We didn’t have a background in publishing [when we started] 21 years ago and we’re still a youngish company. We can be nimble and very reactive, whereas the big conglomerate supertankers often have meetings upon sub-meetings to get something done.”<br> <br> There are certainly a lot of things being done at the moment at Summersdale, with the company continuing to expand out of its core humour, gift and travel ranges to other non-fiction categories such as health, pets, true crime and even a foray into local interest publishing. Highlights for 2013 include <em>Mob Daughter,</em> the memoir of growing up in a Mafia family by Karen Gravano, daughter of feared New York hitman Sammy “The Bull” Gravano and star of the US reality show “Mob Wives”; Kate Allan’s <em>Oscar the Bionic Cat </em>is a “Marley and Me”-esque tale of a Jersey moggie who gets special prosthetic legs after a run-in with a combine harvester; while <em>The Mystery of Thin</em> is <em>Times </em>columnist Emma Woolf’s (great-niece of Virginia) look at our obsession with weight loss.<br> <br> <strong>Breaking tradition</strong><br> Of course, a company whose bestselling title through BookScan is <em>The Little Book of Essential Foreign Swear Words </em>is not about to go all serious just yet. “Our bedrock is our travel writing list, it’s what we’re passionate about, what we were founded on,” says sales and marketing director Nicky Douglas. “But the humour list is what keeps us smiling.”<br> <br> And the list has kept the company buoyant financially even as the high street bookshop numbers have shrunk. Douglas explains: “The difference between Summersdale and a lot of publishers is that we are not reliant on the traditional bookshop market. With our gift and humour lists, we have many eggs in a lot of different baskets with all sorts of retailers, such as the gift trade, garden centres and non-book high street stores.”<br> <br> Indeed, two years ago Summersdale got its global hit <em>F in Exams</em>—a compendium of howlingly bad test paper mistakes—into Boots, the only book product the chemist stocked at the time.<br> <br> Summersdale has had the odd foray into fiction with what Williams calls “books that fall through the cracks”. For example, under its travel list it publishes James Hilton’s<em> Lost Horizon</em>, the classic novel of a group of Westerners finding the idyllic Shangri-la after they crash land in Tibet (and which Summersdale sells 20,000 copies a year to the Shangri-la hotel chain). There is no plan to fully expand into fiction, however. Williams says: “You need really deep pockets; its a crowded market with high risks.”<br> <br> Ultimately, though, Williams thinks Summersdale has “something for everybody, whether you’re an erudite Latin speaker or down with the kids and want a book about street slang. Sometimes that’s hard to get right in the catalogue, because you have a reissue of <em>Foul Mouthed Pets</em> with [Latin phrase guide] <em>Ad Hoc, Ad Lib, Ad Nauseam</em>. Or <em>Student Grub </em>next to a book on anorexia. But that’s the way it is . . .”</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-10-29T16:30:00+00:00">October 29, 2012</span><div class="field field-name-field-written-by field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Written By:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Tom Tivnan</div></div></div><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/profile">profile</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/categories/careers">careers</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/company-profiles">Company Profiles</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/summersdale">Summersdale</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/alastair-williams">Alastair Williams</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/careers-profiles">Careers Profiles</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:33:31 +0000 Tom Tivnan 241981 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/profile/depth-summersdale#comments
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