In this friendly, fast-paced book, Dan Klefstad shares everything he learned during his 30-year broadcasting career, plus the three-year campaign for his novel, Fiona's Guardians.Learn how to pitch media interviews, perform well in front of the mic, and how to share that interview. You'll also learn the importance of co-branding with indie bookstores, and which reviewers to pitch and which ones to avoid. Finally, Dan shares how to get your book adapted, pulling off the right stunt, and how to grab surprise opportunities. With this compact guide, let Dan be your co-pilot in your search for readers, and be sure to catch him at the next book festival or convention - and never pay for promotion again!
'It Doesn't Matter How We Talk' is a colourful and engaging call-and-response picture book which introduces children to the different ways that people communicate. The book was written and illustrated by an NHS Speech and Language Therapist and is a valuable resource for families, Speech and Language Therapists, teachers, and early years practitioners, providing a simple way to facilitate open conversations about disability, diversity, and acceptance with young children. 'It Doesn't Matter How We Talk' was born out of a need for early years resources which represent communication differences without referencing negative stigma or judgement. The book aims to promote self-acceptance for children with communication differences and develop understanding amongst their peers.
Social worker June Hunter races to find a loving adoptive family for a troubled teenage orphan before she ages out of the system. June supports the girl by teaching her how to trust, build healthy relationships, and prepare for an uncertain future. The first novel in the June Hunter series, A Case of Peaches is set in the fascinating world of social workers, lawyers, cops, and needy kids.
The invisible wounds are the hardest to heal.Annie, sexually abused by her father, promises to keep silent. She develops Anorexia Nervosa, her body, skeletal. Self-harm provides temporary relief from mental torment. She is admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Here Annie's eyes are opened when she falls into a passionate lesbian love affair with Jess, a wild artist, discovering her sensuality and sexuality. But shadows from the past are never far away. To battle her demons, she uses the power of music to express emotion when words evade her. A naked portrait, a brutal attack, a suicide, and a letter change the course of her life for ever. This is a story about the horror of sexual abuse within a family, and tackles mental health challenges head-on. It is the tale of a small quirky hospital community, struggling to make sense of their world, offering a fresh take on equality and diversity, celebrating strong women, and the magical and transformational power of the Arts.
Poppy has lived off-grid at Caernef Camp throughout her life, and feels alienated by the dominance of digital existence in the 2030s. Yet Poppy cannot escape the espionage surrounding her unusual upbringing and becomes entangled in a tech billionaire's virtuality game where she discovers her digital twin who has been unethically created using AI.Incensed, Poppy aligns herself with Miranda but finds herself a key player in #FutureProof, a confusing battleground between old adversaries Miranda and Robin. In this immersive world, will her naivety mean she will be exploited by the adults around her who she thought she could trust? Poppy is a toddler in #stoptheglitch, a child in #isolate, and then a teenager, who narrates #FutureProof.
Maddie has spent a lifetime struggling alone with her alcoholic mother. Her unpredictable behaviour and unreliability makes Maddie wish she had someone who actually cared about her. Tired of being the responsible one and the person who keeps it all together, Maddie longs for a life she'll never have. Her mother's constant thoughtless actions lead to difficulties on more than one occasion and the unwelcome presence of her Mum's boyfriend, Nick, only adds more stress to her life. The last thing she needs is a man in the house who doesn't know how to behave. But that all changes when Maddie discovers the real reason why her Mum drinks.Thrown into a confusing world of secrets and family that she's never met, Maddie discovers that there is more to life than her world.Could a girl she has never met have the answers?As she figures out how she fits into it all, she embarks on a pursuit of truth. Through the uncovering of more shocking realities, Maddie questions her true identity. Can she ever move past all the lies and find the truth?More importantly, will she ever find someone who will love her like a real family should?
'Breakthrough' is the first in a series of exciting, fast-paced, heart-warming books based around youth footballer, Jack Harvey. Jack is an up and coming teenager who is trying to break into the first team of one of the most illustrious football clubs in England. His team, the Academicals (or Accies for short), have fallen on hard times and they are about to be relegated from the top division. Many of the club's best players then desert them for riches elsewhere, but this allows Jack and some of his youth team friends a chance. After a terrible start to the new season, youth team player Jack and his best friend, goalkeeper Lucas, are thrust into the side in a last-ditch attempt to save the season, and the manager's job. Finding his scoring boots, they try to gain promotion back to the promised land of the Premier League. Can the Accies climb their way back up the league?
Jack Shaftoe is a detective sergeant involved in the usual eclectic mix of murder, drugs and corruption. His dubious investigation methods see him persuaded to leave the London Met. and transfer to his home city of Newcastle. While trying to save his marriage and keep an affair with a female detective constable private, an apparent suicide quickly turns into a suspected murder. With dogged determination and forensic clues, he and his mistress unravel a frightening plot that could lead to drastic consequences on a world scale. His wife, an investigative journalist is desperate for the story of the century. Only a priest, through the confessional, knows the truth and full implications and, bound by the edicts of his church, remains silent. Shaftoe needs him to break his vows and is prepared to use any method to do so.
Jess's brother Daniel is dead, and her dad is gone. And it's all her fault. Jess's world continues to tumble around her when her mum moves them both to Clanderra Hall to take a housekeeping job. Here, Jess encounters the formidable Mrs. Sharpe and her list of rules: Be quiet, stay away, and definitely don't go into the attic. As the house reveals its secrets, Jess meets the other residents of Clanderra Hall... residents that not everyone can see. Soon Jess finds herself at the mercy of Millie, trapped forever as the ghost of a young girl. Sensing Jess's despair, Millie becomes desperate for Jess to join her and will go to any lengths for the two of them to be together. Forever. Realising the danger she is in, Jess must find a way to forgive herself and to help free Millie before she is trapped for eternity too.
March 1812 - A Swedish fishing vessel sets sail from the Polish port of Danzig (Now Gdansk) en-route for the Swedish mainland. On board, two French naval spies liaise with the boat's skipper over their mission, to spy on the British garrison stronghold on Hanö Island in preparation for a fully-fledged French invasion. The island of Hanö (pronounced Haner), located off the southern coast of Sweden, is home to a flotilla of British warships whose job it is to keep the Baltic shipping lanes open and engage any French vessels it may come across. Frustrated and angered by constant British successes at sea, the French have drawn up secret plans for an all-out attack on the island's stronghold.Arriving on the island, the two agents link up with Napoleon's spy master, a local Swede, who has been selected to oversee their mission and keep them hidden in his cabin deep in the heart of the island's extensive forest. Whilst patrolling the sea lanes Captain James Carey, commander of His Majesty's Royal Navy frigate HMS Hector, sights a French brig sailing northwards towards the Swedish coast. On engaging the French ship, the brig strikes her colours and surrenders after Hector's first salvo. The French captain is killed and on questioning the only officer of the brig left alive, James becomes suspicious believing he is not what he claims to be. Further questioning of the French lieutenant convinces the English captain that he is a spy and holding vital information pointing towards an imminent French attack on the British island garrison.A chance encounter at sea with Anna, the beautiful daughter of the fishing boat's skipper, leads James into a passionate affair where he discovers fate waiting to deal an unforeseen hand.
As an elite Warrior for the Vampire King, Stu's only mission in life is to wipe out the Rebels' Army, and maybe destroy a few Soul Eaters along the way. That all changes the night a Witch stumbles into the crossfire, using her healing powers to save one of his Warriors.Keltti, a lone Witch in the big city, is elated to start working as a healer for the King's Army. While using her magic for a good cause, she has finally found the sense of belonging that has been eluding her for years. Working alongside the Warriors to protect Calgary's Supernatural community, Keltti finds an unlikely family in the brotherhood of Vampires-along with an unexplainable desire for one sexy, dangerous Vampire in particular.Stu realizes that Keltti is his one true life mate. But war is no place for a life mate, so he refuses to complete the mating bond-a refusal which makes Keltti wonder if she ever really belonged in the first place.
This is a tale of futuristic daring do, where Cleric20 - a lowlife butloveable BattlemaGe - sets off on a highly adventurous assassinationmission in London2.'BattlemaGes don't clean their teeth' is a book designed toencourage interactive thought and play.Colour in the characters as you read and upload your designs to anonline gallery!Do try to remember: it's only a story...
Beth has it all: a grammar school education, a stay at home mother who dotes on her, a father who works hard on his own business, and a little sister who adores her. But when an older man takes an interest in her, the innocence she once had is slowly ripped away from her.
Crighton Smythe could see how everyone was going to die - except himself. In his own words, let him tell you the story of how he perished. Where is he now?Discover for yourself.
Set after the events of the glitch, Miranda investigates who is behind the series of attacks on national infrastructure in a race against time to prevent a total lockdown of technology.
Thirteen-year old Thomas Trelawney is plunged into the parallel world of Georgian Yngerlande and tasked with saving their tolerant, diverse world from a brutal uprising, using powers he never knew he possessed.
Romance novelist Renata Wakefield is forced back to her hometown of Millbury Peak after her elderly mother is brutally murdered. For reasons beyond her comprehension, bestselling horror author Quentin C. Rye awaits her. Will he give Renata one final chance at happiness, or aid only in the exhumation of memories best left buried?
Robin seeks to live off-grid using an inheritance. However, the past cannot be ignored as Robin becomes entangled in a conspiracy to prevent a second wave cyber-attack. Robin must decide whether to help society get back to the 'new' normal, or stop the glitch that will permanently knock out power and communication networks for good.
Imagine if we could combine dreams and reality in a world where we live forever. Oliver believes his life to be one of disappointment and failure. Haunted by the memory of a mysterious woman he encountered thirty years ago, and obsessed with finding her, he embarks on a strange journey of grief, hope, myths and legends where dreams and truth merge
A selection of dark, dystopian short stories by students from The Priory School. Some will shock you, others will chill you to the core, all of them explore the bleak, despairing future that is coming our way.
In the near future, we map the illusive `dark matter' around us, only to find out that it is hell itself, and it is very real... As the satanic President Razour attempts to bring forward Armageddon to prevent humanity repenting, the fate of us all rests in the hands of Cleric20, a hedonistic loner with a chequered past, and his robot sidekick, Gix
Making Trakz is the prequel to Spikez. The Field family are in turmoil after Victoria Windar calls in the pest control to solve her rodent problem. During the exodus, one mouse falls victim to a trap. It is down to Professor Windar to save the day and turn him into the world's first animal cyborg.
Animals have been fused with technology in this exciting children's novel, described as Watership Down meets The Terminator - an action-packed, animal fable mash-up. The iconic British hedgehog gets a technological upgrade as a military cyborg. But as some begin to malfunction, can the future of humanity and animalkind be saved by Spikez?
John Michaelson's biographical horror takes readers beneath the facade of vampirism and exposes the dangerous subculture operating under the guise of real vampires. Packed with first-hand accounts, diary entries and commentary, Michaelson's descent into the unknown is a chilling revelation to those hoping for an orthodox vampire novel.
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