H-IN-GER-LAND!

This time tomorrow night I’ll be at Subway on the Headrow in Leeds necking a ham and turkey melt to line my stomach for a night of heavy drinking. I mean … I’ll be making final preparations at the Northern Monkey bar for the book launch.

Robert Endeacott’s ‘Disrepute: Revie’s England’ will be launched there from 7pm … perfectly timed for the eve of the World Cup thingy. It’s a ticket only do, so none of the plebs can get in, but we’ll be posting up photos and seeing if we can get it in the Bookseller mag. Not sure we’ll get it in (‘We’re not from London, you know!’) … always worth a stab though. There’s some Leeds United players coming along, local press and Sky TV will hopefully be there too.

The book is available on the website on a ‘World Cup Price’ – whatever that means. Basically a reduced price to celebrate the release and keep it reduced over the course of the WC. There’s also a ‘Special Offer’ section been added with a ‘Dirty Leeds’ and ‘Disrepute’ offer, as well as posters on sale to help support a Don Revie statue appeal.

Sheila Quigley’s paperback is officially out on 17 June. It is also on spesh on the website at the moment and pre-orders are doing well on H-amazon. Look out for reviews and stuff coming soon.

Robert was in the newsrecently and will be on t’wireless on BBC Radio Leeds at 9.15am.

All website orders are going out tomorrow for both books.

Oh, and look out for another new section: Manuscript Critique. Two scary words to writers and probably just as scary as the usual two. To sing the praises of the service a bit, your manuscript will be read by an experienced editor and publisher and constructive criticism and advice offered. Manuscripts can be any word count and any genre other than stuff for kids or poetry.