Thank you for all your support regarding my last post about the Launch Party. I know a lot of you were disappointed that you couldn't get to join us in our suite at The Savoy in London. We hope to organise another launch Party at The Post House sometime before Christmas - I know the book is already out but I know my fans want one nearer to home.
Anyway, that isn't the exciting news I wanted to tell you about. What I'm about to say will blow your minds! A dear, long-time friend of mine and John's has another website devoted to Northenden. And tomorrow John will be spending the day with him at a secret location somewhere in the village where he has kindly agreed to let us use his huge collection of Northenden photographs on our website too. The contract will be signed tomorrow morning, but I wanted to let our loyal fans know this most exciting piece of news before anyone else. Until the contract is signed, sealed and delivered I can't reveal his real name, but it is an Anagram of "Romwirs".
We have been in negotiation with him for over a decade and he has very generously allowed us full rights on his collection.
That's all for now, you'll be seeing a sneak peak on some of the amazing photographs very soon.
Wednesday 29 October 2014
Thursday 16 October 2014
Launch Party
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| Me & John at the launch (note our faces have been masked to protect our privacy) |
To those who missed it, I apologise not being able to announce it on this website, but it was advertised on our main website, so we thought most of you would have known about it.
The reason it wasn't mentioned here was due to a malicious hacking attempt on this very site by (no doubt) some sick-minded b@st@rds who have nothing better to do with their time than try to gain access to my website. John spent all weekend increasing the security, so this will not happen again!
Anyway, I digress. To those who didn't make the launch, I'm pleased to say I am now accepting orders via this website (or our main one), whichever you prefer. If you PayPal me £19.95 + £3 postage (UK addresses only!), I'll get one in the post - well, John will be the one running that side of the business. If you'd like me to sign it, please add an extra £2 to cover my time.
The book itself looks wonderful and Hector has done a marvelous job with this and we're sure you'll all agree. Unfortunately, we couldn't come to a mutually acceptable agreement with Amazon, so you can't get a copy from there just yet. But John and I will be meeting with Amazon representatives in London in early November. For the time being you can only get these directly from me, Our dear friend, Simon Mephistopheles, who is a retired literary agent, is working hard trying to get some other stockists interested in supplying my masterpiece and we'll let you know more in due course. We fully expect A Journey To The Motherland: My Love Affair with Northenden, to be an instant best seller.
Anyway, that's all for now - don't forget to visit the main site, as that's where I'll be concentrating my efforts for the foreseeable future.
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Amazing News!!!!!!
Apologies, dear reader for the delay, but John and I have been very busy. For the past year, we've been working non-stop on my book, which has been a dream for decades.
We are currently out of the country on business, but we've just received a proof of the cover from the printers and couldn't wait to share it with my fans.
Although we're still at the editing stage, the book is not far off. We've been told it should be out in October.
Amazon (UK) will be stocking it as will certain branches of Waterstones. We're also hoping to be wholesaling some copies to smaller, local, independent book shops, so if you know of any that might be interested, please let me know.
The book will feature a history of Northenden from as far back as records began, up to the present-day. It will also feature 195 exclusive photographs, most of which have never been seen before. Some have been in smaller booklets and on websites, etc, but Salamander Publishing have obtained permission from the copyright holders, so we can bring them to a wider audience.
We are currently waiting to hear back from WH Smiths and if they are willing to take some copies, John and I are hoping to appear at some of their shops in the North West doing signing sessions. But we'll update you on this when we have more news.
We are currently out of the country on business, but we've just received a proof of the cover from the printers and couldn't wait to share it with my fans.
Although we're still at the editing stage, the book is not far off. We've been told it should be out in October.
Amazon (UK) will be stocking it as will certain branches of Waterstones. We're also hoping to be wholesaling some copies to smaller, local, independent book shops, so if you know of any that might be interested, please let me know.
The book will feature a history of Northenden from as far back as records began, up to the present-day. It will also feature 195 exclusive photographs, most of which have never been seen before. Some have been in smaller booklets and on websites, etc, but Salamander Publishing have obtained permission from the copyright holders, so we can bring them to a wider audience.
We are currently waiting to hear back from WH Smiths and if they are willing to take some copies, John and I are hoping to appear at some of their shops in the North West doing signing sessions. But we'll update you on this when we have more news.
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