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Feroze Dada’s new book – A spiritual journey to Burma and Buddhism Released on July 3rd 2018 Children of the Revolution is a book of converging worlds. In it you discover the very human weave of courage, perseverance and vision, woven with a delightful touch of humour and surprise. It also has the beguiling pattern of a journey unfolding. […]

The Lightwatch Chronicles: The Guardians A powerful self-discovery guide written in the form of a novel. A love that transcends the boundaries of time; true friendship, loyalty, and sacrifice, and a destiny that is greater than life. When the future of the world is at stake, the Guardians of Light will have to make the […]

There are many good reasons for coming to our regular AuthorCraft events in the Institute of Directors. Even without our line-up of interesting and informative speakers, there is much to be gained by meeting up with fellow authors, sharing experiences and learning from each other. There is never enough time to make all the mistakes […]

More Tea with my Favourite Reader  – a second helping! PUBLISHED ON 5. June 2018 Last week we managed to find our ideal reader. This time we want to impress them with our knowledge. Sure, but how? There is a proverb: ‘The bait has to be savoured by the fish not the fisherman’. It means your […]

Tea with my Favourite Reader – Part I PUBLISHED ON 21. May 2018 Let me not bore you with the fact that every good story is useless without fully fleshed characters. You know that, of course. You are a writer. What is so obvious for a fictional or historical novel seems pretty obsolete when you are writing […]

It’s no use producing a brilliant book if nobody knows about it. Getting good PR is essential.  Our PR partner is Helen Lewis of Literally PR who has achieved some spectacular coverage. So how does it work?  Step one is to open the Author PR Questionnaire and share details of your book; what you want to achieve;  […]

If you didn’t come to the latest Authorcraft meeting in March you missed a dazzling array of speakers covering everything from the inside story on the plight of retired greyhounds in the racing industry, to the difference writing a book has made in the life of one of the UK’s top comediennes; from an absolute […]

‘ Double-takes as look-a-like celebrities take to the streets In a walk-about to promote Barbara Angela Kealy’s new book     “Double Deception” Emerging from London’s iconic Hippodrome casino, some of show business’s most recognisable faces took to the streets in London’s West End causing an instant crowd to form to take selfies with the stars. Madonna, […]

by Chris Day The four weeks before publication are often the busiest time for authors for marketing their book. Many will be doing a pre-order campaign and supporting it with a flurry of social media activity. Others will be guest blogging on synergistic sites with a large number of followers. Email marketing also comes into […]

We would like to welcome Mike Goss to his new role as project manager for Filament.  Mike has been a long-standing member of the Filament support team and many of you will have met him at Authorcraft events where he has been looking after our technical logistics. He has also been managing our warehousing and fulfilment services.  […]