To celebrate the US release of Cherish: Madonna, Like an Icon today, it’s competitions a go-go with a double 5 book give away courtesy of Madonna fan sites Madonnalicious and Madonantribe. Both competitions are open to international readers and all you have to do [...]
Category Archives: Popular Culture
200 years of Pride & Prejudice: book give away
200 years on from the first publication of Pride and Prejudice in 1813, the novel has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and Austen’s astute observations on love, relationships, social situations and fashion still ring true today. But what if the mystifying societal [...]
There and Back Again with J.R.R. Tolkien
So, this is an event to now put on your calendars! The release of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, which is due in cinemas very soon (14th December 2012), and so what better way to prepare than going on an adventure yourself into the world [...]
Don’t judge a book by its cover
They say don’t judge a book by its cover, but what about its packaging? Copies of our bestselling series How to Read were wrapped in colourful and glittery gift bags ready for grabbing in one of St. Petersburg’s central bookshops. The perfect packaging [...]
Steampunk Art at Brighton’s Fringe
The Artists Open Houses is perhaps the most colourful and entertaining (it’s fun to peek at other people’s houses) display of local art, taking place during Brighton’s Fringe Festival. Artists of all ages, experience and medium, open their houses to the public and exhibit [...]
Titanic Love Stories author commemorates 100 years since the sinking of the iconic ship
The sinking of the RMS Titanic was a terrible tragedy for all the 1,495 people who died–but the stories of the 13 brides and grooms who joined the ship to celebrate their honeymoons are especially poignant. Author of Titanic Love Stories, Gill Paul, will [...]
Life & Soul launches!
A launch hosted by our Queen of Party-planning, Emma Forbes, was never going to be anything less than fabulous and Emma certainly didn’t disappoint! Despite an exceptionally busy few days in the lead up to the event, with appearances on both Saturday [...]
Emma Forbes on Loose Women!
Life & Soul author Emma Forbes will be joining the Loose Women panel on ITV1 this coming Monday, 17th Oct. Don’t miss it! If you’ve any questions you’d like to ask Emma, you can email them via ITV1′s website: www.itv.com/loosewomen ’Quiz a celebrity guest’
Life & Soul of the party!
Emma Forbes’ fantastic new entertaining and cookery book, Life & Soul, is published by Ivy Press this month, just in time for party season! Seeing a new title published is always exciting for the Ivy Press team a culmination of months of hard [...]








