Circus Mania author gives first talk

The author of Circus Mania, Douglas McPherson, gives his first talk on the book and on circus in general at the Time and Tide Museum in Great Yarmouth. Full details of the event can be found at the Circus Mania blog spot

Circus Mania - some interesting mail

As noted previously, we had a launch for our book, Circus Mania on
World Circus Day. We had some interesting mail relating to that as can be seen here on the left. . .

Another review Mike Sherborne's H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life

We have had another review for the new biography of H.G.Wells by Mike Sherborne. This appeared in the Islington Tribune and will also appear in its sister paper, The Camden New Journal tomorrow

Mervyn Peake's Vast Alchemies

Our paperback reprint of the acclaimed biography, Mervyn Peake's Vast Alchemies has received a review in The Art Newspaper

Shusaku Endo on Radio 4's Open Book

The great Japanese writer, Shusaku Endo, author of Silence
was recently featured on Open Book

Robin Hood in the Yorkshire Post

One of the most interesting theories in John Paul Davis's book on Robin Hood is that the famous outlaw was actually from Yorkshire and not the Nottinghamshire area. Naturally, this has been picked up by the Yorkshire Post in this article

Russel Crowe/Ridley Scott film release sparks new interest in Robin Hood

As the UK release of the Ridley Scott/Russell Crowe film of Robin Hood draws near, we have been receiving even more coverage for our book
- this latest article citing author John Paul Davis's bold new theory on the outlaw hero's origins has appeared in USA Today