September 2020
The Secrets of Sunshine reaches #7 on The Bookseller Heatseeker charts
July 2020
The Library of Lost and Found reaches #5 on Kindle in Canada and #20 on Kindle in the USA
June 2020
Short story, Worth Waiting For, published in Woman’s Weekly magazine in the UK
May 2020
The Secrets of Sunshine published in the UK
April 2020
The Secrets of Love Story Bridge is published in the US
February 2020
THE LIBRARY OF LOST AND FOUND paperback is a SCIBA (Southern California Independent Booksellers Alliance) bestseller its first week on sale!
November 2019
The Library of Lost and Found is selected as The Great North West Read 2019
Slovene rights for The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper and The Library of Lost and Found have sold to DESK!
October 2019
The Library of Lost and Found reaches #11 on UK Kindle
August 2019
The Library of Lost and Found will be published in Russia by Eksimo
Portuguese condensation rights forRISE & SHINE BENEDICT STONE sold to Seleccoes do Reader’s Digest
Czech condensation rights to RISE AND SHINE BENEDICT STONE sold to Tarsago (Reader’s Digest)
July 2019
Finnish rights for THE CURIOUS CHARMS OF ARTHUR PEPPER sold to Valitut Palat (a division of Reader’s Digest)
June 2019
The Library of Lost and Found is a Lovereading Pick of the Month. Read the review
The Library of Lost and Found will be published in Italy by Garzanti
May 2019
The Library of Lost and Found is selected as a best summer read by Gransnet
March 2019
The Library of Lost and Found selected as a Top 10 Library Read, by librarians in the USA
The Library of Lost and Found gets a starred review in Library Journal, USA
The Library of Lost and Found is a People Magazine Best New Book
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper is a USA Today bestseller
January 2019
Hungarian rights (condensed) for Rise and Shine Benedict Stone sold to Tarsago
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper is a Top 3 iBooks bestseller
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper is a USA Today bestseller
December 2018
The Library of Lost and Found is one of the National’s 12 Novels to Read in 2019 in UAE
The Library of Lost and Found Swedish rights sold to Forum
October 2018
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper reaches #6 in Audible chart. 100k sold in one day
August 2018
Czech condensation rights for Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone sold to Tarsago (Reader’s Digest)
July 2018
Finnish rights of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper sold to Valitut Palat (a division of Reader’s Digest) – Arthur Pepper’s 22nd language
June 2018
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper will be The Girly Book Club’s July book of the month
May 2018
TV movie rights for Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone optioned in the US
March 2018
Czech condensation rights for Curious Charms sold to Tarsago (Reader’s Digest)
February 2018
Translation rights for Rise & Shine, Benedict Stone should to Czech publisher, Mlada Fronta
January 2018
Hungarian condensation rights for Curious Charms sold to Tarsago (the Hungarian equivalent of Reader’s Digest)
November 2017
Curious Charms hits #3 on Kindle Canada bestsellers
October 2017
Curious Charms is announced as Poppy Loves Book Club’s read for November
September 2017
Curious Charms is one of Southern Living’s Best New Summer Books 2017, in the US
August 2017
Curious Charms is snapped up by Seleccoes do Reader’s Digest (Portugal)
June 2017
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper wins ‘Prix des Lectrices Milady 2017‘ in Paris
Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone features on the June Indie Next List in the US
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper is an Indie Next‘ For Reading Groups Summer 2017‘ pick, in the US
Phaedra Patrick features on Warren Adler’s ‘Writers of the World‘ website www.writersoftheworld.com
Curious Charms selected for ‘The Biggest Book Club in the Country‘ by BBC Radio Ulster
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper hits the #6 spot on Kobo in Belgium
May 2017
Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone is published in the US, 17 May
Bookseller tour of the US– Chicago, Raleigh-Durham, St Louis, Minneapolis and Albany
April 2017
Curious Charms is BBC Radio Manchester’s Book of the Monthon the Becky Want show
March 2017
Appearance at Huddersfield Literature Festival
February 2017
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper hits the Indie Regional Bestseller List in USA
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper is a Listen List 2017 Winner! The 2017 committee listened to 1,919 hours of audiobooks, evaluated over 200 titles, and narrowed the field to the final twelve winners, which included Stephen King
December 2016
Arthur is one of Lovereading’s Books of the Year 2016
The book is a New Books magazine ‘Reading Group Book of the Year 2017‘
Readers vote Arthur a Top 10 Book Browse Blog ‘First Impressions Book of the Year 2016‘
Arthur is selected as a My Weekly magazine’s Book of the Year 2016
Rights are snapped up in Croatiaby Naklada Ljevak publishing house
Review in the Scotland Herald, which says the book has ‘…the timeless air of a fable’
September 2016
Selected as a Lovereading Debut of the Month
Short story ‘Looking For Love’ features in My Weekly magazine
UK paperback published in the UK
The book is published in France
Interviews with BBC Radio Berkshire and BBC Radio Jersey
August 2016
Selected as one of Amazon UK’s ‘Summer Reads’
July 2016
The book is published in Italy and Poland
June 2016
The book will be published in Korea
Translation rights are snapped up in Mainland China
May 2016
Curious Charms published in the US– 3 May
Curious Charms is one of Goodread’s ‘Best Books of the Month’
Enters top 40 sales chart of hardback books in the UK
Australianand New Zealand edition published
April 2016
Interview with the Saddleworth Independent and Irish Examiner
Interviews with BBC Radio York, BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Sussex, BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester, Age UK
Book published in the UK – 7 April. Book goes to reprint
Short story, The Purple Beret, published in The Simple Things magazine
Lovereading’s ‘Debut of the Month’
Top 5 read in Heat Magazine– rating 4/5
5* review in The Sun newspaper
Review in Booktime magazine
Featured in Cox and Kings, and Princess Cruises, mailings as recommended reading for passengers
Full page feature in Booktime magazine
Book now has a home in Serbia
March 2016
Pre-publication US tour – Miami, Raleigh- Durham, Chicago, Boston, New York. Click to view here –
The book now has a home in Spain
5/5 from the San Francisco Book Review
February 2016
The book receives a ‘starred review’ from the Library Journal in the US!
Arthur now has a US Large Print home with Thorndike Press
Curious Charms scores its 15th translation, in Portugal
Spotlighted feature on NetGalley
The book will be published in Bulgaria – its 16th translation
January 2016
Curious Charms is snapped up in Hungary
December 2015
Great news that the book will be published in Turkey.
November 2015
Curious Charms will be translated and published in Japan and the Czech Republic
US cover for the novel revealed
May 2015
Curious Charms will be translated and published by Albatros in Poland in 2016
April 2015
Curious Charms will be translated and published in Russia, Tiawan and France in 2016!
March 2015
Arthur Pepper has a home with the wonderful Harlequin Mira in the UK and US. The novel will be published in hardback in the UK in January 2016.
The book will be available as an audio book from WF Howes.
January 2015
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper will be translated in five countries – Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden and Brazil.
June 2014
Signed with the Darley Anderson, Literary, TV and Film Agency. Represented by Literary Agent Clare Wallace.