Getting a book published is no mean feat. There’s the research, the writing, the re-writing, and more re-writing and maybe some more research. Then a publisher needs to be found and then… then the author has to take their baby and hack it to bits. Seriously. My manuscript is in the 170,000 word range and […]
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N.B. 2021 03 25 – I believe van den Braak has signed a deal with a publisher in England, so hopefully his book will soon be available in English. A couple of years ago, Dutch author, Jan Willem van den Braak published a book (in Dutch) on Dutch spy Engelbertus Fukken (alias Jan Willem ter
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The Book Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany. Norman Ohler. Penguin Books. 2016. Summary This book was originally published in German in 2015, translated into English for 2016, and I got my hands on a copy a few weeks ago. It’s been translated into 25 languages and received rave reviews by numerous journalists. On the other
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Goodness… I had a sense that publishing a book was an endeavour but… to be frank, it does seem a bit overwhelming! So, I am getting organized. Here’s the plan of attack and some aspects of the book publishing obstacle course. Preliminaries Sign Publishing Contract This feels a bit like I’m signing away my first
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A year ago, I reviewed an article by Traugott Vitz posted on Kriminalia Magazine online. The article, The Executioner at War: Soldiers, Spies, and Traitors, was an English translation of a chapter from Vitz’s book Langes Seil Schneller Tod: Wie Grossbritannien seine Moerder haengte (Long Rope Quick Death: How Great Britain hanged its Murders). It
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Great news! The History Press has agreed to publish my manuscript on Josef Jakobs! It’s been a very long journey to reach this point, and it’s not over yet. The manuscript is a bit of a ragtag thing at the moment with dangling footnotes, unincorporated notes and formatting issues. It needs an index, a table
The Book Double Agent Celery: MI5’s Crooked Hero. Carolinda Witt. Pen & Sword, 2018. Summary First off, I have to say that getting a copy of this book took both perseverance and patience. I had ordered a copy in late December and it finally arrived in late February. It was slated for release in Canada
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At last! The copy of Double Agent Celery that I ordered in December has finally arrived! I am looking forward to reading it (review coming in the next few weeks). In the meantime, there is a fascinating interview with author Carolinda Witt on the Conversations program on Australia’s ABC Radio. You can listen to the
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The Book Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm – Volume 1 – The Crime Scene Revisited. Alex Merrill. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018. Summary Well, this was a surprise! A 16 year old from Halesown, Alex Merrill, has written a book on Bella in the Wych Elm. It came out on Friday, February 23,
The Book The London Cage: The Secret History of Britain’s World War II Interrogation Centre. Helen Fry. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2017. Summary The London Cage stormed into public view over 10 years ago (2005) when Ian Cobain published a provocative article in The Guardian – The Secrets of the London Cage.