Tonto Books Newsletter: New books, awards, movies and more...

[Tonto Books]

Hello from Tonto Books,

Hope you are staying warm. New books, awards, movies and your chance
to get published are all on the agenda this month. Here goes...


*New books*
*Vote A for Adam*
*Rocketbelt movie premiere*
*New Novelists 2008 reminder*


*New books*
As part of our Fiction 2008 project, Tonto will publish Everything You
Ever Wanted, a novel by Rosalind Wyllie, and Being Normal, a
collection of short stories by Stephen Shieber. Ros was previously
published in three Tonto short story anthologies, and this is her
first novel. As a taster for the book, Ros says: 'Twenty years ago,
when I was 17 I worked for a few months as a waitress and announcer
for the acts in a Mayfair hostess club and that I have used that
setting as the backdrop for the novel - part coming of age, part
thriller.'

Stephen's stories have been published in the Tonto anthologies, and
this is his first solo collection. 'The collection is called "Being
Normal" because none of the characters are particularly normal,' says
Stephen. 'It would be boring if they were.' Both books will be
published in August. The Tonto Books Fiction 2008 Project is supported
by The National Lottery through Arts Council England. As part of the
project we are also running a New Novelist competition. See more about
that below.

We are also pleased to announce that in July we will publish TV
presenter Ashley Hames' eye-opening book about his fascinating career
later in the year. Ashley got an unusual break as the infamous News
Bunny on L!VE TV, but he is probably best known as the presenter of
Bravo TV's highest-rated show Sin Cities. It's a fast-paced and bawdy
tale, and you can read more about it on our blog. You can read more
about Everything You Ever Wanted and Being Normal there, too:
www.tontobooks.com/blog


*Vote A for Adam*
Tonto author Adam Maxwell is in the running for an award. The Dial M
For Monkey writer is nominated for a One North East Digital Award in
the best podcasting campaign category. His website www.adammaxwell.com
offers free podcasts and short stories. Closing date for the
confusingly-named Digital Awards 2007 is 28th March 2008 and you can
vote for Adam here:
http://www.northeastdigitalawards.co.uk/view/145/


*Rocketbelt movie premiere*
Pretty Bird, a movie based on the Rocketbelt Caper story, premiered
last month at the Sundance Film Festival. The movie stars Paul
Giamatti (Sideways) and Billy Crudup (Almost Famous) as pair of
entrepreneurs who team up to build a rocketbelt, with disastrous
results. It is a fictional account of the true story told in The
Rocketbelt Caper. Read about the mixed reception the movie received on
our blog:
www.tontobooks.com/blog


*New Novelists 2008 reminder*
Could YOU be a Tonto Books' North East New Novelist 2008? If you
writer based in the North East of England don't forget that two lucky
writers will win publishing contracts and see their
novels published by Tonto in January 2009. The contest will be judged
by bestselling novelists Kitty Fitzgerald (Pigtopia) and Wendy
Robertson (Family Ties). Uniquely, the two winning novelists will be
mentored by Kitty and Wendy as their novel is developed for
publication. The Tonto Books Fiction 2008 Project is supported by The
National Lottery through Arts Council England. Due to the nature of
this project's funding, the contest is only open to writers in the
North East of England. The closing date for submissions is Monday 31
March 2008. Please see full submission details on our website:
www.tontobooks.com/writers


Finally, our 'January' sale is being extended into February. Get
20-30% off The Burglar's Dog,
Jonny Kennedy, The Rocketbelt Caper and More Tonto Short Stories.
Check it out at www.tontobooks.com/shop


Best wishes


Paul & Stu
Tonto Books
www.tontobooks.com