It’s not every day a book is launched in a caravan camp on the Kent coast but that is what happened last Friday at the launch of Val Hennessy’s Not Far from Dreamland. The party bopped till lights out at 10.30 and this very funny novel was well and truly launched. The photographs were very kindly taken by Lee Carter which is probably why they are of such a high standard! Get your copy of Not Far from Dreamland today!

‘The excellence of this novel is its canny synthesis of elements: the essential thriller plot (at times reminiscent of the most powerful writing of Graham Greene; no mean feat in itself) and the careful accretion of character detail in which the principals force us to decide that our initial impressions of them may not be the ones we’re finally left with. The author is an expert on Bollywood and has written a book on the actor Amitabh Bachchan, but the strength of Hotel Arcadia will have readers eager for her to dip her toe into novelistic waters again’

Crime Time Magazine reviews Hotel Arcadia by Sunny Singh. Read the full review here. Get your copy of Hotel Arcadia today!

Two Quartet authors are at Hay Festival today!

Jane Haynes and Martin Scurr discussed Doctors Dissected with Kate Wood at the Hay Literary Festival this morning. See here for full event details.

Still haven’t got a copy of Doctors Dissected? Get one here today.

Author of The Voice of the Angel Karen Ruimy spoke at the Inspire’d Conference, London. She shared her story and discussed ways in which you can manifest your dreams. The video was picked as editor’s pick for Life Labs. To watch the video go here.

The Voice of the Angel is out now and available here. Get your copy today!

‘I applaud his grandiose spirit and pray that his serious illness today will miraculously disappear, as if the gods have willed it. His latest book, The White Umbrella, speaks volumes of his indisputable talent – especially where the written word is concerned’

Naim Attallah blogs about Brian Sewell. Read the full blog post here and get your copy of The White Umbrella today.

‘Tonks’s 2012 journal, which takes in the London Olympics and a hilarious account of the washed-out Diamond Jubilee celebrations, is an inspiration to anyone contemplating with horror the prospect of advancing old age. As recorded here by veteran journalist Hennessy, it is a more than welcome addition to the tradition of comic fictional diaries, including those of Adrian Mole and Bridget Jones. A real riot — and not just for the Freedom Pass generation’

The Daily Mail reviews Not Far from Dreamland by Val Hennessy. Get your copy of the book here today!

Victor Montagu, the father of Robert Montagu, avoided prosecution for child abuse in 1972. The Guardian, Mail Online and Dorset Echo have covered this new discovery, according to files released by the National Archives.

Robert Montagu has said that he knows ten people who were abused by his father as children but he believed there may be up to twenty.

 ‘It doesn’t surprise me altogether but I didn’t realise that it went on so late into his life. I had no idea he was ever visited by the police at home or charged. My father was a loner, I don’t think he was part of any Westminster paedophile ring, but he was right there at the time. He had a house in Great College Street, near the House of Commons, and overlooking the gardens of Westminster School, he was right in the middle of it all’

Robert Montagu speaks to the Guardian about the abuse suffered at the hands of his father. Get your copy of Robert’s harrowing memoir, A Humour of Love, today.

Quartet would like to congratulate László Krasznahorkai on winning the International Man Booker Prize, awarded every two years for a body of work.

Quartet first published The Melancholy of Resistance in 1998.

‘With lovely, spindly illustrations by Sally Ann Lasson, the plot has charm and grace…young readers will be both moved by the donkey’s plight, and amused and touched by her eventual fate; while the connection between man and animal resonates powerfully’

The TLS reviews The White Umbrella by Brian Sewell. Get your copy of the book here.

Brian Sewell speaks to Steve Wright about The White Umbrella on BBC Radio 2.

Listen to the full interview here.

Get your copy of the book here.

‘Singh has done her research really well. There is authenticity in the hotel layout, the near identical rooms and corridors, the acres of marble in common areas. She’s studied (war) photographers and their kit too, there’s a preciseness about Sam’s work and equipment that has just the right level of detail. As to whether Abhi, Sam or any of the others get out alive, of course I can’t say, but this gripping novel will stay with me for these two wonderfully written characters. I heartily recommend it’

Shiny New Books reviews Hotel Arcadia by Sunny Singh. Read the full review here and get  your copy of the book here.

‘For women, Venus is a reassuring entity, recognition that they are not simply objects of desire. Her mythology gives her the identity of a mother, daughter and someone whose intelligence and cunning is not to be underestimated. For men, her nude body is undoubtedly titillating and erotic and yet Venus is above objectification. For while she is nude, she is not naked’

The Erotic Review Magazine reviews Venus by Grace Vane Percy – read the full article here and get your copy of Venus by here today!