Litopia News Monthly Archive

Welcome to the Litopia News Archive. You'll see the latest stories listed below by default - you can use the monthly archive filter at the top of the sidebar to find older items of interest.

Greg delves into mindset of social media as he promotes debut novel

Monday 9th August

Litopian Greg Dawe is promoting his first book by tackling an issue that has created much debate within the Colony – how far can social media drive publicity and influence sales of a novel.

Greg’s debut novel, Theta Head, is published by...

Elen does a Houdini and gives exclamation marks the slip!

Thursday 29th July

Litopian Elen Caldecott is celebrating the launch of her second children’s book, How Ali Ferguson saved Houdini. A funny and moving story about three children making friends and working out their problems (while solving a mysterious case of missing animals), Houdini comes hot...

Legends, leprosy and Lancashire – Libs’ first novel set to be an historical hit

Thursday 8th July

Researching historical events unearthed a rich vein of fiction for Litopian Elizabeth Ashworth, whose debut novel has just been published by Myrmidon Books.

The de Lacy Inheritance - which has been chosen by Waterstone's for its '3 for 2' promotion this month - was inspired by a...

A Muse for every writer!

Monday 24th May

After a wait that has seen the editorial team lose hair, fingernails and weight (they wish…), the first issue of MUSE, the Litopia e-zine, is finally out there!

Packed with vital info for writers, including interviews, articles, columns and reviews, the magazine can be downloaded for free...

T-minus one day and counting…

Sunday 16th May

It is the date the publishing world has been waiting for; an occasion so momentous, it will reverberate around the literary globe, from New York to Newton Heath.

Forget the recent launch of the Apple iPad. That was barely a ripple on the surface of the publishing pond.

What...

Well done to David over Medium Rare success!

Sunday 18th April

Litopian David Bridger is celebrating after securing a first publishing contract for his paranormal romance, Medium Rare.

It will be published later this year as an ebook by Liquid Silver Books, and David claims the critiques the story...

Writers’ and Artists’ short story success for Sheena!

Wednesday 14th April

There’s nothing we like more in the Colony than a first-time success story – and now Sheena Guz has joined the ranks by fending off more than 1,000 writers to claim a prestigious prize.

Sheena, better known as Weejeanie within Litopia, is celebrating her debut fiction success after...