FRANKFURT 2017 LIFESTYLE HOTLIST

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DLA represents the foreign rights for Graham Maw Christie, September Publishing and Eve White, all of whom have a number of very successful lifestyle titles on their list from memoir to self-help. For more information on GMC’s list and September Publishing’s list (they have a large number of illustrated titles too) please visit www.grahammawchristie.com / http://www.septemberpublishing.org/. Here’s a round-up of new titles:

Inspirational Memoir

Among the Summer Snows by Christopher Nicholson

World Rights: September Publishing (Hannah MacDonald)

Christopher Nicholson’s first book of nature writing is a beautiful account of an unusual obsession. In 2016 the author of The Elephant Keeper and Winter spent August searching for the remaining snows of the Scottish Highlands. His account of his solitary walk is by turns funny, fascinating and inspiring. A meditation on walking, on mountains, on snow and our changing climate, Nicholson also turns his curious eye on nature-lovers themselves. What are we looking for when we walk and

what is it we want from nature? What is it we see and what is it we miss? What remains when we are gone and what have we lost from the landscape forever?A quizzical, ultimately uplifting, journey from a new nature writing voice. Nicholson’s previous book, The Elephant Keeper (4th Estate, 2010) was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and sold over 13,000 copies in the UK. His most recent, Winter, is also published by 4th Estate. Publication: June 2017Extent: 40,000 wordsTranslation rights: DLA

The Witnesses by Michelle Lyons and Larry Fitzgerald

Memoir / True CrimeBlink Publishing. WEL (Kelly Ellis)

This is the remarkable account of Michelle Lyons and Larry Fitzgerald’s time working on death row in Huntsville, Texas.  For over 20 years, Lyons and Fitzgerald were employed

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by the state to accompany prisoners to their final destination.  In total, they were witness to 500 executions.

The story examines those cases that Larry and Michelle found particularly harrowing and their own journey as they watched people they’d become very attached to lose their battle to live.  Whatever your personal views on the death penalty, this is a compelling and important read.

M/s delivery: January 2017Publication: May 2018Translation rights: DLA

Oak and Ash and Thorn by Peter Fiennes

Nature Writing and EnvironmentOneworld (WEL) September 2017Amazon bestseller

The magic and mystery of the woods and trees are embedded in our culture, from ancient folklore to modern literature. They offer us refuge, a place to play and a place to think. They are the generous providers of fuel, timber, energy and life. They let us dream of other ways of living. Yet we now face a future where taking a walk in the woods is consigned to the tales we tell our children. Threatened by development, neglect, climate chaos and ignorance, they are emptier - of flora and fauna, but also of people - than they have ever been. 

Immersing himself in the beauty of Britain's woodlands and the art and writing they have inspired, Peter Fiennes explores our long relationship with the woods and the sad and violent story of how so many have been lost. Just as we need them, our woods need us too. But who, if anyone, is looking out for them?

Extent: 304ppTranslation rights: DLA

The Hidden Horticulturalists by Fiona Davison

Gardening and HistoryAtlantic Books (James Nightingale)

Murder, mystery and intrigue in the world of gardening! Fiona Davison is the Head Librarian for the UK’s prestigious Royal Horticultural Society. Last year she discovered a book that had lain untouched for decades. In it was letters of application to the RHS from hundreds of young men looking for their chance to make a name for themselves as plant collectors. They would travel across the world in search of rare species, many of which are now commonplace on the tables of Europe and beyond. This is the story of modern gardening told through the lives of the men who gave us the sweetest strawberries and the finest orchids… Beautifully told.

Publication: Spring 2019Extent: TBCTranslation rights: DLAUS rights: Atlantic

Stopping Places by Damian Le Bas

UK & Commonwealth: Chatto & Windus (Clara Farmer)

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Our world is very different to the one described to Damien by his great grandmother, a Romany. A nomadic life is unthinkable. Even she lives (very happily) in a bungalow now. As a child, Damian Le Bas would sit on his great-grandmother’s knee, begging for more tales of the old Traveller ways, told to him in the ancient Romany language.  Now, Damian will discover the secret routes passed through the generations. He embarks on a year-long quest across the British Isles and visits the “stopping places”, the old sites of encampment known only to Travellers. But can Damian have the freedom that the nomad in all of us craves, or is the old Traveller way irrevocably lost? His life is very different from that of his forebears – Oxford educated and a poet and journalist, a chance to discover his past is also a chance to write the book he has longed dreamed of. If you loved Isabel Fonseca’s “Bury Me Standing” then this one is for you.

Manuscript delivery: October 2016, 90,000 words. Publication: April 2018.Primary Agent: Jack Ramm at Eve WhiteTranslation rights: DLA

If Women Rose Rooted: The Journey to Authenticity and Belonging by Sharon Blackie

September Publishing. WEL.

‘Mind-blowing. An anthem for all we could be … I sincerely hope every woman who can read has the time and space to read it.’ Manda Scott, Boudica and Into the Fire

A life-changing journey from the wasteland of modern society to a place of nourishment and connection.

If Women Rose Rooted has been described as both transformative and essential. Sharon Blackie leads the reader on a quest to find their place in the world, drawing inspiration from the wise and

powerful females in native mythology, and guidance from contemporary women who have re-rooted themselves in land and community and taken responsibility for shaping the future.

Beautifully written, honest and moving, If Women Rose Rooted is a passionate song to a different kind of femininity, a rallying cry for women to reawaken their natural power – not just for the sake of their own wellbeing, but for love of this threatened earth.

Sharon Blackie’s next novel, The Enchanted Life: Unlocking the Magic of the Everyday, is due for publication in February 2018.

Publication: November 2016Translation rights: DLA

Self Help & Wellness

The Enchanted Life: Unlocking the Magic of the Everyday by Carl Vernon

September Publishing. WEL. (Hannah MacDonald)

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Sharon Blackie is an academic writer whose work centers on the natural world investigates how our lives are inextricably linked to nature. In this important new book, she argues with passion and conviction that the modern world is at risk of self-destruction unless we reconnect with nature.

For Blackie, seeing the enchantment of the everyday is to pick up the pieces of our bruised and battered psyches, and to offer them the nourishment they long for. It is to be challenged, to be awakened, to be gripped and shaken to the core by the extraordinary which lies at the heart of the ordinary. Above all, to live an enchanted life is to fall in love with the world all over again.

September Publishing – Spring 2018US and Canadian rights Anansi Books

The Less Stress Lifestyle by Carl Vernon

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Headline. UK & Commonwealth.

If you are tired of feeling stressed, working too many hours or just feeling miserable, Carl Vernon's The Less-Stress Lifestyle will help you manage it all.

As a follow-up to his bestselling book Anxiety Rebalance, Carl shares the tools and techniques he used to go from being highly anxious and stressed to enjoying a lifestyle of freedom and choice.

Carl's advice is that we cannot remove stress from life - it helps us get things done - but when stress starts to take over it's

time to take back control.

For example, Carl suggests you should throw away the concept of a work-life balance. Why? Because they are the same thing. Instead he shows you how to use stress to your advantage and gives you the tools to:

- Move stress out of your way using his 'Stress Wall' technique- Make money work for you, instead of you working for money- Instantly improve your mood and stay positive with 'The Happiness Trick' - Get back time and energy by distinguishing bad stress from good- Effectively organise and manage your life to create more time for the things you enjoy

The Less-Stress Lifestyle is an invaluable guide for the many thousands of people affected by stress and its related disorders and will help you to rediscover all aspects of your life.

Publication date: January 2017Primary Agent: Graham Maw Christie Translation rights: DLA

Anxiety Rebalance: All the Answers You Need to Overcome Anxiety & Depression by Carl Vernon

Headline, May 2016 (World English Language).

AMAZON OVERALL TOP 10 BESTSELLER

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A self-published phenomenon, this is the book that sold 6000 copies through Amazon alone in just one month, February 2016. Acquired by Headline in April after a fierce auction, this plain-speaking and highly effective approach to living with anxiety has struck a chord with thousands of ordinary people. Anxiety disorders are the most commonly experienced forms of mental illness in the West.

The author struggled for 15 years with the condition until he found a way through - and now is dedicating his life to spreading the word. The book explains how anxiety can control your life, why BALANCE is the only real solution for overcoming it, and the ten actions you need to take to achieve lifetime change. Anxiety UK has enthusiastically endorsed the book. Carl is working on a follow up title for Headline.

Translation rights: DLAUS rights: HeadlineTerritories sold: China Book/Post Wave (Chinese simplified language rights), Grada (Czech Republic), Pegasus (Turkey), City Editions (France)

Banish Clutter Forever: How the Toothbrush Principle Will Change Your Life by Sheila Chandra

Vermilion, March 2010. (World English Language)

Why is it that even the most disorganised person never seems to lose their toothbrush?How can this simple fact solve all our clutter problems?

The Toothbrush Principle is a simple yet inspired approach to de-cluttering your home. Whether you live in a mansion or a bedsit, this book will show you how to: organise according to the unconscious blueprint that naturally tidy people have, so that getting and staying organised is easy; know what to throw away with confidence; set up your wardrobe so you get much more use out of the clothes you have; work from home productively in a

clear, designated space; tame your inbox!

Step-by-step, room-by-room, you'll soon find that you hardly ever lose things, massive clear outs become a thing of the past and you never spend more than 10 minutes a day tidying up.So stop drowning in piles of clutter, learn how to be organised and start creating space to live out the life of your dreams!

Translation rights: DLARights Sold: Grada (Czech Republic)

Popular Philosophy

Isn’t This Fun? Investigating the Serious Business of Enjoying Ourselves by Michael Foley

Simon and Schuster, June 2016 (WEL)

Michael Foley wants to understand why he doesn't appear to be experiencing as much 'fun' as everyone else. So, with characteristic wit and humour, he sets out to understand what fun really means, examining fun from every angle — its heritage, its paradoxical, complex nature, its cultural significance and the various activities we associate with fun.

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Sections on holidays, dancing, laughing, transgression, play and even fun with politics, will invigorate you with insights, make you laugh at life - and quite possibly prompt you to dance naked in the rain. He concludes that fun has become as much as of a burden as work.  Foley makes a strong case for a return of play against purpose, absurdity against self-importance, the city against the car, the ordinary body against flawless models.  A deeply thoughtful and liberating book.

Michael Foley has published critically-acclaimed poetry, novels. His first non-fiction book, The Age of Absurdity (Simon & Schuster 2010), was a bestseller and has been translated into seven languages.

www.michael-foley.net

Translation rights: DLAUS rights: Simon & SchusterRights sold: Netherlands (Atlas Contact), Korea (National University Press)

Embracing the Ordinary: Lessons from the Celebrants of Everyday Life by Michael Foley

Simon & Schuster, July 2012 (World English Language)

In his follow-up title, Embracing the Ordinary: Lessons from the celebrants of Everyday Life (Simon and Schuster UK May 2012),

Foley sets out to alter our perception of the mundane. In today's society devoted as it is to distraction and celebrity, it has never been more difficult to pay attention to the 'right here' and 'right now'. Our experience of everyday life is increasingly devalued.

Drawing on a wide range of references, including philosophers, anthropologists, scientists, artists and writers Foley redresses this by unveiling the splendour in all that is deemed ordinary.

Translation rights: DLAUS rights: Simon & SchusterRights sold: Atlas Contact (Netherlands)

The Age of Absurdity by Michael Foley

Simon & Schuster, February 2010 (World English Language)

The good news is that the great thinkers from history have proposed the same strategies for happiness and fulfilment. The bad news is that these turn out to be the very things most discouraged by contemporary culture. This knotty dilemma is the subject of The Age of Absurdity - a wry and accessible investigation into how the desirable states of wellbeing and satisfaction are constantly undermined by modern life.

Michael Foley examines the elusive condition of happiness common to philosophy, spiritual teachings and contemporary psychology, then shows how these are becoming increasingly

difficult to apply in a world of high expectations.

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The common challenges of earning a living, maintaining a relationship and ageing are becoming battlegrounds of existential angst and self-loathing in a culture that demands conspicuous consumption, high-octane partnerships and perpetual youth. In conclusion, rather than denouncing and rejecting the age, Foley presents an entertaining strategy of not just accepting but embracing today's world - finding happiness in its absurdity.

Translation rights: DLAUS rights: Simon & SchusterRights sold: Atlas Contact (Netherlands), Alaude (Brazil), Kniji Zaha Ljevak (Croatia), Across (Korea), Cite Editions (Taiwan)

For more information on our extensive foreign rights catalogue, please contact:

Rebecca Winfield: Chinese language rights (simplified & complex), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, South America inc Brazil, USA & CanadaNick Walters: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey

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BRAZIL & PORTUGALSeibel Publishing Serviceshttp://seibelpublishingservices.com/

CHINA (simplified / complex) Artemis AgencyTaipei City, Taiwanhttps://www.facebook.com/artemisagency

JAPANJapan Uni AgencyTokyo, Japanhttp://www.japanuni.co.jp/index.html

KOREAEric Yang Agency Seoul, Koreahttp://www.ericyangagency.co.kr/

POLANDBook/Lab Literary AgencyWarsaw, Polandhttp://www.literatura.com.pl/

RUSSIAThe van Lear AgencyMoscow, Russiahttps://www.facebook.com/TheVanLearAgency/

TURKEYNurcihan Kesim Literary AgencyIstanbul, Turkeyhttp://www.nkliteraryagency.com/