2QT Publishing Services

23/06/2023

Date for your diaries... Friday 14th July in Settle at Limestone Bookshop. International ultrarunner, Mike Hartley will be holding a book signing to to launch his autobiography From One Extreme to the Other. More details to follow.

11/11/2022

Earlier this year we worked with an American author who was publishing her first novel, having previously written short stories. Here is the link to a recent interview she gave in the US.

https://media.artistfirst.com/ArtistFirst_Doug_Dahlgren_2022-11-04_Kimber_Silver.mp3

Her book Broken Rhodes is available on Amazon.
Broken Rhodes https://amzn.eu/jkUzoPd

29/09/2022

A date for your diaries - Farsley Literature Festival (near Leeds). The Festival runs from 18th October - 22nd November and you can find more information on the main festival website, where you will also find details of 2QT Author Mary Holmes talk - An Evening with Mary Holmes - on November 8th.

http://farsleylit.co.uk/where

Mary released her book 'Elizabeth: the feisty feminist' about about Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy in June of this year.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Elizabeth-feisty-feminist-Mary-Holmes/dp/191408358X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1PW4J4BJIV4UX

Elizabeth: the feisty feminist

28/09/2022

Frank English will be holding a signing event in
W H SMITH in SOUTHPORT on
SATURDAY 1st OCTOBER
from 10 AM

Frank has written books for both Children and Adults, and there will be some special deals on the day!

14/09/2022

ARE YOU A PUBLISHED AUTHOR?
Don’t forget to register for your Public Lending Right
If your printed books and audio-books are borrowed from UK public libraries you may be eligible for payment
through the government-funded Public Lending Right scheme.
All you have to do is apply to the PLR office for registration and provide details of your books.
 Writers, illustrators, photographers, editors, translators, narrators, producers and abridgers can apply. Where
there is more than one contributor to a book the PLR is shared.
 Anyone resident in the UK or in any of the other countries within the European Economic Area can apply.
 The amount payable is based on the estimated number of times registered books are borrowed nationally
during the PLR year (1 July – 30 June).
 Payments are made annually each February. (There were over 22,000 recipients in 2018 of payments
between £1 and £6,600.)
 There are no joining or membership fees.
 Applications on behalf of a deceased author are not permitted.

Please visit our website www.bl.uk/plr

or telephone +44 (0) 1937 546030 for further information

Twitter:

How to register for UK and Irish PLR and get payments for borrowed books

24/08/2022

Frank English will be at W H SMITH SKIPTON on SATURDAY 27th AUGUST from 10am

The event is to launch his latest release, Secrets Revealed, the sequel to Hidden Secrets. A Victorian saga based in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

There's a special deal as well...

" ... if you walk through the door and say to me "Ow do, Frank Owd C**k?" whilst winking, you can buy the first one and get the sequel half price. Is that all rayt?"

23/08/2022

Many authors publish their work and in doing so raise money for charities. One such author is John Elm, with his memoir Music to my Years. Here is an extract from Darlington & Stockton Times explaining how the book came about and how sales will help raise much needed money for Cancer Research.

16/06/2022

Radio Looe - Children's Corner

30/03/2022

These Walls Were Never Really There by Bryan Blears is due for release this week.
Based on a true story, about mental health, friendship and redemption... its compelling.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/These-Walls-Never-Really-There/dp/1914083385/ref=sr_1_1?crid=RHGPMDF1V5WK&keywords=Bryan+Blears&qid=1648644522&sprefix=bryan+blears%2Caps%2C68&sr=8-1

These Walls Were Never Really There

08/02/2022

Msrk Tuohy will be a guest on BBC Radio Cumbria next Wednesday 16th February at 8.15pm when he will be interviewed about his novel The Tide.
If you can't tune in on the night it should be available via BBC iPlayer website.

04/02/2022

Author Mark Tuohy is going to be on tour this coming March with his book The Tide. You can catch him in Ulverston Library on 2nd March, Kendal Library 10th March and Grange Library 15th March. Places are limited so please do book early.

17/12/2021

We would like to wish all our authors a very happy Christmas and New Year.

**Christmas and New Year office closure**
We will be closed from 5pm on Tuesday 21st December 2021 until Monday 10th January 2022.

19/06/2021

07/06/2021

What a great review on The Settlement by Ruth Kirby-Smith on the NB website.
Excerpt reads:
It would be hard to overstate how much I enjoyed this story and how much I admired the author’s writing-style. She combined an economical use of language with some truly exquisite literary prose to bring alive not just her richly-portrayed characters, but to evoke the political, social and geographical background against which the story evolves. I think that one of the reasons I felt so immediately drawn into the story, and why it retained its grip on me throughout (and beyond!), is that she made me feel for each of her characters, to experience the dilemmas they were facing and the choices they felt forced to make.

The full review can be seen here:

https://nbmagazine.co.uk/the-settlement-by-ruth-kirby-smith/

Linda Hepworth reviews The Settlement by Ruth Kirby Smith

25/03/2021

Here at 2QT we are very sad to inform you that on Monday 22nd March, Rob Auty - author, co-owner of 2QT and partner, passed away peacefully at home after a long battle with cancer.

Rob was best known for his Hare's Tale books and he will be greatly missed by fellow authors and the team here. Some have asked about how they can acknowledge Rob in some way. If you would like to make a donation to Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice where Rob stayed a few times that would be very much appreciated. Rob and I were so grateful for the support and care given to us - not only in the hospice but once Rob came home - they truely were an extension of our family - we couldnt have managed without them.

If you would like to donate please do so on the link below, we would ask that you make sure the donation is for Manorlands Hospice and if you would like to mark it in memory of Rob Auty then there's an option for you to do so.

https://www.sueryder.org/how-we-can-help/sue-ryder-manorlands-hospice/support

Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice is in Oxenhope, near Keighley. As well as expert palliative care, we support people with life-limiting conditions, and their families. We work across Airedale, Wharfedale, Craven, and North and Bradford.