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Megan Larkin, who previously worked for Orchard Books and has been a consistent fan of the colour pink (remember the UK jacket for Spinelli's Stargirl?) wore pink shoes to launch the new Usborne Fiction List at an event packed full with authors, agents, booksellers and reviewers, despite the clash with the TV broadcast of England's quarter-final.
Champagne flowed freely in the courtyard at Dartmouth House, home to the English Speaking Union, where a bouyant Peter Usborne gave an upbeat assessment of his company's current turnover. "We're on a roll," he said. Which is good news for the authors signed up for this autumn and next year.
Larkin has come up with an interesting mix of UK and US books. Notably missing at this stage, however, is new young talent.
Linda Newbery, initiator of the group protest to my stand on peer reviewing in The Guardian, tells me that all three Historical House titles are now being published at the same time, in November.
Also exceptionally bouyant on the evening, and deservedly so, was Justin Somper, obviously well-pleased with another successful launch. Somper is handling publicity and key promotion for the list, and will be setting in motion an ACHUKA interview with Rodman Philbrick, whose Freak The Mighty gets its first UK release on the Usborne list.
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