Bologna Book Fair March 2011

Another successful year in Bologna for the Five Mile Press!

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Fleming’s Family Favourite

Garry Fleming

Garry Fleming’s relationship with The Five Mile Press has spanned over 15 years. Garry has published over 20 titles featuring his trademark photo-realistic artwork, including his bestselling instructional How-To-Draw titles which have sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide. In 2011, Garry releases a range of expressive and endearing picture books showcasing a new artwork direction that will appeal to younger children.

New Children’s Titles on the Way!

Natalie Marshall

Experienced designer and illustrator, Natalie Marshall’s unique artwork style has graced greeting cards, fabric and soft toys. Natalie now enjoys illustrating children’s books. Her lovely, textured artwork style is the perfect complement to early learning formats.

A Sneak Peek at Our New Adult Titles for 2011

MRS BEETON’S EVERY DAY COOKERY

A practical and useful guide for all mistresses and servants. Containing:

New and valuable recipes including instructions for foreign and vegetarian cookery

New French and English menus for every month in the year

New menus for breakfast, luncheon, tea, supper and picnics

New tables of housekeeping accounts and household expenditure

With much new and valuable information with regard to modes of cooking, science of cookery and household arrangements

 

BLOOD VOWS

In 1970, a pretty young woman called Helen Cummings married a handsome doctor called Stuart Wynter. But instead of being a marriage made in heaven, it was the beginning of a hellish existence of spiralling abuse that ended six years later when she escaped with her two young children. Except it was the end at all because Dr Wynter remarried – and this woman and her child weren’t able to escape, and Helen wasn’t able to help.

 

HAVE YOUR CAKE

Now you can have your cake and eat it too.

Emily Rose has discovered a new and simple way to bake sweet treats that are jam packed with goodness.

From madelines to macaroons, meringues to mousse, these are the sweet treats everyone loves – sixty delicious recipes suitable for breakfast, morning tea, lunchbox, afternoon tea and dessert.

5-minute Microwave Bottling

Looking for a great last-minute Christmas gift? Look no further than 5-minute Microwave Bottling.

Jam-packed with loads of fantastic recipes for the festive season, 5-minute Microwave Bottling is a favourite for reluctant cooks all over the globe. Try this relish as a delicious accompaniment for your Christmas lunch spread.

Or, alternatively, add a pretty ribbon and a label to your jars and give them to your family as gifts.

They’ll be begging you to make it a tradition!

R e d c u r r a n t R e l i s h

INGREDIENTS

4 lbs redcurrants

1 lb onions

½ lb brown sugar

1½ cups brown vinegar

1 oz green ginger

3 cloves garlic

1 teaspoon turmeric

1 teaspoon cardamom

1 teaspoon salt

METHOD

1. Cut tops of currants, dice onions, scrape and discard skin from ginger, grate finely, crush garlic.

2. Place all ingredients into a large microwave-proof bowl. Cook uncovered on HIGH until relish has thickened, about 25–35 minutes.

3. Fill clean jars, cover with lid. Store.

The Cat in the Hat

According to Apple iTunes Rewind 2010 list, the classic Dr Seuss The Cat in the Hat was listed as the most paid for downloadable book for the year.  For more Dr Seuss Christmas favourites, visit http://www.fivemile.com.au.



Signspotting

It’s hard to imagine a world without signs.

No stop signs, no arrows, no speed limits, no warnings. No bright colours screaming for your attention. Take a good look next time you step outside – signs are just about everywhere. In the county of Kent, England, alone (presumably the only county that bothered to count), they discovered they had 140,000 signs.

But do we really need them – any of them?

In 2007, the German town of Bohmte (population 13,000) decided to remove all of their signs and street markings. They even took away the kerbs, footpaths and traffic lights. And they’re paying more than 2.3 million euros to do it. Why? Because – this is true – they wanted to make their roads safer. They had tried speed traps and crosswalks – the usual fixes – but those didn’t seem to keep the cars and trucks from racing through their main street, treating pedestrians and cyclists like expendable supporting characters in a video game.

Taking a page out of the reverse psychology handbook, Bohmte decided drivers were too comfortable with signs – to the point thatthey ignored them. By removing them, they believed drivers would get nervous and hit the brakes. The roads were remade with a burnt sienna brick to give a subtle indication that drivers were entering a special zone.‘Generally speaking, what we want is for people to be confused. When they’re confused, they’ll be more alert and drive more carefully,’ Bohmte’s deputy mayor, Willi Ladner, told the Washington Post just as the new system opened.

What happened? One eyewitness, Tony Paterson, a newspaper reporter from London’s Independent, noted that vehicles that ‘pass along this stretch of sign-free road seem to be driven by swivel-headed paranoiacs with rubber vertebrae.They crawl along at little more than 15 miles per hour [25 km/h], their occupants constantly craning their necks to make doubly sure that they are not going to hit anything, be it a pedestrian, cyclist, or even another car.

We hope you enjoy the following signs from the third volume of our popular Signspotting series.

Megamind

Its Official,  Megamind was the biggest opener in the USA last week and overall business was up 27% on the same holiday weekend last year.

Official box office takings for the week were US$46million and thus beaten the successful How to Train your Dragon ($43.7M).

Megamind boasted the broadest release yet for the 3D illusion.

This is great news prior to our Christmas release in Australia and New Zealand. Watch for our Megamind colouring and activity range for great stocking fillers.

Christmas Gift Ideas

Looking for the perfect present? Look no further than our beautiful range of traditional Christmas titles!

Christmas Lift the Flap

There are over 70 flaps that reveal hidden surprises or fun facts about Christmas!

The Nutcracker

The magical classic The Nutcracker has been recaptured in this gorgeous illustrated hardcover book featuring the original artwork of talented UK illustrator Lisa Evans.

Santa’s Workshop

Help Santa, his little elves and Rudolph as they prepare for Christmas. This pop-up 3D workshop features press-out characters, a gift chute, a ladder, white flocked snow and trimmings, gold wrapped string, and glitter and foil.

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The 2010 Green Books Campaign

On Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at 1:00 PM Eastern Time 200 bloggers will take a stand to support books printed on environmental paper by simultaneously publishing reviews of 200 such books.

Launched in 2009 by Eco-Libris, this campaign is aiming to promote “green” books by reviewing 200 books printed on recycled paper or FSC-certified paper. Their goal is to use the power of the internet and social media to promote “green” books and increase the awareness of both readers and publishers to the way books can be printed in an eco-friendly manner.

It is truly exciting that 5 books out of the 200 selected for the campaign are from The Five Mile Press, and bloggers from Australia and the US will be reviewing the books.

This year they had 55 publishers participating in the campaign, and they expect the numbers to only escalate in future years, further increasing the campaign’s exposure and impact.

Below are some of the reviews for Ranger in Danger from the Eco-Libris Green Books Campaign. All the reviewers liked the series, from the production and paper quality to the terrific storylines and multiple endings.

Be sure to check out our Ranger in Danger Web game!!

http://www.readingupsidedown.com/?p=1828

“The Ranger in Danger series combines a great environmental message with an exciting story that is different each time you read it. Fantastic for primary school-aged readers, there are currently six books available in the series, each set in a different country. With Christmas just around the corner, they are ideal for Christmas stocking fillers for children with an interest in the environment or a love of adventure stories.”

http://www.jenniferhoward.com/blog/2010/11/green_books_campaign_ranger_in.html

“I found myself going back repeatedly to previous plot junctions to find out what would have happened if I’d taken this turning instead of that one. Some decisions go badly wrong and leave you on the wrong end of a poacher’s gun or a venomous snake’s fangs. It’s an entertaining, somewhat vertigo-inducing experience, as you whipsaw back and forth among pages and plotlines. I can see the appeal for a young reader who imagines him- or herself in all these adventurous scenarios.”

http://littlereginald.blogspot.com/2010/11/green-books-campaign-hernandos.html

“I like the way when you finish you can start again and again so you don’t get bored. The story was very adventurous and fun. It took me to another world, I felt like I was there in the Jungle.”