Island-based
publisher, Cranachan, is to launch a brand-new Young Adult imprint ‘Gob
Stopper’. Adding to their successful Pokey Hat imprint, which specialises in
high quality historical fiction for 8-12-year olds, Cranachan hope to extend
their readership by targeting teen readers in Scotland.
The Gob Stopper imprint will
include a clutch of strong, Scottish-set titles. Ross Sayers, whose debut novel
with Cranachan, Mary’s the Name, was
shortlisted for the Saltire First Book
Award in 2017, will be the first author published under the new imprint
with his latest novel, Sonny and Me, out
in May 2019.
Written in Scots and set
in a fictitious Stirling secondary school, Sonny
and Me, is described as Still Game
meets Gregory’s Girl. The story
follows two pals, Daughter and Sonny, as they try to get through fourth year at
high school. When their favourite teacher leaves unexpectedly, and no one will
say why, the boys decide to start their own investigation. As they dig deeper
into the staff at Battlefield High, they discover a dark secret which one
person will kill to protect… Will they uncover the truth without being
expelled? Can their friendship survive when personal secrets are revealed? And
will they manage to skive off double English?
Cranachan’s Publicity and
Sales Manager, Kelly Macdonald, says “we want to publish books that are
relevant; that teens can identify with the themes and recognise themselves in
the pages. Sonny and Me is YA at its
best for Scottish teenagers: it’s fresh, funny, and it explores diversity and
LGBT issues too. With two male protagonists, we are also hopeful that Sonny and Me could reach some of the
hard-to-reach reluctant readers in schools too.”
Further titles to be released
under the new imprint include Girl in a
Cage by literary heavyweights Jane Yolen and Robert J Harris, about Robert
the Bruce’s daughter Marjorie and her kidnapping by the Edward 1 and The Stone of Destiny, an epic fantasy
series by debut author Caroline Logan, which is described as Outlander meets Lord of the Rings.
Sonny and Me by Ross Sayers is out in May 2019.
As they like to say at Cranachan
HQ – ‘the proof of the pudding is in the reading.’
/ENDS
Editor’s Notes
For
further information, or to obtain Advance Review Copies of forthcoming titles,
please contact:
Kelly
Macdonald
07511
223127
kelly@cranachanpublishing.co.uk
Release issued by:
Kelly
Macdonald
Cranachan
Publishing
07511
223127
kelly@cranachanpublishing.co.uk
About Cranachan Publishing
Established at the beginning of 2016, Cranachan publish high quality children’s fiction and nonfiction, under the Pokey Hat imprint. Readers, young and old alike, can escape to Scotland by experiencing its culture and history through the medium of story, wherever they live in the world. Cranachan also publish educational resources for teachers. Their new YA imprint, Gob Stopper is launching in 2019.
cranachanpublishing.co.uk @cranachanbooks
