Urbane Publications is an independent publisher of non-fiction and business books as well as a selection of bestselling crime, thriller, contemporary and literary fiction.
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Enjoy a fantastic new post from author and leadership coach Rosie Tomkins, whose new book - N-STINCTIVE - has just published: To get to the North Pole - or “True North” - just following the needle on a compass won’t work, it will take you to magnetic north. In order...
NB's reviewer writes: "Coates is a skilful plotter, she doesn’t drop backstory in in one passage. Go with it if, like me, you don’t know Hannah Weybridge.mCoates has come up with a superb protagonist in Hannah, and there are plenty of decent supporting characters, not least Lucy. The tension with...
We were delighted to see such a positive and thoughtful array of responses to these draft cover concepts. In a way it's quite reassuring since when the team at Urbane devises covers we not only have to create a design we think will work commercially, it has to appeal not...
Bafta award winning screenwriter, martial arts expert, author and playwright Geoff Thompson is at it again! The teaser for his memoir Notes From A Factory Floor has landed. The book will follow in April 2020. Watch it here.
Every six seconds Samaritans responds to a call for help. No judgement. No pressure. They are there for anyone who needs someone. This year we lost the wonderful writer and friend Dan Proops. And we feel that loss every day. Like us, Dan's fellow author, Jonathan Whitelaw, wanted to do...
As part of the Book Fairies Christmas advent extravaganza, copies of K.H.Irvine's A Killing Sin have been placed at locations throughout the UK for keen-eyed readers to find, enjoy and share. This is your chance to get a FREE copy of one of 2019's best thrillers, so keep your eyes...
"Light and fast, this action tale has more subtlety than Dan Brown and fewer flights of fancy. There are a couple of decent surprises along the way and a nice little kicker at the end. A more modern twist on events than is usual in this kind of thriller." Read more...
Autumn has been very busy so far so we thought we’d share with you some of our news: A few months ago, we signed Geoff Thompson’s long awaited sequel to Watch My Back. This next instalment of his memoirs is called Notes from a Factory Floor and will publish in...
She's done it again, Gina Kirkham and her fictional sidekick Constable Mavis Upton draw in the crowds for a fun loving book launch at Waterstone's Liverpool One. Read more here.
It is with a very heavy heart that we must share with you the sad news that writer and artist Dan Proops tragically passed away this week. As you know we were privileged to publish Dan's debut novel A Letter From Sarah earlier this year, a stunningly original novel. Delighted...