Brand new online book shop here

Tune in to The Peter Gordon Breakfast Show Thursday 4th August from 7.30am

April 27th 2011 - John Maytham Show, Cape Talk Radio from 8.35am - here

Pop Goes the Weasel Paperback - 6th October 2010

October 10th 2010 - Sunday Telegraph Pick of the Paperbacks here

November 2010 - Reader, I Read It Interview - here

November 2010 - Love Reading review - here

Novermber 2010 - Truth About Books review - here

Booksignings, Talks and Appearences - 2010

24th September 2010 - New Haw Library from 7pm

9th October 2010 - Waterstones, Banbury Cross, Oxfordshire from 11am

9th October 2010 - Waterstones, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire from 2pm

13th November 2010 - Addlestone. Shooting Stars Children's Charity appearence

27th November 2010 - Waterstones, Staines from 11am

2nd December 2010 - Waterstones Brighton from 6pm

4th December 2010 - Waterstones, Basingstoke from 11am

11th December 2010 - Waterstones, Farnham, Surrey from 11am

17th December 2010 - Waterstones, Guildford, Surrey from 11am

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What Caesar Did for My Salad by Albert Jack - 2nd September 2010


October 2nd 2010 - Suite 101 here

September 23rd 2010 - Oxford Mail - here

September 16th 2010 - TalkSPORT radio at 12.30pm with Mike Parry and Mike Graham - listen here

15th September 2010 - Bistro Chic - here

September 14th 2010 - Talk Radio Europe at 12.30pm - listen here

September 13th 2010 - The Daily Express - here

September 7th 2010 - Lancashire Evening Post - here

September 2010 - Albert Jack - Guest of the Week on US network Talk Radio - here

August 2010 - The Bookseller Editor's Pick with 5 Star Rating here

6th September 2010 - The Daily Mail here

2nd September 2010 - The Daily India TV Show - here

2nd September 2010 - The Indian here

2nd September 2010 - GMTV video clip here

1st September 2010 - The Sun here

26th August 2010 - The Wharf here

22nd August 2010 - 'Book of the Week' - Sunday Telegraph here

30th September 2009 Albert is Penguin USA Guest Blogger of the week. Read what he has to say here

Albert Jack's fascinating and entertaining investigation of the history of pub and hotel names is due for publication on September 3rd 2009. Read the introduction here

Booksignings

2009 Saturday 19th September Waterstones in Guildford between 1 - 2pm

Saturday 26th September Waterstones in Colchester between 12.30 and 1.30pm


All the news on Albert Jack's bestselling 2009 book Pop Goes the Weasel here

Albert Jack interviewed by Bookzone TV click here

Albert Jack TV Interview click here

The Mystery Case Book click here

The Scottish Daily Record Book Group click here

The Sunday Times on Ten Minute Mysteries click here

Ten Minute Mysteries National Review click here

Penguin Press release for Ten Minute Mysterties click here

Albert Jack in depth interview with the South African national press click here...

That's Bollocks National Review click here

Albert Jack Press Release February 2007 click here

Red Herrings and White Elephants in America - click here

Red Herrings and White Elephants review click here

Latest News

 

March 2009 - Penguin Australia are to produce a Penguin Special Box Set of Loch Ness Monsters, Shaggy Dogs and Phantom Hitchhikers for release during 2009.

February 2009 - Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs, Albert's book covering the world's great mysteries has received its first review in America. Publication date is March 10th 2009. Read review

December 2008 - Penguin USA announce the acquisition of two Albert Jack books for release in America. Shaggy Dogs and Lame Ducks will be published in September 2009 and Pop Goes the Weasal during 2010.

December 2008 - Penguin UK are delighted to announce the acquisition of two brand new Albert Jack books for worldwide release in 2009 and 2010. The new six figure contract means Alber will remain a Penguin author until at least the end of 2010.

October 2008 - CNN News America Interview here

October 2008 - Penguin USA have bought the US rights to POP Goes the Weasel for release in America in 2009


September 2008 - Penguin USA are to release Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep in America as Black Sheep and Lame Ducks in August 2009

September 2008 - Pop Goes the Weasel becomes bestseller. More news here

April 2008 - Penguin Books are due to release Albert Jack's study of the history and origins of nursery rhymes caled Pop Goes the Weasel on August 28th 2008

February 2008 - Random House to release Albert Jack's Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs in America on January 1st 2009. click here

Albert Jack 2007 Booksigning Tour Details

Tues 16th October, 19.00 - 20.00 - Waterstones, Peacock Centre Woking (Woking Library)
Sat 20th October, 14.00 - 15.00 - Borders, Brent Cross
Tue 23rd October, 19.00 - 20.00 - Borders, Bournemouth
Wed 24th October, 18.00 - 19.00 - Borders, Southampton
Thu 25th October, 18.30 - 19.30 - Borders, Brighton
Fri 26th October, 12.00 - 13.00 - Borders, Newbury
Mon 29th October, 18.00 - 19.00 - Waterstones, Camberley
Thu 1st November, 18.30 - 19.30 - Borders, Lakeside
Sat 3rd November, 14.00 - 15.00 - Waterstones, Guildford

Sat 10th November, 12.00 - 14.00 - New York, USA
Tue 14th November, 13.00 - 14.00 - Boston, USA
Fri 16th November, 14.00 - 15.00 - Chicago, USA
Mon 19th November, 15.00 - 16.00 - San Diego, USA
Wed 21st November, 12.00 - 13.00 - Orange County, USA

Sat 1st December, 12.00 - 13.00 - Waterstones, Godalming
Sat 1st December, 14.00 - 15.00 - Waterstones, Guildford
Tue 3rd December, 12.00 - 13.00 - Waterstones, Winchester
Tue 3rd December, 15.00 - 16.00 - Borders, Bournemouth
Sun 9th December, 11.00 - 12.00 - Waterstones, Cribbs Causway, Bristol
Sun 9th December, 12.00 - 13.00 - Borders, Clifton.
Sun 9th December, 13.00 - 14.00 - Blackwells, Clifton
Sun 9th December, 14.00 - 15.00 - Waterstones, Union Gallery, Bristol.
Fri 21st December, 15.00 - 16.00 - Borders, Brighton


October 4th 2007 - Albert Jack's Ten Minute Mysteries is released today and available in all good bookshops. Signed copies are available on this website.

April 2007 - The new book has been completed and is ready for press. Albert Jack's Ten Minute Mysteries is due for publication in October 2007 See here for details

March 2007 - Hachette Pratique have bought the French rights to Albert Jack's Urban Legends which is due for translation and publication in France in June 2006.

October 26th 2006. Albert is off to Cape Town to work on a new book of mysteries. He will be away for six months.

18th October 2006. Albert Jack is to appear on The Panel TV Show on Ireland's RTE Network on Monday 23rd October. Click here

September 28th 2006 - That's Bollocks has been released and is in the shops now. Albert will be appearing at Waterstones in Guildford High Street on Thursday 5th October 2006 at 5pm for the launch book signing. Everybody welcome.

August 2006. Penguin Books have announced a new six figure two book contract for Albert Jack to deliver books for the Autumn markets of both 2007 and 2008.

May 2006. This years title That's Bollocks is now completed and is due for release by Penguin Books on October 6th 2006. Albert is to announce new projects by the end of May 2006. Click here

April 2006 - Red Herrings and White Elephants has been translated and released in Japan this week. Click here

January 2006. The year long serialisation of Red Herrings and White Elephants in the Sunday Times is to come to an end. The Sunday Telegraph will begin a three month serialisation of Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep.

November 2005 - Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep is at number 11 of the UK bestseller list, Red Herrings remains at number 15.

October 2005 - Red Herrings and White Elephants is to be released in America by Harper Collins on Nov 3rd 2005. Click here

September 2005 - Albert is to appear on ITN News with Jon Stewart on Sunday 11th Sept at 10.20am.

September 3rd - Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep is to be launched at Ottackers book shop in Guildford on September 10th.

July 2005 - Albert has returned from Cape Town to put the finishing touches on Shaggy Dogs before its release in September.

March 14th 2005 - A Shaggy Dog Story for Penguin: Two New Books from Albert Jack

Penguin is delighted to announce the acquisition of two new books by Albert Jack, author of the huge bestseller Red Herrings and White Elephants. The first book, Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep, to be published this autumn, will develop the great success of Red Herrings and White Elephants, which has generated masses of enthusiastic responses and queries from readers, listeners and viewers. The second book, a collection of urban legends called That's Bollocks, will appear in autumn 2006.

Georgina Laycock, Penguin's new reference senior editor, and Nigel Wilcockson, publishing director fought off four other publishers to acquire British Commonwealth rights from Robert Smith at the Robert Smith Literary Agency.

Feb 17th 2005
Albert is back on This Morning on ITV for the fourth time on Wednesday 23rd February.

Feb 4th 2005
Albert Jack is speaking at the Institute of Public Relations AGM in City Hall, London.

23rd January 2005.
The Sunday Times has bought the serial rights to Red Herrings and will be publishing extracts for three months in the Informer section of The Sunday Times Magazine.

Jan 6th 2005
Red Herrings is a best-seller. www.bookseller.com

Jan 5th 2005
Albert makes his first appearance on ITV's This Morning programme with Philip Scofield and Fern Brittan having been given the role of their new resident English Language Expert. He is also booked for Wednesday 12th and Wednesday 19th so see him in action then. Web Link

December 24th 2004
Red Herrings and White Elephants has surged up the charts and is now at number 7 on the Sunday Times Best-seller list.

December 14th 2004
Albert is appearing on BBC Breakfast with Dermot Murnaghan and Jane Hill to discuss Red Herrings

The Book Launch Party for Red Herrings takes place at The House of Commons on Thursday 16th December 2004 at 1.30pm, courtesy of Tony Banks MP.

December 10th 2004
Daily Mirror features Red Herrings

December 9th 2004
The Daily Mail run a full page news item on Red Herrings.

December 5th 2004
The News of the World have a full page news item on Red Herrings.