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Comment by Miranda Forbes on September 13, 2009 at 6:48pm

New erotic anthology created to raise money for Macmillan through Burlesque Against Breast Cancer and Xcite Books

Last year saw the creation of Burlesque Against Breast Cancer, which aimed to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support through a series of glamorous events, and erotica anthology Ultimate Burlesque. Such was the success of the campaign, which raised £10,000 for the charity and saw the book shoot to #1 in the Amazon erotica chart within days of its release, that Xcite Books has once again joined forces with BABC creator, Emily Dubberley, to produce a follow-up erotic anthology, Ultimate Decadence.
Ultimate Decadence is an anthology of 30 erotic stories on the theme of decadence from best-selling authors including Karen Krizanovich, Susanne Portnoy, Maxim Jakubowski and Elizabeth Coldwell. Every aspect of decadent sexual excess is explored, from Bloomsbury-set inspired debauched romps to romantically naughty tales full of roses and champagne, diamonds and Venetian masks.
Co-edited by Scarlet Founding Editor Emily Dubberley, Forum Editor, Sarah Berry, and prolific journalist Alyson Fixter, and introduced by best-selling author Mil Millington, all writers donated their stories free of charge, and a minimum of 15% of the cover price of the book goes to Macmillan.
Mil Millington says, “We’re on this earth for only the briefest of blinks. If, during that time, we manage just two things – 1) to help those who need our help, and 2) to roar at the ceiling as our eyes roll up into our heads due to ecstatic syncope - then that’s not bad, I reckon. That’s not bad at all.”

Ultimate Decadence is released on September 29th priced £7.99 from Xcite Books.

For interviews, extracts, review copies, book jacket, and details of the regional tour, please contact emilyd@BurlesqueABC.com or Alison Stokes on 01443 800353 or alison@accentpress.com
For interviews, extracts, review copies, book jacket, and details of the regional tour, please contact emilyd@BurlesqueABC.com or Alison Stokes on 01443 800353 or alison@accentpress.com

Acclaim for the book:
"An anthology of detonator cap short stories to set you off on a burst of hot, panting, frankly disturbing sexual intemperance."
Mil Millington, author of Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About
Editor’s notes:
Ultimate Burlesque is introduced by Mil Millington and features stories from Rachel Kramer Bussel, Adam Sawyer, Wersha Bharadwa, Sarah-Louise Young, Justine Elyot, Donna George Storey, Madeline Moore, Suzanne Portnoy & Simon Morgan, Paris Orsini, Lauren Wissot, Maxim Jakubowski, Henrietta Maddox, Elizabeth K Payne, Monmouth, Daphne Bing, Mistress Grace, Marcelle Perks , Josephine Jay, Jeremy Edwards, Sarah Berry, Mark Farley, Elizabeth Coldwell, Poppy Winters, Miranda Forbes, Laura Godman, Emily Dubberley, Kitty Meadows, Jennifer Dark, Karen Krizanovich and Angel O’ Neill.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK. It affects 44,000 women - and 300 men - per year. That means that by the end of today, over 100 women - and probably one man - will have found out that they have the disease.

Comment by Miranda Forbes on April 2, 2009 at 7:00pm

Hove Festival of Literature

This May sees the launch of Hove Festival of Literature, in association with City Books and City Reads, featuring some of the best writing talent in the UK. Forming part of Fletch @ St Andrew’s, which is bringing Brighton Festival to Hove for the first time, it offers a new space for authors to profile their work. With events for reading and writing fans alike, book your tickets now for:

7pm, 8th May - Writing Open Mic event in association with ABCtales.com, Iron Duke, 3 Waterloo St, £5
Come along with a 3 minute short story extract or poem, and get the audience you deserve.

6pm, 12th May - Laughter and Literature, St Andrew’s Church, £10/£8

Mil Millington (Instructions for Living Someone Else’s Life) and Robert Rankin (The Brightonomicon) discuss comedy writing in a panel discussion led by Michael ‘Atters’ Attree (Chair of the Moustache Club of Great Britain).

6pm, 19th May, Ultimate Escapism, St Andrew’s Church, £10/£8

Leading fiction writers, Katie Fforde (Wedding Season) and Jo Rees (Platinum) will be joined by burlesque star, Immodesty Blaize, whose debut novel Tease is out this Summer, to explore the escapism inherent in romance novels.

4.30pm, 18th and 19th May, The Three Stigmata of Pacman, £5

Poet and comedian Ross Sutherland (one of The Times Top Ten Literary Stars of 2008) attempts to escape from a series of identical small blue mazes. Surreal fun.

7pm, 18th May, How to Get Published, £5, Iron Duke, 3 Waterloo St, £5
Scarlet magazine founding editor, and internationally published journalist Emily Dubberley leads a workshop for new and established writers on finding getting your work in print.
£5 from www.fletchatstandrews.com, www.ticketweb.com or by calling 08444 77 1000.

6.30pm, 22nd May, Erotica Writing for Fun and Profit in Association with Xcite Books, Iron Duke, 3 Waterloo St, £5
Embrace your naughtier side and let your creative juices flow in this erotic writing seminar presented by best-selling erotic authors, editors and publishers.

Tickets are available from www.fletchatstandrews.com, www.ticketweb.com or by calling 08444 77 1000. Anyone attending Hove Festival of Literature will also have the chance to take part in the Scrabble Challenge with prizes for the highest scorer each week

Comment by Miranda Forbes on March 12, 2009 at 10:56am

Please add your press release as a new discussion rather than a comment and please ensure they are only about erotic books - thank you.