News

2008

March

Two new books are published this month.

The first is a wholly revised edition of a classic mountaineering title: The Day the Rope Broke, by Ronald W Clark. It's the exhilirating, yet ultimately tragic story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and his party, in July 1865. The remarkable ascent and its terrible aftermath form one of the key events in mountaineering history. Available in both hardback and softback.

A Pocket Guide to Snowdonia's Best Mountain Walks £6.99

The second book is a potential future mountain classic: A Pocket Guide to Snowdonia's Best Mountain Walks, by Carl Rogers. Gathered together here are some of the very best high level walks and scrambles throughout Snowdonia, with at least one walk in each of the nine main hill groups: the Carneddau, Glyderau, Snowdon, Eifionydd, Moelwynnion, Rhinogydd, Arenig, Cadair Idris, and the Arans. In full colour, with detailed route descriptions, coloured relief maps, and extensively illustrated with superb photographs.

February

Our new blog is launched. We aim to post at least once and more usually twice a week. Subjects will range from book and publishing news to pieces on walking in Cheshire, North Wales and Snowdonia, natural history, the outdoors, walking, and climbing.

Northern Eye Books display at Waterstones, Chester

Waterstones in Chester are so pleased with the record sales of two of our new books, Walks in Mysterious Cheshire and Wirral, and Walks in West Cheshire and Wirral, that they dedicate a whole display exclusively to our walking titles. It's close to the entrance and the paydesk. What a result :)

December

Walks in West Cheshire and Wirral, by well-known Cheshire author Jen Darling, is launched. Following a successful press and publicity campaign, the book becomes the Number Two bestseller in Waterstones, Chester, pipped to the post only by the 'Richard and Judy' book of the week. Amazing!

November

New, full colour, revised edition of A Pocket Guide to Snowdon, by Russell Roberts, reaches the shops, now with stunning new colour photographs.

August

www.northerneyebooks.com goes live. As site visitor numbers climb, the first sales and author enquiries arrive.

2006

September

Walks in Mysterious Cheshire and Wirral, by Tony Bowerman, is published. Publicity includes a series of six monthly themed articles in Cheshire Life magazine.

January

Full colour, bilingual English/Welsh The Isle of Anglesey Coastal Path, by Carl Rogers, is launched and soon becomes a Welsh bestseller. Produced in partnership with Anglesey Borough Council.

2005

June

New Cheshire publishers, Northern Eye Books Limited is formed by Carl Rogers of Mara Books, and Tony Bowerman of Wordplay Publishing, to publish a new range of quality outdoors and walking books. Quality is our watchword.