2016 News Archive
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Season's Greetings
23rd December 2016 Extremis Publishing would like to wish all of our readers a wonderful festive season, and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year ahead in 2017. Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past year, and we look forward to presenting some exciting new titles over the months to come. |
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Exploring Festive Cinema at Christmas
15th December 2016 Scrooged. Santa Claus: The Movie. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. All of these eighties Christmas films have become staples of festive TV schedules, conjuring up a warm sense of nostalgia for some while finding new audiences even in the present day. But what are the stories behind these seasonal movies, and why have some become modern classics while others have faded into the mists of time? In Thomas A. Christie's book A Righteously Awesome Eighties Christmas: Festive Cinema of the 1980s, the most famous Christmas films of the decade are discussed alongside some of the more obscure to build up a picture of one of the most inventive and creatively vibrant periods in the genre's history. Find out more about the book on our A Righteously Awesome Eighties Christmas page. |
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Article in The Courier
12th December 2016 Best wishes to Dr Colin M. Barron, who has appeared in today's edition of The Courier. Colin features in an article by Caroline Lindsay entitled "Colin’s Own Health Battles Help His Writing to Take Off", including some background information about his recent books The Craft of Public Speaking and Planes on Film. To read an online version of the article, please visit The Courier's website. |
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Battle of Pearl Harbor Anniversary
7th December 2016 75 years ago, on 7th December 1941, the Battle of Pearl Harbor took place in Hawaii Territory during World War II. One of the most infamous surprise military strikes ever to take place in the history of aerial warfare, the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy would lead to the entry of the United States of America into the Second World War, and has been depicted in numerous films over the years. In his book Planes on Film: Ten Favourite Aviation Films, Dr Colin M. Barron explores the Battle of Pearl Harbor as it was depicted in the films Tora, Tora, Tora (1970) and Pearl Harbor (2001). To find out more about these movies, and many others besides, please visit our Planes on Film page. |
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Christmas Competition Winner Announced
30th November 2016 Many congratulations to PAULA FRECK, who is the winner of the Extremis Publishing Christmas competition! Paula will be receiving a signed and personalised copy of Thomas A. Christie's new book A Righteously Awesome Eighties Christmas along with a selection of some of the best-loved Christmas films of the 1980s on DVD. Thanks to everyone who took part in the competition; please "like" the Extremis Publishing company page on Facebook for details of more prize draws taking place in the months to come. |
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Happy Thanksgiving
24th November 2016 Extremis Publishing would like to wish a very Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers in the United States. Thank you to all of our American customers for their support throughout the year, and we wish each of you a wonderful holiday weekend. |
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A Righteously Awesome Eighties Christmas Now Available to Order
14th November 2016 Extremis Publishing is delighted to announce that Thomas A. Christie's book A Righteously Awesome Eighties Christmas is now available to buy from all good online retailers and independent booksellers. The book contains a lively and entertaining analysis of festive cinema from 1980 to 1989, examining some of the best-known Christmas films of the eighties as well as many of the more obscure titles to emerge throughout the decade. For more details, please visit our A Righteously Awesome Eighties Christmas page. |
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A Righteously Awesome Eighties Christmas Video Promo Launched
9th November 2016 With less than a week to go until the release of A Righteously Awesome Eighties Christmas: Festive Cinema of the 1980s, author Thomas A. Christie dons his favourite Christmas sweater to talk about his book in a new promo video. Don't forget that there is still time to enter the Extremis Publishing Christmas prize draw - more details can be found by visiting our Facebook company page at https://www.facebook.com/extremispublishing/. |
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Article in FlyPast Magazine
31st October 2016 Warmest congratulations to Dr Colin M. Barron on the recent feature on his book Planes on Film which has appeared in the November 2016 edition of FlyPast magazine. Produced by Key Publishing, FlyPast is widely regarded as an international leading journal for aviation history and heritage. Planes on Film is available to buy from online retailers and independent booksellers across the world. |
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Halloween in Missoula
27th October 2016 Americans really know how to celebrate Halloween in style - something that David M. Addison discovered during his stay in Montana during the 1970s. In his book Still Innocent Abroad, David and his family spend their first October in the city of Missoula during their exchange visit to the United States. While there, they discover an unforgettable Halloween thanks to the famous hospitality of their hosts... and find out about some traditional customs of the season that they had never anticipated! To find out more, order your copy of Still Innocent Abroad today. More details are available on our Still Innocent Abroad page. |
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Announcing A Righteously Awesome Eighties Christmas
17th October 2016 Extremis Publishing is delighted to announce the publication of a new book from Dr Thomas A. Christie. A Righteously Awesome Eighties Christmas: Festive Cinema of the 1980s is an entertaining survey of Christmas film-making throughout the 1980s, including a detailed synopsis and in-depth analysis of every movie under discussion. Ranging from the most famous films of the period through to some of the most obscure, this book covers many subgenres of Christmas cinema including comedy, drama, horror, romance and fantasy. A Righteously Awesome Eighties Christmas is now available to pre-order from online retailers. It will be released on Monday 14th November 2016. The book can also be pre-ordered from independent booksellers by quoting its ISBN code. For more information, please visit our A Righteously Awesome Eighties Christmas page. |
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Article in The Press and Journal
15th October 2016 Congratulations to Dr Colin M. Barron for his appearance in the Saturday 15th October edition of The Press and Journal newspaper. Mentioning his recent books The Craft of Public Speaking and Planes on Film, the article "Second Chance at Life" can be found on pages 22 and 23 of the YL magazine which comes with today's issue. Colin's books are available to buy from all good online retailers and independent booksellers worldwide. |
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Fall in Montana
6th October 2016 The Montanan city of Missoula is famous for its beautiful autumn colours in the Fall. Nicknamed The Garden City, Missoula boasts a variety of autumnal activities including the famous Missoula Maze and pumpkin patches ready for the fast approach of Halloween. Find out about the city's Fall traditions in David M. Addison's book Still Innocent Abroad, where he and his family enjoyed the season as part of his teacher exchange trip in the late seventies. For more information, please visit our Still Innocent Abroad page. |
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Planes on Film Now Available to Order
30th September 2016 Extremis Publishing is pleased to announce that Colin M. Barron's new book, Planes on Film: Ten Favourite Aviation Films, is now available to buy from all good online retailers and independent booksellers. Find out more about classics of aviation cinema which helped to inspire generations of filmgoers, and discover the secrets of the many aircraft which were to feature in them. A promo video for the book can be found on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=300aFPJhvY8. For more details, please visit our Planes on Film page. |
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New Release Incoming
22nd September 2016 With only 93 days left until Christmas is with us, Extremis Publishing is delighted to pre-announce a forthcoming festive treat for all cinema lovers. Watch this space for more details of this brand new book in the coming weeks ahead. |
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Feature in Retro Gamer Magazine
8th September 2016 Many thanks to Retro Gamer magazine, the UK's flagship journal of vintage computer gaming, for featuring Thomas A. Christie's book The Spectrum of Adventure in their latest edition. The book appears in the October 2016 issue (number 159). With the Sinclair ZX Spectrum now back in the headlines again thanks to various crowdfunded projects, there has never been a better time to find out more about the pioneering interactive fiction titles that helped to define this legendary home computer system. To find out more about the book, check out our The Spectrum of Adventure page. |
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His Word is His Bond
2nd September 2016 Many congratulations to travel writer David M. Addison on the publication of his new article in Bond Magazine. A journal of the Holiday Property Bond, David's article 'Spend Time in Funchal? A Capital idea!' appears in the August 2016 edition (issue no.68). Discussing the beautiful capital of Madeira, David's account explores some of the many features of this perennially popular holiday destination. |
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Chocks Away!
15th August 2016 Extremis Publishing is delighted to announce that the latest addition to our catalogue is Planes on Film: Ten Favourite Aviation Films by Colin M. Barron. Written by an author with a lifelong passion for aviation and aircraft technology, this exciting new book explores a variety of cinematic classics where aircraft play a central part in the narrative. From war movies to tense thrillers, Planes on Film examines some of the best-regarded films in the genre, and contains information on all of the aircraft involved in each production - including details of where these planes are now. Planes on Film is available to pre-order now. For more information about where to buy a copy, please visit our Planes on Film page. |
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Stand By!
9th August 2016 Coming soon from Extremis Publishing - a brand new unannounced release will soon be on its way. Many months in the making, this exciting new book will be a particular treat for anyone who loves vintage cinema. Stay tuned for more details over the weeks ahead! |
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The Power of Public Speaking
3rd August 2016 Seventy-six years ago in August 1940, with the Battle of Britain well underway, Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave one of his best-remembered speeches in the House of Commons. Praising the bravery and sacrifice of RAF pilots, Churchill would utter one of his most oft-repeated phrases: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few". A highly skilled orator, Churchill gave many memorable speeches in his long career, and some of his techniques are discussed in Colin M. Barron's book The Craft of Public Speaking - a text which explores the power and influence of eloquent speechmaking. Find out more about the book on The Craft of Public Speaking page. |
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Back in Action
27th July 2016 The quest continues! Stalwart travel author David M. Addison is ready to set off on the next leg of his latest NC500 adventure. As you can see, his mode of transport is ready to go - he's hung his famous hat on it, so that's his home for the next few days! If you should see him on his journey, do remember to introduce yourself and say hello. (Image Copyright © 2016, David M. Addison.) |
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David on the Road Again
22nd July 2016 You just can't keep a good travel writer down! Author David M. Addison is set for another epic research trip around the North of Scotland next week as he continues work on his forthcoming book Exploring the NC500: Travelling Scotland's Route 66. He'll be journeying around locations both well-known and off the beaten track, so don't forget to give him a wave if you should see him passing by! (Image Copyright © 2016, Fiona J. Addison.) |
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Thirty Years of The Very Big Cave Adventure
15th July 2016 In July 1986, the CRL Group and St Bride's released one of the most refined interactive fiction parodies that the Sinclair ZX Spectrum would ever see. The Very Big Cave Adventure was a satire of the genre-defining Colossal Cave Adventure, programmed in the 1970s by Will Crowther and Don Woods. But its relentless lampoonery didn't stop there; nothing from Lewis Carroll to D.C. Comics was safe from the developers' serrated wit. The game's humour was so sophisticated that it is still being enjoyed by retro gaming enthusiasts even today, thirty years after its first appearance in shops. The Very Big Cave Adventure is just one of a hundred classic Spectrum text adventure games that are discussed in Thomas A. Christie's book The Spectrum of Adventure. Find out more by ordering your copy today. |
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The Craft of Public Speaking Now Available to Order
30th June 2016 Colin M. Barron's new book, The Craft of Public Speaking, is now available to buy. Launching around the world today at all good independent booksellers and online retailers, this comprehensive guide to public presentation covers many of the most significant aspects of delivering a truly effective speech or lecture. For details of how to purchase a copy, please visit our The Craft of Public Speaking page. |
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New Author Interview in The Digital Bits
25th June 2016 With the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only having just celebrated the thirty-fifth anniversary of its release in cinemas, film historian Dr Thomas A. Christie has been interviewed as part of an international panel of authors by The Digital Bits columnist Michael Coate to explore the enduring popularity of Eon Productions's long-running movie series. The full article can be found here. |
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The Craft of Public Speaking Video Promo Launched
22nd June 2016 With only a week to go until the release of Dr Colin M. Barron's new book The Craft of Public Speaking on Thursday 30th June 2016, who better than the author himself to tell you about the content of this comprehensive guide to presentation and communication skills. Watch Colin discussing his work in our video promo for The Craft of Public Speaking, which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CB6K-JnUnI. The book is available for pre-order from online booksellers worldwide. |
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Author Interview in The Digital Bits
12th June 2016 To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the release of John Hughes's iconic teen comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off this weekend, author and 1980s film historian Dr Thomas A. Christie has been interviewed by Californian-based entertainment website The Digital Bits about the significance of this American cinematic classic. The full article can be found here. |
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The Craft of Public Speaking: Pre-Orders Available
1st June 2016 Colin M. Barron's new book The Craft of Public Speaking is now available to pre-order from online retailers. The book can also be ordered from independent booksellers by quoting its ISBN code. The book covers many different aspects of speaking in public venues, including preparation, rehearsal, dressing for success, attending and organising a seminar or workshop, giving interviews for television and radio, and delivering effective PowerPoint presentations. For more information, please visit our The Craft of Public Speaking page. |
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New Author Announced
23rd May 2016 Extremis Publishing is delighted to announce that Dr Colin M. Barron is the latest author to join our catalogue. Colin is a writer with a great deal of experience in the publishing field. In addition to his popular non-fiction book, Running Your Own Private Residential and Nursing Home for Jessica Kingsley Publishers, he has also written around 150 articles for various publications including This Caring Business, The Glasgow Herald, Caring Times, Care Weekly, The British Medical Journal, The Hypnotherapist, The Thought Field, and many others. For more news about his work, please visit our Colin M. Barron page. |
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An Evening with David M. Addison: Video Retrospective
18th May 2016 A video retrospective of our inaugural book event "An Evening with David M. Addison" is now available to view on YouTube. Taking place on Wednesday 11th May, award-winning travel author David Addison gave an entertaining presentation to an audience at the Smith Art Gallery and Museum in Stirling where he discussed his An Innocent Abroad series as well as giving a preview of his forthcoming title Exploring the NC500. The video can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/Zvra82nqcBg |
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Thanks For Your Support
12th May 2016 Many thanks to everyone who came along to our event “An Evening with David M. Addison” at the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum yesterday. It was a great evening, and we were so pleased to get the chance to meet you all and spread the word about David’s writing and the work of Extremis Publishing. Our special thanks go to the staff of the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, whose support went above and beyond as always. The winning competition entrant was drawn on the night, and the name of the lucky winner will be announced shortly. |
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David M. Addison Competition Winner Announced
11th May 2016 We are delighted to announce that the winner of our recent prize competition, drawn at random at last night's book event, is Ms Katie Vickers. Congratulations Katie on winning autographed copies of two David M. Addison books and a Panama hat. Please stay tuned for further prize competitions from Extremis Publishing in the months ahead. |
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An Evening with David M. Addison is Almost Here
10th May 2016 It’s nearly here! Author David M. Addison will be at the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum tomorrow evening at 7pm to tell us about his exploits in Missoula, Montana, and will be signing his books on the night. Admission to the event is free. Don’t forget, the competition to win two books from David’s An Innocent Abroad series and a Panama hat will close tomorrow at 12 noon. Please visit https://www.facebook.com/extremispublishing/ to make sure that you register your entry in time. |
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Competition Closing Date Coming Soon
4th May 2016 Tick, tick, tick...! There is only one more week to enter our competition to win the books An Innocent Abroad and Still Innocent Abroad plus a Panama hat that is similar to the one that author David M. Addison takes on his travels around the globe. For more details about the competition, including how to enter, please visit our Facebook company page. The competition closes at 12noon on Wednesday 11th May 2016. |
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Two Weeks to Go!
27th April 2016 Only two weeks to go until “An Evening with David M. Addison” is held at the Smith Art Gallery and Museum in Stirling. Why not come along on Wednesday 11th May at 7pm, bring your friends and family, and meet the author as he talks about his eventful travels in 1970s Missoula in Montana. There will also be a sneak preview of David’s new book about Route NC500, and an opportunity for the author to personalise and autograph any books purchased on the night. Admission to the event is free. |
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A Vote of Thanks
19th April 2016 Thanks to everyone who has supported our forthcoming event “An Evening with David M. Addison” on Wednesday 11th May at 7pm. Don’t forget, there is still time to enter your name for the prize draw too. Just visit our Facebook company page in order to take part. Our special thanks this week go to the What’s On website for their social media support and Mail Boxes Etc in Stirling for producing our flyers for the event in double quick time! |
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Extremis Publishing Presents "An Evening with David M. Addison"
13th April 2016 Taking place on Wednesday 11th May 2016 at 7pm at the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum in Dumbarton Road, Stirling, Extremis Publishing are proud to announce a special event. Join award-winning travel author David M. Addison for an entertaining presentation of his An Innocent Abroad series of American memoirs. He will also be unveiling a preview of his forthcoming book Exploring the NC500: Travelling Scotland's Route 66. David will be taking questions from the audience and autographing copies of his book, which will be available for sale on the night. Admission to the event is free. |
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Still Innocent Abroad Now Available to Order
31st March 2016 Extremis Publishing would like to announce the release of Still Innocent Abroad, the long-awaited sequel to David M. Addison's award-winning travel memoir An Innocent Abroad. Now available to buy from all good online booksellers and independent retailers, Still Innocent Abroad continues David's entertaining and humorous account of his experiences as a Scottish exchange teacher in the United States of the 1970s, where his misadventures in the Montanan city of Missoula enter uncharted territory. For details of how to purchase a copy, please visit the Still Innocent Abroad page. Also, don't forget to check out the video promos for An Innocent Abroad and Still Innocent Abroad on the Extremis Publishing YouTube Channel. |
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The Spectrum of Adventure Video Promo Launched
24th March 2016 The YouTube video promo for Thomas A. Christie's book The Spectrum of Adventure has now gone live. To find out more about this affectionate tribute to science television programmes of the eighties, please visit our YouTube channel. |
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Extremis Publishing YouTube Channel Now Online
14th March 2016 We are delighted to announce that the Extremis Publishing Channel has now gone online on YouTube. Please keep watching over the coming weeks and months ahead as we present new video features to showcase our existing and forthcoming publications. To view or subscribe to the channel, please visit our page on YouTube. |
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A Date for Your Diary
11th March 2016 Save the Date! Exactly two months from now, at 7pm on Wednesday 11th May, Extremis Publishing will be hosting one of our biggest events of the year. Please stay tuned to the Extremis Publishing website and social media channels for more information in the coming weeks. |
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The Spectrum of Adventure Now Available to Order
1st March 2016 Thomas A. Christie’s The Spectrum of Adventure, a brief history of text adventure games on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, is now available to buy. Launching around the world today at all good booksellers and online retailers, the book examines the fast-moving interactive fiction genre from 1982 to 1989, discussing many of the best-loved text adventure titles ever to be released on the Spectrum. For details of how to purchase a copy, please visit The Spectrum of Adventure page. |
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Snow Fun in Montana
22nd February 2016 When you see how beautiful Missoula looks in the Winter, it is understandable why David wanted to visit the city for a whole year. The stunning weather and the fun that David and his family had in the cold Missoulan winter is chronicled in the latest part of David M. Addison’s An Innocent Abroad series, Still Innocent Abroad, which is available to pre-order now. For more details, please visit the Still Innocent Abroad page. (Image Copyright © 1978, David M. Addison.) |
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Legends of British Interactive Fiction
12th February 2016 Melbourne House Software. The CRL Group. Delta 4 Software. Level 9 Computing. Zenobi Software. Magnetic Scrolls. They were all giants of the text adventure game in the 1980s golden age of home computing. In his book The Spectrum of Adventure, Thomas A. Christie discusses the thriving interactive fiction scene of this unforgettable decade of gaming. The book is available for pre-order now. More details are available on The Spectrum of Adventure page. |
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The Spectrum of Adventure: Pre-Orders Available
27th January 2016 Thomas A. Christie's new book The Spectrum of Adventure is now available to pre-order from online retailers. The book can also be ordered from independent booksellers by quoting its ISBN code. Covering 100 different interactive fiction games from the 1980s, the book runs to almost 700 pages and explores the golden age of British home computing. Links to further retailers will be added to the page as soon as the book can be ordered from their sites. For more information, please visit our The Spectrum of Adventure page. |
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An Innocent Abroad Now Available to Order
7th January 2016 David M. Addison's book An Innocent Abroad is now available to buy from online retailers and bookshops alike. For details about how to purchase a copy, please visit the An Innocent Abroad page on our website for further information. |
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