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Code Name Foxtrot – the debut Children’s novel from Anton Du Beke

LIMITED NUMBERS OF SIGNED COPIES AVAILABLE!

Hello my loves,

I’m so excited to let you know about the upcoming release of my debut children’s book: “Code Name Foxtrot”!

It’s set to be published this coming Thursday, 29th August and can be pre-ordered now.

There are a limited number of signed copies available from Waterstones and WHSmith – so do be quick if you’d like to reserve yours!

Find out more about Code Name Foxtrot over on my online shop, where you’ll also find a special video featuring me and my twins, George and Henrietta (spoiler alert: adorable!)…

…plus sneak peeks at some of the beautiful illustrations by Elisa Paganelli to accompany the text.

Extra Treats!…

If you pre-order the Waterstones edition you can enter a competition to win afternoon tea with me…

 
…and the WHSmith edition contains bonus puzzles – perfect for budding spy-catchers!

And that’s not all!…

The Book Tour!

Puffin, my wonderful publishers, have organised a number of exciting book signing events over the coming weeks:

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Do come along if you can – I’ll be talking all about Code Name Foxtrot, and signing copies too!

…And even more excitement, I’ll be joined by none other than Dame Jacqueline Wilson for a special family event at The Capitol theatre in Horsham on 1st September.

Well, my loves, a busy week ahead with ‘publication day’ on Thursday and three book signings – I do hope to see you there! Dates have just been announced for my book tour for ‘A Dance For The King‘, too: click here for details… and do keep tabs on my social media for news as it comes on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, apologies… X!

Until next time… sending much love, and keeeeeeeep reading!

A Dance For The King

Hello my loves,

It gives me tremendous pleasure to share news of the next instalment in my Buckingham Hotel series: “A Dance For The King“.

This, now the seventh book in the wartime story of the intrepid hero Raymond de Guise, tells of his return from North Africa to his family and friends at the Buckingham. He has suffered hardship and loss, but England needs him more than ever. With spies having infiltrated high society at the hotel, alongside a wave of American GIs, the dancefloor of the Grand Ballroom plays host to plots and partnerships as never before. Raymond’s callings, as leader in both ballroom and battlefield interweaving as he tries to protect his King and country before it’s too late.

A Dance For The King will be published on 26th September – but I’m delighted to say that a limited number of signed first editions can be pre-ordered from Amazon now! It’s also available for your Kindle, with paperback and audiobook to follow.

Timing is everything, as they say – so how remarkably fitting to announce my new book, aptly titled, on the very same day as my appearance on a very special, landmark episode of Lorraine – filmed at Buckingham Palace no less! Such a great honour to be invited into those hallowed halls, regal rooms and stately suites – and Lorraine and I had such a lovely chat, too. If you missed it, you can watch it on ITV’s catch-up service here:

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The 2024 Book Tour!

Stay tuned for news of book-related events, too – I know my publishers are hard at work coordinating a mini book tour this coming autumn to coincide with the publication date, the start of Strictly Come Dancing, and my autumn and winter tours. No mean feat!

The first confirmed date is 14th September in Powys – full details here:

I’m sure there’ll be more dates to come, so do follow my social media for all the up-to-the-minute news – Instagram, Facebook and Twitter (or should I say X) – it seems to be the modern means of keeping in step these days!

Well, my loves, I’m on stage in Shrewsbury this evening with Gio on our ‘Together‘ tour, and sound check is calling so I shall now sign off.

I hope you’re all keeping safe and well, and I’m sending you much love.

Keeeeeeeep reading!

The Ballroom Blitz – Book Tour & Competition

My loves,

As publication date approaches for my new novel, The Ballroom Blitz, I’m delighted to let you know that I’ll be appearing at a marvellous selection of literary events over the coming weeks to talk all about it!

The full line-up of dates has been released by my publishers – hopefully there’s an event near you… but if not, by the marvels of technology you can still attend virtually as Henley Literature Festival will have a livestream – you can enjoy it from your armchair! …Tremendous!
 

COMPETITION TIME!

 
‘The Ballroom Blitz’ will be out on the 13th October – so exciting – and I must mention that if you pre-order, you can enter a competition to win tickets to see me in panto this Christmas with a meet & greet, too! It’s Jack and the Beanstalk at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley, and it’s going to be absolutely terrific! (Oh yes it is!!)
 

Pre-order before midnight on 12th October

I do hope you can come along – or stream along – to one of these special events, they really are such fun (as you know, I could talk for hours!) – you’ll get a marvellous insight into my Buckingham novels… and no doubt plenty of backstage and behind-the-scenes info too… Absolutely unmissable!

Sending much love, and do keeeeep reading!…

We’ll Meet Again – The Cover Reveal!

‘We’ll Meet Again’

The Cover Reveal… Pre-order now!

My loves,

It’s with very great excitement that I’m now able to share with you the beautiful cover artwork for my next novel – ‘We’ll Meet Again’! This, the fourth instalment in my Buckingham Hotel series, is due to be released on the 11th November, and I believe I’m as excited now as I was when my first novel was published – I so hope you’re going to enjoy it!

The links are as follows… and if you click through to my online shop here, you’ll also find details of all the other books in the series – there are audiobook previews and snippets to enjoy too!

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If you’re new to my books, and haven’t yet set foot into the Grand Ballroom and become acquainted with dashing Raymond de Guise, Nancy Nettleton, Helene, Frank, Billy and all our favourites in and around the resplendent Buckingham Hotel – do dive in!

Each book can be read as a standalone story, but they do indeed form a series, set in those tumultuous years leading up to the outbreak of World War II.

‘One Enchanted Evening’… ‘Moonlight Over Mayfair’… ‘A Christmas To Remember’ – all are available in hardback and paperback from your favourite book seller – and in kindle and audiobook formats, too. I’m sure similar editions will be made available for ‘We’ll Meet Again’ very soon.

I should mention that ‘A Christmas to Remember’ has just recently been released in paperback – with more lovely cover art – perfect timing for a festive gift! And for the month of October, the Kindle edition is on special promotion at Amazon for just 99p – so be quick!
 

 

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News is starting to filter through on dates for book-related events, including book signings too, starting on the 7th November with an online event kindly hosted by Fane – it’s a ‘Stream & Book’ package – what an amalgam of modern and traditional! Then I’ll be appearing and signing at the Tring Book Festival on the 11th November – perfectly timed as it’s also the release date for ‘We’ll Meet Again’. Click below for all the details… online tickets are available for this event, too – isn’t technology marvellous!

 
I’m sure more dates and venues will be announced over the coming months so stay tuned to my social media (you can find me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram) – and do please sign up to my mailing list too.

I can’t begin tell you how thrilling it was to meet so many of you at these events in previous years, such a joy – I’m so looking forward to having that opportunity again with ‘We’ll Meet Again’; do please come along – or log on – if you can!

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In Other News…

 

 
I’ve a busy few months ahead of course… you may have gathered that I’ve just started my new ‘desk job’! I’m not sure there are words to describe how overjoyed I am at taking a seat on the Strictly Come Dancing judging panel – such a thrill and a privilege… it really is my dream job! I hope you’re finding my comments fair, firm and fabulous – but most of all, encouraging – to all our celebrity couples. What a tremendous line-up this year, the series has set off of a rocketing start – I do hope you’re watching!
 

 
I’m also delighted to let you know that the Anton & Erin website has had the most marvellous makeover – do have a look at antonanderin.com – lots of photos and video clips to enjoy, and all our previous tours are featured for you to peruse. Our brand new tour, Showtime, gets a big plug – and the trailer video is just fabulous – dates are now booking for 2022, postponed of course from last year. Erin and I are so very excited to get back on stage together – we so hope you can come along and see us!

Do keep tabs on our Events page as we’ve some wonderful dance breaks lined up – a Christmas special with Donahey’s, and fabulous weekend breaks with Warners and Donahey’s in Spring/Summer next year. Always tremendous fun!

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Well, my loves, I shall look forward to seeing you each weekend over the coming months, but in the meantime, keeeeep reading – ‘We’ll Meet Again’ will soon be released, and I’d love to know what you think!

With much love,

A Christmas To Remember – Out now in Paperback!

My loves,

As many of you will already have gathered, it’s never too early for Christmas in my book… quite literally! So I’m particularly delighted to be able to share with you that the paperback edition of ‘A Christmas to Remember’ is waltzing onto booksellers’ shelves today – such perfect timing for those of you planning your Christmas gift lists!
 

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Find out more about this, the third instalment in my Buckingham Hotel series here on my blog – including a free chapter for you to download and enjoy.

As a perfect treat to yourself, why not dive into the Kindle edition – Amazon are very kindly featuring it at the unmissable price of just 99p this October – so be quick!

Don’t forget, my new novel, “We’ll Meet Again” will be published on 11th November – not long to wait… and just enough time for you to catch up on all my books in the Buckingham Hotel series before the big day. Find out more about ‘One Enchanted Evening’, ‘Moonlight Over Mayfair’, ‘A Christmas To Remember’ and ‘We’ll Meet Again’ on my online shop – where you’ll find free audiobook previews to enjoy, too!

Stay tuned, and keeeeeep reading!

We’ll Meet Again — Pre-order now!

Hello my loves,

It gives me very great pleasure to announce that my brand new book will be coming out on the 11th November this year – and I can today reveal that the title is… ‘We’ll Meet Again‘!

This, the fourth instalment in my series, is set in the second world war as you might have deduced from the title. We’re back at the Buckingham, the incredibly swish, luxury hotel in London’s Mayfair which has been the location for all of my novels so far. Whilst the hotel is of course fictional, it is an amalgam of all of the wonderful places I’ve danced over the years – and the remarkable people I’ve met in doing so. The previous books have been set in the interwar years, a period I find intensely fascinating: it’s a time in history when things were changing so quickly but also when dance was such an important part of everyone’s lives. And at the Buckingham, that rang true for the guests – and the staff alike.

As with all of my other books, I introduce you to the world of the Buckingham and the characters at the start so you can dive in to this new one without having read the previous ones. Having said that, I recommend you do at some point – they’re tremendous books, even if I do say so myself!

‘We’ll Meet Again‘ opens with the declaration of war and we instantly know that life at the Buckingham is about the change. The staff still have to smile and keep the guests happy, but behind the scenes they are all fearful, and uncertain of their futures.

One of our main characters is a handsome chap named Raymond de Guise: a professional demonstration dancer at the hotel – and definitely not based on the author at all(!) He has just married his sweetheart, hotel chambermaid Nancy but he feels it is his duty to fight for his country and enlist. Of course, these newlyweds are heartbroken to be separated.

Despite the shadow of war hanging over them, the Buckingham dance floor is still a place of glitz and glamour, along with the gossip and secrets which thread their way through the hotel’s corridors and beyond into the streets of London Town. But with the call to arms, and before so many of the menfolk go off to the trenches, they have a spectacular Christmas ball with lots of dancing so vital at that time to help lift spirits!

The hotel receives a new manager who is of ‘advancing years’, and the staff as a result have no confidence in his ability to steer them through these difficult times – particularly as families start evacuating and high society start fleeing the city.

Will the Buckingham survive the war?… You’ll have to read ‘We’ll Meet Again’ to find out!

Pre-order now, available 11th November:

HARDBACK & KINDLE

You’ll find free audiobook previews of my first three novels on the shop, too, enabling you to try-before-you-buy, so do explore. ‘We’ll Meet Again’ will also be released as an audiobook, date to be confirmed – stay tuned for news on that, along with the cover reveal too – you can imagine how eager I am to see it!

If you haven’t already read ‘One Enchanted Evening‘, ‘Moonlight Over Mayfair‘, or ‘A Christmas To Remember‘… now’s your chance – plenty of time to catch up with them before ‘We’ll Meet Again’ comes out! It gives me such pleasure to be able to share my stories with you – I do so hope you enjoy them!

With much love,

A Christmas to Remember – OUT NOW!

For all those of you who very kindly pre-ordered my new novel, ‘A Christmas to Remember’, I’m hoping today might feel like Christmas has come early!… I’m thrilled to say: it’s publication day!
 

 
I can’t begin to tell you how much I’ve enjoyed writing this series of novels, and I’m so excited to be able to share this third instalment with you at last. I don’t think I’m giving too much away by saying this book barrels towards a festive, celebratory climax to lift all our spirits – a Christmas to remember indeed (the title does give it away!), as a tumultuous year concludes for Raymond, Nancy, and all our favourites at the Buckingham Hotel. (Whilst it may sound a little like a finalé, I’m sure our characters wouldn’t give me a moment’s peace if I didn’t continue telling their stories, especially with war drawing ever closer and lives set to change in so many ways… Here’s another spoiler: there’s still more to come!)

If you’d like to give ‘A Christmas to Remember’ a try, or you’re keen to start before your copy arrives, my publishers have provided a FREE sample chapter as a taster! Click to download and enjoy:

 
Then, here are all the links for ordering online – and I believe there are still some signed copies available too (such a perfect present, if I do say so myself!):
 

A Christmas to Remember – OUT NOW!

SIGNED EDITIONS

Hardback – eBook – Audio

If you’re new to my books, good timing: the Kindle editions of my first two are on special at just 99p this month:

To accompany the launch of my novel, I’m also excited to let you know that there will be a ‘book tour’… with a difference. I’m very with-it these days you know – and, technology-willing, we’ll be doing it on Zoom! The added bonus of course is that you can join in from wherever you are – I do hope you’ll give it a go… click below to book your logins!

Meanwhile, it’s back to the training room for me in readiness for this Saturday’s Samba with my new partner Jacqui Smith! Jacqui’s doing marvellously for a beginner – such a quick learner, I’m so impressed! That said, I’m sure she won’t mind me saying (given last week’s 13 points) that I think we may be in need of your votes this weekend!

 
Well, my loves, I so hope you’re all looking after yourselves and keeping safe with everything else’s that’s going on. Thankfully we’ve got some much needed escapism to look forward to as the nights draw in, with Strictly back on our screens – and of course… a particularly good book to curl up with!

My 3rd novel #AChristmastoRemember is out now! I hope you love it as much as I do! #romance #novel #dance #raymond #christmas pic.twitter.com/zkwAZwS1a5

— Anton Du Beke (@TheAntonDuBeke) October 30, 2020

Here’s to ‘A Christmas to Remember’ – on all fronts! Just imagine Archie Adams striking up his band as we step back in time, together, into the Grand Ballroom at the Buckingham Hotel – and we dance like it’s 1938!

Much love, and keeeeep reading!…