LAUNCHES
Sports Car Classics
Sector: motoring
Frequency: monthly
Price: £3.40
Publisher: Trinity Publications
The team behind Classic Car Mart have launched Sports Car Classics, a magazine for owners and fans of classic sports cars from the Fifties to the Nineties. The magazine focuses on affordable classic cars that are in day-to-day use, rather than collectors’ items. Regular features include a price guide, sections on buying and improving your car and information about car events.
Editor: Frank Westworth
Contact: 1st Floor Edward House, Tindal Bridge, Edward Street, Birmingham, B1 2RA.
Tel: 0121 233 8712
Fax: 0121 233 8715
BOOKS
King of the Castle by Martin Plimmer
Publisher: Ebury Press
Price: £6.99
Former national newspaper journalist Martin Plimmer gives a humorous account of a year surrounded by trails of teenagers, builders and a disgruntled wife. Plimmer was half of the comedy duo The Men Who Know. His topical comments appeared in The Times, Sunday Sport and The Observer.
AWARDS
British Environment & Media Awards
The BEMAs reward the best in environmental reporting and campaigning. There are categories for TV, print, radio and new media. Closing date for entries is 7 August. Winners will pick up their awards at a dinner at Vinopolis in London on 22 October.
Contact: Diane Lowe, BEMAs, WWF-UK, Panda House, Weyside Park, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1XR.
Tel: 01483 412381
Fax: 01483 861006
E-mail: bemas@wwf.org.uk
Website: www.bemas.org.uk
EVENTS
World Young Reader Prize
The World Association of Newspapers is inviting entries for its World Young Reader Prize, awarded to the paper with the most innovative scheme to attract young readers. The prize rewards educational programmes and projects to develop lifelong readers. The prize is a trip to the World Young Reader Conference in Helsinki. Deadline for entries is 1 July.
Contact: Larry Kilman, director of communications,, WAN, 25 rue d’Astorg, 75008, Paris.
Tel: 33 1 47 42 85 00 E-mail: lkilman@wan.asso.fr
Website: https://www.wan-press.info/pages/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=155
RELAUNCHES
Kitchen Culture
Sector: lifestyle
Publisher: Casa Publishing
Price: £3.00
Frequency: bimonthly
Print run: 25,000
A glossy lifestyle magazine aimed at style-conscious urbanites and affluent ABC1 readers, Kitchen Culture covers high-end kitchen design. The magazine promotes lifestyle in and around the kitchen, with coverage of dinner parties, accessories, cookers and ranges, recipies, crockery and cutlery. It is split into four sections: Entertain, which covers recipies and dinner parties; Entrée, which looks at the latest products on the market; Enter, which covers the home and Enlight, which looks at planning and design. The magazine is clean and sharp, reflecting the stylish aspects of contemporary kitchen design.
Editor: Jackie Daly
Contact: Casa Publishing, Temple House, 221-225 Station Road, Harrow HA1 2TH.
Tel: 020 8426 3965
Fax: 020 8861 8305
E-mail: linda@kitchenculture.net
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