2018 was a fantastic year. We are so proud of our authors, our team and our company for how much we've grown and how many of our goals we have achieved. Here's our quick list of the best of the bunch from 2018 for Olympia Publishers. Here is to many more good times and growth in 2019! 

 

 

 

Love is the Beauty of the Soul by Stephen Dixon 

 

 

 

The talented Stephen Dixon, face of the breakfast show on SKY News was invited to speak at the famous, Gibraltar Literary Festival.

 

Love is the Beauty of the Soul is a collection of poems by broadcaster Stephen Dixon. Written over a decade they reflect joy and pain, nature and family.

A fascinating insight into the thoughts of someone many people feel they know through the TV screen but whose true feelings are often held close to the heart.

 

 

 

 

Ruthless by Kerry Barnes 

 

 

 

Kerry has published 2 books with us in her Ruthless series. This year she has surpassed 30000 sales!

 

1964 - London Dolly Vincent is born to an East End gangster but is sent away for her own protection. Mad Mick is hell bent on his revenge and will stop at nothing to kill her.

 

 

 

 

The Man With No Shadow by Gökhan Yücel 

 

 

 

The Man with No Shadow won highly commended in the British Book, Design and Production Awards in late 2018!

 

This is a story about a man who, one day, loses his shadow.

 

 

 

Fred 'n' Friends: A Farmyard Adventure by Angela O'Donnell 

 

 

 

In 2018 Angela O’ Donnell published her 5th book in the ever-popular Fred ‘n’ Friends series!

 

This charming fifth instalment of the Fred ‘n' Friends series tells the story of Fred the sausage dog's visit to a farm, where he meets a newborn calf and then a goat with a very sore throat! With the help of his new friends, can Fred free Paul the piglet who's got stuck in the mud?

A lovely rhyming story of friendship which will appeal to very young readers.

 

 

 

 

 

The Misfit Tribe and the Secret of Mystery Island by B. J. Rowling & D. G. Lloyd 

 

 

 

At the end of 2018 we released the amazing Misfit Tribe written by B. J. Rowling, cousin of J. K. Rowling and D. G. Lloyd, American Australian author, screenwriter and actor!

 

Some secrets are best kept hidden... and some are just too magical not to share.
Teenagers, who unexpectedly acquire a vast collection of magical, mystical powers and abilities, find an ancient map. 

 

 

 

 

Legends Of Erin: Beyond The Castle Door by Meadow Griffin 

 

 

 

 

In 2018, we officially released our first audio book (first of many hopefully).

 

Having spent an ordinary life with their parents in a small house, twins, Fadin and Tase, together with their elder brother Clearie, suddenly find themselves catapulted into quite a different life.

 

 

 

 

The Last Myon by Rudi Jennings

 

 

 

Rudi Jennings was invited to attend the famous ‘Darker Side of Fiction Author Event’.

 

The Last Myon is a story of fantasy adventure, revenge and an individual's total unwillingness to submit or to fail, battling against overwhelming natural elements and a group of hardened, sadistic creatures who will stop at nothing to succeed in his capture and slavery.

 

 

 

 

 

Like China by Vanessa Streete 

 

 

 

Last year, Like China reached over 100 five star reviews on amazon!

Dobson, just one of those names anyone who's anyone in London knows. Elizabeth and her brother James have it all - the clubs, the money, the high life, but after the sudden death of their parents the only thing they really have is each other, and that's the way they're both determined things are going to stay.

 

 

 

 

 

Perfect Imperfections by Taryn Leigh 

 

 

 

 

Perfect Imperfections made it into the ‘Top 10 All-Time favourite books’ by Fiction Café.

 

Sarah Lewis desires nothing more than to begin again after a failed marriage and a tragedy so terrifying, it forces her to leave her life in London to stay with her best friend a world apart in South Africa