Isabel Losada / For Press and Publishers

For Press and Publishers Use...

This page contains -

* TV showreel clips.
* Industry commendations.
* Press reviews of the books from UK and US press.
* Commendations from booksellers.
* Links to articles and book extract.
* Clips from radio interviews in the UK and US.
* Contact details and representation in UK, US and Aus.
* A range of freely downloadable photos.
* Low res versions of further photos available on request at high res for magazine use.

TV. Showreel
To watch (2.mins 26 Seconds) press here

Publishing Industry Commendations

"Isabel Losada is a dream author"
Rosemary Davidson, Editor -
Bloomsbury Publishing 17/6/2006

"Isabel is a star. And she always has been."
Liz Calder, Editor -
Bloomsbury Publishing.

"It's a treat to work with an author with such vision combined with good humour. Isabel's work is a joy and an inspiration"
Jennifer Barclay, Editor -
Summersdale Publishing - 10/7 2006

'A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World; For Tibet, With Love,' is one of the finest and most inspiring books I have represented.
Jonathan Lloyd - CEO -
Curtis Brown Literary Agency.

"Thank you for making your event at the Festival such a success. We've never had so many people at a seminar before, people were really inspired by your talk and particularly loved the comedy sketch. Great to have such positive energy as yours in the world" Lorraine Bacchus - www.westcorkliteraryfestival.ie 2007

Press Reviews

‘Candid thought-provoking, sassy and very very funny.’

The Daily Telegraph

‘Endearing’ The Independent

‘Very funny and never cynical.’ Ireland on Sunday

‘Great Fun – yet always honest.’ The Bookseller.

‘Swift, snappy and engaging.’ The Sunday Tribune

‘Searching and honest.’ The Independent on Sunday

‘Remarkably revealing’ The Mail on Sunday

‘Brazenly Probing’ The Scotsman

‘Humorous and Refreshing’ The Canberra Times

‘The intriguing thing about this thought provoking book is the amount of genuine happiness on display… happiness based on being at peace with yourself.’

The Daily Telegraph.

Isabel Losada has achieved the perfect combination of humour, poignancy and intellectual rigour.

The Statesman

Compelling reading and the most uplifting experience

Western Daily Press

Full of a crazy joy…made me laugh out loud

Impact Cultural Magazine

Heart-warming and extraordinary…Losada writes perceptively and with humour

Wanderlust Magazine

An entirely genuine and generous person doing her bit to help where help is needed.

The Independent on Sunday

Isabel Losada is a 21 st Century Hero…someone who is changing the world for the better and will make you want to, too.

Harpers and Queen Magazine

Link to Article about 'Men!' from the Irish Independent here

Some US Reviews...

"In A Beginner's Guide To Changing The World' , Isabel Losada thinks her way through the greatest "lost cause" on the planet, which she discovers is not "lost" at all, just very hard to understand, as it calls for a different kind of courage — based on love, not on anger. Tibet will not be freed by the required nonviolent action with the world system as it is, addicted to violence, greed, and confusion. The world must be changed, the peace system must replace the war system, and seeing our way through to the towering importance of Tibet and her Dalai Lama is critical. Isabel's story brings this truism to life in a vivid, funny, heartwarming, delightful way. It is a great read, a live teaching.! I enjoyed it, laughed and learned a lot!"

Professor Robert Thurman - Tibetologist and Buddhist Scholar - Columbia Universitty - New York

With large doses of humour delivered with a British accent and endearing humility this book might just inspire you to change the world in your own way - whatever that my be.

The Buddhist Review

With equal doses of whimsy and intellectual rigour Isabel demonstrates how doing good can be a creative endeavour an one that doesn't have to be deadly serious to be sincere. Losada's inspiration is infectious ... Hip and irreverent, A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World also pleases with it's substance.

Shambhala Sun

This charming tale of one woman's dedicated personal journey captures the spirit of compassion in action. I recommend it to all who are interested in making a difference in our violent world.

Lama Surya Das - Author of Awakening the Buddha Within

A smart, funny, compassionate surprise, a pleasure to read, and the perfect remedy for anyone who feels that they are too insignificant to make a differnece

Dinty W Moore author of The Accidental Buddhist

An Inspiring and illuminating study into the power and possibility of one person's faith and determination.

'Booklist USA'

A truly inspiring read.

Library Journal.

Commendations from Booksellers

"Reading Isabel Losada gives me an unending pleasure and continuing inspiration in life. Her wit makes me feel at home and the beauty and warmth in her writing stays with me always.

Professionally, Isabel is forever at hand for help with madcap schemes and ideas a bookseller is forever having to come up with to stand out in the cut throat retail industry, never one to tire of promotion or her brave search for success. Her empathetic approach to the subjects she covers are fresh and unique in a trade that is insistant on producing bulbous hardback parchments of the same thing from the never ending roundabout of celebrity nobodies.

Isabel is herself a star, she trancends every other author I have ever met and I feel eternally blessed for having her work by my side at night.

I hope that is always the case. I eagerly await the next book with baited breath and an obsessive thirst for her humour and enlightenment."

Mark Farley
Front of Store and Events Manager
Waterstone’s Notting Hill Gate

"Isabel's new book, "Men" is a brilliant idea. This just simply hasn't been done before. We can all name a thousand books claiming to offer a cure for singledom or rather obvious fiction but no one has had a serious yet funny non-fiction look at this area, and identified the symptoms, until now.

It strikes me as a very simple idea that has enormous potential for magazine and newspaper serialisation. Isabel’s combination of self-deprecating narrative non-fiction and intellectually rigorous social comment is what makes this author unique and well loved. The author’s subject material, engaging personality and media experience make her a perfect guest on radio and TV programmes such as "Start the Week.,’ ‘Midweek.’ Etc etc. "

Matthew Perren
Buyer
Bookspeed, Edinburgh

"One of the top authors at self promotion that I've ever come across - and I've come across a lot. Very hard working and it's a genuine pleasure to meet an author that so believes in her work."

Julian Rafot
Manager
Pan Bookshop: Fulham Road, London
Independent Bookshop of the Year Shortlist - most years.

Extracts and Audio Interview

To read an extract: from 'The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment' (Chapter Six - Tantric Sex) from Guardian Online Press Here

To read an article: I wrote for the Scottish Herald about The Dalai Lama's visit to Scotland Press Here But I didn't write the absurd heading - my article starts: 'The Dalai Lama is a dangerous man.'

To listen: to Isabel on Radio 4's Midweek with Libby Purves, Ilie Nastase and Caroline Spencer Here

To listen: to a 9 minute interview on American Radio where I'm jet-lagged and say 'er' too much. Eye on Books

Availability

Literary agent is Caroline Michel at William Morris: 0207 534 6800

Television agent Isabel Perseverant Losada. :-)

For speaking invitations please contact Syvia Tidy-Harris at www.thespeakersagency.com

For US please contact:

Gideon Weil

HarperSanFrancisco

353 Sacramento Street, Suite 500

San Francisco CA 94111

Phone: 415.477.4413

Fax: 415.477.4444

Email: gideon.weil@harpercollins.com

For Australia please contact

Elizabeth Bray or Anna Hayward at Allen and Unwin on publicity@allenandunwin.com call ......02 8425 0100.

		Downloadable photos for publicity purposes. For larger versions 300 dpi 1722 x 2162 pixels and 701 kb - please email.
		Here - (left) we see the wonderful effect of the white out! This one I like very much but the photographer hates it...
			These two photos are available at all sizes - Taken by the Daily Mail in what, briefly, was the summer of 2007.
This photo and the one on the home page (June 2006) were taken by Carolyn Djanogly. It is available (with a range of similar picks) at 400 dpi upon request. Please email me.
This photo, of which I'm obviously hugely proud, was taken by the official photographer of the Tibetan Government in Exile. I have it at a larger size but not at 300 dpi. For web use it may be copied freely. I'm not attached to it.. only to him and he, as you know, is attached to nothing.
		Standard B&W 'Author' shot from the Bloomsbury site Photo: Peter Simpkin
This photo is to promote the bracelet which is a peace mala and signifies the unity of all religions and is used to promote peace and understanding in schools. Love this old cardigan for photos. Photo: Mason Harding. Cardigan: Hand made by Vicky Forde. Bracelet http://www.peacemala.org.uk/

	Why I need full length shots I've no idea but apparently I do. These are taken (June '06) by the wonderful Carolyn Djanogly and are available, by request at 400 dpi.
This photo with was taken by a local paper so isn't available in a high enough res for magazine use - but it may be freely copied for website use. The book is now called 'A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World' as we swopped the title and subtitle.
		This is the photo that I usually have on the home page of the website. It was taken in June '06 by Carolyn Djanogly and I'm delighted with it because it's so simple. SO hard to get a standard shot like this that works. Carolyn somehow made it easy. Again this is available at 300 dpi or as a print.
The Polyanna Photo. Sometimes the smile just works out like this. It depends on who I think about.
The photo of the the stunt on the 'For Tibet, With Love' page of this site is copyright to Reuters International and can be used with their permission.
Isabel (left of picture breathing out) and Wessam in 'Men!' researching alternatives to spectator sports...

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