Penguin to publish Victoria Beckham's new book fashion, style and beauty bible

    /24-7PressRelease/ - EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, April 05, 2006 - Michael Joseph is thrilled to announce the acquisition of a very special book to be published by Penguin (http://www.penguin.co.uk ) this autumn.

That extra half an inch by Victoria Beckham will be an accessible, usable and desirable book about fashion, beauty and style from one of the most famous and photographed women in the world.

Packed with realistic and practical advice as well as gorgeous photos and illustrations, Victoria will share her personal top tips as well as anecdotes from the fashion world. That extra half an inch will be the ultimate girl's guide to looking and feeling the best that you can, and learning a bit about fashion as you go along.

Victoria will be writing the book with Hadley Freeman. Hadley is an award winning fashion journalist and currently deputy fashion editor of the Guardian and a contributing editor of Vogue.

World rights were bought from Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment.

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Notes for Editors:

Michael Joseph is an imprint of Penguin UK http://www.penguin.co.uk

About penguin:
2001 saw Penguin moving to its current home at 80 Strand in Central London. Today the company has offices in fifteen countries - from Penguin US (formed in 1939) to Penguin Ireland (opened in 2003) - and keeps more than 5,000 different titles in print at any time. In the twenty-first century the Penguin Group can cater for every stage of a reader's lifetime, with books from Dorling Kindersley, Frederick Warne, Ladybird, Penguin, Puffin and Rough Guides, making Penguin the home of reading.

To celebrate its 70th birthday in 2005, Penguin is publishing 70 Pocket Penguins by authors ranging from Homer and Anton Chekhov to F. Scott Fitzgerald and Jamie Oliver. At just 1.50 each they follow Allen Lane's ethos of making great writing affordable and available to everybody - now you can own a piece of the Penguin story.

Author:
Michael Hanna

About Michael
Michael is a keen writer, and internet marketer living in Scotland:

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Phone: 0131 561 2251
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