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Canongate has signed the first book from Innocent Drinks founder Richard Reed.
Publisher and managing director Jamie Byng acquired world rights to If I Could Tell You Just One Thing… from Antony Topping at Greene and Heaton.
He credits his success as the founder of one of Britain's "biggest brands" to four “brilliant” pieces of advice, each given to him just when he needed it most. Ever since, whenever he meets people he admires, he asks them for their best piece of advice. If they could tell him just one thing, what would it be?
If I Could Tell You Just One Thing… is a “delightful series of adventures in advice", as Reed travels the world to “collect the wisdom that an eclectic range of successful people from all walks of life are willing to share”. Including advice from Bill Clinton, Annie Lennox, Simon Cowell and Stephen Fry, Reed’s “varied encounters will inspire and entertain readers of all ages”.
“Part business book, part self-help, part travel, but always a total joy, If I Could Tell You Just One Thing... is unlike anything you have ever read before and will change the way you see your life”, the publisher said.
Reed said: "The right piece of advice can change your life. It has for me on several occasions. This book captures the very best pieces of advice from some of the world's most remarkable people, be they presidents or popstars, entrepreneurs or artists, celebrities or survivors. With all my royalties going to social inclusion and mentoring charities, I hope that this book of wisdom, published by the passionate team at Canongate, will help change many other lives too."
Byng said: “Books sometimes get described as maps for life, guiding the heart and the head, as the reader is led to places both new and familiar. If I Could Tell You Just One Thing… gathers so many smart guides into one place and, like good advice, is something that I think will be given, received and shared the world over. And Sam Kerr’s brilliant illustrations complement Richard's generous and witty text perfectly.”
If I Could Tell You Just One Thing…: Encounters with Remarkable People and their Advice for Life will be published by Canongate on 3rd November 2016.