RUNNING AWARDS 2019 - VOTE NOW!

Pitch Publishing is a fantastic imprint.
They do all the great Got, Not Got series
and plenty of other retro sports titles.

James Brown, The Late Tackle, talkSPORT

Pitch Publishing show the way for enterprising
sports book publishers and remains a beacon
of hope for sports authors aspiring or established.

The Sports Bookshelf.com

Pitch Publishing, an outfit whose "pitch perfect"
commissioning of boxing material stands
as a rebuke to more established houses

Boxing Monthly

Pitch capture the real spirit of sport with entertaining
and clever ideas. They work out what the aficionado
would want to read, then deliver it with great verve.

Paul Hayward, The Daily Telegraph

Pitch have enabled me to write in the ways I enjoy most.
Their production support is superb, delivering eye-catching
designs, attentive proof-reading, energetic marketing and helpful advice.

Tim Quelch, Good Old Sussex by the Sea, Orient to the Emirates, Underdog!

Pitch are willing to back out-of-the-blue and innovative
ideas and turn them into viable, entertaining books.
They do so with great presentation and editorial flair.

Justin Parkinson, Then Came Massacre

Pitch saw the potential in my story, used their expertise
to polish it, published it and helped inspire thousands
around the world to get into the sport of triathlon.

Andy Holgate, Can’t Swim, Can’t Ride, Can’t Run & Can't Sleep, Can't Train, Can't Stop

The process of working with Pitch to produce Picking up the Threads
was enjoyable and rewarding, with the final edition surpassing
expectations and becoming a resounding success.

John Chandler, Picking up the Threads

Pitch will take a chance on books that other publishers won't
and realise that interest in football extends beyond the
Premier League and the top 20 countries in the FIFA rankings.

Steve Menary, Outcasts!

Pitch have the vision to look beyond the obvious,
seeking out interesting ideas and subjects and
matching them with the right target audience.

David Tossell, Tony Greig, The Great English Final, Grovel!, Natural

Pitch have been an absolute joy to work with,
contributing their passion, expertise, knowledge
and experience to help produce a brilliant book.

Sam Pilger, Ashes Match of My Life

Pitch took our original concept and further enhanced it,
using their knowledge, experience and expertise, and helped
make Got, Not Got one of the football books of the year for 2011.

Derek Hammond, Got, Not Got series of books

Pitch bought into the concept of development through football,
channeling profits and proceeds from Eleven into helping
some of the most disadvantaged young people in the world.

Steve Fleming, Eleven

In the highly competitive world of sport publishing,
Pitch have consistently demonstrated the happy
knack of spotting, nurturing and promoting winners.

Neil Dunkin, Anfield of Dreams

12 Nov

RUNNING AWARDS 2019 - VOTE NOW!

Two of our authors' inspirational running books have been nominated in this year's Running Awards.

Don't forget to vote for Doug Richards' Can We Run With You, Grandfather: Seven Continents, Seven Decades and Caroline Bramwell's Loo Rolls to Lycra: The Ironman Dreams of an IBD Sufferer.

Voting closes on 6th December so that the Running Awards can produce their 'Best Running Books for Christmas' list - and any help you can give in voting for your favourite in the Christmas/Books category would be much appreciated!

Click here to vote in the Running Awards 2019

In his previous book Running Hot & Cold (a Running Awards Silver award winner in 2017) Doug described his journey from couch potato in late middle age to running long-distance races across deserts, mountains, jungles and snow fields on four of Earth's continents. Can We Run With You, Grandfather? describes Doug's ongoing journey towards his ultimate dream of running at least a half marathon on all seven continents before his 70th birthday.

Read Can We Run With You, Grandfather?, and discover:

How Doug confronted his fear of heights by taking on a daunting challenge in Sydney, Australia
Why Doug’s running trip to New Zealand included spending a day at a sheep farmers’ study day
How a running trip halfway across the world was threatened by a sickness bug that swept through a hotel
Exploring the challenges of daily life in the schools and villages of central Myanmar
How Doug coped with returning to the multi-day race formats in the hills and mountains of the Akamas peninsula in Cyprus
What happened when a pair of 40-foot humpback whales came within touching distance of Doug’s rubber dinghy in Antarctica
The most wonderfully named Chinese noodle house in the middle of the Australian Outback.
The most precarious portaloo experience a runner could possibly face

Click here for more information, or to read a sample from Can We Run With You, Grandfather?

Loo Rolls to Lycra: The Ironman Dreams of an IBD Sufferer is the inspirational and insightful autobiography of Caroline Bramwell, a wife and mother who believed her life was going down the toilet when she was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis, an Inflammatory Bowel Disease. A self-confessed couch potato, Caroline turned to sport after intestinal surgery, dispelling the medical profession’s ‘you can’t do that’ attitude by announcing her London-to-Paris 24-hour cycle ride. Loo Rolls to Lycra is the epitome of the self-belief that anything is possible.

Read Loo Rolls to Lycra and you will discover:

How understanding your own body and pushing the boundaries of what it can do can reap results you only ever dreamt of
Why a woman recovering from major surgery wants to change the perception of living life with a stoma, and break the taboo of talking about bowel conditions
What happened when Caroline's drug-befuddled head couldn't even cope with doing the weekly supermarket shopping
What happened when a race Marshall tried to curtail Caroline's ambition of completing Ironman Staffordshire 70.3, on her Ironman journey
How, even when you think you've got everything under control, the unexpected can happen to derail your day
How having a permanent ileostomy was the beginning of a whole new approach to living life to the max
That being a wife and mum, as well as a triathlete, is the biggest juggling act of all, and that sacrifices need to be made
How Caroline had to deal with the remarks and glares from those who couldn't see a woman suffering from a hidden illness

Click here for more information, or to read a sample from Loo Rolls to Lycra