Galleys available for booksellers, press, media and influencers. Pitching for features and reviews in national and regional press, including the New York Review of Books and Washington Post. Opportunity to capitalise on the 25 year anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, with articles, reviews and interviews. Targeting high profile endorsements from writers such as Nick Hornby, Jonathan Coe, Marian Keyes, Sarah Winman, as well as figures from the Harry Potter world: Jim Dale, Stephen Fry, Tom Felton and Daniel Radcliffe. Targeted promotion in Harry Potter spaces on social media and forums using paid advertising. Promotion through publisher social media, website and newsletters.

A magical imagining of the fate of a fictional boy whose life is shaped forever when he loses out on the role of Harry Potter. In 1999 the search to find the actor to play Harry Potter began. Hundreds of actors were auditioned, but only two remained. Martin Hill was the the boy who wasn't chosen. A devastated Martin tries to move on with his life. But how can he forget his failure? Foenkinos' smash-hit Second Best is a playful, poignant story about fate, loss and how the lives we wish we'd led might not be all they're cracked up to be . . .