Awards & Testimonials
Awards
World Whisky — 2010 IACP Cookbook Award Winner
World Whisky — James Beard Award Runner-Up
The Beer Book — 2009 IACP Nominee
Eyewitness Travel Guides — Winner of Thomas Cook Award for Best Travel Guides
Eyewitness Travel Guides — Daily Telegraph Readers' Travel Awards Best Guide Books
Eyewitness Travel Guides — 2004 & 2005 Observer/Guardian Travel Guide of the Year Award
Reviews of our works
"The Londoner's Diary is a fantastic diary with brilliant photography, and here is the man responsible for it – Mike Ellis."
ROBERT ELMS, BBC LONDON RADIO INTERVIEW
"London City of Words is one of the most original and enjoyable books about London I've read in years."
MAXWELL HUTCHINSON, ARCHITECT AND BROADCASTER
"This is a wonderful book: a feast for the eye and a constant spur to visit such and such a church if ever we find ourselves in … Every page is a visual temptation."
S. J. WILLIAM, ON BETJEMAN'S BEST BRITISH CHURCHES
"This is a beautiful tome crammed with quality coloured photographs… It is difficult to write a review worthy of such a good book, it really is quite exceptional."
REVIEWER OF BETJEMAN'S BEST BRITISH CHURCHES
"Please reintroduce the Diary in some form as soon as possible! The combination of great photography and interesting trivia should be retained definitely."
CHRISTOPHER WATKEYS, LONDONER'S DIARIES READER
"Sold out! Please print more, I've searched every bookshop in London for a copy, and I give them as Xmas pressies too... it's the ultimate diary for London lovers, please let me know if any shop has a copy... I will travel..."
ANGELINA BARKER, LONDONER'S DIARIES READER
"Jackson's guide to individual distilleries remains the best companion to the more traditional malts."
Giles Foden, The Guardian, on the malt whisky companion
Testimonials from clients
"A wonderful team to work with, through every step of a project."
DAWN HENDERSON, DORLING KINDERSLEY
"I have been very pleased with the work Thameside Media have done for Harper Collins. They have always been easy to work with, they maintain very good relationships with the authors, and (most importantly) they have produced excellent illustrated books on schedule."
SAM RICHARDSON, HARPER COLLINS
"We found Thameside Media to be conscientious... they rose to the technical and aesthetic challenges to provide us with some beautiful images."
PAUL BRADY, 4M GROUP
Compliments from people we've collaborated with
"Thank you for your creative input to the 'Oz and James' project. This is the best book linked to any of my TV programmes – you have really encapsulated the essence of the BBC series with your quirky layouts, hand-drawn cartoons and photographs."
OZ CLARKE, WINE CRITIC & TV PRESENTER
"I really like this book – it has large type, lovely pictures and is all about my summer holiday!"
JAMES MAY, TV PRESENTER
"Working with Mike Ellis on the 'Eyewitness Companion to Whisky' and 'World Whisky' has been a pleasure. His unflappable efficiency, eye for editorial detail and outstanding design skills turned a potentially stressful job into a recreation!"
CHARLES MACLEAN, WHISKY CRITIC
"The photo sessions for Bass Guitar went very smoothly and the final product looks excellent. Possibly the smoothest edit ever. Everyone who sees it says how good it looks: diagrams, notation and, particularly, the photographs."
PAUL SCOTT, NTK BASS GUITAR
