Zaffre has bagged an "unbelievably timely" debut novel from Helly Acton, which has already been optioned for TV, in a two-book deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-14 12:23:54 UTC ]
Ocean Vuong reads from his stunning debut novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2019-06-14 12:00:01 UTC ]
The D.C.-based organization is looking for ways to keep up with demand for the books it's been putting into the hands of children in need since 1992. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Atlantic Books has pre-empted UK Commonwealth rights for The Cat and the City, the "disturbing, delightful" debut novel by Nick Bradley. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-31 03:16:40 UTC ]
De'Shawn Charles Winslow discusses "In West Mills," his novel following a woman struggling with alcoholism in the fictional town of West Mills, N.C. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-23 15:00:00 UTC ]
Debut author Kelly McCaughrain has won a trio of prizes at the Children’s Books Ireland awards—a first in the 29 year history of the prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-22 12:44:25 UTC ]
Bestselling author Heather Morris and 81-year-old debut novelist Norma MacMaster have been shortlisted for the Society of Authors' Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Picador has acquired the “deeply moving” debut novel from Jennifer Rosner about a young Jewish mother and her daughter hiding inside a barn in Nazi-occupied Poland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
DK has acquired the first book by Anthony Daniels, who played droid C-3PO in the Star Wars films, including the upcoming "Star Wars Episode IX". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bestselling author Tracy Chevalier will judge the inaugural £3,000 Curtis Brown First Novel Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Every year, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books brings some of the world's most acclaimed authors, artists and performers together for one unforgettable weekend. It's a chance for book-loving Angelenos to see, in the flesh, the writers who have educated and entertained them. This year's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scottish publisher Cranachan has signed debut author Joan Haig to its middle-grade imprint, Pokey Hat, for her first title Tiger Skin Rug. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bonnier adult fiction imprint Zaffre has signed debut authors Shirley Mann, Katie Hutton, and Gillie Holmes to its Memory Lane list of saga-writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
For nearly 20 years, Namwali Serpell has been writing “The Old Drift.” If you don’t find that fact alone to be staggering, consider this: The 576-page book blends English with a multitude of Bantu languages spoken in Zambia. Incorporating elements of historical fiction, sci-fi, magical realism,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has signed the “funny, warm and deeply human” debut novel by comedian Liam Williams, to be released first as an audiobook. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Musician says his tale of the ‘dark art of creativity’ is part of a magnum opus that will eventually combine fiction with opera and installation art The Who’s lead guitarist Pete Townshend has announced his debut novel The Age of Anxiety, an “extended meditation on manic genius and the dark art... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Weidenfeld & Nicolson has landed the "gorgeously complex" debut novel from Haleh Agar. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline has snapped up the "hilarious and insightful" debut novel by Christina Bradley about a woman who goes on 30 dates in as many days. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has bagged the “glorious” debut novel from New York psychiatrist Arlene Heyman. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gibson Square is publishing the first book on Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder at the Saudi Embassy in Istanbul. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]