A Bristol librarian has won the inaugural Cheltenham Literature Festival First Novel competition with her “clever, pulsing story”, scooping a book deal with Borough Press. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Debut novelist Adebayo Ayobami reveals how sickle cell disease inspired her book. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Piatkus has acquired Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Farrah Storr's first book at auction, about spending time in our "discomfort zone". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a tightening market for fiction and especially for debut authors looking for that big break, editors can be choosier–and many are more dependent than ever on literary agents to find their next debuts. The post With Fewer Debut Novels Selling, What Do Editors Want To Tell Authors? appeared... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Titles from independent publishers make up four of the six-strong Authors’ Club Best First Novel shortlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
A debut author has hit back after her novel was criticised in an Observer review, which has become the focus of a debate on social media. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rights to T S Eliot Prize winner Ocean Vuong’s debut novel have been snapped up around the world, with Jonathan Cape clinching rights to publish it in the UK. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder has acquired the memoir of stand-up comedian and presenter of "The Last Leg" Adam Hills. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The great-niece of Virginia Woolf is to publish her debut novel in July with Three Hares Publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two previously longlisted authors and one twice-shortlisted writer, Kamila Shamsie, are on this year's Women's Prize for Fiction longlist of 16 novels. The winner takes home £30,000 and a bronze figurine, the 'Bessie.' The post Six Debut Novelists Are on the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
There was a prickly if fleeting moment in last month’s Grammy Awards telecast during the “In Memoriam” segment that honored Chester Bennington, the late Linkin Park frontman and father of six, who took his own life last July. Moments after Bennington’s face faded from the screen, the rapper Logic... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bonnier Zaffre has acquired "Strictly Come Dancing" star Anton Du Beke’s "sweeping historical" debut novel as a super lead for this autumn. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Little, Brown imprint Sphere has acquired world rights for YouTuber and presenter Amelia Mandeville's debut novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Daniel Mallory was in the LAX lounge on his way back from a break in Palm Springs when his agent rang and said: "We've been resisting Hollywood because we wanted to close the publishing deal first, but Fox have offered US$1 million for the book â do you want it?'" For any novelist, let alone... Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2018-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Picador has acquired a "funny and tragic" debut novel about 1960’s rural America by Paula Saunders, the wife of Man Booker Prize-winning George Saunders. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
By buying Disney books, sending in reading-related photos, and reading from the Disney app, consumers can contribute to Disney Publishing's book donations to First Book. The post Disney Publishing Opens Sixth Annual Campaign for First Book appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ever Dundas’ "captivating" novel Goblin (Saraband) has won the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award, it was announced at a ceremony held in Edinburgh. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 25 year-old nonprofit has engendered the distribution of more than 170 million free and affordable low-cost books and educational materials to educators and community leaders since 1992. It's just getting started. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Picador has acquired two books from writer Olivia Laing, including a first novel called Crudo about "finding love amidst the global chaos of the summer of 2017". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A historical thriller, Half Of You by Faber Academy graduate Carolyn Kirby, has won the inaugural Bluepencilagency First Novel Award for previously unpublished and unrepresented writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]