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Film rights for Osman debut novel bought by Amblin in 14-way auction

Film rights to Richard Osman’s debut novel, The Thursday Murder Club (Viking), have been snapped up by Amblin Partners in a 14-way auction. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 16:08:49 UTC ]
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Hodder snaps up debut author's reimagining of Siege of Troy

Hodder & Stoughton has snapped up debut author Claire Heywood’s “vivid and illuminating reimagining of the story of the Siege of Troy”, Daughters of Sparta. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-27 00:11:49 UTC ]
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‘Temporary’ Is a Debut Novel That Leans Into the Absurdity of How We Work Now

Hilary Leichter’s brisk, wildly imaginative book tracks a young woman’s experiences in 23 jobs, including one on a pirate ship. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2020-02-25 17:40:43 UTC ]
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BBC to film series based on Sally Rooney's hit debut novel

Conversations with Friends will follow Rooney’s Normal People that will air in April The BBC has commissioned a 12-part series based on Sally Rooney’s hit debut novel Conversations with Friends in the hope that fans of the young Irish author will bring in younger audiences.The BBC is to show its... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2020-02-25 10:19:05 UTC ]
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Mirror Books pre-empts memoir of first NHS baby

Mirror Books is set to publish a memoir by Aneira Thomas, the first baby born on the NHS. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 20:50:00 UTC ]
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Canongate publishing 'astonishing' debut novel from Phil Klay

Canongate is publishing an "astonishing" debut novel of “extraordinary suspense” from award-winning writer and US Marine Corps veteran Phil Klay. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-19 20:45:41 UTC ]
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Scribner signs Faber Academy graduate's debut novel

Simon & Schuster UK will publish The Miseducation of Evie Epworth by Faber Academy graduate Matson Taylor. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-14 03:26:34 UTC ]
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Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2020 Book Preview

We seem to say this every year, but at 140-something books, this is truly our most gratuitously enormous Preview to date. The post Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2020 Book Preview appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at 'The Millions'

[ The Millions | 2020-01-08 11:00:30 UTC ]
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Kiley Reid’s Sharp First Novel About Race, Careers, and Parenthood

Such a Fun Age is Franzenesque in its interest in how we live now—but in a quieter register. Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2020-01-07 12:30:00 UTC ]
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Press tour announced for Colfer's first adult fantasy novel

Eoin Colfer will embark on a book tour this month to mark the publication of his first adult fantasy novel Highfire, Quercus has announced. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-05 15:08:52 UTC ]
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Clare Pooley Makes a New Beginning In Her Debut Novel

With 'The Authenticity Project,' publishing in February, Clare Pooley reflects on sobriety and second chances. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
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De’Shawn Charles Winslow wins 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.

Huge congratulations to De’Shawn Charles Winslow, who last night took home the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize for his acclaimed debut In West Mills. Winslow was presented with the prestigious prize—which has in previous years been awarded to Junot Diaz, Tiphanie Yanique, Viet Thanh Nguyen,... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-12-11 17:00:27 UTC ]
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Doubleday signs debut author Anna Bailey in 'major' pre-empt

Doubleday has signed a "major" pre-emptive deal for world rights in two books from Anna Bailey with the first offers already in from France and Italy. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-06 15:35:31 UTC ]
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Jess Kidd's first children's book goes to Canongate

Canongate will publish novelist Jess Kidd’s "mischievous and mysterious" first children’s book. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-05 21:09:32 UTC ]
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Hamilton becomes first three-time William Hill Sports Book of the Year winner

Duncan Hamilton has become the first person to win the William Hill Sports Book of the Year three times after he scooped the 2019 prize for The Great Romantic (Hodder & Stoughton). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-04 18:37:26 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury scoops McMullan’s debut novel

Bloomsbury will publish journalist Thomas McMullan’s debut novel The Last Good Man in November 2020. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-03 21:48:31 UTC ]
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Harvill Secker wins Elaine Feeney's first novel at auction

Irish poet Elaine Feeney’s "dazzlingly inventive" debut novel As You Were will be published by Harvill Secker following an auction. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-02 15:33:42 UTC ]
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What Was the First Book You Fell in Love With?

We asked this year’s Center for Fiction First Novel Prize finalists about their earliest love affairs with reading. Meet them all at the Finalist Reading and Fête on December 9 at The Center for Fiction. * Chia-Chia Lin, author of The Unpassing on The Elves and the Shoemaker, Fran Hunia and... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-12-02 09:49:11 UTC ]
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Dalai Lama's first children book to be published by Puffin

Puffin will publish the Dalai Lama’s first children’s book, The Seed of Compassion, in March 2020. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-02 02:55:38 UTC ]
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Walker buys first children’s book from ST’s Chris Haslam

Walker has acquired a middle grade adventure story set in Cornwall from the Sunday Times chief travel writer Chris Haslam, writing as C J Haslam. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-28 02:47:59 UTC ]
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