A debut novel has sparked auctions across Europe. Two Roads in the UK won an auction for The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan, from Laura Macdougall at Tibor Jones & Associates. The book has sold to Rizzoli in Italy in a six-way auction, and Ullstein won a five-way auction in Germany.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lauren Parsons of Legend Press says that when acquiring a debut author for a UK list, one needs to believe the book can compete with the established brands. The post When Acquiring Debut Authors, Ask If They Can Compete appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fansite True to You announces that the book will be published by PenguinMorrissey may have had a troubled couple of years, with health issues forcing the cancellation of gigs, but as he pointed out on the Smiths’ third single, “the devil will find work for idle hands to do” – and in this case,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Zia Haider Rahman's debut novel In the Light of What We Know wins the prestigious James Tait Prize for fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books published by independent publishers dominate this year’s Guardian First Book Award longlist, with Granta editor Max Porter’s novel among those longlisted. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
UK author Andrew Shantos tracks the elation, frustration and quantification of the first two months of publication of his debut novel, Dead Star Island. The post Down, Up, Down Again: The Diary of a Debut Author appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
As author J. Ryan Stradal tours the country promoting his debut novel, he's being wined and dined by booksellers, and was the guest-of-honor at a Dinner Lab pop-up dinner in Chicago that featured a menu inspired by his book. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors can debut at any age — even after 40, the de facto cut off for young writers — and in the UK a new group is fighting the ageist bias. The post UK Group to Fight Bias Against Older Debut Authors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
When gardening writer Amy Stewart was researching The Drunken Botanist (Algonquin, 2013), about the intersection of botany and booze, she came across Henry Kaufman, a gin smuggler from a hundred years ago. Although she hasn't been able to verify that he's the same Kaufman who ran a silk-dyeing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline has acquired the first book by Chelsea Football Club manager Jose Mourinho. The as-yet-untitled book will be a “visually sumptuous celebration” of Mourinho’s career so far. Mourinho has won eight league titles in four different European countries: in his homeland of Portugal with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Frustrated by a lack of opportunity for indie authors to showcase their work, two Florida writers open a bookstore of their own. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three debut novelists are in the running for the 2015 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic novels. Writer Caitlin Moran, actress Helen Lederer and Nina Stibbe have all made the shortlist for the prize, alongside Alexander McCall Smith, Irvine Welsh and Joseph O'Neill. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A debut author has arranged a marketing and publicity campaign she estimates is worth £200,000 to support the release of her book, and which her agent said “must be unique for a first-time author”. Janet Kelly’s Dear Beneficiary, about an older woman who has a relationship with a Nigerian man... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Poxl' is being published on March 17 and centers on teenager Eli, who loves to hear stories of his uncle's World War II bravery. However, he soon discovers all may not be what it seems. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Salt is publishing the first novel by Paul McVeigh, director of the London Short Story Festival (LSSF). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
One of Peru's fledgling publishers, Colmena Editores, is making room for edgy new generation of authors, while also offering classics and criticism. The post Peru’s Colmena Editores Gives Edgy Debut Authors a Voice appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actress Gillian Anderson will be on the judging panel for this year’s Oscar’s First Book Prize, which awards the best first book for children aged five or under published in 2014. The £5,000 prize was set up by the Evening Standard last year in memory of Oscar Ashton, the son of the paper’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has a first novel from writer and filmmaker Hannah Rothschild, author of biography The Baroness (Virago). The Improbability of Love will be published by Bloomsbury on 21st May this year. Editor-in-chief Alexandra Pringle signed UK and Commonwealth rights in the deal with Sarah... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
July's upcoming book has received many positive reviews, with critics calling it 'compelling' and 'visionary,' though some felt that parts of the story were contrived and that some sections tried too hard to shock the reader. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Jeffrey Stayton, whose first book is being published this February, recently sponsored a competition to select six independent bookstores as recipients of $250 grants. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]