In a seven figure deal, Ecco has acquired world English rights to Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's debut novel, 'The Nest' about, as HC put it, a "wonderfully dysfunctional" family. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sugg's debut book, 'Girl Online,' now holds the record for the highest sales in its first week for a new writer in the UK. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 26 rights deals for Milena Busquets' short debut novel have raised eyebrows — but looking at the author's passion and personal history, it makes sense The post Big Rights Deals for Barcelona Author’s Debut Novel appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Irish author Colin Barrett wins the Guardian First Book Award for his debut collection of short stories, Young Skins. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Colin Barrett has won the £10,000 Guardian First Book Award for his short story collection Young Skins (Jonathan Cape). It is the third prize to go to the book, which also took the 2014 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and the 2014 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
When the winner of the C$100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize was announced at a gala in Toronto last night, the spotlight was on a new writer, Sean Michaels, and his debut novel 'Us Conductors,' published by Random House Canada. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
St. Martin's Press has acquired the debut novel 'Everybody Rise,' by Stephanie Clifford, in a seven-figure book deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has acquired the world rights for two picture books from debut author Lou Carter.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Ancillary Justice' is the first novel ever to win the science fiction 'triple crown' – the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Arthur C. Clarke awards – all in the same year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2014 Polari First Book Prize is continuing its tradition of supporting self-published titles... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury will publish a first novel from actress and writer Sheila Hancock. Miss Carter's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nosy Crow’s Open Very Carefully, winner of the Waterstones best picture book prize this... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Karen Stevens's collection of essays offers practical advice and inspiration for those embarking on the long, lonely journey of writing a novelAccording to Karen Stevens, "writing a novel is the longest and loneliest journey a writer can embark upon". Her collection of essays by established and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The doom and gloom of the past few years appears to be over, with more publishing houses throwing open their doors to new writersBrigid Delaney Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Irish author Donal Ryan wins the 2013 Guardian First Book Award for his debut novel The Spinning Heart. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Donal Ryan’s The Spinning Heart (Doubleday Ireland) has tonight (28th November) been named... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Garth Risk Hallberg's City on Fire described by publisher as 'best American novel I've ever read'Fresh from selling film rights to Scott Rudin and signing a $2m publishing deal in the US, the novelist Garth Risk Hallberg has struck a "substantial" six-figure deal with Jonathan Cape in the UK for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers in 36 countries snap up book about modern witches in Britain by Sally Green, who only began writing three years agoAfter JK Rowling's wizards and Stephenie Meyer's vampires, publishers and producers have now been spellbound by a first novel about witches written by a former... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
A debut novelist who spent nine years trying to get her first book published is rewarded for her persistence with a £10,000 literary prize for original fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Edinburgh author Angela Jackson is named the winner of the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival's First Book Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]