Four debut authors are in contention for this year's CILIP Carnegie Medal, announced today (... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has acquired music star Sir Elton John's first book, Love is The Cure... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury's Bill Swainson has bought world rights in the first novel by renowned dancer and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The only non-fiction title shortlisted for the 2011 Guardian First Book Award has taken home the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 14/11/2011 - 08:12 Stephen Kelman's Pigeon English (Bloomsbury) has made the shortlist of the £10,000 Guardian First Book Award, equaling its achievement on the Man Booker Prize this year, with Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 14/11/2011 - 08:15 Stephen Kelman's Pigeon English (Bloomsbury) has made the shortlist of the £10,000 Guardian First Book Award, equaling its achievement on the Man Booker Prize this year, with Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 22/03/2011 - 08:30 Transworld has acquired three novels by debut author Victoria Lamb, all set in the time of Elizabeth I's reign. Publishing director Selina Walker bought world rights in the trilogy from agent Luigi Bonomi, and will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 04/03/2011 - 10:14 Sceptre has signed a six-figure deal for two novels by debut author Jess Richards, including Snake Ropes, set on an island "off the edge of the map". Deputy publisher Jocasta Hamilton made the deal for UK and Commonwealth... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Wed, 09/02/2011 - 20:05 Debut author Sita Brahmachari has won the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize for her coming-of-age novel about life, death, friendship and love. She was awarded the £5,000 prize this evening [9th February] for Artichoke Hearts, published by Macmillan... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Puffin is to publish a new picture book by The Very Hungry Caterpillar author Eric Carle, his first in four years. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse will be published in October 2011, in a global, simultaneous publication with Philomel, a Penguin Young Readers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]