September Publishing has acquired an updated edition of Samson Kambalu's "wickedly funny, artistic" childhood memoir The Jive Talker: Or How To Get a British Passport. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-12 20:46:36 UTC ]
Former home secretary Alan Johnson has won the Orwell Prize for Books with childhood memoir, This... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 05/10/2011 - 08:49 Transworld has acquired a childhood memoir by Labour MP and former home secretary Alan Johnson. Publisher Doug Young bought UK and Commonwealth rights including serial from Andrew Kidd at Aitken Alexander Associates to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 01/07/2011 - 11:25 Viking has signed a childhood memoir by BBC sports presenter Clare Balding, paying what is believed to be around £500,000 for two books. Penguin declined to comment on the sum paid, which was a pre-emptive deal for world rights... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]