Hodder & Stoughton editor Anne Perry has snapped up two fantasy/crime novels, described as "a cross between Ben Aaronovitch and Lauren Beukes". Perry acquired UK and Commonwealth (excluding Canada) rights to Paul Crilley’s Poison City and its sequel, Neon City, from Sandra Sawicka at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Do computer games and internet use wreak havoc on young brains? That's the debate I seem to have been dragged into, thanks to the potentially adverse effects of information technology (IT) that I described in my recent book Mind Change. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2015-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A story about three animals in a hot air balloon has won The Big Idea Competition, which launched earlier this year to find multi-platform story ideas. The competition was announced in June by Chicken House publisher and m.d. Barry Cunningham and agent Neil Blair. The pair wanted to find... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]