Thread, Bookouture's non-fiction imprint, will publish Coconut, a memoir of "belonging, identity and finding home" by debut author Florence Olajide. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 21:34:05 UTC ]
Interviews Adib Khorram is an author, graphic designer, and tea enthusiast. Iranian American, he was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. A theater kid in high school, he went on to study design and technical theater at Southern Illinois... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-09-25 11:55:24 UTC ]
Science journalist and debut author Angela Chen remembers the first time she saw the word “asexuality”—online, on the Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN). I don’t remember the first time I saw the word, though I know I first used it in the negative—as in, I may have “weird” views on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2020-09-21 11:00:38 UTC ]
Annabel Steadman’s fantasy series Skandar and the Unicorn Thief has won a seven-figure book contract, with film rights also sold to Sony PicturesA 28-year-old first-time author from Canterbury has landed what is believed to be the world’s largest ever book advance for a debut children’s writer,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-09-16 13:34:54 UTC ]
Bolinda has scooped a “laugh out loud” romantic comedy by debut author Aly Mennuti, featuring a literary agent based partly on the author's own, Simon Trewin. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-25 02:20:12 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Children's Books is to publish middle-grade adventure Alfie Miller, Lightning Catcher by debut author Clare Weze. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-19 13:19:12 UTC ]
The debut author of the The Shame discusses book hoarding, life in Vermont, and the weight of the past. Continue reading >> [ Source: Guernica | 2020-08-17 13:24:30 UTC ]
Atlantic's Corvus imprint has acquired two novels from debut author Katy Cox, including M is for Mummy, a "warm and witty" story about parenting an autistic child. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 05:57:45 UTC ]
Macmillan Children's Books has won a multi-publisher auction for a young fiction series by debut author Lola Morayo. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 14:22:34 UTC ]
Michael Joseph has acquired The Butterfly Waltz and one other title by debut author Julie Owen Moylan at auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-22 18:32:25 UTC ]
Avon has signed two books from debut author Louise Sharland following a competition with the Big Issue to find a new crime writing voice. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-08 04:45:22 UTC ]
Hachette Children's Group will publish Ghostcloud, a middle-grade adventure by debut author Michael Mann. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-24 18:20:27 UTC ]
Michael Joseph has acquired The Downfall and a second novel, Eden Lost, by debut author Laure Van Rensburg in a six-figure deal after a six-way auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-21 20:13:47 UTC ]
It was Sunday 22nd March when I emailed Carrie, my literary agent, telling her I’d had an idea in the bath and although it felt far-fetched, I wanted to explore it and could she please call me on Monday for a quick chat. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-12 11:19:54 UTC ]
Macmillan's Children's Books has pre-empted a middle-grade trilogy by debut author Cat Weldon, set in the world of the Norse gods. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-08 07:23:35 UTC ]
Puffin has acquired The Bear in the Stars by debut author and print-maker Alexis Snell. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-04 13:19:07 UTC ]
Anne Griffin and David Nott have made the shortlist for this year's £10,000 RSL Christopher Bland Prize, which goes to a debut author aged 50 or over. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-03 14:09:31 UTC ]
Piccadilly Press, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK, will publish three children's books by debut author Gianna Pollero. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-21 15:59:25 UTC ]
Welbeck Publishing Group has signed a three-book deal with debut historical writer Ben Creed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-17 20:25:57 UTC ]
Independent YA and children's publisher Firefly Press will publish Grow by debut author Luke Palmer, described as a "powerful" novel on right-wing radicalisation. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-30 21:17:58 UTC ]