Pushkin Children’s Books has triumphed in a four-publisher auction for two novels in a series from debut author Daisy May Johnson. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-24 03:45:59 UTC ]
Mirror Books will publish The Weight of Small Things by debut author Julie Lancaster. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-16 14:24:03 UTC ]
Angry Robot Books has acquired The Second Bell by debut author Gabriela Houston. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-14 01:42:37 UTC ]
In today’s episode, Maris Kreizman speaks with debut author Hilary Leichter about her recent novel, Temporary, the story of one woman’s struggle for steadiness and happiness under late capitalism, a subject more relevant than ever. From the episode: “The book is about a woman who works as a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-03-26 18:55:28 UTC ]
Head of Zeus is to publish the debut novel of Nicole Kennedy, a former city lawyer. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-23 14:35:00 UTC ]
Amy Klein discusses being a debut author during the coronavirus quarantine, as bookstores close and events are canceled for the public's safety. The post A Book’s Debut Amidst a Pandemic appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2020-03-16 16:30:59 UTC ]
The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour has unveiled its longlist for 2020 with debut author Candice Carty-Williams making the list alongside children's authors Dean Atta and Jasbinder Bilan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-02 13:35:48 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has snapped up debut author Claire Heywood’s “vivid and illuminating reimagining of the story of the Siege of Troy”, Daughters of Sparta. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-27 00:11:49 UTC ]
Gollancz will publish the first three books in debut author Adam’s Simcox’s series The Dying Squad. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 05:25:42 UTC ]
Doubleday has signed a "major" pre-emptive deal for world rights in two books from Anna Bailey with the first offers already in from France and Italy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-06 15:35:31 UTC ]
Serpent’s Tail has acquired an "irresistibly surreal" debut short story collection by Alice Ash. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-26 21:39:09 UTC ]
HarperCollins has snapped up two women’s fiction books by debut author Hannah Sunderland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-18 02:55:49 UTC ]
Serpent’s Tail’s newly launched crime imprint Viper have signed a historical "whodunnit" as part of a two-book deal with debut author Leonora Nattrass. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-15 02:01:24 UTC ]
HarperCollins has won a multi-publisher auction for The Reading List by debut author and Harvill Secker commissioning editor Sara Nisha Adams in a two-book deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-10 16:51:18 UTC ]
Myriad Editions has bagged a pair of "graphic medicine" books from Ian Williams and Zara Slattery, as the publisher launches its 2020 Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-07 01:44:47 UTC ]
Head of Zeus imprint Aria Fiction has snared a "sweepingly romantic" debut by Olivia Lara in a two-book deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-07 01:16:54 UTC ]
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine EvaristoSince studying Lara as a student, I have been a fan of Bernardine Evaristo’s work, and am delighted to see her win the Booker Prize this year. Girl, Woman, Other follows the lives of twelve black characters with different backgrounds and experiences, most... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2019-10-30 09:49:28 UTC ]
The previously shortlisted Andrew McMillan and debut author Angela Chadwick are this year's honorees in the LGBT-themed awards program in the UK. The post In London, the Polari Prize Goes to Angela Chadwick and Andrew McMillan appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-24 09:30:44 UTC ]
Walker Books has signed comedy horror middle grade series Theodora Hendrix and the Monstrous League of Monsters by debut author Jordan Kopy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-17 21:39:40 UTC ]
HarperCollins has triumphed in a nine-way auction to publish Girl A by slushpile debut author Abigail Dean, with international rights sold in seven territories as well as an ongoing auction in Brazil and offers in Portugal and Israel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 18:13:43 UTC ]