Curtis Brown, C&W, Fane, Tavistock Wood, CBC and Ed Victor Ltd will all be absent from this year's London Book Fair, after parent company Original Talent made the decision today (3rd March) to withdraw. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-03 06:46:37 UTC ]
The London Book Fair celebrates the life of superagent Ed Victor, in the first fair since his passing. Charlie Campbell remembers his old boss fondly. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Charlie Brotherstone, literary agent at Ed Victor Ltd, is opening his own agency. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Über literary agent Ed Victor muses on his 40 years working in the book trade. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Graham Greene CBE, most recently a director of Ed Victor Ltd and a "great cultural ambassador", has died. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher who turned Faber & Faber into a champion of the best contemporary writingMatthew Evans, who has died aged 74 from leukaemia, was a great publisher who also happened to play a decisive role in the making of the musical Cats. He transformed Faber & Faber from the Vatican of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
As one of the books industry’s most glamorous figures is awarded a New Year’s honour, David Barnett looks back at Ed Victor’s star-studded literary careerThe veteran literary agent Ed Victor has been awarded a CBE in the New Year honours list.With a client list that ranges from Joan Collins to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Morag O'Brien is joining the Sophie Hicks Agency as foreign rights director. O’Brien, former foreign rights director at Ed Victor Ltd, will take on the role on the 1st September. Hicks set up her eponymous agency in 2014 after also leaving Ed Victor. Her authors include Eoin Colfer and Emerald... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Virgin Books, an imprint of Ebury at Penguin Random House UK, has acquired two colouring books from illustrator Johanna Basford. Madeline McIntosh, president of the Penguin Publishing Group, acquired world rights from Ed Victor of Ed Victor Ltd in a co-publishing deal with Jake Lingwood at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber has signed Edna O’Brien’s first novel in 10 years. Creative director Lee Brackstone signed UK and Commonwealth rights in The Little Red Chairs from Ed Victor, and will publish in February 2016, simultaneously with Little, Brown in the US. The book sees a wanted war criminal settle in a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Robson Press has signed the memoir of novelist and screenwriter Frederic Raphael. Publisher Jeremy Robson signed UK and Commonwealth rights to Going Up in a deal with Maggie Phillips at Ed Victor. The book follows Raphael from his schooldays at Charterhouse, through to his time at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Biteback Publishing has signed a new book by UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage. The Purple Revolution: The Year that Changed Everything was signed by Biteback m.d. Iain Dale in a deal with Charlie Brotherstone at Ed Victor. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary agents Jonny Geller and Edina Imrik in London talk with Porter Anderson about Curtis Brown's and Ed Victor's author-publishing approaches. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 21/10/2011 - 12:08 Chatto & Windus has acquired a new book by "Domestic Goddess" Nigella Lawson, whipping up rights in Nigellissima: Italian Express. Publishing director Clara Farmer bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 18/08/2011 - 12:00 Jonathan Cape has acquired a memoir about the British painter Lucian Freud, who died last month, written by his friend, Evening Standard editor Geordie Greig. Publishing director Dan Franklin acquired UK and Commonwealth... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 29/06/2011 - 14:10 Open Road has entered into a partnership with Ed Victor's Bedford Square Books, making the publishing venture's list available in the US as ebooks and print on demand volumes. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 13/05/2011 - 08:30 The Who guitarist Pete Townshend and "Little Britain" star David Walliams are the latest figures to have memoirs put in front of publishers, as the trade shows no sign of losing its appetite for celebrity autobiographies. Ed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]