Fourth Estate has acquired the story of a young Irish traveller after a four-way auction. Claire... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 17/11/2011 - 12:13 Viking has won a title by journalist Ed Caesar about marathon running and the race to beat the two-hour barrier, using research and interviews to be conducted around the world. Viking editorial director Joel Rickett... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Wed, 24/08/2011 - 09:21 Rachel Rayner is to move from HarperCollins to Transworld, taking up the role of commissioning editor, crime and thrillers. Rayner will report to Sarah Adams, publishing director, crime and thrillers. Rayner began her publishing career at Ebury before... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Wed, 06/07/2011 - 16:01 Robin Harvie is to join Aurum Press from Fourth Estate. Currently non-fiction commissioning editor and digital editor at Fourth Estate, Harvie has been appointed senior commissioning editor and digital publisher at the independent, and will start at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 03/06/2011 - 10:06 Fourth Estate and Headline signed débuts this week, buying books set in rural Ireland and Wales respectively. Headline senior commissioning editor Leah Woodburn won a five-way auction for a novel about a dysfunctional but... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 30/03/2011 - 14:55 Fourth Estate will publish the latest novel by The Joy Luck Club author Amy Tan after HarperCollins bought The Valley of Amazement. Publication date for the novel is expected to be autumn 2012. Daniel Halpern, president and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 25/02/2011 - 11:35 Fourth Estate has bought a début novel from a permissions manager at Faber. Editorial director Clare Reihill bought UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada to Someday Find Me by Nicci Cloke through Jo Unwin at Conville and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]