Canongate c.e.o. Jamie Byng has acquired rights to Priya Basil’s "wise and engrossing" Be My Guest, slated for publication in November 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate c.e.o. Jamie Byng has bought a memoir of a former publisher in the US whose life descended into "drug-fuelled chaos". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jamie Byng, who heads up the Edinburgh-based house, is convinced that now is finally Canongate’s time in the States. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Trade figures, including J K Rowling, Malorie Blackman and Jamie Byng, took to Twitter to react to the decision to leave the EU. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate c.e.o. Jamie Byng, literary agent Juliet Mushens, Goldsboro Books’ owner David Headley and author Malorie Blackman are among the shortlist for the publishing and writing category of the h.Club 100 campaign to find the most influential and innovative people in the UK’s creative... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
There has been "phenomenal interest" from media and retailers in James Rhodes’ Instrumental (Canongate), after the Supreme Court overturned an injunction preventing the release of the book, Canongate c.e.o. Jamie Byng has told The Bookseller. In Instrumental Rhodes tells of the sexual abuse he... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jamie Byng is to move into a new position at Canongate, with Jenny Todd named publisher. Byng, currently publisher and m.d., will become chief executive, freeing him up to explore new opportunities. Todd will now oversee the publishing teams, including editorial, rights, sales, marketing,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate editorial director Louisa Joyner and m.d. Jamie Byng have acquired UK and Commonwealth... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 13/05/2011 - 10:47 Canongate has bought a foul-mouthed gift book for exhausted parents, which has been the subject of intense hype in the United States. M.d. Jamie Byng and senior editor Francis Bickmore bought UK and Commonwealth rights,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]