Jessica Woollard, previously primary agent at the Marsh Agency, has joined David Higham Associates. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Film rights for Helen Macdonald’s H is for Hawk (Jonathan Cape) have been acquired by actress Lena Headey, who stars in the hugely successful television series “Game of Thrones”. The deal was brokered by Emily Hayward-Whitlock at Knight Hall Agency Ltd on behalf of Jessica Woollard at The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Profile Books has signed a "radical" book on the lives of animals by naturalist Charles Foster, who has attempted to live like the animals he studies. Being a Beast will recount Foster's experiences of emulating different animals, living like a badger in a hole in a Welsh hillside eating... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber has signed three books from Paul Kingsnorth, completing a trilogy begun with his Man Booker Prize longlisted novel, The Wake. Lee Brackstone acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to two novels and a non-fiction book from Jessica Woollard at the Marsh Agency. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]