Callum Kenny, editor for Sphere fiction, has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, for two new novels from Justin Myers. Rights were acquired from Becky Thomas at Johnson & Alcock. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-23 13:07:57 UTC ]
Johnson & Alcock has hired a head of foreign rights, Hélène Ferey, who joins from A M Heath in September. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Myriad Editions has signed a “stunning” novelisation of the love affair between Simone de Beauvoir and American writer Nelson Algren. Fiction editor Holly Ainley bought UK and Commonwealth rights, including Canada, to Noon in Paris, Eight in Chicago by Chicago-born author Douglas Cowie, from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Octopus Publishing Group’s Mitchell Beazley imprint has acquired a new Korean cookbook from the founders of a street food company. Denise Bates, group publishing director at Octopus, bought world rights to K Food: Korean Home Cooking and Street Food by Da-Hae and Gareth West from Anna Power at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary agency Johnson & Alcock has acquired Fox Mason, the literary agency set up by Ben Mason in 2010, for an undisclosed sum. Johnson & Alcock is taking on the liability for Mason’s 20 authors as well as his employee Becky Thomas, who joins Johnson & Alcock as an associate... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired an investigation into the pain industry by debut author Julia Buckley. Bea Hemming, editorial director at Weidenfeld & Nicolson, signed World English rights in Heal Me in a deal with Ed Wilson at Johnson & Alcock. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]