The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award is given annually to the best work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry by a British or Irish author of 35 or under. Here at the British Council, we're proud to work with the Prize to support the selected writers early in their... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2023-02-13 14:40:41 UTC ]
England footballer’s follow-up to bestselling debut You Are a Champion is aimed at children aged between 10 and 14 Marcus Rashford is writing a follow-up to his bestselling debut You Are a Champion, in which the England footballer will explore “how to celebrate and champion... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-02-01 09:00:14 UTC ]
Journalist Stig Abell has signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins, including his crime fiction debut and one non-fiction title. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-07 18:18:52 UTC ]
With Sharjah as London Book Fair’s guest of honour in 2022, the time is nigh – nay, now – for publishers to acquire Arabic titles for translation. But where to start? Unlike other languages such as Korean or Swedish, which have robust agenting infrastructure, very few Arab authors have agents to... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2021-06-29 14:19:46 UTC ]
Transworld and Puffin have acquired three books from Alison Hammond, including the "This Morning" presenter's memoir, a novel and a non-fiction title for readers aged eight to 12. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-07 06:39:32 UTC ]
Manifesto will chart the first Black Booker prize winner’s 40-year journey to literary centre-stage and encourage others to pursue creative fulfilmentBernardine Evaristo, the first Black woman to win the Booker prize, is writing a memoir about how she “moved from the margins to centre stage”... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-03-27 09:00:08 UTC ]
Atlantic Books is to publish Head First: A Psychiatrist’s Stories of Mind and Body by Alastair Santhouse, after securing the non-fiction title at auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-03-14 23:36:40 UTC ]
Walker Books has acquired a non-fiction title from Rudimental band member Leon “Locksmith” Rolle and author Derek Owusu. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-22 04:26:28 UTC ]
Bloombury is to publish the first major work by 27-year-old economist Grace Blakeley, after winning a 10-way auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-27 18:38:16 UTC ]
Puffin has acquired the first children’s non-fiction title from writer, broadcaster, documentary maker and activist Afua Hirsch. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-08 06:48:52 UTC ]
Puffin will publish Wild Cities, a non-fiction title by Ben Lerwill, illustrated by Harriet Hobday. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-07 21:00:45 UTC ]
Kay Featherstone and Kate Allinson’s Pinch of Nom: Everyday Light (Bluebird) has thundered into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 129,985 copies in its first three days on sale, for £1.3m. Its predecessor Pinch of Nom became the fastest-selling non-fiction title since records began... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-16 20:21:43 UTC ]
HQ will publish the first non-fiction title from YA author Eleanor Wood about her journey from “the depths of existential despair” following a traumatic break-up and psychotic episode. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-21 09:14:55 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has won a non-fiction title by Eliot Higgins, whose website Bellingcat identified the suspects in the Skripal poisoning. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt (Picador) has topped the Weekly E-Ranking top 20 for a second consecutive week, becoming only the second non-fiction title (after Michael Wolff’s White House expose Fire and Fury) to hold the top spot for longer than one week. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wayland Books, part of the Hachette Children’s Group, is publishing a non-fiction title about masculinity by Jeffrey Boakye and Darren Chetty. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber & Faber has acquired an "essential" new non-fiction title from author and senior campaigns manager John Grindrod. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Weidenfeld & Nicolson has bought a "major" new non-fiction title, Dead Doubles by writer and journalist Trevor Barnes, about the discovery, pursuit and capture of the Portland Spy Ring. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
After a big song and dance was made about a non-fiction title to topping the Weekly E-Book Ranking, another has only gone and replicated the feat. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
JK Rowling and Bill Bryson top the charts, while film tie-ins give Paula Hawkins and Jojo Moyes a second bite of the cherry – but this unpredictable year has also seen a welcome revival of humorous writingIt was a year when the No 1 book was a play script. When hyper-prolific James Patterson,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]