Six books are up for the award celebrating innovative fiction, including Benjamin Myers’ account of St Cuthbert and a ‘great trans novel’ set in a small northern townA bildungsroman, a story within a story and two novels set across a single day feature in the six-book shortlist for this year’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-10-04 19:30:02 UTC ]
There’s something for everyone in this season’s bumper crop of novels set in other times and places. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-12-02 14:45:08 UTC ]
The theatre is a perennially popular setting for novelists and no wonder. The tawdry glamour and sense of spectacle make it a rich gift for any author, but it’s what happens behind the scenes that I find the most interesting. This is particularly true for those novels set on the 19th-century... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2022-04-14 11:00:00 UTC ]
"Fake," "Hammer" and “Portrait of an Unknown Lady” are literary thrillers that explore authenticity through the lens, or rather the canvases, of the art world. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-03-24 15:38:03 UTC ]
Known for her debut novel Testament, the Ian Fleming fanatic has been approved to write new novels set in 007’s world but without the agent himselfA new generation of Double O agents has been authorised by the estate of Ian Fleming, with Bond aficionado and novelist Kim Sherwood set to pen a new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-11-04 09:49:02 UTC ]
Head of Zeus imprint Aria Fiction has signed a four-book deal with Rachel Brimble for her series of novels set in a department store in Bath. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion has acquired three new books by Linwood Barclay. Deputy publishing director Bill Massey bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to the thrillers from Helen Heller at The Helen Heller Agency. The first book from the new deal will be published in September 2017. Before that,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
This summer sees the release of a slew of second novels with reactions to débuts informing publishers’ strategies for that tricky second book. Editorial director at Picador Francesca Main has several second novels coming out this year: “I think the key is to build on the success you already... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Crime publisher Bitter Lemon Press has acquired two new novels set for publication in spring 2014... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]