I wrote What It’s Like in Words in my dressing room in the St Martin’s theatre in the West End whilst playing Miss Casewell in The Mousetrap, and over nine months and approximately 300 shows it occurred to me how similar the processes of writing and acting are. They may appear binary forms of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-04 09:55:59 UTC ]
Angela Merkel’s memoir goes to St Martin’s, Berkley buys a debut novel by a former American Ballet Theatre ballerina, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
Looking to add another program to its growing lineup of book-driven podcasts, Macmillan Podcasts is turning to true crime, a longtime specialty at Macmillan’s St Martin’s Press division. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
St Martin's Press has acquired In Putin’s Footsteps by Jeffrey Tayler and Nina Khrushcheva. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Library club on St Martin’s Lane was the chic venue for Icon Books’ celebration of “25 Years of Big Ideas”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
American sci-fi and fantasy author Sherrilyn Kenyon is suing Cassandra Clare for copying elements of her ‘Dark Hunter’ series. Kenyon is seeking a court order in the US stopping Clare from infringing on "Dark-Hunter" copyrights and trademarks, saying Clare’s ‘shadowhunter’ series is too similar... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan’s Bluebird has acquired a “provocative, conversation-starting” book which presents a “pioneering new way to think about parenting” by child psychologist Dr Lisa Miller. Carole Tonkinson bought UK and Commonwealth rights to The Spiritual Child: The New Science on Parenting for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fear of Flying author’s latest book causes a stir alongside major deals for self-published authors and the first book from Blue Peter star Janet EllisMore than 40 years after Erica Jong coined the term “zipless fuck” in Fear of Flying, her feminist novel of a young woman’s quest for sex with no... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
I Don’t Know How She Does It author returns to heroine Kate Reddy, now contending with age discrimination at work and ‘chaos’ at homeHelen Fielding returned us unexpectedly to the world of Bridget Jones two years ago, the eternal singleton now 51, widowed, and dipping a tentative toe into the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Borough Press has pre-empted a sequel to Allison Pearson's I Don't Know How She Does It in a "high six-figure" deal. Executive publisher for fiction and non-fiction Kate Elton signed UK and Commonwealth rights to the book from Caroline Michel at PFD. North American rights were signed by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ebury has bought a “highly original” novel by Bradley Somer. Fiction publishing director Gillian Green bought British Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to Fishbowl, from St Martin’s Press, a division of Macmillan in the US. Fishbowl follows Ian the goldfish, who lives on the 27th floor of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton and St Martin's Press have acquired a new Roman crime series from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 19/09/2011 - 11:32 Former children's laureate Jacqueline Wilson is the latest high-profile author to take part in a fundraising benefit in aid of Brent's six threatened libraries. Wilson will do the event at 6pm on 28th September at St Martin's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Tue, 23/08/2011 - 08:27 The Midwife's Confession author Diane Chamberlain is to move from Mira to Pan Macmillan in a three-book deal. Pan Macmillan publishing director Wayne Brookes acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Angharad Kowal at Writers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 19/08/2011 - 10:20 Allison & Busby has acquired two books by Swedish crime-writer Kjell Eriksson, both featuring his series' heroine Inspector Ann Lindell. Publishing director Susie Dunlop bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 24/05/2011 - 09:38 Pan Macmillan has bought UK and Commonwealth rights (including ebooks) to seven books by self-published US sensation Amanda Hocking. Julie Crisp, editorial director at Tor, bought the rights from St Martin's Press in the United... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 24/05/2011 - 15:30 Tonight's edition of the BBC2 current affairs programme Newsnight will feature the "ongoing fight by local communities to save their libraries", focusing on the campaign for London's Kensal Green library. The piece will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]