Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 13/06/2011 - 15:17 Allison & Busby has acquired two books by crime writer Jacqueline Winspear, with the author moving from John Murray to the independent. Publishing director Susie Dunlop bought UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) to the works, books seven and eight in the Maisie Dobbs series, set just after the First World War, through agent Jenny Myer on behalf of the Amy Rennert Agency. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A painting provided the inspiration for Lucy Strange’s second children’s book, about a family struggling with the outbreak of the Second World War. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Old Barn Books has acquired a picture book by playwright Alan Pollock about a real bear who fought in the Second World War. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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John Murray is releasing a special edition of Stephen Hawking's final book Brief Answers to the Big Questions exclusively with independent bookshops. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray has revealed Ruth Hogan’s third novel will be Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel, a story inspired by the author's own Brighton elopement. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Set against the backdrop of the Second World War, the bestelling novelist’s latest work grapples with the elusive nature of ‘truth’. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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John Murray has acquired a business history of the rise of Premier League football by Wall Street Journal writers Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray Press is publishing a true-life spy thriller telling the story of two sisters who used their interest in German opera as a cover for helping dozens of Jewish refugees flee the Nazis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion is publishing a story of love, war, family and betrayal, based on the true story of a little-known massacre in Civitella, Italy during the Second World War. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to the UK, John Murray has revealed it is publishing a book of the US president's "tweet highlights". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four hundred years of publishing history was toasted last night at the combined John Murray 250th and Hodder & Stoughton 150th anniversary party. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blending autobiography, literary criticism poetry and philosophy, Little Boy will be published in March 2019, the author’s centenaryThe 99-year-old poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, one of the last surviving members of the Beat generation, has sold an “experimental” new novel to a major American... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray is publishing Stephen Hawking's Brief Answers to the Big Questions - the last book he was working on before he died. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Otto Penzler's newest venture, Penzler Publishers, will publish print editions of classic detective stories from the golden age of of the genre, which ran from the end of World War I through World War II. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray is publishing Michael Hughes' "vivid, funny and brutal" reimagining of Homer's Iliad, set at the end of the Troubles in Northern Ireland in the mid-1990s. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The forgotten stories, discovered among the late writer’s papers, will be published beginning in November with Christmas Story CollectionTwo collections of forgotten stories by Noel Streatfeild are to be published for the first time. They were discovered among the late writer’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Children’s Books has bought a middle-grade book about a mouse whose home is bombed in World War Two by debut writer Anna Fargher. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray has acquired a "stunning" memoir by Astrid Holleeder, the sister of "one of the most notorious criminals in contemporary history", Willem Holleeder. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray is publishing a memoir by the former secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Frey, author of A Million Little Pieces (John Murray), is publishing a new novel with John Murray called Katerina. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray is launching an international non-fiction prize worth £20,000 to mark its 250th anniversary this year. At the same time, publisher Mark Richards has been given new responsibilities to lead the imprint. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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