Abbey Clancy claims debut script 'blew away' on holiday

Abbey Clancy has admitted she was a "nightmare" for her publishers at Harlequin after proofs for her debut novel Remember My Name "blew away" on a family holiday. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Hamish Hamilton scoops 'radical' debut after seven-way auction

Hamish Hamilton has acquired debut novel The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh after a seven-way auction.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2017: Charlesbridge Debuts Teen Imprint

For the first time since its founding three decades ago, Charlesbridge Publishing in Watertown, Mass., is expanding into YA. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Collins scoops debut of St Paul's Girls' high mistress

William Collins has bought the debut of the high mistress of St Paul’s Girls’ School, Clarissa Farr. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Handmaid's Tale tops book charts after TV series UK debut

Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel rockets to number one on Amazon after Channel 4 begins airing series starring Elisabeth MossThe Handmaid’s Tale, the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood envisaging a hellish dystopia where the US is ruled by an ultra-far-right regime that treats women as chattels, has... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anthony Horowitz's claim he was told not to write black characters sparks row

Other writers have reacted with scepticism to the Alex Rider author’s claim that he was discouraged from ‘artificial and possibly patronising’ writingA furore has broken out in the children’s books world around claims by Alex Rider creator Anthony Horowitz that he was “warned off” creating a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reggie Yates debut to BBC Books

Reggie Yates is publishing his first book, Unseen, with BBC Books, taking readers behind the scenes on his journey from TV presenter to documentary maker. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ acquires 'addictive' frenemy debut

HQ publishing director Kate Mills has bought UK and Commonwealth rights in US debut novel It’s Always the Husband by Michele Campbell. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-published debut on Betty Trask Prize shortlist

The Society of Authors has announced its shortlist for this year’s £10,000 Betty Trask Prize - including for the first time a self-published novel, Speak its Name by Kathleen Jowitt.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gollancz pre-empts debut YA fantasy The Girl King

Gollancz has pre-empted a debut YA fantasy, The Girl King by Mimi Yu, inspired by East and North Asian histories. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Zaffre acquires 'assassa-mum' debut

Bonnier Zaffre has acquired two women’s fiction titles from debut author Asia Mackay, who was a runner-up in the Richard & Judy "Search for a Bestseller" competition. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Film rights to YA debut S.T.A.G.S snapped up

Feature film rights for M A Bennett’s debut YA novel S.T.A.G.S have been bought by Chernin Entertainment, ahead of its UK publication. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Standout debut' on the fall of colonialism in East Africa to Saqi

Saqi Books imprint Telegram has signed Dance of the Jakaranda, a "standout" debut adult novel by Kenyan author Peter Kimani. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish crime debut to riverrun in six-figure pre-empt

Quercus' new upmarket imprint riverrun has acquired a debut crime fiction novel Too Close to Breathe, plus one other, by Irish author Olivia Kiernan in a six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Magnficent' debut to Pushkin's ONE imprint

Pushkin Press imprint ONE has acquired Paul Howarth’s debut novel Only Killers & Thieves. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Evening Standard' makes claims for new PRH office location

The London Evening Standard has claimed that Penguin Random House UK is “eyeing plush new offices in Nine Elms” in the Southbank regeneration area in London SW8. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC buys debut from 'Peter and Jane' Facebook writer

HarperCollins has bought the début book from Gill Sims, the voice behind the hit Facebook blog "Peter and Jane". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Economist Claims a Trump Bump

The UK-based magazine sees digital subscriptions rise 19 percent YoY in North America. The post The Economist Claims a Trump Bump appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2017-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie Pub Debuts Audiodrama Promoting Books

'Rewrites', a seven-episode audiodrama about a reality TV show which pits novelists against one another in a literary competition, will debut next week. Produced by the founders of the indie publisher Story Plant, the show was created to promote the house's books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oneworld debut shortlisted for 2017's Man Booker International Prize

A debut published by Oneworld, Fever Dream by Argentinian novelist Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell, has been shortlisted for the £50,000 Man Booker International Prize 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic claims two on Oscar's Book Prize shortlist

Scholastic has claimed two titles out of the five shortlisted for Oscar’s Book Prize, which honours the best book published for children under five years old. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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