Atlantic signs Rowson's carol retellings

Atlantic has signed a multi-year project from cartoonist Martin Rowson, retelling classic Christmas carols. Each year will see the artist release a pun-laden carol, converted line-by-line into "silliness, filth and fun". The first carol to be released will be God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, which will be published as a fully illustrated hardback in November 2015. Editor James Roxburgh acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, from David Miller at Rogers, Coleridge and White. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion has scooped two new John Rebus thrillers by Ian Rankin in a seven-figure deal.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Little Island Books has landed Jane Mitchell's "urgently needed" middle-grade novel on Ireland's asylum-seeker accommodation system. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Mirror Books signs Murphy-Bates on serial killer Port

Mirror Books has signed journalist Sebastian Murphy-Bates' book on serial killer Stephen Port.    Continue reading at The Bookseller

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CricketMash scores with graphic novel retelling of Ashes battle

CricketMash publications has signed up The Ashes: This Thing Can Be Done by cricket historian Arunabha Sengupta alongside London-based artist and illustrator Maha.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Canongate signs 'remarkable and timely' book on borders by Crawford

Canongate has landed James Crawford's The Edge of the Plain, a blend of history, travel writing and reportage tracing the evolution and cultural significance of land borders.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Liu’s queer adaptation of 'Hamlet' signed by Solaris

A queer sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare’s "Hamlet", The Death I Gave Him by Em X Liu, has been signed by Solaris. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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1968 signs first English translation of Becker-Ho's 'immensely important' work

Radical left publishing house 1968 Press has signed the first English translation of Alice Becker-Ho’s “immensely important” The First Ghetto. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Seven Dials signs 'searing' book by Stephen Port murder victim's mother

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Paterson to head new Allen & Unwin division Atlantic Books Australia

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