Avon takes two more Amanda Robson thrillers

Avon has bagged two more domestic thriller novels from e-book bestseller Amanda Robson. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-25 09:13:08 UTC ]
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Stratford-upon-Avon festival hosts Lee Child event ahead of biography launch

The Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival is hosting a one-off interview with Lee Child, ahead of the publication of his biography The Reacher Guy: The Authorised Biography of Lee Child (Constable) by Dr Heather Martin.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-20 04:44:23 UTC ]
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Pan Mac nets Barber's 'perfect summer thriller'

Pan Macmillan has netted a “perfect summer thriller” set in Tuscany by Lizzy Barber, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-19 18:19:51 UTC ]
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HQ signs new Diane Jeffrey thriller

HQ has signed the new psychological thriller from Diane Jeffrey, The Silent Friend. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-14 09:09:43 UTC ]
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Cengage takes 17% revenue hit in first quarter

Cengage's revenues fell 17% year on year in the first quarter of its fiscal year (to end June 2020), to a total of $191m, as the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-13 04:17:15 UTC ]
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Bookouture signs three more 'heart-stopping' thrillers from Weatherley

Bookouture has signed crime writer Anna-Lou Weatherley, author of Kindle success The Stranger’s Wife, for three new psychological thrillers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-10 19:20:36 UTC ]
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Taking on the hardest cases — without DNA — and setting the innocent free

Jim McCloskey describes how his faith fueled his work, and how his work tested his faith. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
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It Takes Many Voices to Find the Truth

Yesterday I stopped in at my local bookstore in London. It’s a small shop, but a good one, and seeing its doors open again was like hearing an ice-cream truck from a block away as a kid. I walked straight into traffic to cross the street to get there. Inside the reality of our time […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-06 08:49:19 UTC ]
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40 feminist writers take up fight against domestic violence in 'empowering' collection

Layla Saad, Dorothy Koomson, Kate Mosse, Laura Bates and Kerry Hudson are among 40 writers contributing to a "uniquely empowering" feminist charity book collection, spearheaded by the Feminist Book Society, in collaboration with not-for-profit publishers And Other Stories in the UK and The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-05 15:11:50 UTC ]
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Taking Trump at his word

In September 2016, Salena Zito, who was then covering voters in The Heartland, wrote of the then-candidate Donald Trump, in a column for The Atlantic: “the press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally.” The phrase quickly slipped into... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-08-03 12:05:46 UTC ]
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HarperFiction nets 'dark and twisty' Adamson thriller

HarperFiction has netted Five Strangers, a “dark and twisty” thriller from E V Adamson, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-03 07:11:36 UTC ]
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Five new thrillers and mysteries that are perfect for the beach — or the bunker

Among the picks: Karin Slaughter’s latest novel featuring Sara Linton and Will Trent. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-02 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Lume Books acquires Jane Holland’s latest psychological thriller

Indie publisher Lume Books will publish the latest psychological thriller from Jane Holland, Someone to Care.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-27 09:26:34 UTC ]
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BA takes on Booktime magazine

The Booksellers Association is to take on the production of Booktime magazine, formerly published by Bertrams, and will publish an autumn edition in October.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-26 19:29:41 UTC ]
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Audible takes 'eye-opening' exploration of race and relationships

Audible is releasing an “eye-opening” exploration of race and relationships from couple Tineka Smith and Alex Court. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-26 18:03:26 UTC ]
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Amanda Brainerd on Bowie, Boarding School, and the Discourse Around Consent

Amanda Brainerd’s novel, Age of Consent, is out now, so we asked her a few questions about reading, writer’s block, and David Bowie. * Who do you most wish would read your book? Teenage girls—there are so few adult books written about them. What do you always want to talk about in interviews but... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-24 08:48:44 UTC ]
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Herring to take on International Men’s Day in new book

Sphere has acquired The Problem with Men: When is International Men’s Day—and Why it Matters, from writer and comedian Richard Herring. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-20 11:21:21 UTC ]
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Hamish Hamilton takes second helping from Supper Club writer Williams

Hamish Hamilton has landed a second novel by Lara Williams, the 2019 Not the Booker Prize-winning author of Supper Club (Hamish Hamilton). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-20 01:42:46 UTC ]
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Skein lifts off with aim of taking underrepresented writers to new heights

After the huge success of This Hostel Life, which grew out of a chance meeting about asylum seeker accommodation, Skein Press has its sights set high Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-17 03:35:09 UTC ]
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Crime-fighting pigeons take flight to Hollywood

James Corden to produce film and TV series based on Australia’s Real Pigeons children’s booksThe humble pigeon may be an unlikely breed of star but an author-illustrator duo from Melbourne have been turning the birds into a crime-fighting troupe of superheroes – and they’re about to take flight... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-07-07 21:55:36 UTC ]
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