Bloomsbury signs history of Leigh Fermor kidnap

Bloomsbury has signed world rights to an account of the kidnapping of a Nazi general involving... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Ebury signs Jessie and Lennie Ware's Table Manners cookbook

Musician Jessie Ware has written a cookbook for Ebury with her mother Lennie Ware, Table Manners, based on their successful podcast of the same name. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-12 20:41:41 UTC ]
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Avon signs two more from C L Taylor

Psychological thriller writer C L Taylor has signed a deal with HarperCollins imprint Avon for two more suspense novels following her "amazing" 2019 success. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-12 16:58:08 UTC ]
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Felton’s ‘painfully funny history of Britain’ optioned for TV

Open Mike Productions, the production company behind “Live at the Apollo” and “The Last Leg”, has optioned journalist James Felton’s 52 Times Britain Was A Bellend (Sphere) for a comedy TV series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-12 05:26:52 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury to publish Henry Scowcroft's memoir

A memoir billed as a "popular-science detective story" by science writer Henry Scowcroft has gone to Bloomsbury imprint Green Tree, focusing on his fiancée’s experience of advanced bladder cancer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-12 03:00:09 UTC ]
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Brad Meltzer gets kids to care about history in PBS’s ‘Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum’

The best-selling author of thrillers for adults and the ‘Ordinary People’ series for children translates his books to a new animated series. Little adventurers and history buffs will soon get the chance to travel back in time and meet some of the world’s most inspiring historical figures⁠—when... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2019-11-11 08:00:28 UTC ]
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Canongate signs Katyal's take on Trump impeachment

Canongate has snapped up Impeach by Neal Katyal, the former Acting Solicitor General of the United States, laying out the case for Donald Trump's impeachment.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-10 23:55:14 UTC ]
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Richard Curtis signs deal to adapt children's book series into 'Love Actually for kids'

Film director Richard Curtis has signed a deal with Locksmith Animation to create an animated feature based on his festive children's books, in a project described as "Love Actually for kids".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-06 05:51:00 UTC ]
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Penguin signs Instagram's Five Minute Mum

Penguin UK has snapped up the first book by Instagram star Daisy Upton, also known as "Five Minute Mum".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-06 02:11:35 UTC ]
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Silvertail signs investigation into Daphne Caruana Galizia's death

​Silvertail Publishing has signed a "riveting and hugely important" investigation into the death of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was killed in October 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-05 23:23:36 UTC ]
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Frances Lincoln signs Kickstarter-funded body positivity guide

Frances Lincoln Children’s Books has picked up an empowering body positivity guide for girls by Australian student Jessica Sanders, initially funded through Kickstarter. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-05 03:37:10 UTC ]
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Doubleday signs new Laura Zigman novel

Doubleday will publish the new novel by American novelist Laura Zigman, her first for 10 years.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-03 17:59:05 UTC ]
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Oneworld signs Frances Macken debut about complex female friendships

Oneworld has bought a debut novel from Irish writer Frances Macken, billed as “a major voice in contemporary fiction”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-30 07:19:30 UTC ]
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Walker signs Sir Chris Hoy to inspire young readers

Sir Chris Hoy is publishing a new non-fiction book for children with Walker Books called Be Amazing! to show young readers nothing is impossible. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-30 05:49:35 UTC ]
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Stripes signs new fiction series in three-book deal

Stripes Publishing, an imprint of the Little Tiger Group, has acquired a young fiction series written by Sylvia Bishop, with two-colour illustrations by Ashley King. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-24 22:00:58 UTC ]
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‘Cabinets of Curiosities’ delves into the history of collectors and their stunning, strange acquisitions

When private collecting went public, the tchotchkes of noblemen became hot tickets. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-24 12:56:40 UTC ]
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HarperCollins signs World War Two novel

HarperCollins has snapped up a World War Two novel "full of friendship and hope" by Christopher de Vinck, that was inspired by the essayist's family.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-24 00:58:20 UTC ]
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Granta signs Daisy Lafarge in two-book deal

Granta Books has snapped up the debut poetry collection and debut novel of Betty Trask and Eric Gregory award-winning poet and writer Daisy Lafarge. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 10:48:08 UTC ]
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Faber lands Shapiro's 'surprising' new history of United States

Faber will publish James Shapiro's "surprising" new history of the United States as a lead title for spring 2020.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 08:01:40 UTC ]
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Frahm's take on rise and fall of Assyria goes to Bloomsbury

​Bloomsbury has signed a book from Yale professor Eckhart Frahm for the first comprehensive non-fiction account of the rise and fall of what historians consider to be the world’s very first empire: Assyria. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 07:38:23 UTC ]
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Metaphrog sign Papercutz deal for feminist Bluebeard graphic novel

Papercutz has landed rights for Scottish duo Metaphrog’s feminist graphic novel retelling of the Bluebeard folktale. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-21 22:41:01 UTC ]
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