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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Indie booksellers honor Ottessa Moshfegh, Jonathan Lethem and the Natural History Museum

Southern California Independent Booksellers Association honors 2019 award winners Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-10-02 01:12:51 UTC ]
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Jacaranda signs 'deeply incisive' debut from former financial trader

Jacaranda Books has snapped up former financial trader Isabelle Dupuy's "deeply incisive" debut novel.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-01 12:56:03 UTC ]
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Susanna Clarke's 'perfectly constructed' new novel goes to Bloomsbury

Susanna Clarke's next two books will be published by Bloomsbury globally, 15 years after her bestselling debut Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 07:52:21 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Children's reveals five new non-fiction titles for 2020

Bloomsbury Children’s will publish five new non-fiction titles in 2020, including three new books in the Fantastically Great Women series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 04:13:51 UTC ]
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Welbeck signs print only deal with thriller writer Dawson

Welbeck Publishing Group has signed a worldwide print only deal with thriller writer Mark Dawson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-29 18:23:29 UTC ]
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Abraha to launch groundbreaking new black history series

Jacaranda publisher Magdalene Abraha will launch a groundbreaking non-fiction black history series next year.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-29 18:06:58 UTC ]
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A Brief History of Personalized Bookplates

Every book lover knows that books borrowed often become books lost. Perhaps you loaned a book to an excitable guest, knowing full well that she will never again grace your doorstep? Have you, out of politeness, let a precious tome slip from your grasp? Or worse, done the same to others by... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-27 08:48:25 UTC ]
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Myriad signs 'searing' Heyman memoir

Myriad Editions has signed novelist Kathryn Heyman's "inspiring and searingly honest memoir" of a working class girl growing up in Australia. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-27 06:44:18 UTC ]
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Hachette Children's signs Inky Willis series

Hachette Children’s Group has signed three books in a new series aimed at seven to nine-year-olds called Scribble Witch, by Inky Willis. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-25 05:48:20 UTC ]
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S&S UK Children's signs three-book deal with animator Steve Small

Simon & Schuster Children’s UK has signed a series of picture books written and illustrated by animator Steve Small. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-24 23:19:42 UTC ]
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Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Debut Novel Mingles History and Fantasy

In “The Water Dancer,” which examines the psychological effects of slavery, a 12-year-old field hand discovers he has magical gifts. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2019-09-24 09:00:11 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: Bologna Tours Rodari Show; Denmark’s UNSILO Signs UK’s Cambridge

The Bologna Children's Book Fair is mounting a new touring exhibition of illustrations, and Danish AI specialists at UNSILO sign Cambridge University Press. The post Industry Notes: Bologna Tours Rodari Show; Denmark’s UNSILO Signs UK’s Cambridge appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-09-23 06:30:06 UTC ]
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HarperCollins signs book from Queen's personal advisor

HarperCollins will publish a book by the Queen’s personal advisor and in-house designer Angela Kelly, who has worked with the Royal Household for 25 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-22 16:34:27 UTC ]
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British historians shortlisted for Cundill History Prize

Four British historians make up half the shortlist for the Cundill History Prize 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-19 20:33:20 UTC ]
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Tross signs debut and new Wilkins series for Bookouture

New publishing director Ruth Tross has made her first acquisitions for Bookouture, picking up a dark American suspense debut by Miranda Smith and new police procedural series from Susan Wilkins. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-19 05:48:28 UTC ]
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Once again, Tracy Chevalier finds inspiration in an unsung woman from history

Chevalier’s new novel, ‘A Single Thread,’ tells the tale of a woman who embroiders cushions for a grand British cathedral. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-17 16:00:00 UTC ]
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History Press lands journey into life of forgotten female gangsters

Indie publisher The History Press has scooped a book on the forgotten female gangsters from the last four centuries found in the archives of Holloway Prison. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-16 07:58:19 UTC ]
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Edward Snowden explains how he pulled off one of the largest leaks in U.S. history

In his memoir, he recounts how a Rubik’s Cube helped him expose government secrets. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-13 22:18:36 UTC ]
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PRH Children’s signs ‘subversive YA’ Anna Karenina retelling

Penguin Random House UK Children’s has scooped a 'subversive YA' modern-day reimagining of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina (Penguin Classics).   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-13 02:57:34 UTC ]
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Canongate signs “raw and unflinchingly honest” memoir by Terri White

Canongate has snapped up a "punch in the gut" memoir by Empire editor-in-chief Terri White, which promises to be a "raw and unflinchingly honest account of a life fallen apart". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-13 00:39:30 UTC ]
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