Bloomsbury wins auction for Lockwood's 'miraculous' debut novel

Bloomsbury is to publish Patricia Lockwood's first novel No One Is Talking About This, after winning a 10-way auction.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 02:57:52 UTC ]

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Chimamanda Adichie’s Fiction Has Shed Its Optimism

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Elyse Durham on Depicting the Artistic Side of the Cold War in Fiction

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Actor Sonya Walger's first novel comes at a time of incalculable loss

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This Week’s Bestsellers: February 3, 2025

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With No New Contract, Amazon Drops Bloomsbury UK Titles from Its Stores

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Mexican Writer Guadalupe Nettel to Headline Puterbaugh Festival at OU, by the Editors of WLT

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Bloomsbury Opens an Audiobook Distribution Agreement With Spotify

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Bloomsbury Restructures Academic Division After R&L Integration

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