Bloomsbury has won Zakiya Dalila Harris’ The Other Black Girl, a satirical debut novel about race and authenticity in the workplace, for a six-figure deal following a nine-way auction. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Head of Zeus has bought world rights to three new novels by Conservative Mid Bedforshire MP Nadine Dorries in a "major" six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Simon & Schuster has snapped up two novels from Louise Candlish, previously published by Penguin and Little, Brown, in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ is to publish BOSH! The Cookbook by Sheffield school friends Henry Firth and Ian Theasby in a "major" six-figure deal following a "hotly-contested" eight-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has pre-empted a two book deal for Possession, a psychological thriller by J L Butler, for six figures. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder has pre-empted BBC journalist David Robson’s The Intelligence Trap, a book that has now sold in six territories internationally, with US rights snapped up in a six-figure deal at auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Legendary Entertainment has acquired the TV rights to Alice Feeney's debut thriller Sometimes I Lie (HQ), in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gollancz has acquired an epic "coming-of-age" fantasy trilogy from author Chris Wooding in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has signed a six-figure deal with Lionel Shriver for world English-language rights to Property. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kensington acquires two books by Ellen Marie Wiseman, Ace takes four novels by Faith Hunter in a six-figure deal, and Europa picks up four titles by French crime novelist Michel Bussi. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut novel Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott has been acquired by Hutchinson in a six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YA fantasy author Taran Matharu has signed a four-book, six-figure deal with his publisher, Hodder Children’s Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ has acquired two books by Melissa Hill, author of 13 novels including The Charm Bracelet, Something From Tiffany's and Before I Forget, for six-figures. Hill's previous books were published by Hodder. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere Fiction has acquired two psychological thrillers from debut author Laura Marshall in a six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chronicle Books has paid a six-figure advance for a picture book by debut author and illustrator Brendan Wenzel, following an eight-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Borough Press is to publish the second novel by Joanna Cannon, author of bestselling The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, after acquiring rights in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The absence of any black, Asian or minority ethnic writers on next year’s World Book Night list provoked an outcry and a Twitterstorm. We asked writers and leading figures within the industry what can be done to encourage greater diversity in British publishingLatest work: Meatspace (Friday... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pushkin Press has sold US rights for The Red Abbey Chronicles by Finnish author Maria Turtschaninoff to Abrams Books in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crime writer James Oswald has signed a “significant six-figure” deal for two new books in his Inspector McLean series with Michael Joseph. Publishing director Alex Clarke bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to the books from Juliet Mushens of UTA. Oswald’s first Inspector... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus has struck a six-figure deal for a thriller series by Stefan Ahnhem. Laura Palmer, publishing director at Head of Zeus, bought UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada to the first three books of the Fabian Risk Series from Jolise Beaton and Gillian Fizet at House of Anansi... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK Children's has acquired a teen book by Emily Barr in a six-figure deal. Editorial director Ruth Knowles bought world rights to The One Memory of Flora Banks, along with a second stand-alone novel, from Lauren Pearson at Curtis Brown. The book is about Flora, a teenage... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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