Blues book for Fourth Estate

Fourth Estate has acquired on proposal a book about American blues music by Natasha Peskin. Described as "part travel, part memoir and part oral history", A Soft Place to Lay: Stories of the Blues is inspired by Peskin's solo drive across the USA exploring the history of the music. Louise Haines signed world English language rights in a deal with Kirsty McLachlan at DGA Ltd. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate has triumphed in a four-way publisher auction for Daphne Palasi Andreades’ “evocative and original” debut novel Brown Girls in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Fourth Estate lands Franzen trilogy with new novel released October 2021

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Widyaratna to join HarperCollins as Fourth Estate editorial director

Kishani Widyaratna, currently commissioning editor at Picador, is joining HarperCollins as editorial director for Fourth Estate. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-27 20:51:30 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate wins 10-publisher auction for French sensation I Hate Men

Fourth Estate has won a 10-publisher auction for Pauline Harmange’s I Hate Men, which caused a storm on its release in France, with calls for it to be banned. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Fourth Estate wins five-publisher auction for refugee investigation

Fourth Estate has won a five-publisher auction for My Fourth Time, We Drowned, a “powerful and ground-breaking” investigation into the plight of refugees from journalist Sally Hayden. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Fourth Estate signs PRH editor's 'dazzling' debut for six figures

Fourth Estate has won a five-publisher auction for the “dazzling” debut novel from PRH assistant editor Kasim Ali, in a six-figure two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Fourth Estate gets Together with Temelkuran

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Fourth Estate buys Candy's guide to mothering teenage girls

Fourth Estate has bought journalist Lorraine Candy's first book, a “candid, helpful and hilarious” guide to the many unexpected challenges of mothering teenage girls. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Fourth Estate to publish Mantel's contributions to LRB

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Fourth Estate falls for Day's Failosophy

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Fourth Estate bags Reed Turrell's Please Yourself

Fourth Estate has bagged Please Yourself, an “inspirational, wise and forgiving” book from psychotherapist Emma Reed Turrell. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Fourth Estate to publish debut by Coco Mellors

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Fourth Estate primed for Mantel mania as Wolf Hall trilogy draws to a close

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