Book Deals: Week of August 28, 2023

Michael Wolff sells a book on Fox News to Holt, HarperVia buys a debut novel from translator Anton Hur, and more. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]

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Book Deals: Week of July 27, 2020

Scriber scores Reynold's first book for adults, Bola heads to Atria, and S&S nabs 'New York Times' writer's first book in 20 years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Gannon releases podcast series to mark debut novel

Emma Gannon is releasing a four-part series of podcasts to mark the publication of her debut novel Olive (HarperCollins). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-23 16:12:33 UTC ]
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YA superstar Jason Reynolds just sold his debut novel for adults.

Today, Simon and Schuster announced that their imprint Scribner will be publishing the debut novel for adults from #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book author Jason Reynolds, whose books include Look Both Ways and Ghost, both finalists for the National Book Award for Young People’s... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-22 16:30:17 UTC ]
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Cape scoops 'exceptional' Hamya debut

Jonathan Cape has scooped an “exceptional” debut novel from journalist and former Waterstones bookseller Jo Hamya. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-21 17:27:41 UTC ]
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Orion pre-empts Ashby debut novel exploring mental health

Rachel Neely, commissioning editor at Trapeze, has made her first acquisition for the company with debut novel Wet Paint by Chloë Ashby.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-21 15:42:11 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of July 20, 2020

Hanover Square Press buys a memoir from a Daily Beast editor for six figures, Andrew McCarthy sells a memoir about his Brat Pack days to Grand Central, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder lands debut novel from Gleam's Bergstrom

Hodder & Stoughton has pre-empted a debut novel from Gleam Titles agent Abigail Bergstrom, an upmarket commercial fiction book she originally submitted under a pseudonym. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-14 21:54:03 UTC ]
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And Other Stories scoops Mona Arshi's debut

And Other Stories is set to publish the debut novel of British poet and former human rights lawyer Mona Arshi.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-13 11:07:20 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of July 13, 2020

HarperCollins takes three from an Irish-Australian bestseller; Harper buys a manifesto from Charles M. Blow; and with the U.S. copyright for 'The Great Gatsby' expiring in December, Little, Brown plans a prequel for January. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A Sudden Tragedy Leads to Unsinkable Family Secrets

Set in Atlantic City in the 1930s, Rachel Beanland’s debut novel wades through heartbreak. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-07-07 09:00:11 UTC ]
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Baggaley acquires Nagamatsu debut for Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury editor-in-chief Paul Baggaley has acquired an "extraordinarily prescient" debut novel by Sequoia Nagamatsu, How High We Go in the Dark. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-06 10:17:28 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of July 6, 2020

Holt takes two from activist and YA author Kimberly Jones, Thomas & Mercer buys a standalone thriller from Tess Gerritsen and Gary Braver, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Leigh Stein’s ‘Self Care’ chronicles the rise and reckonings of the girlboss era

The author’s debut novel presciently captures the girlboss era right as it seems to be coming to an end. Whether you loved them or hated them, few entrepreneurs generated more buzz in the 2010s than so-called “girlbosses”—young, mostly white, female founders who disrupted industries including... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2020-06-30 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Evaristo and Carty-Williams become first black authors to win top British Book awards

Candice Carty-Williams and Bernardine Evaristo take book of the year and author of the year categories, as publishers face criticism for treatment of black authorsCandice Carty-Williams and Bernardine Evaristo have become the first black authors to win the top prizes at the British Book awards,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-06-29 17:45:42 UTC ]
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'Fleabag' star Clifford to narrate Gannon's Olive

“Fleabag” star Sian Clifford is narrating the audiobook of Olive, the debut novel by author and broadcaster Emma Gannon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-29 08:42:04 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of June 29, 2020

A “marginalized people’s history of labor in the U.S.” goes to One Signal for six figures, HarperCollins takes on a book about Prince Harry and Prince William, Willie Nelson and his sister sell a memoir to Random House, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins wins six-way auction for debut from S&S's Pronovost

HarperCollins has triumphed in a heated six-publisher auction for the debut novel by Nita Prose, the pen name for vice president and editorial director at Simon & Schuster in Canada, Nita Pronovost. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-25 11:27:10 UTC ]
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Review: A wicked debut novel about a levitation cult occasionally lifts off

Emily Temple's "The Lightness," about a seeker who loses more than she finds, is a beguiling novel after Donna Tartt's heart, if not her plotting. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-06-24 13:45:57 UTC ]
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Paid to Seduce Another Man’s Wife, He Fell Violently in Love With Her

“What’s Left of Me Is Yours,” a debut novel by Stephanie Scott, is inspired by the events surrounding an unlikely murder that occurred in Japan. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-06-23 09:00:07 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of June 22, 2020

Princeton University Press wins a book on forgiveness in a 10-house auction, Dolly Parton’s “life in lyrics” goes to Chronicle, and S&S editor Denene Millner sells a multigenerational epic to St. Martin’s. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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