Book Deals: Week of July 15, 2019

Pamela Dorman pays up for a debut novel by a former publicity director at Penguin Books Canada, and Princeton University Press lands a big book on the gender pay gap in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]

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Mariam Rahmani’s debut novel is both charmingly familiar and totally unpredictable. Continue reading at The Atlantic

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Book Deals: Week of March 24, 2025

Hogarth hauls in a haunting tale of 1980s New York City, Wednesday and Saturday ink deals for a pair of romantasies, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of March 17, 2025

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London Book Fair 2025: The Books of the Show

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Shubha Sunder on Writing an Immigrant Story Through the Lens of a Visa Year

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Kathryn Stockett, Who Wrote ‘The Help,’ Has a Second Novel

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A beloved romance novelist and master supernatural thriller filmmaker team up on a new novel at Random House, a Nobel laureate readies his latest at Transit, a PW Star Watch Superstar inks her first two deals at Putnam, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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In “Woodworking,” A Trans Teen and a Closeted Teacher Forge A Bond in Rural America

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A fantasy epic sells for seven figures at Bramble, Bobbi Brown brings a memoir to Marysue Rucci, Stonefruit and Del Rey pick up two multibook horror projects, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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