Canongate nets Moffat’s Lindisfarne 'pilgrimage'

Canongate will publish Scottish writer Alistair Moffat’s exploration of the tidal island of Lindisfarne, To the Island of Tides. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]

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'Intense' debut from 'Mad Men' creator to Canongate

Canongate has acquired Heather, The Totality, the debut novel by Matthew Weiner, writer and creator of "Mad Men" and executive producer of "The Sopranos". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thorogood and Knowles to join Canongate

Canongate has made two new senior appointments to its seven-strong editorial team. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blink nets YouTube football fans F2 Freestylers

Blink Publishing has acquired The F2 World of Football from YouTube "football sensations", The F2 Freestylers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robert Webb to Canongate and Audible after 13-way auction

Following a "hotly-contested" 13-way auction, Canongate and Audible have acquired two "major" books - a memoir and a first novel - from comedian and actor Robert Webb. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador wins Stagg's 'inspiring' modern pilgrimage account at auction

Picador has won an "inspiring" account of a modern pilgrimage, The Crossway by Guy Stagg, at a "strongly-contested" auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Back to black for Canongate

Canongate Books returned to profit in 2015, after a poor performance led to losses a year earlier. The result comes after a restructuring of the business which saw Jenny Todd right promoted to publisher, the launch of separate live events business Letters Live and a breakout year for author Matt... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate signs 'heart-stealing' title Penguin Bloom

Canongate is to publish Penguin Bloom: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family by Cameron Bloom and Trevor Bradley Greive on Super Thursday (6th October). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate to publish 'remarkable' memoir on dying

Canongate is to publish Dying: A Memoir, a “remarkable little book” by Cory Taylor. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Darke début to lead for Canongate

Canongate has signed rights to Darke, the first book from “one of the world’s leading bookmen”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate to publish Michel Faber's poetry on grief

Canongate is to publish Undying, a collection of poetry from Michel Faber in which he honours the memory of his late wife. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate to publish 'dazzling' new Drabble novel

Canongate has acquired a "dark and glittering novel" entitled The Dark Flood Rises by Margaret Drabble. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faithless band member's Insanely Gifted to Canongate

Canongate is to publish Insanely Gifted by Jamie Catto, former member of electronica band Faithless. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neal Price to join Canongate as sales director

Neal Price is joining Canongate as sales director, following 11 years as sales director for Faber. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate acquires Jules Evans title

Canongate has acquired a new non-fiction title on "ecstatic experience", The Art of Losing Control, by writer and philosopher Jules Evans. In The Art of Losing Control, Evans argues that there are ways of letting down our guard and opening ourselves to "ecstatic experiences". The book balances... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate acquires David Lynch book

Canongate Books has acquired Life & Work, a collaboration between director David Lynch and journalist Kristine McKenna. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Follain to leave Canongate

Canongate’s non-fiction publishing director Katy Follain is to leave the company “to pursue new career opportunities within the industry”. The publisher said she “played a key role within the editorial team”. Among the titles Follain acquired during her time at Canongate were James Rhodes’... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate to publish A Girl and Her Greens

Canongate will publish a new cookbook from Birmingham-born chef April Bloomfield featuring recipes using vegetables, titled A Girl and Her Greens.   Jenny Lord, senior editor at Canongate, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Cullen Stanley at Janklow and Nesbit.    Bloomfield is the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate signs more Pilkington

Canongate has signed the latest book from Karl Pilkington, planned for released in summer 2016. The Worldly Wisdom of Karl Pilkington will be Pilkington's fourth book with Canongate, and will see him share his thoughts on a range of topics, from art to pollution and identity. Canongate... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Has First Quarter Net Loss

Amazon had a first quarter net loss of $57 million, despite a 15% sales increase, to $22.72 billion. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate signs Kermode and Mayo on film

Canongate has signed a title on films by Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo, the duo behind "Kermode and Mayo's Film Review" radio show. Running since 2001, the BBC Radio 5 Live programme attracts 2m downloads every month. The book, titled The Movie Doctors, brings their film knowledge and sense of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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