Canongate signs 'remarkably courageous' memoir on illness

Canongate is to publish a "remarkably courageous and highly topical" memoir by Porochista Khakpour entitled Sick. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV presenter Brown signs a new book with Usborne

Usborne has bought a new middle grade title by Matt Brown, a DJ, TV presenter and the author of the Compton Valance series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former FBI director James Comey signs with Pan Macmillan

Pan Macmillan will publish a book from former FBI director James Comey on "ethical leadership" a year after he was dismissed by US president Donald Trump. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber signs sixties legend Richard Thompson

Faber & Faber has signed Beeswing: Britain, Folk Rock and the End of the 60s by guitarist and singer-songwriter Richard Thompson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins signs 'SAS' star Ant Middleton

HarperCollins has acquired world rights for two books by Ant Middleton, ex-special forces sniper and star of Channel 4’s hit show "SAS: Who Dares Wins". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ban Ki-moon memoir to John Murray

John Murray is publishing a memoir by the former secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gardner’s Head of Zeus deal leads flurry of indie publisher signings

Zephyr, the new children’s imprint at Head of Zeus, has bought a young fiction series by Carnegie Medal-winning author Sally Gardner. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams is writing a memoir

Lucinda Williams, the Louisiana-born singer-songwriter known for her distinctive voice and introspective lyrics, is writing a memoir. The New York Times reports that the book, as yet untitled, is set for publication by Henry Holt and Company in 2020. “I have a lot to say and a big story to tell,”... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter's European v.p. signs with PRH

Twitter's European vice-president, Bruce Daisley, is publishing a book with Penguin Random House offering his insights for "redesigning" the world of work. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comedian's endometriosis memoir to Hodder

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a memoir from comedian and writer Eleanor Thom about endometriosis, a chronic condition affecting the lining of the womb, intended to help fellow sufferers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obama advisor's memoir to Bodley Head

The Bodley Head is publishing a "behind-the-scenes account" of the Obama administration from a former deputy national security advisor, Ben Rhodes. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Signs Jesmyn Ward to Two-Book Deal

Two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward will follow up her NBA-winning novel 'Sing, Unburied, Sing,' with two new books, to be published by Scribner and Caitlyn Dlouhy Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber signs Jan Morris' 'first ever' diaries

Faber has signed ex-soldier and journalist Jan Morris’ first ever book of diaries, In My Mind’s Eye, for hardback publication in September 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MJ signs Nicola Moriarty for two more

Michael Joseph has acquired two more books from Australian author Nicola Moriarty. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daunt Books signs 'lyrical' western debut

Daunt Books Publishing has acquired a debut novel by Hernan Diaz entitled In the Distance. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Instagram's 'Father of Daughters' signs book with Coronet

Coronet is publishing a book on family life by Simon Hooper, a dad who Instagrams as "Father of Daughters" to 756,000 followers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fletcher and Poynter sign up for more Dinosaur that Pooped

Penguin Random House Children’s is to publish two new books featuring the pooping dinosaur from authors and McFly bandmates Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter, to be illustrated by Garry Parsons. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers sign NLT literacy pledge

Fifteen book businesses have signed this year’s Vision for Literacy Business Pledge, organised by the National Literacy Forum. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Collins scoops New York Times journalist's political memoir

William Collins will publish a debut memoir from an award-winning New York Times journalist who spent a decade covering Hillary Clinton’s pursuit of the US presidency. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rider to publish memoir of exonerated death row inmate

Rider is publishing the memoir of a former death row inmate, one of the longest-serving, falsely imprisoned individuals in American history, Anthony Ray Hinton. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lennie Goodings signs deal for The Idealistic Publisher

Former Virago Press publisher Lennie Goodings is to write The Idealistic Publisher, a book about ideas, literature, feminism and business, for Oxford University Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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