Cape wins auction for Spanish Flu study

Jonathan Cape has acquired at auction a “biography of the 1919 Spanish ‘flu pandemic’”. Alex Bowler, editorial director at Jonathan Cape, bought world rights after a three-way auction to Laura Spinney’s book from David Miller at Rogers, Coleridge & White. Bowler said: “Laura’s aim is a formidable one – to write about a global tragedy which wiped out nearly 100m people, but in a new way: seeking out the human stories, the smaller, intimate daily tragedies, in order to bring death on such a scale to life. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Orion Fiction has acquired the "wickedly funny" debut, First Time for Everything, from London Writers Award Winner Henry Fry, in a three-way auction.     Continue reading at The Bookseller

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S&S wins auction for 'relatable' debut from Rebecca Ryan

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4th Estate wins four-publisher auction for 'radical' Osunde debut

Fourth Estate has won a four-publisher auction for Eloghosa Osunde’s “radical and thrilling debut novel Vagabonds! Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Yellow Kite wins eight-way auction for Aldo Kane's story

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Allen Lane wins four-way auction for Baker's group biography

Allen Lane has won a four-way auction for a “vivid and unexpected” group biography of four creative pioneers by Harriet Baker. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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One Boat wins nine-way auction for climate activist Nakate

Pan Macmillan's sustainability imprint One Boat has triumphed in a nine-publisher auction for A Bigger Picture, billed as “part rousing manifesto, part poignant memoir” from Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Virago has acquired a Millennial vampire tale—Claire Kohda's debut novel Woman, Eating— in a six-way publisher auction.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Fourth Estate wins four-way auction for Brown Girls debut

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Allen Lane wins 'radical new history' of queer identity in four-way auction

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Cornerstone wins five-way auction for Nike marketer's guide to creativity

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Cape wins debut by psychiatrist and comedian Benji Waterhouse

Jonathan Cape has triumphed in a nine-publisher auction for a “fly-on-the-padded-wall” debut from junior psychiatrist and comedy writer Benji Waterhouse. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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