Carroll and Wheatle sign up to Hay Festival Scribblers Tour

Children’s and YA authors including Emma Carroll and Alex Wheatle will speak to school pupils in Wales next February as part of Hay Festival’s Scribblers Tour. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dilly Court signs six more books with HarperFiction

HarperFiction has signed bestselling saga writer Dilly Court for another six books in a "major" six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oneworld signs investigation into hackers 'gaming' democracy

Oneworld is to publish Democracy Hacked, an investigation into how hackers are "gaming" democracy by Dr Martin Moore. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins signs seven book deal starring child detective

HarperCollins Children’s Books has bought seven titles about a child detective from British author Andrew Clover and US based illustrator Ralph Lazar, following a “hotly contested auction”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lounge Books to hold 'virtual horror festival'

Sam Missingham is set to run a virtual horror festival through her recently-launched website Lounge Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W&N signs popular science book about cancer

Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired a popular science book about cancer by geneticist and science writer Kat Arney. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: US Ebook Sales Slightly Up in May; Sourcebooks Signs With Gotham for Film, TV

First time in more than two years: the Association of American Publishers ' monthly StatShot report shows an increase in ebook sales in the US. The post Industry Notes: US Ebook Sales Slightly Up in May; Sourcebooks Signs With Gotham for Film, TV appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Samantha Hayes moves to Bookouture

Bookouture has acquired two new titles from psychological thriller author Samantha Hayes, who was previously published by Cornerstone. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador signs second medical memoir from Adam Kay

Picador has acquired a second memoir from comedian and TV writer Adam Kay, author of This Is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, in a "major" deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Toni Terry signs debut fitness book deal

Toni Terry, the wife of footballer John Terry, has signed a deal for her debut fitness book, The Buddy Workout, publishing on 28th December 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S signs Labour rising star Liam Young

Simon & Schuster has signed a book on the rise of the youth involvement in the Labour Party by rising political star Liam Young. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Miliband signs with S&S

Simon & Schuster will publish a book by David Miliband on refugees and “how we can make a difference” as part of a TED series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ sign two new titles with Felicity Everett

The People at Number 9 author Felicity Everett has signed a new two-book deal with HarperCollins. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookouture signs three thrillers from NHS psychologist

Digital publisher Bookouture has bought three crime thrillers from an NHS psychologist set in the “grimy backstreets of South London”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's Books at the Brooklyn Book Festival: A Photo Essay

The 12th annual Brooklyn Book Festival took place in downtown Brooklyn on September 16 and 17, drawing a record 45,000 attendees. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agent Copeland signs six-figure debut deal with Puffin

Literary agent Sam Copeland has scooped a three-book deal for six figures with Puffin for his debut middle grade series Charlie Changes Into a Chicken. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate signs debut Brexit thriller

Fourth Estate is to publish a debut "reading group thriller" set against the politics of Brexit Britain entitled Darling, in May 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brooklyn Book Festival 2017 In Photos

On a sweaty but sunny Sunday afternoon in downtown Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Book Festival held its largest event yet, pictured here in a photo-essay. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac signs Faber Academy graduate's thriller

Pan Macmillan has bought two novels by debut author and Faber Academy graduate Trisha Sakhlecha, the first of which is a dark domestic psychological thriller about a disintegrating marriage.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld signs two more from Barney Norris

Transworld has acquired two new works of fiction from novelist and playwright Barney Norris, whose debut Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain was shortlisted for Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agent James Carroll to join Diane Banks Associates

Former PFD broadcast and live events agent James Carroll is to join Diane Banks Associates as broadcast and brand licensing agent in December. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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