Chatto & Windus snaps up Cumming's tale of mother's disappearance

Chatto & Windus will publish Observer art critic Laura Cumming’s “astonishing” memoir uncovering the mystery of her mother’s disappearance as a child, entitled On Chapel Sands: My Mother and Other Missing Persons. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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‘Mrs. March’ is a stylish suspense tale that’s both darkly alluring and just plain dark

Virginia Feito’s horror-tinged novel is already set for the big screen, with Elizabeth Moss in the starring role Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Scholastic snaps up 12-year-old documentary star's debut

Scholastic has snapped up the debut middle-grade novel of 12-year-old Cara Mailey, in the same week as a BBC One documentary airs about her and her family. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-18 23:35:29 UTC ]
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Hodder snaps up Dylan’s ‘compulsive’ near-future SF novel

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired Mindwalker, a "compulsively page-turning" science fiction novel from Kate Dylan.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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How Cuomo's Book Became a Cautionary Tale

The pandemic memoir “American Crisis” has become a financial and ethical headache for Penguin Random House, dragging the company into the scandals that prompted the governor’s resignation announcement. Continue reading at The New York Times

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UCLan snaps up bookseller Clapham's first teen novel

UCLan Publishing has acquired the “funny and heart-warming” first teen novel from author and bookseller Katie Clapham. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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PMJ snaps up Dunbar's book on overcoming self-doubt

Penguin Michael Joseph has acquired the first book from clinical psychologist Dr Michaela Dunbar. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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In ‘Nightbitch,’ a listless mother turns feral

Despite an outlandish conceit, Rachel Yoder’s debut is a reminder of the shared experiences of motherhood. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Jo Fletcher snaps up Oyebanji’s 'Interstellar-style' SFF thriller

Quercus has bought British barrister and counter-terrorist expert Adam Oyebanji’s UK debut, billed as an “exhilarating blending of hard science fiction and thriller”.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

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In Hanna Halperin’s ‘Something Wild,’ sisters try to protect their mother from domestic violence

“Something Wild” eschews literary pyrotechnics and relies instead on the power of truth. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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D'Almeida wins Commonwealth Short Story Prize with 'captivating' tale

Kanya D’Almeida has been declared the overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, for a "captivating" tale set in a Sri Lankan "sanctuary for the forsaken". Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Shire's debut collection signed by Chatto and flipped eye

The debut collection of Warsan Shire, a former Young Poet Laureate of London who has collaborated with Beyoncé, will be published by Chatto & Windus in collaboration with flipped eye. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Harvill Secker snaps up 'ingenious' cultural history of eyeliner by Hankir

Harvill Secker has snapped up an "ingenious" cultural history of eyeliner by Zahra Hankir. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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James Ellroy’s new novel is an unabashedly retro tale of Hollywood’s sordid side

“Widespread Panic,” a pulpy noir, features a cameo of ’50s stars, including Liz Taylor, James Dean and Liberace. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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A prickly mother-daughter bond sustained by Korean food

In an interview, Michelle Zauner describes how writing the memoir “Crying in H Mart” helped her cope with losing her mother. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Melissa Cummings-Quarry and Natalie A Carter: Turning the focus on the next generation

Though Black Girls Book Club (BGBC) founders Melissa Cummings-Quarry and Natalie A Carter inked the deal for their upcoming first book last year, it was not quite a recent development. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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PMJ pre-empts Casati's 'thrilling' tale about Helen of Troy's sister

Penguin Michael Joseph has pre-empted a novel about Helen of Troy’s sister, Clytemnestra, by journalist Costanza Casati. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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They all think they’re Indiana Jones in ‘Chasing the Thrill,’ a tale of a real-life treasure hunt

Daniel Barbarisi’s book tracks a wild quest for loot buried by an eccentric millionaire in the mountains near Santa Fe. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Transworld snaps up debut by Drag Race winner Lawrence Chaney

Transworld has snapped up world rights for "RuPaul's Drag Race" winner Lawrence Chaney’s memoir, which will "delight and inspire readers." Continue reading at The Bookseller

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“Silence Became My Mother Tongue”: A Conversation with Sulaiman Addonia, by Anderson Tepper

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John Burningham’s final picture book is poignant tale of ‘difficult’ dog’s last trip

Air Miles has been illustrated by his wife Helen Oxenbury and finished by Bill Salaman, friend of the author who died in 2019The final picture book from the late, much-loved children’s author John Burningham – in which “difficult dog” Miles goes on one final journey – has been completed by his... Continue reading at The Guardian

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