Chigozie Obioma's modern epic to Little, Brown

Little, Brown has acquired an epic novel from Chigozie Obioma, author of the Man Booker-shortlisted debut The Fishermen (Pushkin Press), to publish in 2019. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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'XIII' remake heads to modern consoles on November 10th

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WATCH: Jericho Brown and Nikky Finney on Black Lives Matter and Bearing Witness

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Bright promotes Tharumalingam Willmer and welcomes Brown

Children’s literary agency The Bright Agency has promoted Sandra Tharumalingam Willmer and hired Jenna Brown. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Joyce to handle rights for Jenny Brown Associates

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Epic! Your Spotify library now has no limits

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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