Chicken House m.d. Barry Cunningham, the man who acquired the manuscript for J K Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in the late 1990s, is selling his unique edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard at Sotheby’s. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus has given all staff the day off to read William Melville Kelley's "important and impactful" novel A Different Drummer, recently acquired by the publisher in a seven-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont Publishing UK has teamed up with its Australian counterpart, Hardie Grant Egmont, to acquire a middle-grade novel by US authors Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer in a three-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere is publishing the first book of London rescue cat Curious Zelda, whose startled look has attracted a following of more than 80,000 on Twitter. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a deal that unites two illustrated book publishers, Insight Editions has acquired Weldon Owen from Bonnier Publishing USA for an undisclosed price. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Books has sold Weldon Owen to US illustrated book publisher Insight Editions for an undisclosed sum, with all five UK staff in consultation over redundancy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan is releasing new audio editions of 12 classic Ken Follett thrillers, read by well-known actors including Richard Armitage and Emilia Fox. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has acquired a memoir by Jason Fox, an ex-special forces soldier and frontman of Channel 4’s hit show "SAS: Who Dares Wins", in a seven-way auction. In his book, entitled Battle Scars, Fox will give an account of the operations that defined his military service and honestly discuss... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador has won an auction to publish a short story collection about women, "the body and the bodily", from the White Review Short Story Prize-winning author Julia Armfield. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze has won the rights to publish Stephanie Land's memoir Maid next January following a five-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Usborne has acquired a funny three-book series about a "bridesmaid detective" by debut author Serena Patel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emanuela Anechoum, formerly rights manager at Blake Friedman, is joining Europa Editions UK and US in the position of international rights manager. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stuffocation author James Wallman is moving to Ebury for his new book Time and How to Spend It: Seven Ways to Better Days. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Children’s Books has won a six-way auction for a series by M G Leonard, author of the Beetle Boy trilogy (Chicken House), and digital producer Sam Sedgman. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CommonWealth magazine, the 22-year-old quarterly published by Boston-based nonpartisan think tank MassINC, is going all digital. The Summer 2018 issue, out today, will be CommonWealth's last, editor Bruce Mohl revealed in the issue's editor's letter, arguing the magazine will more effectively... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A "frank, funny and excruciatingly relatable" novel about motherhood has been snapped up by Orion Fiction at auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mantle has acquired two historical crime thrillers by debut author Laura Shepherd-Robinson in a "hotly contested" auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Times Literary Supplement has launched a digital archive with publishing company Exact Editions to showcase more than 300 of the literary journal's issues stretching back to 2012. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This month we are listening to three memoirs and one novel that sounds like a memoir. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Allen is rush-publishing a work of “speculative history” that explores what could happen if US efforts to engage with North Korea fail and result in a devastating nuclear attack in the year 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish-Canadian writer Joanna Pocock has scooped the £3,000 Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize for her work exploring communities and their relationships with the changing landscapes of Montana. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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