Doubleday has acquired debut novel The Flames about four women "muses" who inspired artist Egon Schiele, in a "major" six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-18 02:34:02 UTC ]
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Sphere will publish Sunburn: The Unofficial History of Britain’s Biggest Selling Newspaper in 99 Headlines by Twitter comedian James Felton. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-13 19:55:30 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a book based on Tunnel 29, a podcast about a student who escaped Communist East Germany only to tunnel back in under the Berlin Wall to help other refugees. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-14 00:30:17 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has pre-empted Lisa Harding’s second novel about a failed actress struggling with motherhood and addiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-07 02:13:45 UTC ]
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Virago has pre-empted Chloé Cooper Jones' "game-changing" memoir about disability as US rights were snapped up by Avid Reader Press in a "major auction". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-03 01:28:14 UTC ]
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Scribe has pre-empted Olivia Yallop's definitive account of influencer culture. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-19 18:13:34 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has pre-empted a “mesmerising” French Alps-set thriller by freelance journalist Catherine Cooper in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-13 05:55:18 UTC ]
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Two Roads has pre-empted a “fascinating” novel by Janet Skeslien Charles that was the subject of a 12-way auction in the US and 17 other foreign rights deals. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-13 00:50:28 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson has pre-empted a “breathtaking” memoir from Tanya Shadrick about waking from a coma. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-12 23:53:18 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph has joined sister companies in the US and Germany in pre-empting an “astonishingly of-the-moment” thriller about a climate activist, Out of Time by author and Hollywood screenwriter David Klass. Rights to adapt the title have also been sold to Netflix. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-09 00:28:37 UTC ]
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Profile Books has pre-empted a book about anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was murdered in a car bomb attack in Malta two years ago. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-28 22:22:19 UTC ]
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Rider has pre-empted rights to extreme athlete and "global breathwork guru" Wim Hof's first book on optimising physical and mental fitness. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-31 09:13:58 UTC ]
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Doubleday has snapped up Hallie Rubenhold's new book, Bad Women, which tells the story of the 1910 murder of Belle Elmore, by her husband Dr Crippen, and the extraordinary women caught up in these events. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 20:24:32 UTC ]
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Scribner UK has pre-empted a Laos-set novel by US writer Paul Yoon, which follows three orphans in one of the "darkest, but relatively little known, episodes in 20th century history". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-20 17:30:09 UTC ]
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Walker Books will publish award-winning poet Joseph Coelho’s first middle-grade fiction series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 18:51:42 UTC ]
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Hutchinson has signed a six-figure deal with author Nancy Tucker for her debut novel, The First Day of Spring, following an auction, with rights sold in the US, Brazil and France. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 10:14:07 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press has signed husband-and-wife team Naomi and James Jones' debut picture book in a five-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 08:36:11 UTC ]
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Orenda Books has pre-empted a standalone thriller from Rod Reynolds in a pre-Frankfurt two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 08:25:17 UTC ]
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Granta Books has pre-empted an “electrifying” novel about the witch trials from poet and writer A K Blakemore. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-11 00:27:38 UTC ]
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Bestselling YA author David Yoon's adult debut, a speculative thriller called 'Version Zero,' is generating major buzz in the run-up to next week's Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Firekeeper's Daughter' by Angeline Boulleywas acquired by Tiffany Liao at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers after a 12-bidder auction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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