Debut The Flames to Doubleday in 'major' six-figure pre-empt

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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Little, Brown to publish 'powerful' debut from Daniel Loedel

Little, Brown UK has acquired Daniel Loedel's literary debut, Hades, Argentina, billed as "gripping" and "ingeniously narrated".   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-06 13:50:59 UTC ]
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Piatkus wins romance debut from Jean Meltzer

Piatkus Fiction has won a "laugh-out-loud funny" romance from debut author Jean Meltzer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-06 02:20:28 UTC ]
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Titan swoops for Deadpool co-creator Nicieza's debut

Titan Books has swooped for Suburban Dicks, the "knock-out" debut novel by Deadpool co-creator Fabian Nicieza. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-06 00:00:41 UTC ]
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Majority of borrowed books across Ontario libraries in 2020 weren't published this year

In a year dominated by a global pandemic and American politics, some might find it fitting that the library book most likely to be checked out across Ontario was a hopeful memoir written by the former first lady of the United States. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2020-12-31 09:00:00 UTC ]
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Review: A striking debut novel imagines two enslaved men in love

"The Prophets," by Robert Jones Jr., depicts an intense bond between Isaiah and Samuel on a plantation in unbearable and untenable circumstances. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-12-29 15:00:38 UTC ]
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Richard Osman becomes first debut author to land Christmas No 1

The Thursday Murder Club sees off titles by Barack Obama and David Walliams in chaotic week for Britain’s book tradeRichard Osman’s cosy mystery about a group of elderly sleuths, The Thursday Murder Club, has become the first debut novel ever to become the Christmas No 1, selling a remarkable... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-12-22 15:00:18 UTC ]
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Dismay for bookshops as Tier 4 forces pre-Christmas closures

Bookshops in London and the south-east have reacted with dismay after being forced to close their physical premises from end of play on Saturday (19th December), with just a few hours' notice. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-21 07:04:19 UTC ]
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Virago wins Kohda's Millennial vampire debut in six-way auction

Virago has acquired a Millennial vampire tale—Claire Kohda's debut novel Woman, Eating— in a six-way publisher auction.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 23:41:35 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury bags Leky's UK debut

Bloomsbury is to publish German bestseller What You Can See From Here by Mariana Leky, translated by Tess Lewis, following a three-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 17:52:33 UTC ]
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Puffin scoops ''magical' Stachera debut

Puffin has scooped The Ice Whisperers, a "haunting and magical" debut novel from Helenka Stachera, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 14:35:34 UTC ]
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Sceptre lands Qureshi’s debut short story collection after four-way battle

Sceptre has won a four-way auction to publish Huma Qureshi’s prize-winning debut short story collection, Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love, next November. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 06:10:25 UTC ]
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A Wave Blue World Debuts New Model for Publishing Comics

A Wave Blue World is an independent comics and graphic novel publisher with an unusual model. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Knopf Doubleday Restructures Marketing Department

Knopf Doubleday senior v-p and director of integrated marketing strategy Kristin L. Fassler has restructured the group's marketing department in a bid, she said, "to augment the skills of the marketing team and help them reach the widest possible audience of readers." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Denver Indie Bookstore Launches BookBar Press with Debut Release

Independent Denver bookstore BookBar has launched its new publishing division, BookBar Press, with the publication of an anthology of micro-plays written by area playwrights. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Sceptre acquires tragicomic debut Tiepolo Blue at auction

Sceptre has acquired Tiepolo Blue, a satire set in the art world of 1990s London, at auction. The book, charting the fall from grace of an esteemed Cambridge professor, is the debut of James Cahill, a critic and academic at King’s College London. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-10 03:09:25 UTC ]
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HQ lands Kuzniar's adult debut reimagining The Nutcracker

HQ has landed the debut adult novel from M A Kuzniar, Midnight in Everwood, as part of a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-09 11:19:34 UTC ]
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Cape wins Crooks' 'phenomenal' debut novel in 10-way auction

Jonathan Cape has won a 10-publisher auction for Fire Rush, the “phenomenal” debut novel by Jacqueline Crooks. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-09 10:11:08 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate wins four-way auction for Brown Girls debut

Fourth Estate has triumphed in a four-way publisher auction for Daphne Palasi Andreades’ “evocative and original” debut novel Brown Girls in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-08 17:18:36 UTC ]
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Sphere wins Walden's feminist thriller Payday in six-figure deal

Sphere has won British journalist Celia Walden's "fiercely intelligent" thriller Payday at auction, in a "competitive" six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-01 22:05:28 UTC ]
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Major publishing fairs BookExpo and BookCon to 'retire' after pandemic cancellations

BookExpo, the largest bookseller trade show in the U.S., and its consumer-facing sibling BookCon have been indefinitely canceled because of the pandemic. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-12-01 20:30:11 UTC ]
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