Duckworth bags 'honest' account of motherhood after 40

Duckworth Books has acquired The Secret Diary of a New Mum (Aged 43 1/4) by Cari Rosen. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-10 10:52:11 UTC ]

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Transworld acquires motherhood memoir from Margaret Reynolds

Transworld has bought UK and Commonwealth rights for memoir The Bright Field by Margaret Reynolds, professor of English at Queen Mary, University of London. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-01 08:56:53 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate bags Reed Turrell's Please Yourself

Fourth Estate has bagged Please Yourself, an “inspirational, wise and forgiving” book from psychotherapist Emma Reed Turrell. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-22 00:47:23 UTC ]
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Cape bags two on Encore Award shortlist

Two books from Jonathan Cape are on the shortlist for the £10,000 RSL Encore Award for the best second novel of the year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-20 07:54:38 UTC ]
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Square Enix’s 'Stay Home and Play' bundle gives you 54 games for under $40

Everyone’s giving away games these days and while Square Enix’s new “Stay Home and Play” bundle isn’t free, it might as well be. The breadth and scope of the deal is pretty amazing: More than 50 games for under $40. That’s less than $1 per game, for those who can’t math.It’s the sort of... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2020-05-08 18:45:00 UTC ]
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Debut author Jacqueline Rohen dies suddenly, aged 40

Author and conservationist Jacqueline Rohen, whose debut novel How to Marry Your Husband is published by Arrow this month, has died suddenly at her home in Uganda. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-04 07:16:06 UTC ]
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Hodder bags self-sabotage handbook

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a handbook for "slaying self-sabotage" by business author and podcast host Emma Gannon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-03 19:04:29 UTC ]
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HQ bags Brand's practically perfect Poppins book

HQ has bagged a second book by comedian Katy Brand, billed as part manifesto, part celebration of Mary Poppins. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-23 12:45:31 UTC ]
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Slime bags a second week in the charts top spot

David Walliams' Slime (HarperCollins) has oozed into a second week as the UK Official Top 50 number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-21 11:25:21 UTC ]
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S&S UK bags 'super commercial' middle-grade series in six-figure pre-empt

Simon & Schuster Children’s UK has pre-empted a "major", three-book middle-grade series from debut children's author Larry Hayes, in a six-figure deal struck following a "high-speed pitch" via video conferencing platform Zoom. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-21 06:25:25 UTC ]
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Meet the artist behind your new favorite literary Instagram account.

These days, everything feels a little bit bleaker than usual. But one thing that genuinely made me smile as I was panic scrolling last week? The clever designs of Read Books, Serve Looks, otherwise known as Thom Stead (Instagram bio: “quarantined gay serving book inspired looks”), who recreates... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-16 16:30:31 UTC ]
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Hachette Ireland to publish fictional account of Guinness sisters

Hachette Books Ireland has acquired two books by Irish author and journalist Emily Hourican who was inspired by the real-life story of the Guinness founder's daughters. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-09 12:27:08 UTC ]
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Orion bags 'achingly funny' debut from HarperCollins marketer

Orion has bagged the "visceral, sharp and achingly funny" debut of Kirsty Capes, a 26-year-old marketer at HarperCollins. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-27 06:01:58 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus bags romantic comedy by debut author Nicole Kennedy

Head of Zeus is to publish the debut novel of Nicole Kennedy, a former city lawyer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-23 14:35:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins bags new Katherine Heiny Novel

4th Estate will publish Katherine Heiny’s new novel and story collection. Heiny is the author of Standard Deviation and Single, Carefree, Mellow. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-17 14:37:18 UTC ]
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Picador bags Hye-jin’s Korean bestseller

Picador has triumphed in a multi-publisher auction for Kim Hye-jin’s Korean bestseller Concerning My Daughter. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-12 12:50:05 UTC ]
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At last, you can become a shareholder in a Birkin bag or a Lamborghini

Rally enables regular investors to buy and sell shares in high-end collectibles. Crafted from individually selected Nile crocodile scales in cream and gray, Hermès’s Himalaya Birkin is one of the world’s rarest handbags, fetching more than $100,000 at auction. Rally cofounder and CEO Chris... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2020-03-10 05:00:57 UTC ]
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Rider Books bags The Gift from Eger

Rider Books has bagged The Gift by Dr Edith Eger, following on from the therapist’s global bestseller The Choice (Rider). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-03 10:27:30 UTC ]
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MJ bags two more from Gytha Lodge

Michael Joseph has acquired two further novels from Gytha Lodge, the author of She Lies in Wait. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-27 10:18:48 UTC ]
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CUP bags 'thrilling' Bartlett book on medieval Europe

Cambridge University Press has bagged a “thrilling” book on dynastic political intrigue in medieval Europe by historian and presenter Robert Bartlett. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-27 04:11:16 UTC ]
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