Elliott & Thompson bag The Power of Geography

Elliott & Thompson has acquired world rights to Tim Marshall’s latest book, The Power of Geography, the long-awaited sequel to Prisoners of Geography. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-08 20:07:48 UTC ]
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Novel graphics: Green Book bags the Oscar for most brilliantly bad poster

A cartoon-laden design advertising the worthy race drama in the Philippines is too bad to be true. Could this be the late PR boost the film needs?Green Book is slowly emerging as one of the big villains of Oscar season. Second only to the unimpeachable cruddiness of Bohemian Rhapsody, Green Book... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Review: 'Rent,' nearly live on Fox, still packs the power of a holy text for bohemian life

The live theater war that NBC and Fox have been waging since 2013, when Carrie Underwood starred in NBC’s "The Sound of Music," saw its latest salvo Sunday with Fox's "Rent: Live," a sweet and energetic sound-staging of Jonathan Larson's 1996 Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning pop opera. For... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador bags Loudon's exploration of infidelity

Picador has taken on the first novel, My House is Falling Down, by non-fiction writer Mary Loudon exploring the impact of infidelity on a marriage. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperFiction bags Racculia's charity detective hunt

“A love letter to great British literary detectives” by US author Kate Racculia has been bought by HarperFiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornerstone bags QI writer's debut in 24-hour pre-empt

Cornerstone has acquired a high-concept debut by Andrew Hunter Murray, a writer on BBC's "QI" and one of the team of writers at Private Eye, in a 24-hour pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atlantic bags debut author's 'twisted Malory Towers for grown-ups'

Atlantic Books imprint Corvus has acquired a debut upmarket mystery set in an elite Catholic boarding school for girls in the 1990s. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zaffre bags Pride and Prejudice spin-off debut

Bonnier Zaffre has acquired two books from debut historical novelist, Helen Moffett—the first of which tells the story of Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeth Bennet’s closest friend in Pride and Prejudice. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Edith Thompson: The Innocent Woman Who Was Executed in Part Because of Her Writing Talent

"Had she had not written as she did, would her lover have killed her husband? Almost certainly the answer is no." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Datebook: The power of monuments, Greek mythology reframed and iconic portraiture

An exhibition that highlights the monumental and another that features paintings inspired by classical mythology. The gallery season may be winding down in the wake of the holiday (and in advance of Art Basel Miami Beach), but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some intriguing exhibitions to see:... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tapping the Power Of Influencers

A PubTechConnect panel explores how publishers are using social media stars to expand their digital marketing efforts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Doubleday bags 'heart-wrenching' debut Shelf Life in 'speedy' pre-empt

Doubleday has pre-empted a debut novel from Tuscan writer and translator Livia Franchini, hailed "an exquisite, heart-wrenching story of a woman rebuilding herself on her own terms". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan bags standalone thriller from Josephine Angelini

Josephine Angelini, the YA author best known for her Starcrossed fantasy series, is to write a standalone thriller for Macmillan Children’s Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McCartney bags ticket to ride in France and Italy

Penguin Random House Children’s UK has agreed pre-empts for Paul McCartney’s upcoming Hey Grandude! with Michel Lafon in France and HarperCollins Italia. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blizzard Publishing Powers Up

For more than two decades, Blizzard Entertainment has been known mostly for creating video games: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone. But its publishing division, too, is wizzing along. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coates’s ‘We Were Eight Years in Power’ to Be Published by Historic Black Press in France

In a gesture of support for independent black publishing in France, National Book Award–winner Ta-Nehisi Coates and his U.S. publisher, One World, have released the French edition of his latest bestseller through Editions Présence Africaine. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere bags LaManna's 'addictive' thriller in four-way auction

Sphere has acquired a "sharp, twisty and addictive" thriller from US writer Gina LaManna in a four-way auction to publish in early 2020 as a superlead title. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century bags 'explosive', anonymously-authored US conspiracy thriller

Century will this month publish a US conspiracy thriller - "rooted in real life, but not 'a true story'" - featuring "a controversial and wealthy tycoon who is running for President of the United States and a former porn star who is ready to go public with details of their affair". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fuel powers ahead in documenting the overlooked art behind the Iron Curtain

A design studio that turned to book publishing, and made a mark with its Russian Criminal Tattoos series, has more Soviet-themed treats up its sleeve in the form of three titles released this month.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Smith, Power and Berry win Forward poetry prizes

Danez Smith has been announced as the winner of the Forward poetry prize for best collection, with awards also going to Phoebe Power and Liz Berry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze bags School Run comedy

Trapeze is publishing a comedy called The School Run about how far two friends will go to get their child into the perfect school. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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