Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Wed, 10/08/2011 - 10:44 Juliet Annan at Fig Tree has won a "hotly contested" auction involving seven bidders to buy cookery manual Food DIY by Tim Hayward. Annan acquired world rights to the book, and a second volume, from Tim Bates at Pollinger Ltd for what she called an "interesting" sum. Hayward is the editor and founder of food magazine Fire and Knives, and his book is promised to be a one-stop guide to the DIY food movement, including how to make your own cheese, smoke meats, butcher, preserve and pickle, build a still and brew your own cider. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Fig Tree has scooped the "powerful and beautifully humane" debut novel by Mo Siewcharran Prize-winner Santanu Bhattacharya. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Penguin Random House has dominated the Costa Book Awards 2021 category winners, with two Viking authors among the victors—Caleb Azumah Nelson and John Preston—along with Fig Tree's Claire Fuller and Manjeet Mann, with only Bloodaxe Books' Hannah Lowe preventing a clean sweep. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Lit Lists Literary translation’s 2020 story is one of abundance and adaptation. Like most books published this year, dozens of new translations were published during a global pandemic. Events quickly moved from bookstores to Zoom. Writers and... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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Helen Garnons-Williams is leaving HarperCollins to join Penguin General as publishing director for Fig Tree. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Penguin General imprint Fig Tree has bought a food memoir by actor and author Stanley Tucci in a 24-hour pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Doubleday has acquired two novels by Anglo-Nigerian writer Nikki May in a "hotly contested" nine-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Sphere is publishing debut author Jacqueline Bublitz’s novel Before You Knew My Name, pitched as "The Lovely Bones for a new generation", plus a second book. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Orion Publishing Group has bought the first official book of award-winning comedy podcast "Dear Joan and Jericha", written by Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine, in a "hotly contested" auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Fig Tree will publish journalist and author Dolly Alderton’s debut novel, Ghosts, about a food writer with a dedicated online following whose personal life is falling apart. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Rachel Roddy, author of Four Quarters and Two Kitchens (Headline), has moved to Fig Tree to publish a new pasta book, The A-Z of Pasta. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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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
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India Knight is publishing an homage to her favourite novel, The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford, with Fig Tree next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Annabel Merullo is stepping down from her role as head of books at Peters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD), to be replaced by Tim Bates. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The Ink Factory, production company behind "The Night Manager", has acquired the TV rights in a "hotly contested" auction to Andrew Michael Hurley’s supernatural second novel Devil’s Day (John Murray). Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired two new novels by Angela Clarke, the author behind Follow Me, Watch Me and Trust Me (Avon), in a "hotly contested" auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Elizabeth Buchan is moving to Corvus, an imprint of Atlantic Books, following a "hotly contested" auction for her next two novels. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Atlantic imprint Corvus has signed a "completely compulsive" psychological thriller by Jennifer Hillier in a "hotly contested and fiercely fought auction". Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Hamlyn, part of Octopus Publishing Group, has acquired the official book of ITV2’s "Love Island" following a "hotly contested" auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Usborne has snapped up a Russian folklore-inspired middle grade fantasy following a “hotly contested four-way auction”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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