Canongate’s non-fiction publishing director Katy Follain is to leave the company “to pursue new career opportunities within the industry”. The publisher said she “played a key role within the editorial team”. Among the titles Follain acquired during her time at Canongate were James Rhodes’ memoir Instrumental, which was published after a long legal battle, and Alex Bellos’ forthcoming mathematical colouring book, Snowflake, Seashell, Star. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Canongate has acquired a second book from singer and author Tracey Thorn, My Rock ‘n’ Roll Friend, about "rock ‘n’ roll love affairs" and female friendship. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookseller Blackwell's has confirmed sales and marketing director Dean Drew will be leaving the business in April after three years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press’ Fraser Hutchinson will join literacy charity the Reading Agency in April as head of publisher partnerships. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Ritherdon, Head of Zeus (HoZ) editorial director at digital imprint Aria, is leaving the publisher to join HoZ’s former c.e.o Amanda Ridout’s new company. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Luke Shaller will join Simon & Schuster UK as c.f.o. for its UK and international dealings in a newly created role, following almost a decade with HarperCollins. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate c.e.o. Jamie Byng has acquired rights to Priya Basil’s "wise and engrossing" Be My Guest, slated for publication in November 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate has bagged the "haunting" debut novel by editor and ghostwriter Molly Aitken in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate will publish the next two books in Alan Parks’ Glasgow-set Harry McCoy crime series, likened by the publisher to a "Celtic Sopranos". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Harwood has left her role as acting publicity director of Century and Arrow to go freelance. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline communications director Georgina Moore is leaving the publisher to join Midas Public Relations as director of books and publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s been over six weeks since I got good and fed up. Facebook has been a garbage company for most of its 15 years; while I’m prone to an “overboard gripe” (phrase provided by a former editor), this increasingly feels less a position than a statement of fact. Many more principled friends had left... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Canongate has acquired the new adult novel from Scarlett Thomas, Oligarchy, billed as “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie for the digital age”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate will publish designer Osman Yousefzada’s memoir The Go-Between, about growing up in a tight-knit Pashtun community in Birmingham and discovering design. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate has acquired the debut novel by BBC News newsreader George Alagiah, The Burning Land. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s is restructuring its rights team in a move that will see Camilla Borthwick, Joanna Lawrie and Catherine Harrison leave the company. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ben Wright will join HarperCollins in April as international sales director, leaving his post of group international sales director at Hachette. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew Sauerwine is stepping down from his role as UK sales director of Kings Road Publishing "to seek new opportunities". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trade leaders have warned Theresa May needs to “urgently” come up with a Plan B after MPs rejected the government’s Brexit deal in an historic defeat last night. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Olivia Morris, currently editorial director for Orion Spring and Seven Dials imprints, is joining Ebury to be publishing director for Rider. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion's group publicity and communications director, Helen Richardson, has left the Orion Publishing Group "to pursue new opportunities" after almost 20 years with the company. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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