Fourth Estate signs blues book by Peskin

Fourth Estate has acquired on proposal a book about American blues music that is “part travel, part memoir and part oral history” by Natasha Peskin. Louise Haines at Fourth Estate signed world English language rights to A Soft Place to Lay: Stories of the Blues from Kirsty McLachlan at DGA Ltd. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate buys Candy's guide to mothering teenage girls

Fourth Estate has bought journalist Lorraine Candy's first book, a “candid, helpful and hilarious” guide to the many unexpected challenges of mothering teenage girls. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-16 16:51:35 UTC ]
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Gollancz signs two-book deal with actor Susannah Wise

Gollancz has acquired This Fragile Earth and an untitled second novel from actor Susanna Wise. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-30 12:37:49 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate to publish Mantel's contributions to LRB

Fourth Estate is publishing Mantel Pieces, a collection of writing by Hilary Mantel—spanning essays, book reviews and memoir—from over 30 years of contributions to the London Review of Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-12 08:56:46 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate falls for Day's Failosophy

Fourth Estate has landed Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong, the “essential” new book by Elizabeth Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-05 02:50:51 UTC ]
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HCG signs picture book from Dr Ranj celebrating key workers

Dr Ranj Singh, of ITV’s "Dr Ranj: On Call" and CBeebies' "Get Well Soon" series, has signed a three-book deal with Hachette Children's Group—including a picture book celebrating key workers in the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-31 20:36:34 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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Welbeck signs three-book deal with debut author Ben Creed

Welbeck Publishing Group has signed a three-book deal with debut historical writer Ben Creed. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-17 20:25:57 UTC ]
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Bodley Head signs Lady Hale memoir in two-book deal

The Bodley Head has signed the memoir of former Supreme Court president Lady Hale in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-22 15:33:30 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate to publish debut by Coco Mellors

Fourth Estate will publish debut novel Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-08 16:25:52 UTC ]
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Angie Thomas signs with Walker for third book

Walker Books has bought Concrete Rose, the “hard-hitting” third novel from The Hate U Give (Walker) author Angie Thomas. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-02 19:40:20 UTC ]
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Risbridger signs with Nosy Crow for first kids' books

Nosy Crow has signed up journalist and cookery writer Ella Risbridger to write her first children’s books, which will include two middle-grade novels and a poetry anthology. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-01 16:28:18 UTC ]
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Lady Gaga signs with Macmillan for 'vital' children's book on kindness

Lady Gaga’s foundation has signed a global deal with Macmillan for a “vital” book of inspirational stories by young people and “notes of empowerment” from the singer herself. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-09 16:12:04 UTC ]
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Harry Potter named favourite Blue Peter Book Award winner of last 20 years

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Bloomsbury) has been voted viewers’ favourite Blue Peter Book Award winner of the last 20 years, while Amanda Li’s Rise Up (Buster) and Vashti Hardy’s Wildspark (Scholastic) have also won prizes. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 02:44:21 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate primed for Mantel mania as Wolf Hall trilogy draws to a close

After an eight-year wait, Hilary Mantel’s third Cromwell book finally hit bookshelves this week, hailed by critics as a triumphant finale to what Fourth Estate has called an “extraordinary journey” for both publisher and author. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 02:20:11 UTC ]
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HarperCollins signs two more books by Phoebe Morgan

HarperCollins is publishing two books by HarperCollins editor and author Phoebe Morgan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-26 18:39:35 UTC ]
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Heather Morris signs new two-book deal with Manilla Press

New Bonnier Books UK imprint Manilla Press is publishing the first work of non-fiction by The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Zaffre) author Heather Morris in a new two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-20 15:35:55 UTC ]
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Mirror Books signs puppy farming campaign tale

Mirror Books has acquired the true story of Lucy, the puppy farm Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and the campaign she inspired that led to Lucy’s Law and the nationwide ban on puppy farming. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-24 02:27:24 UTC ]
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SoA launches book club to celebrate literary estates

The Society of Authors will launch a bi-monthly book club on Twitter next month, to celebrate a selection of favourite titles from works in its literary estates. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-22 16:59:37 UTC ]
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HCG signs Chitty Chitty Bang Bang picture book

Hachette Children's Group has signed a picture book adaptation of Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to be written by Peter Bently and illustrated by Steve Antony. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-16 14:03:39 UTC ]
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