Two Roads has acquired rights to memoir of addiction and recovery by Salon.com’s Sarah Hepola. Publisher Lisa Highton bought UK rights to Blackout from Rachel Clements at Abner Stein. The book is described as “funny and moving”, and tells the story of how Hepola, “a single woman with a rising career in the media, was also a serious blackout drinker”. “As she stares down her past in sobriety, Hepola pieces together her story, along with the science and history of blackout itself,” Two Roads said. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate has acquired Tola Rotimi Abraham's "assured and lyrical" debut novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-25 08:27:43 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_127941" align="alignright" width="150"] Gabrielle Korn[/caption] Refinery29 hired Gabrielle Korn as fashion and culture director, responsible for building the young women's brand’s voice in style, culture, identity, and world events, while also growing its digital... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-10-24 20:12:19 UTC ]
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Chatto & Windus has triumphed in a hotly-contested eight-way auction to publish an "extraordinarily brave" memoir about faith, loss and addiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 09:08:05 UTC ]
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In 2013, I moved to New York City alone. I had just divorced and graduated from the Iowa Writers Workshop. My first novel had been released—waiting for it had been my only remaining tether to a former life. With its release, my last connection to the functional adult world was severed and I was... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-23 08:48:27 UTC ]
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The deputy publisher of William Morrow will leave HarperCollins for Princeton Architectural Press, where she will serve as publisher, effective November 4. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus has picked up a memoir of Belfast by poet and writer Ciaran Carson, who passed away earlier this month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-22 01:49:57 UTC ]
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Complete with endorsements from Donald Trump and Judy Murray, the parody jacket turned up in a branch of FoylesThere are large acts of protest, such as the People’s Vote march that took place in London on Saturday. And then there are smaller ones, such as the work of the as yet unidentified... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-10-21 12:46:59 UTC ]
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My personal form of astrology is to anxiously trawl Publishers Marketplace every week. No, wait, hear me out: it’s how I can tell the only future that matters: which books I will be reading a year and a half from now. Also, it’s a nice reminder that publishing isn’t dead. After all, there are so... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-18 13:31:21 UTC ]
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The S&S Selects PrePub Tour sends authors of books due out next season from Simon & Schuster’s five adult imprints across the country to schmooze with literary tastemakers around the country. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_120384" align="alignright" width="150"] LIz Vaccariello[/caption] On Wednesday, Meredith Corp. announced several moves within its National Media Group, concurrent with the shuttering of 87 year-old Family Circle, which it had owned since 2005. "These promotions and... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-10-17 21:22:45 UTC ]
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Author Nnedi Okorafor is known for her award-winning Afrofuturist works, stories rooted in African culture and perspective that explore beyond the realm of what is currently possible. Okorafor’s writing examines the intersection of technology, the natural world, and magic, building a world in... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-17 08:47:48 UTC ]
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Two Roads has lit up Glasgow with images of Billy Connolly to mark the launch of Tall Tales and Wee Stories. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-17 02:57:12 UTC ]
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HarperCollins imprint HQ will publish a "heartwrenching" post-Holocaust memoir from the mother of Jonathan Safran Foer, the story of which was the basis for his bestselling 2002 novel, Everything is Illuminated. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 20:21:07 UTC ]
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Park Pictures has signed director Jaci Judelson for U.S. commercial and worldwide representation. Judelson's Gatorade “Sisters in Sweat” spot starring Serena Williams won a Cannes Lion, two Clios and a One Show award in 2018. She has also directed spots and branded films for the likes of... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-16 14:14:29 UTC ]
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In a coup for Bloomsbury, Paul Baggaley is to leave Pan Macmillan after 11 years as Picador publisher to take up the post of Bloomsbury editor-in-chief for adult consumer publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 10:00:10 UTC ]
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The following excerpt is from David Heatley’s graphic memoir, Qualification. * __________________________________ Excerpted from Qualification by David Heatley. Copyright © 2019 David Heatley. Excerpted by permission of Pantheon, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-16 08:47:15 UTC ]
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Indie publisher Saraband will publish Helen Moat’s memoir covering her 2000-mile cycle journey across Europe, in April 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 00:50:09 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate will publish film director and documentary maker Sarah Aspinall’s memoir, following an auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 16:28:03 UTC ]
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Publisher HarperCollins says Back is first and only account ‘directly from’ US golferFresh from a startling career comeback after years of battling injuries, sex addiction and tabloids, Tiger Woods has announced a new memoir titled Back in which he promises to tell his “definitive story”.The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-10-15 15:31:34 UTC ]
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From behind-the-scenes stories of "Mary Poppins" and "The Sound of Music" to the pressures of balancing career and family, Julie Andrews talks candidly about the work involved in her amazing life and career. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-10-15 13:00:07 UTC ]
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