Gems and Gaffes: Romance Novels 2019–2020

The ecstasy, and occasional agony, of trying to get the historical details right. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]

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Harper seals global deal for flood novel

HarperCollins has scooped world rights to Kassandra Montag’s After the Flood, a “riveting saga about a mother, her daughters, and their struggle to survive”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Max Porter's 'devastating' second novel to Faber

Faber has acquired Lanny, the "devastating" second novel from Granta editorial director Max Porter. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Howard Jacobson pens novel about love in old age

Jonathan Cape has acquired a new novel by Man Booker prize-winning author Howard Jacobson about love in old age. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: Indonesia Named London’s 2019 Market Focus; McIntosh Is CEO of PRH US

Following 2017's Market Focus Poland and this year's Market Focus Baltics, Indonesia will be the highlighted nation at London Book Fair in 2019. And in New York City, Markus Dohle names Madeline McIntosh to lead Penguin Random House US. The post Industry Notes: Indonesia Named London’s 2019... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Love and Rockets' Jaime Hernandez Creates Graphic Novel for Kids

We spoke with Eisner and Harvey Award-winning graphic novelist Jaime Hernandez about his children's debut, 'The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus pre-empts 'magical' novel from Yangsze Choo

Quercus has pre-empted a "captivating and magical" novel set in 1930s Malaysia by Yangsze Choo. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hillary Chute, Ed Park Named ‘NYT’ Graphic Novel Columnists

In the wake of promises to increase its comics and graphic novel coverage, The 'New York Times Book Review' has named Hillary Chute and Ed Park its regular comics and graphic novel columnists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novel on resistance in Putin's Russia to Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo Editions has signed a novel about resistance and political activism in Putin's Russia by Keith Gessen, titled A Terrible Country. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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5 Essential Mind-Bending Novels

Five wonderfully puzzling novels that you'll be thinking about long after finishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rumpelstiltskin-inspired novel to Pan Mac

Pan Macmillan will publish a standalone novel from US fantasy author Naomi Novik inspired by ‘Rumpelstiltskin’. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac re-publishes mystery novels by Columbia academic

Pan Macmillan will re-publish books from the Kate Fansler series, penned by American feminist and academic Carolyn Gold Heilbrun under a pseudonym. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH snaps up novel adaptation of Broadway 'phenomenon' Dear Evan Hansen

Penguin Random House is to publish Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel, a "sharply funny and poignant" book which will expand upon the story and characters made famous by the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors hit back at Self's claim 'the novel is doomed'

Authors have hit back at writer Will Self's assertion that the novel is “doomed to become a marginal cultural form”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Albertalli and Silvera team up for YA novel

Simon & Schuster UK has bought the UK and Commonwealth rights to a new YA novel co-written by US authors Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, and Adam Silvera, author of They Both Die At The End. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow deal for 'vanishingly rare' novel

Nosy Crow has bought world rights to two middle grade novels by YA author Carlie Sorosiak and has already sold US rights to Walker Books US. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Romance so white? Publishers grapple with race issues amid author protests

New report exposes decline in diversity in romance writing, as editor resigns after telling author they avoid putting non-white characters on covers ‘because we like the book to sell’Readers, writers and editors of romance books are grappling with the genre’s record on diversity, after a week... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YA 'rape culture' novel bought by PRH Children's

Penguin Random House Children’s will publish a book about rape culture and toxic masculinity in the UK this May. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Shuts Crimson Romance

The digital imprint, acquired as part of Simon & Schuster’s purchase of Adams Media in 2016, is being closed, the publisher said, due to “changing consumer reading habits." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten year wait for Zusak's next novel is over

Transworld is publishing a new literary novel from The Book Thief author Markus Zusak, which has been a decade in the making. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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