Gordon Brown’s Seven Ways to S&S

Former prime minister Gordon Brown has signed up to write a new book for Simon & Schuster, assessing seven major challenges facing the world. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-11 20:08:40 UTC ]
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Cape wins music icon Neneh Cherry’s 'powerful' memoir in 14-way auction

Jonathan Cape has acquired Swedish musician Neneh Cherry’s memoir, A Thousand Threads, in a 14-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 11:56:22 UTC ]
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Searching for Little Free Libraries As a Way to Say Goodbye

A reader on saying goodbye not only to the books she can't bring on the next phase of her journey, but to her roomie, her sister. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-09-15 10:35:00 UTC ]
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Rob Biddulph signs trilogy with Macmillan Children's in six-way auction

Macmillan Children’s Books has won a middle-grade trilogy from Rob Biddulph in a "fierce" six-way auction.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-14 20:58:11 UTC ]
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In ‘Payback,’ by Mary Gordon, a reality-show host seeks revenge

Gordon’s novel spans decades, delving into a painful relationship between an art teacher and her student. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-14 09:14:57 UTC ]
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Doubleday wins nine-way auction for Anglo-Nigerian writer's debut

Doubleday has acquired two novels by Anglo-Nigerian writer Nikki May in a "hotly contested" nine-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-07 17:57:58 UTC ]
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Yellow Kite wins five-way auction for psychotherapist's debut

Yellow Kite has won psychotherapist and mental health consultant Zoë Aston's first book in a five-way auction.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-26 11:34:22 UTC ]
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Jamie Oliver rustles up his 67th number one with 7 Ways

Jamie Oliver's 7 Ways (Michael Joseph) has soared into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 34,241 copies through Nielsen BookScan's TCM. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-24 18:56:55 UTC ]
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With book tours scrapped, authors are finding new ways to connect with their readers

Chris Bohjalian, Mary Kay Andrews and other novelists have turned to Zoom and Facebook Live to find their audience. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-19 12:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Children's triumphs in 15-way auction for Fadugba debut

Penguin Random House Children’s has won a 15-way auction to publish a "genre-defying, time-travelling" YA thriller, The Upper World by Femi Fadugba. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 13:52:13 UTC ]
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'Queer sci-fi romance' to Orbit in three-way auction

Orbit UK has won debut author Everina Maxwell's space opera series, described as  "queer sci-fi romance", in a three-way auction.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-10 05:42:42 UTC ]
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Headline bags Barr's 'ambitious' Middle East history in six-way auction

Headline has acquired an "ambitious" work centred on conflict in the Middle East by historian and author James Barr in a "heated" six-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-07 09:36:16 UTC ]
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Some Big Publishers Find Ways to Cope

Cost cuts and higher sales of digital products have eased the impact of the Covid-19 on the bottom line for some publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Vermilion releases 10-year anniversary edition of Brown's Gifts

Ebury imprint Vermilion is releasing a 10th anniversary edition of Brené Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-07 00:31:24 UTC ]
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Derren Brown to share life lessons in bite-size for Transworld

Derren Brown is condensing the lessons from his bestseller Happy to handbook size in A Little Happier: Notes for Reassurance with Transworld this October. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 05:12:39 UTC ]
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James Murdoch's exit paves way for News Corp to move further right

Analysis: Murdoch was considered a dissenting voice at the rightwing company. Now his brother Lachlan could see his influence growJames Murdoch’s resignation from the board of News Corp confirms divisive splits in the publishing arm of his family’s media empire and removes a powerful dissenting... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-08-01 18:24:26 UTC ]
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Faber scoops graphic novel adaptation of Reynolds' Long Way Down

Faber is to publish a graphic novel adaptation of Jason Reynolds' Long Way Down, with artwork by Danica Novgorodoff.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-23 23:49:47 UTC ]
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Sissay, Taddeo and Mendez shortlisted for Gordon Burn Prize

Lemn Sissay, Lisa Taddeo and Paul Mendez are among the six-strong shortlist for this year's Gordon Burn Prize.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-22 14:15:36 UTC ]
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Little, Brown acquires Clarke's Covid memoir

Little, Brown has acquired "an unflinching insider’s account of medicine in the time of coronavirus" from palliative care doctor Dr Rachel Clarke. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-22 10:28:16 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury signs Bergdorf for six figures after 11-way auction

Bloomsbury has won an 11-way auction to publish the first book by model, activist and writer Munroe Bergdorf.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-17 03:05:04 UTC ]
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Wildfire triumphs in seven-way auction for psychotherapist's guide to desire

Wildfire has won a seven-way auction for "an inspiring, thought-provoking and moving" book that, exploring human desire, takes the reader behind the closed doors of a therapy session.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-16 06:45:30 UTC ]
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