H&S buys Celtic Britain tale

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a “captivating, full-blooded" debut set in Celtic Britain. Editor Emily Kitchin bought British Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada and Australia New Zealand, to Skin and its sequel by Ilka Tampke from Sarah Lutyens at Lutyens and Rubinstein on behalf of Michael Heyward at Text Publishing in Melbourne. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Headline buys memoir by Liverpool cult hero

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Social enterprise group buys Garforth indie

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Harvill Secker buys new Nesbo

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