Harlequin Mira has signed two novels from debut author Phaedra Patrick. Sammia Hamer at Mira signed UK and Commonwealth rights for two books in a deal with Clare Wallace at the Darley Anderson Agency. The first book, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, follows 69-old Arthur Pepper, who discovers a mysterious charm bracelet when going through his deceased wife's possessions. The find takes him on a journey through London, Paris and India as he learns more about his wife's secret past. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former prime ministers urge others to join push for royal commission into lack of media diversity in AustraliaFormer Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has signed Kevin Rudd’s petition calling for a royal commission into News Corp’s dominance of the Australian media.Rudd, also a former... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-10-25 05:42:32 UTC ]
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Summersdale has signed Doctors Get Cancer Too: A Doctor’s Diary of Life and Recovery from Cancer by Dr Philippa Kaye, featuring a foreword by broadcaster Sara Cox. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-22 15:49:35 UTC ]
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Faber has announced the winners, and signed up all four finalists, of this year's Faber & Andlyn (FAB) Prize for new writers and illustrators from under-represented backgrounds. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-22 11:14:35 UTC ]
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Headline will publish Two Hitlers and a Marilyn by Adam Andrusier in July 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-19 12:19:03 UTC ]
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Cornerstone imprint Arrow has acquired the debut adult novel from Carnegie-nominated children's author Eve Ainsworth. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-12 22:48:23 UTC ]
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Between 1,500 and 2,000 members of the North American literary world signed an open letter offering support to trans and nonbinary communities. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-10-09 21:31:58 UTC ]
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Lake Union editor Sammia Hamer has signed two books each from Tracy Buchanan and Hannah Beckerman. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-09 11:46:42 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson is publishing a narrative history of Tudor ladies-in-waiting, the "oft-overlooked yet hugely influential figures of the Tudor court", by Dr Nicola Clark Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-07 09:15:33 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has signed a two-book series from US YA authors Kass Morgan and Danielle Paige, with The Ravens to be published in January 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-05 06:32:09 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has acquired two middle-grade fiction titles by debut author Kate Gilby Smith, to be published on the Orion Children's Book imprint. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-02 10:02:53 UTC ]
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Amanda Craig has been dropped as a competition judge by women’s writing magazine Mslexia over her signing of a letter to the Times in defence of J K Rowling. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 08:48:57 UTC ]
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Trigger Publishing will publish The Smart Girl’s Handbook, a "no-nonsense self-empowerment handbook" for women from founder and c.e.o. of Smart Girl Tribe Scarlett V Clark. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 02:23:28 UTC ]
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Patrick Turner, a book designer and art director for a number of book and magazine publishers and who was most recently co-owner of 'PW,' died last week after a long battle with cancer. He was 71. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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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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Hachette Children's Group has signed a two-book middle-grade series from children's presenters Luke Franks and Sean Thorne, who are both debut authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-13 21:00:51 UTC ]
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Hachette Children's Group's non-fiction imprint Wren & Rook will publish Rashmi Sirdeshpande Good News: Why the World is Not as Bad as You Think, the first in a new two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-11 02:37:33 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton imprint Hodder Studio has acquired Strong Female Lead: Lessons from Women in Power, the first book from Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-10 17:57:22 UTC ]
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Digital imprint Bookouture has signed 12 new Detective Kim Stone books from Angela Marsons, in a "major" deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-01 18:02:52 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children's UK has acquired two new books from Instagram parenting star Daisy Upton, known to her 180,000 followers as "Five Minute Mum". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-26 05:40:56 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape has signed a “radical” in-depth exploration of the global water crisis by South African journalist Rosa Lyster. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-26 02:54:26 UTC ]
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