Award-winning comedian Amy Schumer’s memoir has been snapped up by HarperNonFiction after an intense multi-publisher auction. The tentatively titled The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo is a collection of personal stories and anecdotes, combining Schumer’s fresh take on feminism with socially aware satire "ranging from the raunchy to the romantic, the heartfelt to the harrowing". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tinder Press has acquired a story collection and debut novel from Lesley Nneka Arimah, winner of the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown has acquired two books by journalist Francesca Hornak for a "significant" five-figure sum. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Schumer's essay collection, 'The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo,' expected to be one of the big books of the summer, sold just under 40,000 hardcover copies in its first week on sale, according to BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is publishing three new books with Hodder & Stoughton, the first of which, Gordon Ramsay Bread Street Kitchen, is due for release in October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrator Jim Field has signed a six-book deal with Hachette Children’s Group. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books will publish David Baddiel until 2019 under the terms of a new contract. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline has acquired a debut non-fiction title, A History of Heavy Metal, by "metalhead" and comedian Andrew O’Neill. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere Fiction has acquired two psychological thrillers from debut author Laura Marshall in a six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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International New York Times bestselling thriller writer Tami Hoag has signed a two book deal with Trapeze Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze has signed a crime series set in the Channel Islands by debut author Lara Dearman. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Australia says memoir will be ‘testament to a mother’s love’ after disastrous snatch attempt in Lebanon organised with help of Channel NineBrisbane woman Sally Faulkner, who has been charged with kidnapping her own children in Beirut, has signed an international book deal for a tell-all... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century is publishing the first book by Myles Hopper and Giles Humphries, the Devon duo behind Mindful Chef, a healthy recipe box service recommended by Vogue, GQ and Women’s Health. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quadrille has signed a book of "foolproof" recipes from Spanish chef Omar Allibhoy, chef and founder behind the Tapas Revolution restaurants. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape has signed an award-winning debut American poet to its list, Ocean Vuong, tipped to be "an important new voice" after making "huge waves" in the US. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic plans to publish a series of young adult novels based on the videogame franchise 'Five Nights at Freddy's.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Creative duo CO.LAB have joined Arts & Sciences. Justin Tyler Close comes from a background of art photography. Jeremy Power Regimbal has experience in post-production and cinematography. The Canadian pair formed CO.LAB over a year ago, after their first initial meeting a decade ago. They... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SILICON VALLEY — Ellen Pao, who rocked Silicon Valley with a gender discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers last year, signed a book deal that will detail her experiences with the tech industry’s “toxic culture.” Pao’s memoir, titled “Reset,” was acquired by the... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has signed science writer Steven Johnson to its non-fiction list, after acquiring Wonderland: How Play and Delight Made the Modern World, due to publish November 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK has acquired an account of what life was like for 50,000 Britons during the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has signed two more books by Natasha Pulley, whose debut is shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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