HCG bags YA novel about Bengali-Irish girls navigating queerness

Hachette Children’s Group has acquired two YA novels from debut author Adiba Jaigirdar, including two "heart-warming" queer romances based in Dublin featuring Bengali protagonists.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 05:52:10 UTC ]
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Rider Books bags The Gift from Eger

Rider Books has bagged The Gift by Dr Edith Eger, following on from the therapist’s global bestseller The Choice (Rider). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-03 10:27:30 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury wins satirical debut The Other Black Girl in six-figure deal

Bloomsbury has won Zakiya Dalila Harris’ The Other Black Girl, a satirical debut novel about race and authenticity in the workplace, for a six-figure deal following a nine-way auction.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-01 20:26:38 UTC ]
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W&N signs Turner's 'radical queering of military history'

Weidenfeld & Nicolson has signed Men at War, a "radical queering of military history" from The Quietus co-founder Luke Turner. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-28 09:46:45 UTC ]
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MJ bags two more from Gytha Lodge

Michael Joseph has acquired two further novels from Gytha Lodge, the author of She Lies in Wait. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-27 10:18:48 UTC ]
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CUP bags 'thrilling' Bartlett book on medieval Europe

Cambridge University Press has bagged a “thrilling” book on dynastic political intrigue in medieval Europe by historian and presenter Robert Bartlett. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-27 04:11:16 UTC ]
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Want to Start a Queer Book Club? Here’s How

Looking for a queer book club or even want to start your own? This is how to get started. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-02-25 11:36:57 UTC ]
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Harvill Secker bags First World War thriller

Harvill Secker has snapped up First World War thriller Two Storm Wood by British writer Philip Gray.   Editorial director for crime and thrillers Jade Chandler acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Nicola Barr at the Bent Agency. The title is set for publication in May 2021.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 21:42:00 UTC ]
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Walker bags guide to love from Alex Norris

Walker Books is publishing “a guide to love” from popular Webcomic Name series artist Alex Norris Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 12:31:03 UTC ]
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Simon Cowell partners with HCG on new children's series

Simon Cowell and his six-year-old son are teaming up with Hachette Children’s Group on a new picture-led children’s book series called Wishfits. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 09:57:41 UTC ]
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Gollancz bags Adam Simcox's "gritty" supernatural crime series

Gollancz will publish the first three books in debut author Adam’s Simcox’s series The Dying Squad. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 05:25:42 UTC ]
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Anderson Press signs Wheatle's first historical YA

Andersen Press is publishing Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle, a "visceral" historical novel about the real-life slave uprising against British plantation owners in Jamaica in 1760 known as Tacky’s War. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-21 07:47:08 UTC ]
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Quercus bags book on how 'male-centric' medicine endangers women's lives

Quercus is publishing Sex Matters by Dr Alyson McGregor, about how "male-centric" medical research studies and testing protocols impact on women's healthcare. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-21 02:40:12 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Absolute bags Kerridge's Hand & Flowers cookbook

Bloomsbury Absolute has bagged a cookbook from Tom Kerridge featuring recipes from his two Michelin-starred pub, the Hand & Flowers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-20 20:14:56 UTC ]
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Daniel Kehlmann’s ‘Tyll’ — a future Netflix series — follows a German jester navigating war-torn chaos

The novel is part of a wave of books about the tumultuous 17th and early 18th centuries. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-20 17:15:47 UTC ]
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PRH Children's acquires 'achingly romantic' YA from Jennifer Niven

Penguin Random House Children's is publishing Breathless, a new "personal" and "achingly romantic" YA novel by Jennifer Niven, in paperback this autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-19 14:05:27 UTC ]
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Scholastic UK to publish YA exploration of modern-day antisemitism

Scholastic UK is publishing Keren David’s “highly topical, thrilling and thought-provoking” YA book exploring modern-day antisemitism in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-19 12:22:42 UTC ]
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New YA novel from Anne Fine for David Fickling

David Fickling Books is publishing a new "laugh-out-loud" YA novel from former Children’s Laureate Anne Fine OBE, called Shades of Scarlet. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-16 23:38:58 UTC ]
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Review: Anna Burns' second novel on the Irish Troubles ... and our own

A pitch-dark comedy on the wages of violence from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of "Milkman" Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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HarperCollins to create standalone Irish division with Nagle at helm

HarperCollins Ireland, a new standalone publishing division, is being launched with Conor Nagle from Gill Books as its publisher. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-14 08:38:59 UTC ]
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New Cassandra Cain graphic novel shows Asian American girls can be Batgirl too

"Shadow of the Batgirl" author Sarah Kuhn wants young Asian American girls to see they can be the main character in superhero stories too. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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