Headline snaps up Hughes' 'The Letter'

Headline has signed The Letter, a debut novel by Kathryn Hughes which hit number one on the Amazon Kindle chart as a self-published ebook. The Letter, which tells the story of two women whose lives become entwined when one discovers a letter that was written in 1939 but never sent, was originally published via Matador. It spent over 130 days in the Kindle top 100 and has garnered almost 2,000 Kindle reader reviews. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton snaps up two from Marques

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired Patricia Marques’ "wonderfully inventive" début novel The Colours of Death, as well as a second novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-28 04:38:15 UTC ]
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Children's authors sign open letter protesting outcome of school meals vote

More than 200 children's authors and illustrators, including Malorie Blackman, Philip Pullman and Cressida Cowell, have signed a letter condemning the government’s vote rejecting the extension of its free school meal scheme over the holidays. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 00:51:58 UTC ]
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Dunlop's Army Girls marches to Headline

Headline Publishing Group has acquired Tessa Dunlop's Army Girls - The Secrets and Stories of Military Service from the Final Few Women who Fought in World War II. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-23 10:34:34 UTC ]
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‘The Selected Letters of John Berryman’ is an intimate portrait of the celebrated, tortured poet

Berryman, who won a Pulitzer and a National Book Award, struggled with addiction and despair that also fueled his work. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-22 14:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline Review falls for Stone's 'timeless' love story

Headline Review will publish Always, in December by debut novelist Emily Stone, as a lead launch title in autumn 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-20 17:42:51 UTC ]
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'The Receipts Podcast' hosts bring 'ultimate guide for Millennial women' to Headline

Headline will publish Keep the Receipts by the presenters of "The Receipts Podcast", Tolani Shoneye, Audrey Indome and Milena Sanchez. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-20 13:32:31 UTC ]
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Headline signs professional autograph dealer's memoir

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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S&S snaps up Foulkes' vampire middle-grade series

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-14 20:29:58 UTC ]
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Wax and George the Poet headline Creative Coalition 2020

Comedian and writer Ruby Wax and spoken word performer George the Poet have been announced as headliners for the inaugural live event from Creative England and the Creative Industries Federation. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-14 07:46:20 UTC ]
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S&S snaps up Beach's debut picture books

Simon & Schuster Children's is to publish author and illustrator Beach's first picture book, secured in a three-title deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-11 20:46:58 UTC ]
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Roxane Gay, Margaret Atwood sign open letter supporting trans and nonbinary people

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-10-09 21:31:58 UTC ]
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Avon snaps up 'brilliantly crafted' Belfast crime series from Dempsey

Avon has snapped up Who Took Eden Mulligan? and one further book by Sharon Dempsey, marking the start of a “brilliantly crafted” Belfast-based crime series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-09 14:20:32 UTC ]
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HarperCollins snaps up Beresiner's Mother Project

HarperCollins has snapped up The Mother Project by journalist and Sunday Times Style columnist Sophie Beresiner. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Headline lands a fourth from Gordon

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-07 05:17:22 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow snaps up 'fast-paced, witty' middle-grade series

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-06 00:42:59 UTC ]
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Headline Home scoops Atkinson's post-natal fitness guide

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Headline Review scoops Freya Berry's 'electrifying' debut at auction

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Writers and publishers pen open letter to show solidarity with trans and non-binary community

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Craig asked to step down as Myslexia judge after signing Rowling support letter

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