Hodder & Stoughton acquires two new thrillers from Will Dean

Hodder & Stoughton will publish two new standalone thrillers from Will Dean.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-11 21:42:12 UTC ]
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Explorer Wood's Himalayan journey to Hodder

Hodder & Stoughton will publish a new book by explorer Levison Wood, to accompany a television series. Wood’s Walking the Himalayas sees him explore five countries along the mountain range. Wood will present a Channel 4 series about his journey in spring 2016. Hodder and Little, Brown US... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BTBS merges with Matthew Hodder Charitable Trust

The Book Trade Charity (BTBS) and The Matthew Hodder Charitable Trust (MHCT) are to merge to form one organisation carrying the BTBS name. The merger will mean BTBS can now expand its education grants, alongside continuing its welfare support work. BTBS, under chief executive David Hicks, will... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Nerve-wrackingly tense' thriller to Pushkin

Pushkin Press has acquired a “dark and disturbing” debut novel by Inge Schilperoord, originally published in the Netherlands. Commissioning editor Daniel Seton at Pushkin acquired world English rights to Tench from Podium, via Marleen Seegers at 2 Seas Agency. Tench tells the story of a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lownie to release Cambridge spy biography with Hodder

Hodder & Stoughton will publish literary agent Andrew Lownie’s biography of Cambridge spy Guy Burgess this autumn. The book draws on research from archives around the world and interviews with more than 100 people who knew Burgess, among other sources. It will chart Burgess’ life from... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Animal kingdom picture book to Hodder

Hodder Children’s Books, part of Hachette Children's, has acquired a 64-page picture book about the animal kingdom by zoologist and author Nicola Davies. The illustrator is Lorna Scobie. The deal for Diversity was brokered between Emma Layfield, picture book publisher at Hodder Children’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac acquires four for its biz and science list

Pan Macmillan has made four “major” acquisitions as part of a “significant investment” in its business and popular science lists. Non-fiction publisher Robin Harvie bought UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada to The Storyteller’s Secret by Carmine Gallo from SMP. Gallo is the author of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Jack Strong' brings true Cold War thriller to life

Fans of Cold War novelists John le Carré and Tom Clancy should warm up to "Jack Strong," a gripping political thriller based on the exploits of Ryszard Kuklinski, a high-ranking Polish army officer who shared top-secret Soviet documents with the CIA between 1972 and 1981. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three Barclay thrillers to Orion

Orion has acquired three new books by Linwood Barclay. Deputy publishing director Bill Massey bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to the thrillers from Helen Heller at The Helen Heller Agency. The first book from the new deal will be published in September 2017. Before that,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Roads acquires novel about Vanderbilt women

Two Roads is to publish a book reimagining the lives of three women from the Vanderbilt family. Publisher Lisa Highton bought UK rights for the currently untitled book by Therese Anne Fowler from Jenny Meyer on behalf of Wendy Sherman. The book will “take readers from the extravagant world of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago acquires Carrie Brownstein memoir

Virago has acquired the memoir of American musician, actor and writer Carrie Brownstein. Ursula Doyle, associate publisher of Virago, bought UK rights in the memoir, titled Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, from Hal Fessenden at Penguin Random House US. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribner acquires "powerful" French novel from Tuil

Scribner has acquired a novel by French novelist and playwright Karine Tuil called The Age of Reinvention. Editorial director Rowan Cope acquired British Commonwealth rights from Heidi Warneke at Editions Grasset & Fasquelle for Scribner UK. The novel will be published by Peter Borland at... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury acquires memoir about online life

Ebury Press has bought Ctrl, Alt; Delete, a memoir about growing up online, by journalist and blogger Emma Gannon [pictured].   Commissioning editor Sara Cywinski has bought UK and Commonwealth rights to the book, in which Gannon talks about subjects from editing photos for MySpace to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thriller Banquet Honors DeMille

Nelson DeMille was crowned 2015’s ThrillerMaster at Saturday night’s 10th International Thriller Writers’ Banquet, held at Manhattan’s Grand Hyatt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orenda Books signs dark comedy thriller

Orenda Books has signed world English language rights to a debut "deeply moving thriller". Rights to Epiphany Jones by Michael Grothaus was signed by Orenda's pubisher Karen Sullivan from Maggie Hanbury of the Hanbury Agency. Described as an "energetic, inventive, gritty and deeply moving... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen & Unwin acquires Swedish crossover novel

Allen & Unwin has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to Heart of Jazz by Sara Lövestam, a novel about a bullied schoolgirl and a retired jazz musician.   Sam Redman at Allen & Unwin UK acquired the book from Maria Cardona and Marina Penalva at Pontas Literary & Film... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Johnson & Alcock acquires Fox Mason

Literary agency Johnson & Alcock has acquired Fox Mason, the literary agency set up by Ben Mason in 2010, for an undisclosed sum.   Johnson & Alcock is taking on the liability for Mason’s 20 authors as well as his employee Becky Thomas, who joins Johnson & Alcock as an associate... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strident acquires animal tale by Holman

Scottish publisher Strident has acquired an illustrated children’s book by actor and anthropologist Hugh Holman. The Almost Animals is about Angle, a crocogator who lives with the other mixed-up animals in a world called Nowhere. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribd Acquires Librify

Librify, an early ebook subscription and social reading service, has been acquired by Scribd, one of the current and most successful ebook subscription services. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker acquires YA novel from Curham

Walker Books has acquired a new YA novel by Siobhan Curham, author and editorial consultant for Zoella’s Girl Online. Senior commissioning editor Mara Bergmanbought the world rights to The Moonlight Dreamers, about a girl with two fathers, from Erzsi Deak at Hen & Ink Literary Studio. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boys' basketball: Long Beach Poly wins double overtime thriller over Fairfax

A semifinal game of the Maranatha tournament on Friday night between Long Beach Poly and Fairfax produced a summer basketball game to remember. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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