Hodder Studio pre-empts 'captivating' debut from Buzzfeed editor Obaro

Hodder Studio has pre-empted a "captivating and joyous" debut novel from Buzzfeed editor and writer Tomi Obaro, set in Lagos and following the evolving fates of three best friends. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-30 07:36:18 UTC ]

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Licensed to thrill: Kim Sherwood set to ‘expand the James Bond universe’

Known for her debut novel Testament, the Ian Fleming fanatic has been approved to write new novels set in 007’s world but without the agent himselfA new generation of Double O agents has been authorised by the estate of Ian Fleming, with Bond aficionado and novelist Kim Sherwood set to pen a new... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-11-04 09:49:02 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton restructure sees Dickinson step up and Howard leave

Hodder & Stoughton has announced a restructure to the fiction editorial team with Jo Dickinson stepping up and Kate Howard leaving the company after 16 years.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-02 12:31:59 UTC ]
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Lightning Books scoops debut novel from Scottish playwright Boyle

Lightning Books has scooped the debut novel by award-winning Scottish playwright and rising screen star Kenny Boyle. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-28 09:09:50 UTC ]
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A Debut Novel of a Life in the Arctic, Beyond History’s Reach

In “The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven,” by Nathaniel Ian Miller, a young man swaps the daily grind for the unpeopled expanses of the Far North. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-10-26 09:00:03 UTC ]
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Hodder Education removes textbook over question about Native Americans

Hodder Education has withdrawn a textbook questioning if the treatment of Native Americans has been exaggerated, following complaints.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-25 13:19:43 UTC ]
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‘Cairo Circles’: Featured Fiction from Doma Mahmoud

An excerpt from a debut novel that Booklist calls "enthralling" and Kirkus hailed as "an ambitious literary debut." The post ‘Cairo Circles’: Featured Fiction from Doma Mahmoud appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions

[ The Millions | 2021-10-25 10:00:55 UTC ]
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Julia Elliott and DaMaris B. Hill on Writing Rural America

Novelist Julia Elliott and poet and writer DaMaris B. Hill join hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to consider the writing and face of rural America—particularly as it might look 30 years from now. First, Elliott talks about growing up as an outsider in her own South Carolina... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-10-21 08:50:35 UTC ]
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Raven lands Schuler's debut novel on 'real' Lady Macbeth

Raven Books has landed Lady Macbethad, a historical novel exploring the "real Lady Macbeth" set in medieval Scotland, and a second title by debut author Isabelle Schuler. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-19 15:28:38 UTC ]
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Hamish Hamilton scoops debut novel by Pine

Hamish Hamilton has scooped the debut novel by academic and critic Emilie Pine, author of international bestseller Notes to Self (Tramp Press and Hamish Hamilton).  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-05 16:47:02 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton snares exploration of dust by Owens

Hodder & Stoughton will publish Jay Owens' Dust: A History and a Future of Environmental Disaster, the first book to examine the "importance of this tiny substance as the residue and record of our modern lives".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-24 12:46:07 UTC ]
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Hodder lands Pottery Throwdown star's memoir

Hodder & Stoughton has landed a memoir by Keith Brymer Jones, star judge of Channel Four’s “The Great Pottery Throwdown”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-23 20:55:02 UTC ]
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Live Your Home Library Dream With These Ex Libris Stamps

Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body reimagines nineties adolescence—mashing up girl group series, choose-your-own-adventures, and chronicles of anorexia—in a queer and trans coming-of-age tale like no other. An interrogation of girlhood and nostalgia, dysmorphia and dysphoria, this... Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-09-15 10:31:00 UTC ]
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Hodder bags Burr's 'stunningly written' debut in two-book deal

Hodder & Stoughton has bagged two crime novels by Australian writer Shelley Burr, including her debut Wake.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-14 03:48:01 UTC ]
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H&S snares Robertson's The Russian Doll under new pen-name

Imogen Robertson has written a thriller billed as "The Firm meets McMafia" under a new pseudonym, Marina Palmer, for Hodder & Stoughton. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-09 19:47:52 UTC ]
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In Tokyo, a Bored Wife Seeks Excitement

Emily Itami’s debut novel asks an age-old question: Does marriage and kids mean monotony and obligation or is there room for one’s authentic self? Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-09-07 09:00:04 UTC ]
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Moving to New York With Little Cash but Charm to Spare

“Happy Hour,” a debut novel by Marlowe Granados, follows a pair of thrifty, stylish and nimble young women navigating the big city. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-09-07 09:00:04 UTC ]
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Transworld scoops debut novel by Unmumsy Mum in six-figure deal

Transworld has scooped a "joyful and emotional" debut novel by author and blogger Sarah Turner, also known as The Unmumsy Mum, in a six-figure, two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-26 01:27:52 UTC ]
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Hodder Studio pre-empts 'irresistibly compelling' debut by Wharton

Hodder Studio has pre-empted Ghost Girl, Banana, an “irresistibly compelling” novel by debut author Wiz Wharton. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-24 13:37:54 UTC ]
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Review: A symphonic new story collection plays variations on New Orleans in all its masquerades

Maurice Carlos Ruffin's lauded debut novel disguised his hometown; his new short story collection, "Those Who Don't Say They Love You," faces the city head on. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-08-19 13:00:47 UTC ]
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Trapeze pre-empts Rothchild's 'compulsive and darkly funny' debut

Trapeze has pre-empted UK and Commonwealth rights for Blood Sugar, the debut novel from Emmy-nominated screenwriter Sascha Rothchild. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-19 02:30:09 UTC ]
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