HQ scoops memoir from broadcaster and campaigner Sarpong

HQ has scooped the first memoir by June Sarpong, charting her life from early childhood in Ghana to a career as broadcaster and campaigner. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-18 07:55:25 UTC ]
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Virago scoops 'eye-opening' memoir from Toksvig

Virago has scooped an "eye-opening” memoir from broadcaster Sandi Toksvig, based around what she sees from the upper deck of a London bus. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-15 11:56:36 UTC ]
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W&N scoops Dame Julie Andrews' Hollywood memoir

Weidenfeld & Nicholson has scooped Dame Julie Andrews’ "funny, heartrending and inspiring" account of her film career, charting the star’s meteoric rise with "Mary Poppins" and "The Sound of Music". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-04 18:44:33 UTC ]
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Sphere scoops Temple's 'adventures for the anxious' memoir

Sphere has bought a memoir, billed as a "book of adventures for the anxious", from Very British Problems creator Rob Temple. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder scoops ‘remarkable’ memoir by Princess Margaret’s lady-in-waiting

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired the memoir of Princess Margaret’s former lady-in-waiting Lady Anne Glenconner, with plans to publish in October.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ scoops Brand's fruity tribute to 'Dirty Dancing'

HQ will publish “a warm, witty, honest, and accessible” account of writer and comedian Katy Brand’s life-long obsession with "Dirty Dancing", I Carried a Watermelon, billed as part-memoir, part homage to the 1987 film. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daunt scoops Shapiro's 'genetic detective story' memoir at auction

Daunt Books has acquired a real-life “genetic detective story” by Dani Shapiro, stemming from the writer’s discovery her father was not her biological parent. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury scoops 'wise' memoir from George

Bloomsbury will publish a "joyful" memoir, Nothing Ordinary: A Still Life, by debut author Josie George. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury scoops Cashman's 'remarkable' memoir

Bloomsbury will publish the memoir of actor, campaigner and Labour peer Michael Cashman, One of Them. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Salt scoops rights to new volume of Lezard’s memoirs

Salt Publishing has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to a new volume of Nicholas Lezard’s memoirs.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Octopus scoops forensic psychologist’s memoir after five-publisher auction

Octopus has bought the autobiography of forensic psychologist Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind, after a five-publisher auction.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ scoops film-maker's 'emotional' debut

HQ has acquired the debut novel Love & Other Things to Live For, described as being perfect for fans of Sally Rooney and Dolly Alderton, by film-maker Louise Leverett. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ scoops 'snowflake' thriller by Monks Takhar

HarperCollins imprint HQ has pre-empted an "explosive and darkly compulsive" debut thriller, My Precious Snowflake, as well as a second novel, from journalist Helen Monks Takhar.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Collins scoops New York Times journalist's political memoir

William Collins will publish a debut memoir from an award-winning New York Times journalist who spent a decade covering Hillary Clinton’s pursuit of the US presidency. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4th Estate scoops astronomer's hotly-tipped grief memoir

4th Estate will publish astronomer and planetary scientist Dr Sara Seager’s “highly original” grief memoir following a reported seven-figure deal in the US. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HoZ scoops body-confidence star Elman's memoir

Head of Zeus’ new lifestyle imprint Anima has snapped up the rights to body-positive activist and Instagram star Michelle Elman’s "incredible" debut memoir. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ to publish Rose McGowan memoir in UK

HarperCollins imprint HQ is to be the UK publisher for Brave, the "courageous" memoir and manifesto from former actress Rose McGowan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins scoops Cher's 'intimate' memoir

HarperCollins is to publish Cher’s “comprehensive, intimate, and revealing memoir”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH scoops memoir of body activist Howard

Penguin Random House Children’s is publishing the memoir of model and body activist Charli Howard. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate scoops Gina Miller’s memoir Rise​

Canongate is to publish the memoir of Gina Miller, the business owner who successfully took the UK government to the Supreme Court over its authority to trigger Article 50 without parliamentary approval. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Memoirs of Lib Dem campaigner Lord Rennard to Biteback

Biteback Publishing has signed the memoirs of former chief executive and director of campaigns and elections for the Liberal Democrats, Lord Rennard. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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