HQ snaps up historical thriller in 'fastest ever' pre-empt

HarperCollins has bought two books including a “Poldark-esque” historical debut for a five-figure sum in the fastest pre-empt literary agent David Headley has “ever seen”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Film deal for Hurley as John Murray snaps up third novel

John Murray has snapped up Costa First Novel winner Andrew Michael Hurley's third novel as film rights go to House Productions. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-31 14:10:44 UTC ]
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Firebird options psychological thriller Wilderness

Firebird Pictures, the new drama production company backed by BBC Studios, has optioned psychological thriller Wilderness (Constable) for adaptation into a multi-part television series.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-31 04:42:25 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2019: Nelson and Alex DeMille Team Up for New Thriller

Thrill-master Nelson DeMille found the perfect partner in his own son, award-winning screenwriter (for the science fiction short 'The Absence') Alex DeMille. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2019: Tim Mason's Evolution of a Thriller

For decades, playwright and YA author Tim Mason has been intrigued by a minor character in Charles Dickens’s 'Bleak House.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Thomas Harris fan wins one-off gold edition of thriller

A Thomas Harris fan has won a one-off gold edition of the author's latest thriller in a nationwide social media treasure hunt.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-28 00:02:18 UTC ]
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Fitzcarraldo Editions snaps up 'vital' Preciado gender politics book

Fitzcarraldo Editions has snapped up a “vital” book on gender politics by Paul B Preciado, including an account of the author’s own transition. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-21 18:18:01 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury snaps up climate change history

Bloomsbury imprint Sigma has snapped up Dr Alice Bell's book on the history of climate change. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-20 17:01:46 UTC ]
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Amazon Prime snaps up Merico's Mafia Princess

Amazon Prime Video has greenlit its first Italian Prime Original drama series inspired by true crime memoir Mafia Princess by Marisa Merico, published by HarperCollins in 2010. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viking snaps up Menon's 'stunning' debut

Viking will publish Catherine Menon's debut novel, Fragile Monsters, in spring 2021.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crowdfunder launched to keep historic copy of Lady Chatterley's Lover in UK

English PEN has set up a crowdfunding campaign to keep an historic copy of Lady Chatterley's Lover in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sunday Times thriller list criticised for 'bias against women'

The Sunday Times Top 100 Crime List has come under fire, after women made up just a third of the listed novels.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Escape reality with these delightful old-time thrillers. You’ll forget 2020 is almost here.

Set in the 1920s and ’30s, the works of Dornford Yates feature witty crime-fighters zipping around Europe. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-15 16:32:00 UTC ]
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Canongate snaps up 'unique' debut in six-way auction

Canongate has secured the first book by Northern Irish nature writer and essayist Kerri ní Dochartaigh following a six-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ partners with East 15 Acting School on Goldie's debut audiobook

HarperCollins has teamed up with London-based East 15 Acting School to create the audiobook for Costa Short Story award winner Luan Goldie's debut novel, Nightingale Point. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Naomi Wolf Investigates Historic Crimes of Love

Naomi Wolf had a plan: get a doctorate, write scholarly work, and teach. In 1985, she received a Rhodes Scholarship and was preparing to write a thesis on images of women in 18th- and 19th-century Britain. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador snaps up Alzayat short story collection

Picador has acquired a collection of short stories from "really exciting talent" Dima Alzayat. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thomas & Mercer snaps up 'gripping' debut in two-book deal

Amazon imprint Thomas & Mercer has snapped up a psychological suspense debut by author Daisy Pearce in a two-book deal.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus snaps up trilogy from writing duo D K Fields

Head of Zeus has snapped up a "page-turning" new urban fantasy-crime trilogy by writing duo D.K. Fields. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quadrille snaps up Instagram star Watson's 'no-nonsense' cookbook

Quadrille has acquired blogger and Instagrammer Charlie Watson’s cookbook, Cook, Eat, Run. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray snaps up US presidential hopeful Buttigieg's memoir

John Murray has landed the memoir of Democratic mayor and US presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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