Quercus has bought British barrister and counter-terrorist expert Adam Oyebanji’s UK debut, billed as an “exhilarating blending of hard science fiction and thriller”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-19 20:50:22 UTC ]
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New Regency, the firm behind Oscar winners such as “Birdman” and “12 Years A Slave”, has landed the film and TV rights to Meg Mason's novel Sorrow and Bliss (W&N) at auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-23 09:20:22 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus has acquired the next two novels in Martin Edwards' Rachel Savernake series, Darkstone Falls and Sepulchre Street. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-22 04:24:14 UTC ]
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Essay Photo by Tyler Quiring / Unsplash Ismail Kadare has a remarkable quality of saying a great deal and with much clarity, but in an elusive, oblique, and allegorical way. Peter Constantine situates Kadare’s work in the long history of the... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2021-02-18 14:09:58 UTC ]
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Ben McPherson, author of the new suspense novel 'Love and Other Lies,' picks ten exceptional thrillers based on real-life events. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus' Aries imprint has signed a two-book deal with American author Alex Finlay, including a book following a family made infamous after the airing of a true crime documentary. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-12 14:50:51 UTC ]
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TV rights for historian Anne Sebba’s biography of Ethel Rosenberg, the only woman in the US to be executed for a crime other than murder, have been snapped up by Miramax Films. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-10 12:16:20 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster is to publish Falling by T J Newman, after a two-book global deal secured for a seven-figure sum. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-08 11:43:12 UTC ]
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Pan Mac's Tor imprint has snapped up a debut novel described as a gothic masterpiece from Hiron Ennes in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-08 06:05:56 UTC ]
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HarperNorth has snared its first fiction acquisition, a gritty gangland thriller by Karen Woods. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-08 01:06:27 UTC ]
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An astrophysicist argues that a strange object seen in space was made by extraterrestrials. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-29 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Michael Joseph has acquired a "unique" and "chilling" debut thriller, Breathless, from mountaineer and former Puffin editor Amy McCulloch, in a two-book deal, following a six-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-18 19:05:59 UTC ]
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New books by Lisa Gardner, Lee Goldberg, Abigail Dean, Paraic O’Donnell and Kwei Quartey Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-15 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Books has pre-empted What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson, a YA debut about "beauty, brutality and broken people trying to survive", branded "a masterpiece of a thriller". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-12 13:52:08 UTC ]
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Firefly Press has acquired book blogger and school librarian Jo Clarke's debut, middle-grade detective story Libby and the Parisian Puzzle, set in a school that travels the world. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-12 10:37:54 UTC ]
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HarperFiction has netted While Justice Sleeps by US politician and lawyer Stacey Abrams, a “powerful” political thriller about a young law clerk who is left to unravel a conspiracy in the heart of Washington. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-11 14:24:23 UTC ]
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Pavilion has snapped up the “joyful” new book by pastry chef and “Junior Bake Off” judge Ravneet Gill. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-07 23:44:38 UTC ]
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In this Read Harder Challenge post, we're recommending books for the task asking you to read an SFF anthology edited by a person of color. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-12-18 11:31:00 UTC ]
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Miranda Jewess, senior commissioning editor at Serpent's Tail imprint Viper, has acquired The Last Thing He Told Me by US author Laura Dave after a four-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 18:47:13 UTC ]
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Breaking from the James Bond mold, he turned the spy novel into high art as he explored the moral compromises of agents on both sides of the Iron curtain. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-12-14 16:04:51 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Children’s Books has snapped up two new picture books from author-illustrator Benji Davies. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-08 21:12:01 UTC ]
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