Literary thriller and Berlin debut novelist signed by HQ

HarperCollins imprint HQ has acquired two new titles: a book club read from author and journalist, Allegra Huston and an explosive literary thriller by 24 year-old debut writer Jonathan Lyon. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debuts dominate 'wide-ranging' Zoe Ball Book Club line up

ITV has revealed that the 10-strong selection of titles for "The Zoe Ball Book Club" will include six debuts and span epic love stories and life-affirming memoirs to historical crime and chilling ghost stories. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom Wolfe, 'New Journalist' Turned Literary Icon, Dies at 88

The white suit-and-white hat–wearing Wolfe made his name as a literary journalist and found bestselling success with such books as 'The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,' 'Bonfire of the Vanities,' and the NBA-winning 'The Right Stuff.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lupton moves to Viking for school siege thriller

Rosamund Lupton, author of bestsellers Sister, Afterwards and The Quality of Silence, has moved from Piatkus to Viking with her new novel about a school siege. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barton signs up two more with Transworld

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Influx signs 'uncanny' story of grief and obsession

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder signs Vogue beauty editor's bible for women of colour

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber signs 'powerful film-poem' on the NHS

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Riot founder Hooson launches literary agency

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom Daley dives into new lifestyle project with HQ

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Kings Road signs memoir of Britain’s first black chief constable Michael Fuller

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Penguin's 'Who Was?' Series to Debut on Netflix

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph wins auction for 'The Killing' creator's debut

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Debut author flyposts PRH offices to advertise own book

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S&S signs six-figure deal with Catherine Isaac

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O'Connell's transhumanism debut scoops Wellcome Prize

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