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 ]
News tagged with:
#literary thriller
A buzzed-about psychological thriller and sophomore novel by Annie Ward called 'Beautiful Bad' has been acquired in a six-figure deal by Park Row Books, after a seven-bidder auction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#six-figure deal
#psychological thriller
HarperFiction has signed bestselling saga writer Dilly Court for another six books in a "major" six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#six-figure deal
In our digital age, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Nobel prize is a reminder that it is still novels that ask the biggest questionsIt’s always entertaining to observe the interaction between the news media and a writer who has just won the Nobel prize. The all-time best was obviously Doris Lessing, who when... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#young children
#george saunders
#solitary confinement
#doris lessing
#news media
In the wake of Hugh Hefner’s death, the magazine’s former fiction editor shares how she got everyone from Donna Tartt to Margaret Atwood to write for herI am not the only woman who worked at Playboy and kept her clothes on. When I was hired as literary editor in 2005, Hugh Hefner’s basic recipe... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#young man
#cocktail party
Michael Joseph has acquired a "darkly atmospheric" historical thriller set against the backdrop of the 17th-century Icelandic witch trials. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#michael joseph
Gloria Ferris, the former London literary agent behind Scott Ferris Associates, has died aged 84. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
The nation's second largest bookstore chain is going exclusive with a debut cookbook by an Alabama food blogger as part of a holiday promotion running through the end of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#debut cookbook
Frances Lincoln Children’s Books is launching a sub-imprint devoted to debuts with a “diverse and global focus”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
HarperCollins Children’s Books has bought seven titles about a child detective from British author Andrew Clover and US based illustrator Ralph Lazar, following a “hotly contested auction”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#harpercollins children
#harpercollins signs
Oneworld is to publish Democracy Hacked, an investigation into how hackers are "gaming" democracy by Dr Martin Moore. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Century has acquired two new thrillers from Hollie Overton, author of the Richard & Judy book club pick Baby Doll. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Sam Eades, editorial director at Trapeze, has acquired a "steamy" and "gripping" courtroom drama, Degrees of Guilt by H S Chandler. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#courtroom drama
#sam eades
Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired a popular science book about cancer by geneticist and science writer Kat Arney. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Virago Press is publishing a novella from the Greenlandic language by Niviaq Korneliussen, translated by Anna Halager. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Quercus imprint riverrun has acquired Testament, an historical fiction debut novel by Kim Sherwood, winner of the Bath Novel Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#historical debut
First time in more than two years: the Association of American Publishers ' monthly StatShot report shows an increase in ebook sales in the US. The post Industry Notes: US Ebook Sales Slightly Up in May; Sourcebooks Signs With Gotham for Film, TV appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#ebook sales
#american publishers
#sourcebooks signs
Picador has acquired a second memoir from comedian and TV writer Adam Kay, author of This Is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, in a "major" deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#junior doctor
#secret diaries
#adam kay
#picador signs
Quercus has snapped up rights to a “quirky and delightful” Swedish debut from author Axel Lindén in a major pre-empt within hours of receiving the submission. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#swedish debut
#quercus snaps
Simon & Schuster has signed a book on the rise of the youth involvement in the Labour Party by rising political star Liam Young. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#labour party
#simon schuster
Trapeze has pre-empted rights to publish the debut of Hank Green, brother of John Green, as a "superlead title" in autumn 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#john green
#superlead title