A recent move into central London has proved a pleasant metaphor for the latter-day development of the literary agency which started life as a script and gaming agency, and is now striking a string of big-bucks book deals. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Former bookseller Jonathan Ruppin is launching a literary agency after a career spanning Dillons and Foyles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House this weekend took to the streets of central London to march in support of Pride, an annual event which this year marked 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nearly 20 years after her début bestseller Ralph’s Party, Lisa Jewell reflects on her long career and her recent move into psychological thrillers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Portobello Books is launching a new non-fiction prize for unpublished writers, in association with literary agency C+W and retailer Foyles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Dome Press, the new publishing imprint of D H H Literary Agency, has signed Claire Dyer’s new novel, The Last Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Amazon is said to have begun searching for high street locations in central London. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three independent publishers in Finland have jointly launched the Helsinki Literary Agency to represent their foreign rights The post Three Finnish Publishers Launch New Literary Agency appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a letter sent out this morning, the leaders of the Kuhn Project and Zachary Shuster Harmsworth said that they are combining forces to form Aevitas Creative Management, a literary agency that will have over 20 agents and offices in three cities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Palgrave Macmillan m.d Jaime Marshall is teaming up with A M Heath to launch a new literary agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Central London was once again full of wizards, Harrys, Hagrids and Hermiones last night (30th July) as Waterstones Piccadilly and Foyles on Charing Cross Road held extravagant parties to celebrate Little, Brown’s publication of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child– surely already the fastest... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unpublished author Lyn Farrell has been named as the winner of the Luke Bitmead Writer’s Bursary 2015 in an award ceremony in central London. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sandeep Mahal is to chair the FutureBook Conference 2015. Mahal, most recently director of The Space, will preside over the event, which takes place on 4th December at the Mermaid Theatre in central London. The full programme and preview of FutureBook 2015 has now been released by The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In France, literary agency L’Autre Agence hopes to change the country's negative attitude toward literary agents with hard work and a list of great authors. The post L’Autre Agence Fights to Change the Image of Literary Agents in France appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Broo Doherty and Hannah Sheppard have become new directors of the D H H Literary Agency. David Headley, founder of the agency, said he invited the pair to become directors after they helped to grow the business across a variety of genres since joining as agents in 2012. Both accepted and the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Mills, owner of the Plum Pudding Illustration Agency, and former Bloomsbury editor Fiz Osborne, are setting up a new children’s literary agency. Plum Literary will be based in Reigate, Surrey, and cater for writers for all kinds of children’s books, from picture books to YA. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new instalment – this time written from Christian Grey’s perspective and published on 18 June – is set to dominate the publishing world once againIn July 2012, as the irresistible cultural tidal wave that was the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy was still swelling to its extraordinary peak, the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Macdonald's H is for Hawk (Jonathan Cape), winner of last year's Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, has won the £30,000 Costa Book of the Year Award. The book's triumph was announced this evening (Tuesday 27th January) at a ceremony in central London. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Angry Robot has signed a two books from Arthur C Clarke-nominated author Matthew De Abaitua. The publisher bought world English rights in a deal wit Sarah Such of Sarah Such Literary Agency. The first book, If Then, is a novel in two parts, covering both the First World War and an English town... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero is attempting to beat Amazon's delivery promises by offering free same-day delivery across central London. The independent publisher will offer the service for two weeks from 1st December, with orders placed before 2p.m. on Monday to Friday delivered the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Curtis Brown is launching an online book group, offering readers the chance to get “a sneak preview of work from some of the agency’s most exciting new and undiscovered authors” just ahead of publication. Applications for readers for the group, the first online reading group to be hosted by a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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