Model and activist signs six-figure contract to publish Transitional, ‘a manifesto for how I see society changing for the better, bringing us all closer’The first book by Munroe Bergdorf, a manifesto on gender by the black transgender activist and model, has been bought for a six-figure sum after a bidding war between 11 publishers.Bergdorf’s Transitional will be published by Bloomsbury in 2021. Exploring six different facets of human experience – adolescence, sexuality, gender, relationships, identity and race – the book will draw on Bergdorf’s own experiences, including growing up in a mixed-race family, going to an all-boys school and starting her transition at the age of 24. In it, she will argue that transition is an experience every person faces in every phase in life, “and that only by recognising this can we understand times of change”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2020-07-17 05:01:06 UTC ]
Megan Rapinoe, captain of the US women’s soccer team and everyone’s summer crush, now has a book deal! She’ll be writing an adult nonfiction book for Penguin, which “will include anecdotes from Ms. Rapinoe’s life,” as well as a middle-grade book for Razorbill, speaking to “the power young people... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-25 14:47:19 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has signed a licensing agreement to make 14,000 of its academic books available through digital textbook platform Classoos. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-25 06:50:05 UTC ]
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Bookouture has hired Sphere’s Lucy Dauman and HQ’s Cara Chimirri ahead of a move to the Bloomsbury Building. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-22 11:24:49 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury imprint Absolute will publish Lose Weight & Get Fit by Tom Kerridge, featuring 100 high-flavour recipes for dieting and fitness in December. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-15 01:27:43 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has acquired a book on headaches, Splitting, by neuroscientist Amanda Ellison. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-12 10:41:03 UTC ]
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Nearly a decade ago, Lisa Taddeo signed a book deal with Simon & Schuster to write about desire in America. Taddeo was on a hot streak: She was writing regularly for Esquire, New York, and other publications, including a reported fictional first-person piece told from the point of view of... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2019-07-09 15:59:45 UTC ]
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TV presenter and naturalist Chris Packham has signed a five-book deal with student-run publishing house UCLan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-08 09:56:31 UTC ]
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Despite awards and acclaim for his crime fiction, the impoverished novelist lost his home and was set to quit – then the phone rangIt was1.30 in the morning in Melbourne and Adrian McKinty had just got home after dropping off his last Uber customer of the night at the airport. His phone rang. It... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-07-08 06:00:17 UTC ]
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Titan Books will publish the supernatural-themed debut novel by Cambridge University librarian and writer Marian Womack as part of a two book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-01 17:49:35 UTC ]
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Following a “highly competitive” seven-way bidding war, Atlantic Books has acquired a prison diary by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Chris Atkins from his time at HMP Wandsworth. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-27 02:41:09 UTC ]
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Publisher and nephew of Virginia and Leonard Woolf, he extended the hand of friendship to Woolf scholars and writersThe publisher and editor Cecil Woolf, who has died aged 92, was a nephew of Virginia and Leonard Woolf and the last person to have known Virginia Woolf personally, taking her tea... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-06-26 16:42:57 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury’s digital director and publisher Stephanie Duncan has left the company after almost 23 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-25 18:10:45 UTC ]
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Holly Seddon has moved to Trapeze after signing a two-book deal with the Orion imprint. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-25 02:03:06 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has signed a global two-book deal with American YA author Brigid Kemmerer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-24 21:35:35 UTC ]
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Bluebird has scooped world right to two new books from Jack Monroe, including her first volume of vegan recipes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-23 23:20:24 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired four middle-grade novels from Kiran Millwood Hargrave for a six-figure sum. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-17 16:26:13 UTC ]
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Zaffre has bagged an "unbelievably timely" debut novel from Helly Acton, which has already been optioned for TV, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-14 12:23:54 UTC ]
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According to a report in the 'Wall Street Journal,' Readerlink is considering putting together a bid to top the $6.50 per share offer made by Elliott Advisors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The MAGA-themed tome "is going to be the top selling book in the Beyond-Help section of Barnes & Noble," cracked one wag. Continue reading at HuffPost
[ HuffPost | 2019-05-22 13:55:58 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Wendy Holden's first historical novel about a royal governess has sold to Berkley in the US for a six-figure sum, following an exclusive pre-empt based on a partial manuscript. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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