Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 08/07/2011 - 11:15 Hamish Hamilton has acquired award-winning Spanish author Javier Marías' new novel, The Infatuations with a five-figure advance, with Penguin Modern Classics scooping seven titles from his backlist in a simultaneous deal also worth five figures. Marías was born in Madrid in 1951, and his fiction has been translated into 40 languages and published in 50 countries. A Heart So White, which scooped the IMPAC Award in 1997, has sold two million copies worldwide, according to Penguin. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador has scooped a “Great British Novel” by Stuart Evers, charting more than 60 years of British history through the lives of two very different families. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-06 15:38:37 UTC ]
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Boris Pasternak’s great-niece Anna claims Lara Prescott’s The Secrets We Kept copied her biography of Pasternak’s loverPublisher Penguin Random House has dismissed claims that Lara Prescott, a debut novelist who received a $2m (£1.6m) advance for her novel about the publication of Boris... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-10-01 15:39:25 UTC ]
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Welsh writer Jo Lloyd has unanimously won the £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University 2019 for her story inspired by a real-life 18th century woman who claimed to be friends with an invisible family living in an invisible mansion. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 18:57:26 UTC ]
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Canbury Press has scooped a guide to liberalism by political journalist Ian Dunt, described as a "rallying cry for those who still believe in freedom and reason". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-25 23:28:19 UTC ]
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David Cameron's For the Record (William Collins) has risen to the top of the Amazon Charts Most-Sold: Non-Fiction list, with more Audible listeners than Kindle readers in the past week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-24 20:53:57 UTC ]
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Adam Mars-Jones has won the 2019 Fitzcarraldo Editions Novel Prize for Box Hill, his "strangely tragic love story" set in the gay biker community during the late 1970s. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-22 18:21:05 UTC ]
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Surprising no one, climate hero Greta Thunberg, whose forthright, outspoken approach to environmental activism, will publish two books in 2020 with Penguin Press, a memoir Our House is on Fire (written with her family), and a collection of her speeches, No One is Too Small to Make a Difference.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-20 15:00:41 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has landed the first novel in a historical crime fiction series from D V Bishop. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-20 00:24:27 UTC ]
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The veteran presenter, feared and respected by all sides, is hanging up his mic. We look at his career highs and lowsFor good or ill, after 32 years serving on the frontline of radio news presentation for the Today programme, John Humphrys has become an emblem of BBC journalism. One of the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-09-14 16:45:01 UTC ]
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Hamish Hamilton has bought a book by author Avni Doshi, billed as “a sly and searing debut from an unmissable new voice in literary fiction”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-13 07:57:52 UTC ]
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Octopus imprint Endeavour has scooped an “inspiring” guide on how to be happy at work by happiness consultant and School of Life lecturer Samantha Clarke. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-12 17:52:44 UTC ]
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Richard Osman, Ali Smith and Dolly Alderton were among the line-up of authors at a packed Penguin General 2020 Spring Showcase. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-12 13:10:30 UTC ]
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Octopus imprint Endeavour has scooped the "gripping inside story of the next frontier of fake news" from digital propaganda expert Dr Samuel Woolley. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-05 10:18:03 UTC ]
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Penguin Business has revealed, almost a year on from its rebrand, that it will be exploring mental wellbeing and entrepreneurialism with a new ‘Expert’ series launching this month, with a careers podcast launching next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-04 16:57:01 UTC ]
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Faber has snapped up the rights to a debut Dutch novel by 28-year-old poet and dairy farmer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld following a three-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-01 15:44:03 UTC ]
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Headline Home has scooped a “call to action” from journalist Lauren Bravo offering advice on how to ditch fast fashion in favour of repairing, recycling and giving a new lease of life to your clothes while staying stylish. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-29 11:07:42 UTC ]
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Usborne has acquired a new series by award-winning author and illustrator Hannah Shaw in a three-book deal at auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-19 19:10:24 UTC ]
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Former Bloomsbury publisher Richard Atkinson is joining Penguin Press as publishing director in September. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-19 17:59:21 UTC ]
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Oneworld has scooped another novel from Women’s Prize-winner Tayari Jones, a "compelling story of two half-sisters bound by family secrets". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-18 12:05:38 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson has secured two titles exploring poet William Blake’s psyche and his lasting effect on popular culture, ahead of the Tate Britain’s exhibition next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-15 17:23:39 UTC ]
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