Orenda signs Icelandic crime debut in two-book pre-empt

Karen Sullivan, publisher of Orenda Books, has acquired World English Language rights for 29-year-old Icelandic debut author Eva Bjorg AEgisdottir’s The Creak on the Stairs in a two-book, London Book Fair pre-empt. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber pre-empts Ross' 'rare' love story 15 years in the making

Faber has pre-empted Leone Ross' "lightning bolt of a novel", about two star-crossed lovers finding their way back to one another over a single day. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Jacaranda signs Iggy London debut

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Scribner signs Faber Academy graduate's debut novel

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Canongate pre-empts The Immortal Sisterhood by Gemma Cairney

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Chicken House signs debut romantic psychological thriller

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Make Coffee, Do Crimes: Mugs Featuring Comic Book Villains

There is no way I can do crimes without making coffee first. Fill up one of these comic book villain mugs to start your morning off right. Or, very wrong. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Bloomsbury pre-empts Lisa Harding's 'beautiful' portrait of addiction

Bloomsbury has pre-empted Lisa Harding’s second novel about a failed actress struggling with motherhood and addiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Mirror Books snaps up Eliska Tanzer's debut

Mirror Books will publish "a major début by a fresh and exciting new voice in literature", inspired by a true story of a girl from a Romani ghetto. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Virago pre-empts Chloé Cooper Jones' memoir

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Mirror Books signs puppy farming campaign tale

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-24 02:27:24 UTC ]
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Scribe pre-empts definitive account of influencer culture

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HCG signs Chitty Chitty Bang Bang picture book

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-16 14:03:39 UTC ]
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Two Roads pre-empts 'fascinating' Charles novel after 12-publisher battle in US

Two Roads has pre-empted a “fascinating” novel by Janet Skeslien Charles that was the subject of a 12-way auction in the US and 17 other foreign rights deals. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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W&N pre-empts 'breathtaking' memoir from Shadrick

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Windmill's Cray pre-empts 'searing' Lee début in six-figure deal

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Michael Joseph pre-empts Klass' climate activist thriller

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Profile pre-empts story of Daphne Caruana Galizia by her sons

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