Orenda Books has signed a literary thriller, titled The Bird Tribunal, from Norwegian author Agnes Ravatn. Karen Sullivan, publisher of Orenda Books, acquired world English language rights in the novel from Eirin Hagen of the Hagen Agency. The Bird Tribunal is a tense thriller and a descriptive account of a developing relationship between a man and a woman in an isolated country house. It has already been turned into a theatre production in Norway. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Simon and Schuster UK is to publish debut author Soon Wiley's "wonderfully layered" novel When We Fell Apart. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-28 17:40:14 UTC ]
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Dialogue Books is publishing Poor Little Sick Girls, Ione Gamble's debut non-fiction book about "what it's like to be at the centre of a feminist movement that has no real place for you". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-27 11:02:13 UTC ]
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Hot Key Books has signed Laura Dockrill's first illustrated fiction title for teens, illustrated by Gwen Millward. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-25 20:08:03 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate has signed The Pages, a “stunning” novel from Hugo Hamilton drawing on Joseph Roth's book Rebellion which "expands the possibilities of storytelling". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-22 02:05:53 UTC ]
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Seven Dials has acquired Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Face by former world champion boxer Tony Bellew. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-19 14:41:29 UTC ]
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Peter McGuigan, the cofounder of Foundry Literary + Media, filed a lawsuit against his former business partner, Yfat Reiss Gendell, on Friday. The suit claims that Gendell made illegal withdrawals of more than $860,000 from the former partners' literary agency. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker Books has confirmed a two-book deal with comedian, film director, screenwriter, television presenter, actor and author Richard Ayoade. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-18 21:05:17 UTC ]
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Penguin Michael Joseph has acquired a "unique" and "chilling" debut thriller, Breathless, from mountaineer and former Puffin editor Amy McCulloch, in a two-book deal, following a six-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-18 19:05:59 UTC ]
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Nick Walters at David Luxton Associates has been promoted to senior literary agent and rights manager in recognition of his "outstanding contribution" to the agency over the years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-18 12:55:15 UTC ]
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Ebury Press has signed an “inspirational” memoir from former SAS trooper and air-accident survivor Jamie Hull. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-18 07:42:38 UTC ]
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Regnery Publishing has acquired Missouri Senator Josh Hawley’s 'The Tyranny of Big Tech' after the book was dropped by Simon & Schuster shortly after the riot that took place at the nation's Capitol on January 6. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 250 members of the literary community signed a letter this week urging publishers not to sign book deals with anyone in the Trump administration. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-01-15 19:12:33 UTC ]
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New books by Lisa Gardner, Lee Goldberg, Abigail Dean, Paraic O’Donnell and Kwei Quartey Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-15 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Hamish Hamilton has signed Protection, the “superb” second novel from 2020 Booker Prize shortlistee Avni Doshi. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-14 20:55:36 UTC ]
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Penguin Books has pre-empted What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson, a YA debut about "beauty, brutality and broken people trying to survive", branded "a masterpiece of a thriller". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-12 13:52:08 UTC ]
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Influx Press has signed Whatever Happened to Queer Happiness?, a book mixing essays, biography and autobiography by Kevin Brazil. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-12 11:00:48 UTC ]
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HarperFiction has netted While Justice Sleeps by US politician and lawyer Stacey Abrams, a “powerful” political thriller about a young law clerk who is left to unravel a conspiracy in the heart of Washington. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-11 14:24:23 UTC ]
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Translating novels, short stories, and poetry into English in a way that remains true to their original form can take years, even decades of dedication. And then there is the job of persuading the Anglophone publishing world to take chances. Translators’ labor is ultimately rewarding for readers... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2020-12-31 12:00:00 UTC ]
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I can’t attend, for the road between my poem and Damascus is cut off for postmodern reasons. –“I Can’t Attend,” by Ghayath Almadhoun * No ISBN sequence can keep track the world’s recent homeless, but the books won’t stop coming. As the refugee crisis grows unremittingly, with people out of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-29 09:48:26 UTC ]
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Theatre publisher Nick Hern Books is releasing a “joyous” personal account of the London production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit “Hamilton” by its award-winning star Giles Terera. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-23 04:50:41 UTC ]
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