Victoria Oundjian, commissioning editor at Orion Fiction, has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to a romantic debut, Uncoupling by Lorraine Brown. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Crime writer and police psychologist Emma Kavanagh has signed a three book deal with Orion Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Francesca Pathak, senior commissioning editor at Orion Fiction has pre-empted debut psychological thriller, The Innocent Mistress, within 24 hours of receiving the manuscript. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion Publishing Group has appointed Emad Akhtar, senior commissioning editor at Michael Joseph, as publishing director for Orion Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze has acquired "heartbreaking yet life-affirming" debut We Own the Sky by Luke Allnutt in a five-way auction. Sam Eades, senior commissioning editor at Trapeze, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to the debut, which was discovered on the slush pile by Juliet Mushens at UTA, for a figure... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion Fiction’s senior commissioning editor Jemima Forrester is moving to David Higham Associates to become a literary agent. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion Fiction has acquired a tale of "sex, envy and betrayal in the suburbs" in The People at Number 9 by Felicity Everett. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Juliet Mabey at Oneworld has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights in Girls & Sex by Peggy Orenstein, via Cathryn Summerhayes at WME on behalf of Suzanne Gluck. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gollancz has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to a literary thriller with an anti-apocalyptic streak, The Fireman, in a new direction for horror author Joe Hill. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis, will publish And the Weak Suffer What They Must? in April 2016. It is described as “a devastating and comprehensive critique of the economics and politics of austerity”. Will Hammond, editorial director at The Bodley Head, acquired UK... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bodley Head is to publish a “sweeping memoir” by artist and political activist Ai Weiwei. As yet untitled, the book will be simultaneously published in the UK and in the US by Crown in spring 2017. Stuart Williams, publishing director at The Bodley Head, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate has acquired a mathematical colouring book. Katy Follain, publishing director of non-fiction, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights in Snowflake, Seashell, Star by Alex Bellos from Rebecca Carter at Janklow & Nesbit. Bellos has “created a unique and inspiring colouring book using... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK has “identified an energetic and talented new generation to take over at Orion and Little, Brown” but the loss of Lisa Milton as m.d. of Orion Fiction is “something of a blow”, trade figures have told The Bookseller. It was announced yesterday that David Young is to retire as Orion... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate will publish a new cookbook from Birmingham-born chef April Bloomfield featuring recipes using vegetables, titled A Girl and Her Greens. Jenny Lord, senior editor at Canongate, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Cullen Stanley at Janklow and Nesbit. Bloomfield is the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mantle associate publisher Sam Humphreys has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to The Mother by Yvvette Edwards from Eve White. The book follows a mother attending the trial of the boy accused of killing her teenage son. Mantle will publish spring 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has signed Meg Rosoff's first novel for adults, a romantic comedy set in New York. Helen Garnons-Williams, publishing director for fiction, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, at auction from Catherine Clarke at Felicity Bryan Associates. Duck Zoo tells the story... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new Rebus novel by Ian Rankin will be published this autumn. Orion Fiction m.d. Jon Wood bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Even Dogs in the Wild, Rankin’s 20th Rebus novel, and one other book from Peter Robinson of Rogers, Coleridge & White. Rankin teased fans on Twitter earlier this... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere has acquired two novels by debut author Mark Hardie, who began writing full-time after losing his eyesight in 2002. Jade Chandler, senior editor for Sphere Fiction, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Burned and Broken and its sequel from Juliet Mahony and Sarah Lutyens at Lutyens... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Susan Lamb, m.d. of Orion Fiction, is to leave the company at the end of this week. Jon Wood, m.d. of Gollancz and deputy group publisher, will assume Lamb’s publishing responsibilities, and will report to Orion Group publisher Malcolm Edwards. In a letter sent to authors and agents today... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chipping Norton Literary Festival has appointed six new patrons, including literary agents Carole Blake and Natasha Fairweather, and Orion Fiction m.d. Susan Lamb. The new patrons will join the festival’s four founder patrons – Mark Billingham, Sue Cook, John Dougherty and Prue Leith. Joining... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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