OUP bags Boxtrolls film tie-ins

Oxford University Press is publishing a range of titles this autumn to tie-in with "The... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Sphere bags 'riotously funny' Myers rom-com

Callum Kenny, editor for Sphere fiction, has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, for two new novels from Justin Myers. Rights were acquired from Becky Thomas at Johnson & Alcock.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-23 13:07:57 UTC ]
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Canongate bags Alan Rickman's diaries

Canongate is to publish The Diaries of Alan Rickman, after securing world English-language rights.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-23 02:19:59 UTC ]
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S&S bags Kamala Harris biography

Simon & Schuster UK is to publish Kamala’s Way, a biography of the new US vice president elect Kamala Harris, written by journalist Dan Morain.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-20 12:02:47 UTC ]
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A Definitive Ranking of Roald Dahl Film Adaptations

Roald Dahl holds a special place in my childhood. I still have vivid memories of reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda in school (we even read his rather unsavory memoir Boy; his accounts of boarding school bullying haunt me to this day!) and of watching the delightful early ’90s... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2020-11-20 12:00:50 UTC ]
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Gayle's Half the World Away optioned by Genesius Pictures and Tantrum Films

Mike Gayle’s Half A World Away (Hodder & Stoughton, 2019) has been optioned for television by Genesius Pictures and Tantrum Films with actress Michelle Collins attached.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-17 04:01:47 UTC ]
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Faber bags book on Gertrude Stein from Francesca Wade

Faber is to publish two non-fiction titles by editor and author Francesca Wade, including one on Gertrude Stein.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-16 16:01:55 UTC ]
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Adele Parks signs film deal with Netflix series producers

Adele Parks has struck a film deal with the producers of a series of hit Netflix franchises. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-16 14:37:11 UTC ]
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Duckworth bags 'honest' account of motherhood after 40

Duckworth Books has acquired The Secret Diary of a New Mum (Aged 43 1/4) by Cari Rosen.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-10 10:52:11 UTC ]
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OUP acquires Em Norry's middle-grade novel about a girl spy

Oxford University Press has acquired Em Norry’s middle-grade title, Amber Undercover, about a teenager who has a secret double life as a spy. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-10 05:44:45 UTC ]
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O'Farrell, McAnulty, Turton win at Books Are My Bag awards

Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet (Tinder Press) has been named the public’s favourite book of the year in the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-10 00:55:24 UTC ]
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Blue Ivy Carter is narrating the audiobook adaptation of the short film Hair Love.

Do you feel old yet? If the answer is yes, then join the club! Today, director and author Matthew A. Cherry announced via Twitter that Blue Ivy Carter (that’s right: Beyoncé and Jay Z’s eight-year-old daughter) is the narrator of the audiobook adaptation of his 2019 animated short film Hair... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-09 18:06:17 UTC ]
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Picador bags Gillett's 'shocking' dance music history

Picador has bagged a “shocking, enlightening and engaging” social and political history of dance music in the UK by journalist and film-maker Ed Gillett. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-09 10:32:37 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children's Books bags Foreman's 'poignant' elephant story

HarperCollins Children’s Books has signed Noa and the Little Elephant: A Tale of Friendship and Survival, a “poignant” picture book from author and illustrator Michael Foreman, in partnership with the wildlife conservation charity, Tusk. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-08 16:02:51 UTC ]
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Endeavour bags Gupta's guide to becoming 'backable'

Endeavour, part of the Octopus Publishing Group, has acquired Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance on You by Suneel Gupta with Carlye Adler. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-06 06:38:37 UTC ]
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Quadrille bags 'Blank' podcast companion book

Quadrille has acquired the companion book to hit podcast “Blank” by writer Giles Paley-Phillips and comedian Jim Daly, detailing those moments when things just aren’t going right. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 14:15:26 UTC ]
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The Things They Carried is finally being adapted for film (and the cast is insane).

Since its publication in 1990, Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, a linked collection of semi-autobiographical short stories about the Vietnam War, has become a modern classic—in fact, its title story is the most frequently anthologized piece of short fiction in the last three decades, and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-03 15:27:57 UTC ]
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Hay House bags book from Glamour's Emma Howarth

Hay House will publish A Year of Mystical Thinking: Make Life Feel Magical Again by Glamour journalist Emma Howarth.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-03 08:01:43 UTC ]
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Manilla bags memoir from Children of God member

Bonnier Books UK’s new literary imprint Manilla Press has acquired a "powerful memoir" from debut author Bexy Cameron exploring her childhood in the notorious cult Children of God. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-02 00:29:45 UTC ]
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Canongate bags 'brain-bending' children's book from Sears brothers

Canongate is to publish illustrated children's book The Biggest Footprint by brothers Rob and Tom Sears next year.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-28 15:40:51 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury bags 'urgent' non-fiction title from economist Blakeley

Bloombury is to publish the first major work by 27-year-old economist Grace Blakeley, after winning a 10-way auction.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-27 18:38:16 UTC ]
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