Picador has bought a debut novel described as “One Day meets 'This Life'”. Editorial director Francesca Main acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to Invincible Summer by Alice Adams from Kerry Glencorse at Susanna Lea Associates. Invincible Summer follows four friends through the highs and lows of the two decades post-university as they navigate broken hearts, lost jobs, furtive sex and thwarted dreams and discover a resilience they didn’t know they had. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Raven Books has snapped up Greenwich Park by debut author Katherine Faulkner following a "passionately fought auction" with four publishers head-to-head in the final round. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 07:49:05 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press has signed husband-and-wife team Naomi and James Jones' debut picture book in a five-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 08:36:11 UTC ]
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Sphere has signed "escapist" novel from debut author Catherine Mangan in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 10:31:43 UTC ]
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Pan Mac imprint Mantle has landed the Shipping Forecast-inspired debut novel from Sue Teddern in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 03:27:54 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus has struck a two-book deal with debut author and English teacher Zoë Somerville. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-07 12:04:47 UTC ]
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Jacaranda Books has snapped up former financial trader Isabelle Dupuy's "deeply incisive" debut novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-01 12:56:03 UTC ]
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New publishing director Ruth Tross has made her first acquisitions for Bookouture, picking up a dark American suspense debut by Miranda Smith and new police procedural series from Susan Wilkins. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-19 05:48:28 UTC ]
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Picador has snapped up a "blistering" debut novel about youth culture, violence and gang life in Scotland by Graeme Armstrong. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-11 13:33:42 UTC ]
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Trigger Publishing children’s imprint Upside Down has snapped up a “heartwarming” picture book debut which aims to help children to deal with emotions and boost self-confidence. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-11 08:35:17 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape has scooped UK and Commonwealth rights to Frances Leviston’s story collection The Voice in My Ear. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 21:28:41 UTC ]
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Orion Fiction has signed a “laugh out loud” debut by former English teacher Gillian Harvey about what happens with a PR whizz and clean-eating influencer’s life falls apart. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-04 09:34:13 UTC ]
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John Murray will publish Michelle Gallen's "darkly comic" debut novel set on the Irish border. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-20 14:25:46 UTC ]
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Gollancz has signed up debut author Nick Martell’s "unmissable" fantasy series, The Mercenary King. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-14 01:47:30 UTC ]
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Faber will publish book reviewer Steph Cha's debut novel about the intertwined fates of two families in January 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-12 00:23:16 UTC ]
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Scribe has snapped up Mr B's bookseller Jessica Gaitán Johannesson's debut novel in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-22 18:31:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Children’s UK have signed a two-book deal with debut author and illustrator Alice McKinley, including Nine Lives Newton, which was the subject of a US pre-empt at the Bologna Book Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-22 03:50:48 UTC ]
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Independent publisher Everything with Words has acquired world English rights to Elsetime, a middle-grade debut by Irish author Eve McDonnell. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-16 01:32:37 UTC ]
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Orion Fiction has signed the “heart-wrenching” historical novel debut from Miranda Malins, following the life of Oliver Cromwell’s youngest daughter and the fall of her family. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-11 07:13:45 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired a magical middle-grade fantasy series by debut author L D Lapinski. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-19 18:47:30 UTC ]
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Claire Adam has won the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize for first-time novelists with her "electrifying" debut Golden Child (Faber). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-18 18:50:22 UTC ]
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