Picador is to publish Judy Blume’s first adult novel in 16 years, In the Unlikely Event. Editorial director Francesca Main pre-empted UK and Commonwealth rights from Elizabeth Sheinkman at WME. Blume said that In the Unlikely Event “is based on a series of tragedies in the town I lived in when I was growing up, and the terrible time it was for the adults and the children, although the adults never talked to the children about it”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Picador has netted New Animal, a “sharp and witty” debut novel by poet and sculptor Ella Baxter. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-14 20:43:00 UTC ]
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HarperNorth has signed a “bold and hopeful” book on political and social divisions by Youth Endowment Fund executive director Jon Yates. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-14 13:48:05 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus' Aries imprint has signed a two-book deal with American author Alex Finlay, including a book following a family made infamous after the airing of a true crime documentary. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-12 14:50:51 UTC ]
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Allen Lane has signed an "all-encompassing" account of the Covid-19 crisis from Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-08 21:21:35 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate has signed the debut short story collection by Danielle Pender, founder of women's magazine Riposte. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-08 08:35:23 UTC ]
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Chatto & Windus has signed Letters to Camondo, an “extraordinary” book penned by Edmund de Waal during the first lockdown that tells the story of the Jewish Camondo family in Paris. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-07 20:38:23 UTC ]
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Egmont Books has signed a publishing partnership with Beano Studios and will release three titles this year to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Dennis the Menace. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-05 04:34:23 UTC ]
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Independent publisher Knights Of will publish Mayhem Mission and two further books in debut middle-grade series My Laugh-Out-Loud Life by Burhana Islam. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-03 09:43:58 UTC ]
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On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed a suite of executive orders that transformed US climate-change policy. He mandated a pause on new oil and gas leases of federal land; instituted a major push to replace gas vehicles in the federal fleet with electric ones; directed agencies to eliminate... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
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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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HarperVoyager has snared YA writer Juno Dawson's first three adult novels, a trilogy set around a government agency for witches, at auction in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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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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An unusual dip for downloaded audiobooks plays into the November 2020 StatShot book sales figures from the Association of American Publishers. The post AAP StatShot: US Adult Book Sales Up 35.4 Percent in November appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-25 19:02:26 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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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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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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