Portfolio signs Feminist Fight Club

Portfolio has acquired a book by Lean In employee Jessica Bennett. Editor Zoe Bohm acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Feminist Fight Club in a pre-empt from Rachel Clements at Abner Stein on behalf of the Ross Yoon Agency for publication in May 2016. North American rights were acquired by Julie Will at HarperWave after a 12-publisher auction. Bennett writes for the New York Times, works for Lean In, and was executive editor at Tumblr. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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