Penguin Random House division Puffin has acquired a feminist MG novel by debut author Maria Kuzniar. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Granta Books has acquired two new books from Ben Marcus, author of The Flame Alphabet and Leaving the Sea. Senior editor of Granta Books, Max Porter, acquired UK & Commonwealth rights for a collection of stories and a novel, both as yet untitled, from Judith Murray at Greene and Heaton on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Portobello Books has acquired The Things We Lost in the Fire - a “chilling, compulsive” collection of gothic short stories - at auction. UK and Commonwealth rights to the collection, by Argentine writer Mariana Enriquez, were acquired by editor Anne Meadows from Sandra Pareja at Casanovas &... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I grew up on a diet of Carry On films, Benny Hill and my parents’ Daily Telegraph. The Spare Rib Reader helped me articulate an unease that I had felt for as long as I could rememberTo be honest, I can’t remember a single thing about the contents of this book. Mind you, that’s true of many books... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has made four “major” acquisitions as part of a “significant investment” in its business and popular science lists. Non-fiction publisher Robin Harvie bought UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada to The Storyteller’s Secret by Carmine Gallo from SMP. Gallo is the author of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Roads is to publish a book reimagining the lives of three women from the Vanderbilt family. Publisher Lisa Highton bought UK rights for the currently untitled book by Therese Anne Fowler from Jenny Meyer on behalf of Wendy Sherman. The book will “take readers from the extravagant world of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago has acquired the memoir of American musician, actor and writer Carrie Brownstein. Ursula Doyle, associate publisher of Virago, bought UK rights in the memoir, titled Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, from Hal Fessenden at Penguin Random House US. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribner has acquired a novel by French novelist and playwright Karine Tuil called The Age of Reinvention. Editorial director Rowan Cope acquired British Commonwealth rights from Heidi Warneke at Editions Grasset & Fasquelle for Scribner UK. The novel will be published by Peter Borland at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury Press has bought Ctrl, Alt; Delete, a memoir about growing up online, by journalist and blogger Emma Gannon [pictured]. Commissioning editor Sara Cywinski has bought UK and Commonwealth rights to the book, in which Gannon talks about subjects from editing photos for MySpace to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen & Unwin has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to Heart of Jazz by Sara Lövestam, a novel about a bullied schoolgirl and a retired jazz musician. Sam Redman at Allen & Unwin UK acquired the book from Maria Cardona and Marina Penalva at Pontas Literary & Film... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agency Johnson & Alcock has acquired Fox Mason, the literary agency set up by Ben Mason in 2010, for an undisclosed sum. Johnson & Alcock is taking on the liability for Mason’s 20 authors as well as his employee Becky Thomas, who joins Johnson & Alcock as an associate... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scottish publisher Strident has acquired an illustrated children’s book by actor and anthropologist Hugh Holman. The Almost Animals is about Angle, a crocogator who lives with the other mixed-up animals in a world called Nowhere. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Librify, an early ebook subscription and social reading service, has been acquired by Scribd, one of the current and most successful ebook subscription services. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker Books has acquired a new YA novel by Siobhan Curham, author and editorial consultant for Zoella’s Girl Online. Senior commissioning editor Mara Bergmanbought the world rights to The Moonlight Dreamers, about a girl with two fathers, from Erzsi Deak at Hen & Ink Literary Studio. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s is adding books by Noel Streatfeild, Erich Kastner and Anne Fine to its A Puffin Book list of classic children’s titles. PRH launched A Puffin Book last year to replace Puffin Modern Classics and is adding 20 further titles to the list in July. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker Books has acquired the debut teen novel by comedian and screenwriter Nat Luurtsema. Goldfish is a comedy about Lou Brown, a swimmer who fails an Olympic time-trial and decides to give up the sport completely. She tries to find her new ‘thing’ and enters a world of underwater somersaults,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rosen Publishing will move the editorial and production operations of Jackdaw Publications to New York City where it will operate as an autonomous imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribner in the UK and Atria Books in the US, both part of the Simon & Schuster group, have acquired a new book by Swedish novelist and playwright, Jonas Hassen Khemiri. World English Language rights in the novel, titled Everything I Don’t Remember, were acquired by Rowan Cope, editorial... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere has bought two novels by actress and television presenter Denise Welch. In her first deal for the list, deputy publisher for Sphere fiction Maddie West acquired UK and Commonwealth rights in two books from Gordon Wise at Curtis Brown. Welch has starred in programmes including... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zaffre, an imprint of Bonnier Fiction Publishing, has acquired a new crime series by David Jackson. The series is set in Liverpool and features policeman DS Nathan Cody.The first book in the series is entitled A Tapping at my Door. Zaffre acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights from Oli Munson... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orchard Books has acquired two titles in the Max Helsing and the Thirteenth Curse series by Curtis Jobling. The series is about Max Helsing, the descendent of the original Van Helsing vampire-killer, as he battles modern-day monsters in between schoolwork and monster-slaying training. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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