Pushkin buys world rights in US debut

Elena Lappin's Pushkin Press imprint ONE, which publishes one "exceptional" fiction or non-fiction title per season, has done its first world rights deal for a debut novel by 32-year-old American writer Ted McDermott Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Breaking In: An Interview with Debut Middle-Grade Author J. Kaspar Kramer

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Zaffre wins Sampson's debut The Last Library

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For China's Book Biz Right Now, There's Nothing to Do But Work and Wait

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Blaming all of America’s problems on the civil rights movement

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The UK’s 2020 World Book Day: ‘Reading in Sharp Decline’

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Guinness World Records reveals 2021 cover with reader competition

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