Quercus acquires 'rare' debut Our Child of the Stars

Quercus imprint Jo Fletcher Books has acquired a cross-genre debut set in 1960s America, called Our Child of the Stars, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #quercus acquires

Other Publishing stories related to: 'Quercus acquires 'rare' debut Our Child of the Stars'

Quercus acquires 'rare' debut Our Child of the Stars

Quercus imprint Jo Fletcher Books has acquired a cross-genre debut set in 1960s America, called Our Child of the Stars, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #quercus acquires

This L.A. flash-fiction star thinks novels are 'saggy.' Her own debut proves her wrong

The debut novel 'Dead in Long Beach, California,' is a sharp, dazzling turn for Compton-raised author Venita Blackburn, who made her name with lightning-fast fiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-01-11 11:00:44 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #long beach #debut novel

The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs wrote her debut novel about a pop star. It's not her

Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs has written a novel, 'This Bird Has Flown,' about an 'over-the-hill' one-hit wonder finding love — and it kind of rocks. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-04-03 13:00:21 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #pop star #debut novel

'Star Wars: Visions' Volume 2 debuts May 4th with an Aardman short

Star Wars: Visions is returning for a second 'season,' this time with a more international scope — including a studio you might not have expected. Disney has announced that Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 will premiere May 4th (aka Star Wars Day) with shorts from nine countries, including one from... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2023-02-02 15:41:49 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #creative freedom #telling stories #march 1st #skeleton crew #anthology

Book to Film and Back: 'Star Child' Returns to Print with A24

Indie entertainment company A24's publishing division is bringing Claire A. Nivola's 2014 picture book 'Star Child' back into print in a redesigned and expanded edition; the book was prominently featured in the 2021 film 'C’mon C’mon,' written and directed by Mike Mills. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #star child #prominently featured #picture book #publishing division

Robinson scoops Masterchef star Armitage-Mattin's debut

Robinson has signed a deal for “Masterchef” finalist Philli Armitage-Mattin's debut book Taste Kitchen: Asia: Six Flavours to Suit Every Taste. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-06 02:49:02 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

Fitwaffle TikTok star's debut won by Ebury in seven-way auction

Ebury Press has won a seven-way auction for the debut cookbook by personal trainer turned baking influencer Eloise Head, known to more than four million followers on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube as Fitwaffle. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-27 22:32:50 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #ebury press #debut cookbook #cookbook

Studio Press acquires guide to maximalism from interiors star Murphy

Studio Press, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK, has acquired More is More Décor by interior designer and Instagrammer Siobhan Murphy. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-06 17:12:14 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #studio press #bonnier

Cipher Press acquires Reeve's debut in two-book deal

Cipher Press has acquired Nat Reeve's "extraordinary, ambitious" historical debut Nettleblack and its sequel in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-23 14:07:08 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

Scholastic snaps up 12-year-old documentary star's debut

Scholastic has snapped up the debut middle-grade novel of 12-year-old Cara Mailey, in the same week as a BBC One documentary airs about her and her family. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-18 23:35:29 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #scholastic snaps #debut middle-grade #scholastic

And Other Stories acquires West's 'grimly hilarious' debut

Independent press And Other Stories has acquired My Father’s Diet, the "sharp-fanged" debut novel from US author and translator Adrian Nathan West. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-14 21:32:44 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #independent press #debut novel

HarperNorth acquires journalist Bright's 'timely' debut on regional equality

HarperNorth has acquired a book on regional inequality in the UK by journalist Sam Bright, chief politics and investigations reporter for Byline Times. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-09 10:36:32 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

Kelly acquires first Virago book with Harvard student Rothfeld's debut

Newly recruited Virago publishing director Anna Kelly has made her first acquisition for the imprint with Harvard student Becca Rothfeld’s debut essay collection All Things Are Too Small. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-16 22:35:16 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #publishing director

Embla Books acquires 'laugh-out-loud' debut in first deal

Bonnier Books UK's new digital-first imprint Embla Books has bought Laura Starkey's debut, Rachel Ryan’s Resolutions, as its first acquisition. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-22 11:15:26 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #bonnier

Astronaut Hadfield to launch fiction debut with Quercus

Quercus is getting ready to launch the debut of astronaut Chris Hadfield, The Apollo Murders, branded "an exceptional Cold War thriller from the dark heart of the Space Race", this October. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-09 16:29:44 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #dark heart #space race

Sceptre acquires tragicomic debut Tiepolo Blue at auction

Sceptre has acquired Tiepolo Blue, a satire set in the art world of 1990s London, at auction. The book, charting the fall from grace of an esteemed Cambridge professor, is the debut of James Cahill, a critic and academic at King’s College London. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-10 03:09:25 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #art world

Raven acquires two in 'major' debut deal

Alison Hennessey, publishing director of Bloomsbury Publishing's Raven Books, has sealed a two-book deal after a "passionately fought" auction for The Leviathan and The Puzzle Wood by debut author Helen-Rose (Rosie) Andrews. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-26 12:42:55 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #bloomsbury publishing #raven books #debut author #bloomsbury #publishing director