Quercus signs Lindy West

Quercus has acquired a book by Guardian columnist and GQ culture writer Lindy West. Shrill will be a “laugh-out-loud portrayal of what it means to become self-aware the hard way, in a popular culture that is hostile to women (especially fat women) and doesn't think women (especially feminists) are or can be funny”. Ione Walder, non-fiction editor, bought UK and Commonwealth rights from Rachel Clements at Abner Stein, on behalf of Gary Morris at the David Black Agency. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Thousands sign open letter against 'brutal' Southbank Centre cuts

More than 2,500 people have signed an open letter expressing concern about “brutal” plans to make up to 400 people redundant at the Southbank Centre. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Putnam signs with Richards and Broccardo's start-up Swift Press

Swift Press, the newly founded publisher of Mark Richards and Diana Broccardo, is gearing up for its autumn launch with The Upswing by Robert Putnam. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Louise Redknapp signs with Piatkus

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Chatto signs Invisible Women follow-up from Caroline Criado Perez

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Viking signs Pulitzer Prize-winner's 'historic biography' of Malcolm X

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Just in time for an updated ‘West Side Story,’ a look back at the 1961 classic

Richard Barrios’s new book delves into the history of the film adaptation that did boffo business and won multiple Oscars. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Italian Book Industry: Publishers’ Study Sees ‘Signs of Recovery’

Italian publishers see 'encouraging signs of an upturn,' as data from Nielsen and Informazioni Editoriali shows revenue losses were cut in half in July. The post Italian Book Industry: Publishers’ Study Sees ‘Signs of Recovery’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Lily James and Dominic West to star in Mitford adaptation The Pursuit of Love

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Quercus pre-empts Davy's 'explosive' exploration of oppression

Quercus has pre-empted We, The Oppressors by Dr J Davy, a book about how "the infrastructures we live inside of have always been inadequate and unequal, designed to support and maintain the status of those in power at the expense of those without it". Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Whitmore signs with Orion Spring

Orion Spring has acquired a debut non-fiction book from television presenter and broadcaster Laura Whitmore: No One Can Change Your Life Except For You. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Matt Forde pokes fun at politics for Quercus

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Trump Tell-All Breaks S&S Record; PRH India Signs Sourcebooks, Fitzcarraldo

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