Serpent's Tail scoops Mary Gaitskill's #MeToo New Yorker tale

Serpent’s Tail has acquired a novella, This is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill, about the “unravelling of the life of a male publisher undone by allegations of sexual impropriety and harassment” which was first published in the New Yorker earlier this month. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-25 18:04:04 UTC ]
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Solaris scoops Wood's cyberpunk debut

Solaris has landed Aubrey Wood's "edgy" debut novel Bang Bang Bodhisattva, a comic science fiction mystery. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-31 10:17:52 UTC ]
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Transworld scoops debut novel by Unmumsy Mum in six-figure deal

Transworld has scooped a "joyful and emotional" debut novel by author and blogger Sarah Turner, also known as The Unmumsy Mum, in a six-figure, two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-26 01:27:52 UTC ]
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Puffin lands 'heart-warming' tale of family with two mums by Jeffs and Davey

Puffin has landed a "heart-warming" picture book about a family with two mums, written by Lotte Jeffs and illustrated by Sharon Davey. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-25 21:13:37 UTC ]
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Old Barn Books scoops Fuller's 'powerful' debut

Old Barn Books will publish author Lisa Fuller's "powerful" YA debut Ghost Bird in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-25 13:08:09 UTC ]
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HarperNorth scoops 'fascinating' book on poisons by Bradbury

HarperNorth has scooped a "fascinating" blend of popular science and true crime with a book on infamous poisons by Dr Neil Bradbury. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-23 12:11:04 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Ireland scoops memoir by warden of Skellig Michael

HarperCollins Ireland has scooped a "unique" memoir by the warden of Skellig Michael, a remote Irish island. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-22 23:51:22 UTC ]
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Mary Trump takes on America’s evils, beyond her famous uncle

She focuses on racism and other ills, but without offering context or recognizing progress. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-20 12:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Mrs. March’ is a stylish suspense tale that’s both darkly alluring and just plain dark

Virginia Feito’s horror-tinged novel is already set for the big screen, with Elizabeth Moss in the starring role Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-20 10:57:59 UTC ]
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Viper scoops two more crime thrillers from Ward

Viper has bagged two more "twisting and chilling" novels from crime and thriller writer Catriona Ward, author of The Last House on Needless Street. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-18 22:31:31 UTC ]
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Flint scoops two climate change titles in time for COP26 summit

Flint Books, an imprint of The History Press, has acquired two "urgent and instructive" titles on sustainability and climate change to publish in time for the COP26 summit in October.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-18 22:17:00 UTC ]
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Children’s book and illustration magazine Scoop closes

Children’s book and illustration magazine Scoop has closed and its owner Curious Publishing has ceased trading. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-12 12:27:48 UTC ]
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How Cuomo's Book Became a Cautionary Tale

The pandemic memoir “American Crisis” has become a financial and ethical headache for Penguin Random House, dragging the company into the scandals that prompted the governor’s resignation announcement. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-08-10 22:21:07 UTC ]
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Andersen Press scoops first middlegrade novel from Burgess

Andersen Press will publish the first middle-grade novel from Carnegie Medal-winner Melvin Burgess, to be illustrated by Chris Mould. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-09 17:02:51 UTC ]
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Mirror Books scoops GB athlete Onuora's 'fearless' story

Mirror Books has scooped My Hidden Race, the life story of Team GB athlete Anyika Onuora, which promises to reveal the “brutal reality” of professional sport for many Black females. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-07 00:42:40 UTC ]
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The conference that brought together Marie Curie and Albert Einstein

A landmark 1911 gathering included some of the greatest minds in physics and chemistry. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-06 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker scoops Caught's 'positive and uplifting' teen LGBTQ+ guide

Walker Books has landed Queer Up: An Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health by award-winning podcaster, writer and speaker Alexis Caught. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-05 10:09:49 UTC ]
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Doubleday scoops 'exhilarating' novel-in-verse by Reid

Doubleday has scooped an "exhilarating" novel-in-verse by Louisa Reid, the YA author's adult debut. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-05 01:08:00 UTC ]
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Corsair scoops 'dazzling' Goon Squad 'sibling novel' by Egan

Publisher Corsair has scooped a "dazzling" new novel from Jennifer Egan, described as a "sibling novel" to her Pulitzer Prize-winning A Visit from the Goon Squad (Corsair). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-01 10:30:59 UTC ]
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D'Almeida wins Commonwealth Short Story Prize with 'captivating' tale

Kanya D’Almeida has been declared the overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, for a "captivating" tale set in a Sri Lankan "sanctuary for the forsaken". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-30 08:05:28 UTC ]
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Philip Roth, Blake Bailey and publishing in the post-#MeToo era

WW Norton withdrew Bailey’s Roth biography after a series of allegations about its author. As generational conflict rages in the book world and across culture, we ask: who decides whether we can separate the art from the artist?There was something dramatically overwrought about first the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-06-27 08:00:19 UTC ]
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