Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 21/10/2011 - 10:42 HarperCollins UK and Australia have won out in a five-way auction for hotly tipped Frankfurt Book Fair title The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes. HarperFiction crime and thriller publisher Julia Wisdom, together with Shona Martyn of HarperCollins Australia, bought the title in a two-book deal for UK and Commonwealth rights from Oliver Munson at Blake Friedmann, for what is understood to be a high six-figure sum. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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That winter, the year Boogie turned 14, we got it in our heads that we could run away, leave Miami Beach and never come back. For months, I’d spent every night lost in a book, read whatever the librarian put in my hands, which usually meant books written by white men, about white people, for […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Following Bernardine Evaristo’s historic Booker Prize win, translation rights to her novel Girl, Woman, Other (Hamish Hamilton) have been snapped up in 21 territories. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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HarperCollins Children’s Books is publishing a new "showstopping" children's picture book from author–illustrator team David Walliams and Tony Ross, called The Creature Choir, in time for Christmas. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-18 16:36:42 UTC ]
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Pushkin Press will publish a debut novel by "the next great literary voice in Spain", Elena Medel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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After Hearst Connecticut Media reported on a lawsuit alleging past sexual abuse at the Boys & Girls club in Greenwich, Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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Knights Of has acquired the first middle-grade novel from New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone, entitled Clean Getaway. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Indie 404 Ink has landed a part-memoir, part-investigation of how video games can positively impact mental health from journalist Joe Donnelly. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Canongate has acquired the second novel from New York Times bestseller Imbolo Mbue. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Oxford University Press has snapped up the stand-alone debut children’s novel from BBC Sports reporter Joe Wilson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Doubleday has snapped up Hallie Rubenhold's new book, Bad Women, which tells the story of the 1910 murder of Belle Elmore, by her husband Dr Crippen, and the extraordinary women caught up in these events. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Faber will publish James Shapiro's "surprising" new history of the United States as a lead title for spring 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Gabby Rivera’s YA novel follows Juliet Palante, a Puerto Rican teen from the Bronx, who is reckoning with her feminism and queerness. After coming out to her family, she goes to Portland to be a summer intern for her favorite feminist author, Harlowe Brisbane. Juliet believes this will be the... Continue reading at Electric Literature
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson will publish Dog's Best Friend: How Humans and Dogs Formed the Strongest Bond in History by Simon Garfield in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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W&N has landed the "virtuoso" debut novel from poet Sam Riviere in a multi-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-18 05:10:37 UTC ]
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Octopus imprint Endeavour has won the auction for “groundbreaking new smart thinking book” by Sharath Jeevan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Raised by a cult-following father who banned reading, homeless on London’s streets as a teen: Melanie Blake’s life story is remarkable—but it’s not the one she decided to commit to the page, and she is now intent on getting into readers’ hands. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Greystone Books and Profile Books will publish Seaweed by poet and artist Miek Zwamborn next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Indie publisher Saraband will publish Helen Moat’s memoir covering her 2000-mile cycle journey across Europe, in April 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 00:50:09 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has triumphed in a nine-way auction to publish Girl A by slushpile debut author Abigail Dean, with international rights sold in seven territories as well as an ongoing auction in Brazil and offers in Portugal and Israel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 18:13:43 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Children's UK has snapped up a new full-colour gift book, A Dancer’s Dream, by Katherine Woodfine. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 14:58:25 UTC ]
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