Sphere buys Little Coffee Shop sequel

Sphere has acquired two more novels from Deborah Rodriguez, including a sequel to her debut, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul. Catherine Burke, publisher at Sphere fiction, bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Australia New Zealand and Canada, to the novels from Lizzy Kremer of David Higham Associates, working on behalf of Marly Rusoff. Rights for Australia New Zealand were acquired by Beverley Cousins, fiction publisher at Penguin Random House Australia. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Penguin Random House has acquired majority ownership of Brazilian publishing house Companhia das Letras, in which it first acquired a 45% stake in 2012. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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School librarians have reacted with dismay to the Budget news that schools are to receive a one-off payment of £400m, telling The Bookseller that schools will continue to struggle to buy books for their pupils. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Penned in the Margins buys Anaxagorou collection

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Mitchell Beazley buys James Wong 10-a-day cookbook

Octopus imprint Mitchell Beazley has bought 10-a-Day the Easy Way: Fussfree Recipes & Simple Science to Transform Your Health by Kew-trained botanist, science writer and broadcaster James Wong. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Doubleday buys Ella Risbridger collection for 'new moment in poetry'

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Harper Thorsons buys myth-busting cervical guide from the 'Gynae Geek'

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HCG buys 'Worrysaurus' picture book on anxiety

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