Sphere hires Viking's Forte and Kenny from Bloomsbury

Little, Brown imprint Sphere has appointed Viking’s Rosanna Forte and Callum Kenny from Bloomsbury as editors working across the fiction list. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-14 16:12:18 UTC ]

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Bloomsbury scoops psychosis memoir from Curtis Brown agent Catherine Cho

Bloomsbury has won a first-hand account of postpartum psychosis by Curtis Brown associate agent Catherine Cho, in a six-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-07 09:49:35 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury wins 15-publisher auction for book on grief by Cariad Lloyd

Bloomsbury has won a 15-publisher bidding war for a book on grief by podcaster Cariad Lloyd, in “one of the fiercest auctions” managed by agent Nelle Andrew of PFD, for a "significant" six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-04 20:54:25 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury wins auction for Samantha Walton's 'nature cure' book

Bloomsbury has won an auction for academic Samantha Walton’s exploration of the "long cultural legacy of the ‘nature cure’". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-30 23:59:19 UTC ]
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Donnelly joins Bloomsbury Children's Books

Scholastic’s Strawberrie Donnelly has joined Bloomsbury Children’s Books in the newly created role of art director. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 03:23:16 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury, Faber and Granta make Polari 2019 shortlists

Bloomsbury has scooped two nominations on the Polari 2019 shortlists with titles from indies Faber, Granta and Orenda also up for awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 01:46:32 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury signs deal with Classoos for 14,000 academic books

Bloomsbury has signed a licensing agreement to make 14,000 of its academic books available through digital textbook platform Classoos. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-25 06:50:05 UTC ]
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Bookouture hires Dauman and Chimirri ahead of office move

Bookouture has hired Sphere’s Lucy Dauman and HQ’s Cara Chimirri ahead of a move to the Bloomsbury Building. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-22 11:24:49 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury scoops Kerridge's Lose Weight & Get Fit

Bloomsbury imprint Absolute will publish Lose Weight & Get Fit by Tom Kerridge, featuring 100 high-flavour recipes for dieting and fitness in December. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-15 01:27:43 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury bags neuroscientist's headache book

Bloomsbury has acquired a book on headaches, Splitting, by neuroscientist Amanda Ellison. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-12 10:41:03 UTC ]
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Cecil Woolf obituary

Publisher and nephew of Virginia and Leonard Woolf, he extended the hand of friendship to Woolf scholars and writersThe publisher and editor Cecil Woolf, who has died aged 92, was a nephew of Virginia and Leonard Woolf and the last person to have known Virginia Woolf personally, taking her tea... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-06-26 16:42:57 UTC ]
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Duncan leaves Bloomsbury after 23 years

Bloomsbury’s digital director and publisher Stephanie Duncan has left the company after almost 23 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-25 18:10:45 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury signs US YA author Brigid Kemmerer

Bloomsbury has signed a global two-book deal with American YA author Brigid Kemmerer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-24 21:35:35 UTC ]
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Joffe Books acquires 350-strong Robert Hale crime and fiction list

Indie publisher Joffe Books has acquired the 350-strong Robert Hale crime and general fiction list from the Crowood Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 4, 2019

Alan Bradley debuts at #6 in hardcover fiction with his 10th Flavia de Luce novel, ‘Golden Tresses of the Dead.’ Plus YA author Maureen Johnson’s Truly Devious mystery series hits our children’s fiction list for the first time with its second installment, ‘The Vanishing Stair,’ and Caroline... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2017 Bestselling Books in Germany: Translations Top the Fiction List

In 2017, the bestselling books in Germany show that readers are interested in translated fiction and thrillers. Nonfiction bestseller lists included more German authors than foreign authors. The post 2017 Bestselling Books in Germany: Translations Top the Fiction List appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘History of Bees’ Still Buzzing

For the second month running, Germany’s fiction list was led by Norwegian author Maja Lunde’s novel The History of Bees in June. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Calendar Girl Strikes in France

Jumping to the top of Germany’s fiction list at the end of January was Swiss novelist Martin Suter’s Elephant, about a mysterious glow-in-the-dark pink elephant, the product of a genetic experiment, and the humans who want to exploit its powers of enchantment. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 13, 2017

Two books about the 45th president of the United States debut on our hardcover nonfiction list. Plus an evangelical author has her best first-week sales yet, and Flatiron’s YA imprint lands on our children’s fiction list for the first time. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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September Religion Bestsellers: TerKeurst’s 'Uninvited' Holds at #1; Cahn’s ‘Mysteries’ Tops

Lysa TerKeurst maintained the #1 spot on PW’s Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers list for the second consecutive month with ‘Uninvited,’ while the companion study guide took #9. Plus, Jonathan Cahn debuted on our Fiction list with his newly released ‘The Book of Mysteries.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ferrante Hits in Germany, Sweden

Germany saw the first of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels, My Brilliant Friend, at #1 on the fiction list at the end of August. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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