Sphere signs crime from Mark Hill

Sphere has acquired two crime thriller by debut novelist Mark Hill. Senior Editor Ed Wood bought world English rights to The Two O’Clock Boy and its sequel from Jamie Cowen at The Ampersand Agency. The Two O’Clock Boy follows the fallout from terrible events that happened in a London orphanage 30 years before. Now, a mysterious figure named The Two O’Clock Boy is killing everyone who grew up there, one by one. Detective Ray Drake will do anything to stop the murders, but will go even further to cover up the truth. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former FBI director James Comey signs with Pan Macmillan

Pan Macmillan will publish a book from former FBI director James Comey on "ethical leadership" a year after he was dismissed by US president Donald Trump. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber signs sixties legend Richard Thompson

Faber & Faber has signed Beeswing: Britain, Folk Rock and the End of the 60s by guitarist and singer-songwriter Richard Thompson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins signs 'SAS' star Ant Middleton

HarperCollins has acquired world rights for two books by Ant Middleton, ex-special forces sniper and star of Channel 4’s hit show "SAS: Who Dares Wins". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Grisham to headline Theakston Crime Writing Festival

Legal thriller writer John Grisham is to headline the 2018 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate this July. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter's European v.p. signs with PRH

Twitter's European vice-president, Bruce Daisley, is publishing a book with Penguin Random House offering his insights for "redesigning" the world of work. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gardner’s Head of Zeus deal leads flurry of indie publisher signings

Zephyr, the new children’s imprint at Head of Zeus, has bought a young fiction series by Carnegie Medal-winning author Sally Gardner. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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YouTuber Amelia Mandeville's debut novel to Sphere

Little, Brown imprint Sphere has acquired world rights for YouTuber and presenter Amelia Mandeville's debut novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MacLehose marks 10th anniversary with 'adventurous reading' promotion

MacLehose Press is celebrating turning 10 this year with a 10-month promotion with bookshops and libraries that aims to help readers make fresh discoveries in international fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Signs Jesmyn Ward to Two-Book Deal

Two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward will follow up her NBA-winning novel 'Sing, Unburied, Sing,' with two new books, to be published by Scribner and Caitlyn Dlouhy Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Little, Brown bags thriller debut from actor Mark Griffin

Actor and scriptwriter Mark Griffin, also known for appearing as Trojan in the hit 90s ITV show "Gladiators", is publishing a London-based thriller series with Little, Brown. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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William Collins signs Oxford lecturer's 'striking' literary memoir

William Collins is to publish Girl With Dove: A Child’s Escape Through Reading, a memoir from Oxford lecturer Sally Bayley. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Faber signs Jan Morris' 'first ever' diaries

Faber has signed ex-soldier and journalist Jan Morris’ first ever book of diaries, In My Mind’s Eye, for hardback publication in September 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Love Island's Chris Hughes signs memoir deal

Coronet has acquired "Love Island" star Chris Hughes’ autobiography, entitled You Bantering Me?, to publish this spring.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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MJ signs Nicola Moriarty for two more

Michael Joseph has acquired two more books from Australian author Nicola Moriarty. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Canongate signs psychoanalyst's 'absorbing' title

Canongate has signed an "utterly absorbing and original" literary non-fiction title by psychoanalyst Mikita Brottman. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Daunt Books signs 'lyrical' western debut

Daunt Books Publishing has acquired a debut novel by Hernan Diaz entitled In the Distance. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Instagram's 'Father of Daughters' signs book with Coronet

Coronet is publishing a book on family life by Simon Hooper, a dad who Instagrams as "Father of Daughters" to 756,000 followers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Crime debut to MJ in six-figure pre-empt

Michael Joseph has acquired three crime thrillers from debut author Gytha Lodge in a "significant" six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Fletcher and Poynter sign up for more Dinosaur that Pooped

Penguin Random House Children’s is to publish two new books featuring the pooping dinosaur from authors and McFly bandmates Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter, to be illustrated by Garry Parsons. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Virago Modern Classics marks 40 years with anniversary series

Virago is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its Modern Classics series with the publication of 13 "deluxe" illustrated paperbacks, showcasing authors such as Muriel Spark, Angela Carter and Patricia Highsmith. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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