Daniel Mallory was in the LAX lounge on his way back from a break in Palm Springs when his agent rang and said: "We've been resisting Hollywood because we wanted to close the publishing deal first, but Fox have offered US$1 million for the book â do you want it?'" For any novelist, let alone a first-timer, this is the dream question, and the 38 year-old author of The Woman In The Window â a thriller which has been dubbed the new Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train â is still visibly exhilarated by the memory Continue reading at 'Stuff'
[ Stuff | 2018-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Jayne Ann Krentz decided to take her 19th century Amanda Quick mysteries into the 20th century, the look of the novels needed a thoroughly modern update. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A seven-year-old girl who reads "to forget the war" has been sent the Harry Potter books by the author. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Molly Flatt, associate editor for FutureBook and digital editor for Phoenix magazine, is publishing a debut novel, set between the cafés of Shoreditch and the wilds of Orkney, with Pan Macmillan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pushkin Press has signed The Peace Machine by journalist and free-speech activist Özgür Mumcu, whose father, an investigative journalist for the Cumhuriyet newspaper, was assassinated when the author was just 15. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie publisher Urbane Publications has signed up crime writer Lloyd Paige’s "gripping" debut Dead Lands, set to publish in October 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador has acquired Ponti by Sharlene Teo, winner of the inaugural Deborah Rogers Writers’ Award for an unpublished writer, after a seven-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hints of what’s to come in next spring’s Windows 10 Creators Update just keep on coming. Microsoft recently released Windows 10 Insider Preview build 14971, which integrates Paint 3D, turns your browser into an e-reader, shuffles Command Prompt into the shadows, and more.First up:... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fleet has acquired a debut novel The First Day, introducing its author, filmmaker Phil Harrison, as a "major new voice". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has acquired a story of love and loss entitled This is How I Lose You by Kate McNaughton. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Zaffre has acquired all publishing and broadcasting rights to The Mayfly, an “electrifying" debut by James Hazel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Jesus Always’ by Sarah Young hit #1 on PW’s Religion Nonfiction bestsellers list in October, while Karen Kingsbury took #2 on the Fiction chart with ‘A Baxter Family Christmas.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two different sets of spoof titles hit shelves tomorrow (3rd November) hoping to cash in on a slice of the success the Ladybird Books for Adults series achieved last Christmas, which racked up sales of a million copies. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Girl on the Train (Black Swan) has puffed into the Official UK Top 50 number one spot for a 12th non-consecutive week. It sold 25,041 copies for £120,353—and is still yet to shift fewer than 20,000 copies per week, since its release in May. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anna Smaill’s debut novel The Chimes has won the 2016 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, beating off competition from authors including Kazuo Ishiguro. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quadrille will publish the debut cookbook by the "hottest stars on the London supperclub scene", Jackson & Levine, in spring 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Melville House UK has acquired world rights to Brolliology, the first book by head of promotions at Foyles, Charing Cross, Marion Rankine. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has snapped up world English rights to M., the "extraordinary" debut from Peng Shepherd. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paula Hawkins's 'The Girl on the Train' continues its dominance of the iBooks bestseller list, with John Sanford's 'Escape Clause' coming in at #2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actors Gal Gadot and Lynda Carter on Friday made appearances at the Hall of Justice to commemorate the naming of the DC Comics character they've both portrayed as the ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls worldwide.Er sorry did I say Hall of Justice? Silly me. I meant the United... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two fantasy series—one YA, and one adult—that sold in high six figure deals just before the Frankfurt Book Fair are drawing notice from foreign houses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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