Transworld signs former Olympian Greg Whyte

Transworld has acquired a “ground-breaking” book by formal Olympian, Professor Greg Whyte, who has helped David Walliams, Davina McCall, Eddie Izzard and John Bishop on charity challenges. Editorial director Giles Elliott acquired world rights to Achieve the Impossible from James Harper at The Sports Sphere. Whyte is known for the challenges he has organised for Comic Relief and Sport Relief, which have raised £33million for charity, and for which he was made an OBE in 2014. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hesperus Press signs Tearne

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder signs cookery from Corrett

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired two books from cookery writer Natasha Corrett. Lifestyle... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Kyle Books signs 'Made in Chelsea' star

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury signs debut author Lou Carter

Bloomsbury has acquired the world rights for two picture books from debut author Lou Carter.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pavilion signs Creole cookbook

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Scholastic signs Kent for three-book deal

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WH signs subconscious study

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Avon signs three more from Taylor

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Century signs Easter Rising history

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Piatkus signs Amanda Palmer

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Corvus signs 'Alice in Wonderland' descendant

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Holt, Seven Stories Sign Comics Works on Snowden, NSA

Comics can wed different parts of a story together and really show things in ways prose can’t,” said Riva Hocherman, an editor at Metropolitan Books (an imprint of Holt), about "Verax," a forthcoming work of graphic nonfiction that tackles the history of the National Security Agency’s electronic... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Firefly signs YA from Paul Magrs

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Granta signs Bloom and Glaser

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Sphere signs two more from Finnigan

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Distribution: IPS Signs Two

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