Transworld has acquired world rights to Susan Barker’s The Incarnations, being described by... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the world observes the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII and continues to weather numerous conflicts, minedition’s fall offerings include two September picture books that sound a note of hope for peace in our time. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Police perjury, political manipulation and judicial failings … Thomas Grant’s pungent, amusing study details the heroic achievements of a supreme criminal barristerThe doyen of the English criminal bar, Jeremy Hutchinson, turned 100 on 28 March. Still a spry and self-sufficient figure, his... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan is to publish the autobiography of former Formula One driver Mark Webber this autumn. Webber, who retired from Formula One at the end of the 2013 season, and now races in the LMP1 sportscar category of the FIA World Endurance Championship for Porsche. The driver was “at the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Greystone Books has acquired 1,000 Lashes, a collection of writings by imprisoned Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi. The blogger was was sentenced to 1,000 lashes by the Saudi authorities last year, and is currently serving a prison sentence. The book will be published in the UK in July, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bantam Press publishing director Sally Gaminara is to retire this year. Gaminara’s publishing career has spanned nearly 40 years, and she joined Transworld’s Corgi imprint in 1987 from Penguin Books. She moved to the Doubleday team in 1989, where she published Prince Charles' book, A Vision of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate has signed a satirical novel by Elizabeth McKenzie for publication in January 2016. Commissioning editor Anna Kelly signed UK and Commonwealth rights to The Portable Veblen in a deal with Anthony Goff at David Higham Associates, on behalf of Emily Forland at Brandt & Hochman.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As an integral part of China’s prestigious Tsinghua University, Tsinghua University Press has grown to be one of the country’s leading academic and higher education publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs—the only authorized biography of the Apple founder—went on sale in China at 10:05 a.m. Beijing Time on Oct. 24, 2011. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books translated for the fast-growing Chinese market may be censored without their authors’ knowledge, a writers’ advocacy group reportsA US-based advocacy group is warning Western authors to be vigilant about censorship of their work, which is sometimes done without their knowledge, in China’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline has acquired the first book by Chelsea Football Club manager Jose Mourinho. The as-yet-untitled book will be a “visually sumptuous celebration” of Mourinho’s career so far. Mourinho has won eight league titles in four different European countries: in his homeland of Portugal with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperFiction has signed two new deals with writers discovered through its digital-first HarperImpulse programme. Debbie Johnson and Carmel Harrington were both originally published by HarperImpulse, which digitally published romantic fiction. Johnson has seen success with Cold Feet at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta Books has signed a non-fiction title on proposal by Lorna Gibb, looking at the concept of childlessness. The book will combine memoir, reportage and social science, and look at the condition of childlessness around the world, from stolen Aboriginal babies to the discrimination of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atlantic has signed a book on the economy from former business secretary Vince Cable, who left Parliament earlier this month after being voted out in the general election. Cable served as a Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham for nearly 20 years, and for the past five years has been business... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired an investigation into the pain industry by debut author Julia Buckley. Bea Hemming, editorial director at Weidenfeld & Nicolson, signed World English rights in Heal Me in a deal with Ed Wilson at Johnson & Alcock. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Allen Lane books have won this year’s annual Wolfson History Prize. National Service: Conscription in Britain, 1945-1963 by Richard Vinen and Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary at War, 1914-1918 by Alexander Watson were announced as the winners of the prize at a reception at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The newly-launched Scribner UK is to publish a collection of stories by Helen Ellis, the creator of the ‘American Housewife’ parody Twitter account. Clare Hey, editorial director at Simon & Schuster UK, bought UK and Commonwealth rights to American Housewife from Sandy Hodgman of Hodgman... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scott Pack has announced his latest acquisition for Aardvark Bureau. Self & I (May 2016) is a memoir by Will Self’s former personal assistant, novelist Matthew De Abaitua. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate has signed the latest book from Karl Pilkington, planned for released in summer 2016. The Worldly Wisdom of Karl Pilkington will be Pilkington's fourth book with Canongate, and will see him share his thoughts on a range of topics, from art to pollution and identity. Canongate... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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