Trotter's 'clever and subversive' debut to Granta

Granta Books is to publish Muscle, a "very clever and subversive" debut novel by Canongate's Alan Trotter. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline grabs high concept thriller debut

Headline Publishing Group has bought an "emotionally charged thriller", Jump, from Toronto-based journalist Samantha Bailey. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thames & Hudson aims for the stars with Kellock's prize-winning debut

Thames & Hudson will publish the debut picture book, The Star in the Forest, by Glasgow-based author and illustrator Helen Kellock. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ scoops film-maker's 'emotional' debut

HQ has acquired the debut novel Love & Other Things to Live For, described as being perfect for fans of Sally Rooney and Dolly Alderton, by film-maker Louise Leverett. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walters takes on Brownlow's debut novel

Louise Walters has signed a “heart-breaking” children’s novel, The Naseby Horses, from debut author Dominic Brownlow, a year after founding her own publishing company. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Doubleday bags 'heart-wrenching' debut Shelf Life in 'speedy' pre-empt

Doubleday has pre-empted a debut novel from Tuscan writer and translator Livia Franchini, hailed "an exquisite, heart-wrenching story of a woman rebuilding herself on her own terms". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Àbíké-Íyímídé exposes racism in 'explosive' debut novel

Usborne has acquired an "explosive" high-school thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé that examines institutionalised racism. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NatGeo Debuts an Almanac for Adults

On October 23, National Geographic Books published 'Almanac 2019,' a 400-page trade paperback aimed at adults that is modeled after its successful children’s almanac. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta unveils bookshops' Share a Pint campaign

Around 20 bookshops are partnering with Granta, author Rose George and the NHS to encourage the public to give blood through the ‘Share a Pint campaign’. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OUP Children’s signs debut MG author Julie Pike

Oxford University Press (OUP) Children’s has acquired The Last Spell Breather, a middle-grade fantasy, by debut author Julie Pike. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut novel from Costa-winning Luan Goldie to HQ

The debut novel from last year’s Costa Short Story Award winner Luan Goldie will be published by HQ. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Toon's 'outstanding' debut goes to Doubleday

Sceptre editor Francine Toon has written an "outstanding gothic thriller" debut, Pine, to be published by Doubleday. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five debut collections on T S Eliot Prize shortlist

Debut collections by poets Zaffar Kunial, Fiona Moore, Phoebe Power, RIchard Scott and Hannah Sullivan all feature on the shortlist for this year's T S Eliot Prize (£25,000). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Lumberjanes’ First Original Graphic Novel Debuts

'The Infernal Compass' by Lilah Sturges and polterink, is the first original graphic novel in Boom! Studios' popular Lumberjanes series and focuses on the budding queer romance between campers Molly and Mal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arctic Circle Publishing: Inhabit Media Makes Its Frankfurt Debut

Deciding to open foreign rights sales as 'something we needed to do for our authors,' the Inuit-owned publishing house Inhabit Media has staged its arrival at Frankfurter Buchmesse, on the ramp up to Canada's stint as Guest of Honor in 2020. The post Arctic Circle Publishing: Inhabit Media Makes... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anappara debut goes in 14 territories

The debut novel from Deepa Anappara, which sparked a flurry of excitement over Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF), has now secured 14 international territories. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HCG signs fantasy series by debut author Bex Hogan

Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired a three-book fantasy set on the high seas by debut author Bex Hogan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hutchinson pre-empts historical debut 'The Remaking of Clara Falkenberg'

Hutchinson has pre-empted world rights in The Remaking of Clara Falkenberg, a historical novel by debut writer Anika Scott. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut author Simon Mockler signs with Piccadilly Press

Piccadilly Press, part of Bonnier Zaffre, has acquired a humorous young fiction series by debut author Simon Mockler. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MJ signs CBC graduate's debut

Michael Joseph has signed Rachel Marks’ "uplifting" and "powerful" debut novel, The Spark, about an unlikely pair brought together by anger management classes. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline wins four-way auction to publish Nicholls debut

Headline has won a four-way auction to publish scriptwriter Owen Nicholls' debut, a love story peppered with film references called Love, Unscripted. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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