Terry Pratchett's City Watch series, an eight-strong subset of the late author's 41 Discworld books, is being adapted by BBC Studios for a new television series called "The Watch". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Pratchett is the author of such works as 'Wyrd Sisters,' 'Night Watch,' and 'The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.' He was knighted in 2009 and was the bestselling author in the United Kingdom in the 1990s. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Award-winning British fantasy author Terry Pratchett, creator of more than 70 books, including the long-running Discworld series, died on March 12 at his home following complications from a chest infection. He was 66. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Police detective Harry Bosch is the protagonist in Michael Connelly's series, the most recent installment of which is 'The Burning Room.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Richard Preston's book 'The Hot Zone' was published in 1994 and tells the story of Ebola appearing in a lab in Washington D.C. Now it's back on bestseller lists and it could be adapted as a TV series. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Lynch, who stars on the TV series 'Glee,' will co-write a story about a little girl who enjoys bullying others until someone takes her on. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Sprout Pictures, the independent film and TV company run by Stephen Fry, has optioned James... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Terry Pratchett has won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction after being... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Transworld is pulling out all the stops for one of its biggest stars, Terry Pratchett, as a busy... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The longlist for the Orwell Prize for political writing has been announced, with late author... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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HarperCollins has acquired a memoir by choirmaster and star of TV series "The Choir",... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Philip Stone and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 28/10/2011 - 09:00 The Booksellers Association has said retailers must respect publishers' embargoed release dates, after it emerged pre-embargo sales of Martina Cole's The Faithless (Headline) cost her the number one spot... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 21/10/2011 - 12:08 Chatto & Windus has acquired a new book by "Domestic Goddess" Nigella Lawson, whipping up rights in Nigellissima: Italian Express. Publishing director Clara Farmer bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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