Viking's Mount buys 'incredible' debut

Viking has acquired an “incredible debut work of fiction” by an Australian writer. Publisher Mary Mount bought world rights, excluding Australia New Zealand, to Abigail Ulman’s Hot Little Hands from Peter Straus at Rogers, Coleridge and White. Mount said: “Abigail Ulman’s work is tender, disturbing, full of wit and acutely observed. At its heart is the story of girlhood: the fragile line between childhood and the adult world.” Penguin Australia has just published the novel, with Viking set to publish in 2016.   Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Trapeze has pre-empted UK and Commonwealth rights for Blood Sugar, the debut novel from Emmy-nominated screenwriter Sascha Rothchild. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Scholastic snaps up 12-year-old documentary star's debut

Scholastic has snapped up the debut middle-grade novel of 12-year-old Cara Mailey, in the same week as a BBC One documentary airs about her and her family. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Orbit bags Emily Tesh's 'epic and intimate' debut novel

Little, Brown science fiction and fantasy imprint Orbit has snapped up fantasy author Emily Tesh's "phenomenal" debut novel, Some Desperate Glory. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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404 Ink 'strikes jackpot' with music writer's fiction debut

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And Other Stories acquires West's 'grimly hilarious' debut

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Canelo clinches Sowden's 'bewitching' debut thriller

Canelo will publish Curtis Brown graduate Stephanie Sowden’s debut, billed as “Girl A (HarperCollins) meets The Girls (Vintage)”.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Who's Buying All These New Trump Books, Anyway?

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Icon bags Eloise's 'refreshing' debut on life with OCD and autism

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Allison & Busby has acquired the "rich and haunting" debut novel The Porcelain Doll by Kristen Loesch. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Pan Mac signs Spencer's 'joyful' debut novel in two-book deal

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Faulkner's 'heartwarming' debut goes to Sphere

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Bloomsbury bags Croucher's queer medieval YA debut

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HarperNorth acquires journalist Bright's 'timely' debut on regional equality

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Independent publisher OWN IT! is to publish Sean Godfrey's "magnetic" coming of age debut novel, A Brown Girl in the Ring. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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HarperCollins buys three crime novels from McTiernan in seven-figure deal

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Tencent to buy British video game studio Sumo for $1.27 billion

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