Viking pre-empts Wang's 'remarkable' memoir of undocumented childhood

Viking has pre-empted a “remarkable” memoir by lawyer Qian Julie Wang about her childhood spent in severe poverty as an undocumented Chinese immigrant in Brooklyn. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 18:57:02 UTC ]
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Sphere makes killing from Mitford Murders pre-empts

Rights to Jessica Fellowes’ debut novel The Mitford Murders (Sphere), the first in a new series of the same name, have sold in four pre-empts across Europe. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder in 24-hour pre-empt for The Intelligence Trap

Hodder & Stoughton has pre-empted The Intelligence Trap by award-winning BBC science journalist David Robson within 24 hours of submission. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut thriller Innocent Mistress to Orion in 24-hour pre-empt

Francesca Pathak, senior commissioning editor at Orion Fiction has pre-empted debut psychological thriller, The Innocent Mistress, within 24 hours of receiving the manuscript. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Melissa Cox pre-empts Wicked debut in first deal for Hodder

Editorial director Melissa Cox's first acquisition at Hodder & Stoughton is a fiction debut, The Wicked Cometh, by Laura Carlin. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber's Angel in swift debut pre-empt

Faber publisher Mitzi Angel has pre-empted a debut novel set in Trinidad and Tobago: There is Nothing for You Here by Claire Adam. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CIA analyst's debut to Transworld in 'breakneck' pre-empt

Transworld has snapped up a debut thriller authored by a CIA analyst called Need to Know in a "breakneck 24 hour" pre-emptive deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wildfire pre-empts 'spellbinding' thriller from Locke

New Headline imprint Wildfire has pre-empted "compulsive thriller" The Tall Man by Phoebe Locke. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld pre-empts The Truth Spectrum for six figures

Transworld has acquired The Truth Spectrum by Hector Macdonald in a six-figure pre-empt for publication in spring 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mantle pre-empts Australian title The Centre is Red

Mantle has pre-empted a debut novel by Australian author Holly Ringland, about a young girl who uses flowers to communicate. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six-figure US pre-empt for Piatkus' Christmas quarantine novel

North American rights to Francesca Hornak's debut Seven Days of Us (Piatkus), along with a second, untitled novel by the author, have been snapped up in a six-figure pre-empt by Berkley. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Children’s pre-empts world rights in Zurcher debut

Penguin Random House Children’s has pre-empted the world rights to Twelve Nights, the debut children’s book by Andrew Zurcher, director of studies in English at Queen’s College Cambridge. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld acquires guide to algorithms in six-figure pre-empt

Transworld has acquired an "insider's guide" to algorithms as part of a two-book deal in a pre-emptive six figure bid. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viking acquires memoir about living with MS

Viking has acquired a memoir about living with multiple sclerosis as a young father, The Inland Empire: Travels in Multiple Sclerosis by Christian Donlan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hutchinson pre-empts debut Swan Song in six-figure deal

Debut novel Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott has been acquired by Hutchinson in a six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viking to publish Olympic boxer Nicola Adams' memoir

Viking is publishing a memoir by Nicola Adams, twice Olympic and world champion boxer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape pre-empts Nicholas Hytner's debut

Jonathan Cape has pre-empted the first book from theatre and film director Nicholas Hytner, former director of the National Theatre. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W&N pre-empts 'convention-defying' Irish debut

Weidenfeld & Nicolson has pre-empted a "major" and "convention-defying" Irish debut, Restless Souls by Dan Sheehan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld snaps up Rhys in six figure pre-empt

Transworld has pre-empted two novels by Rachel Rhys, Butterflies with Broken Wings plus one other, in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperVoyager pre-empts debut trilogy Godblind

HarperVoyager has pre-empted rights to Godblind, a debut trilogy featuring strong female characters and black comedy in an intricate world. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Borough Press pre-empts fertility novel Red Clocks

The Borough Press has pre-empted rights to a novel set in a near future where reproductive rights have been revoked, called Red Clocks. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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