Virago Modern Classics bags Gayl Jones 1975 debut 'masterpiece'

Virago Modern Classics has bagged the “searing” first novel from Gayl Jones, hailed as a masterpiece on its initial publication in 1975. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago wins Spindler's debut

Virago has won an auction for journalist and documentary filmmaker Susan Spindler's first novel, Surrogate. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-04 20:31:25 UTC ]
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Legend bags 'stunning' debut from Mustafah

Legend Press has bagged Sahar Mustafah’s "stunning" debut novel charting the background to a shooting at an Islamic school in Chicago. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-03 17:48:49 UTC ]
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Avon bags 'glorious' Doyle debut in two-book deal

Avon Books has bagged the "glorious" debut from Liverpool actress and writer Hayley Doyle in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-26 02:53:15 UTC ]
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Liz Jones comic debut on eating disorders goes to Matthew James

Former Marie Claire editor-in-chief and Mail on Sunday columnist Liz Jones will release her eating disorder-inspired debut comic novel next year, released by Matthew James Publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-25 06:52:00 UTC ]
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Myriad bags graphic novels from Williams and Slattery as it launches debut author contest

Myriad Editions has bagged a pair of "graphic medicine" books from Ian Williams and Zara Slattery, as the publisher launches its 2020 Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-07 01:44:47 UTC ]
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Masterchef champion Tzortzoglou's debut cookbook bagged by Headline

Headline Home has bagged the "stunning" debut cookbook from 2019 Masterchef champion Irini Tzortzoglou. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-30 16:50:55 UTC ]
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Legend bags 'warm and poignant' Morrall debut

Legend Press has bagged a “warm and poignant” debut novel exploring identity, race and mental illness by writer and painter Alex Morrall. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-22 16:25:02 UTC ]
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OUP signs Naomi and James Jones' debut picture book in five-figure deal

Oxford University Press has signed husband-and-wife team Naomi and James Jones' debut picture book in a five-figure deal.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 08:36:11 UTC ]
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Virago buys 'breathtaking' debut from Lin

Virago has bought the “breathtaking” debut by Chia-Chia Lin about a grieving Taiwanese family living in Alaska. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-07 17:03:02 UTC ]
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Coronet bags book on queer culture from Daisy Jones

Coronet has bagged a book about modern queer culture from “dazzlingly smart” Vice associate editor Daisy Jones. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-04 01:23:34 UTC ]
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Quercus bags 'riveting' modern gothic from Wynne

Quercus has bagged a “riveting” modern gothic debut set in an elite all-girls boarding school by Phoebe Wynne in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-01 21:11:58 UTC ]
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Orion bags Faber Academy graduate’s debut

Orion has snapped up rights to Faber Academy graduate Rebecca Ley's "achingly sad" debut.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-26 04:02:20 UTC ]
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Zaffre bags 'timely' reality show novel from debut author Acton

Zaffre has bagged an "unbelievably timely" debut novel from Helly Acton, which has already been optioned for TV, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-14 12:23:54 UTC ]
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H&S bags 'captivating' Downes debut in two-book deal

Hodder & Stoughton has bagged the "captivating" debut thriller from Anna Downes in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-27 16:28:07 UTC ]
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Headline bags Buxton debut on foul-mouthed crow's battle to save humanity

Headline has bagged the “uniquely hilarious” debut novel from Kira Jane Buxton about a “foul-mouthed” crow’s battle to save humanity from extinction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-21 11:35:07 UTC ]
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Tor bags Larkwood debut in three-book deal

Pan Macmillan’s Tor imprint has signed a three-book deal with debut fantasy author A.K. Larkwood. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Zayed Book Award’s Cultural Personalities 2019: Bridging Classical and Modern Arabic

Two of the foremost scholars and researchers in Arabic literature are a couple. And Suzanne and Jaroslav Stetkevych's designation as 2019 Sheikh Zayed Book Award 'Cultural Personalities of the Year' revives an Arabic tradition of honoring families' accomplishments. The post The Zayed Book... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Modern Library Launches Series of Classics Penned by Women

The Modern Library Torchbearers series is an ongoing collection of trade paperbacks meant to "honor a more inclusive vision of classic books" beginning this May. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette launching Essentials modern classics series

Hachette is launching its first ever modern classics list for its international markets, featuring titles from Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell and Sarah Waters among others. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion bags Quinn debut on England's smallest man at auction

Orion Fiction has bagged the author Frances Quinn's debut novel at auction, telling the story of England’s smallest man. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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