Virgin acquires Francesca Martinez debut

Virgin Books has bought What the F**k is Normal?, a first book by comedian Francesca Martinez.... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray bags bestselling debut Black Buck

John Murray has won a publisher auction to publish the New York Times bestseller Black Buck, a satirical debut by Mateo Askaripour on race and ambition in office culture. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-29 00:33:38 UTC ]
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S&S signs Soon Wiley's debut novel

Simon and Schuster UK is to publish debut author Soon Wiley's "wonderfully layered" novel When We Fell Apart.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-28 17:40:14 UTC ]
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Coronet acquires Morley's 'in-depth and candid' account of Nilsen interviews

Coronet, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, will publish an inside account by former investigative journalist Michael Morley of his interviews with serial killer Dennis Nilsen.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-28 03:07:38 UTC ]
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Shamrock Capital Acquires Bayard Advertising

Shamrock Capital, the parent company of Adweek, has acquired New York-based Bayard Advertising, which specializes in recruitment marketing. Founded in 1923, on Bayard Street in Lower Manhattan, Bayard offers a suite of services, including branding, creative, digital media strategy, programmatic... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2021-01-27 23:07:08 UTC ]
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W&N bags debut novel from comedian Isy Suttie

Weidenfeld & Nicolson is publishing the debut novel of comedian, actress and writer Isy Suttie, Jane is Trying, in July. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-27 11:15:14 UTC ]
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Atlantic Books acquires ‘dazzlingly original’ guide to fandom in politics

Atlantic Books has acquired I Heart Politics: Why Fandom Explains What's Really Going On, Phoenix C S Andrews’ "dazzlingly original" guide to fandom in politics.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-27 03:40:54 UTC ]
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Hachette Children's acquires Hill's 'myth-busting and celebratory' guide to periods

Hachette Children’s Group has secured the rights to My Period: Find Your Flow and Feel Period Positive!, the "one-stop positive guide to getting your period" from author and journalist Milli Hill. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-26 11:34:50 UTC ]
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Headline Review acquires two from Babalola in 'whirlwind' pre-empt

Headline Review has acquired Honey & Spice plus one more novel by Bolu Babalola, author of story collection Love in Colour (Headline, 2020).  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-25 14:45:57 UTC ]
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Girl A: Abigail Dean on her shocking debut novel that's taking the book world by storm

Has this Google lawyer written the book of the year? The part-time author talks about the inspiration for her thriller about siblings who flee abusive parents and their ‘house of horror’Abigail Dean was about to turn 30 when she suddenly realised that her job as a lawyer was using up all the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-01-25 06:00:07 UTC ]
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W&N acquires 'wildly inventive' novel from Cherie Dimaline

Weidenfeld & Nicolson will publish Empire of Wild by Canadian indigenous writer Cherie Dimaline on 1st April 2021.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-22 10:24:01 UTC ]
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Sphere triumphs at auction for 'joyous' Simon debut

Sphere will publish Christine Simon's debut novel The Patron Saint of Second Chances in 2022.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-22 05:08:20 UTC ]
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Walker Books acquires non-fiction from Rolle and Owusu

Walker Books has acquired a non-fiction title from Rudimental band member Leon “Locksmith” Rolle and author Derek Owusu.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-22 04:26:28 UTC ]
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Onwe acquires books from Ferguson and Herd

Indie publisher Onwe has acquired Rab Ferguson’s middle-grade novel, The Late Crew, and a contemporary debut novel, See My Smile, by Mike Herd (pictured).  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-22 01:44:07 UTC ]
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Record nine debuts make the Dylan Thomas Prize longlist

A record nine debut writers have made the longlist for the £20,000 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize, including Raven Leilani, Naoise Dolan and Gabriel Krauze. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 15:36:22 UTC ]
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Canongate acquires story collection from John Edgar Wideman

Canongate is to publish a set of stories from US writer John Edgar Wideman, 40 years after the author released his first collection.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 14:47:16 UTC ]
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Aster acquires insomnia memoir by journalist Miranda Levy

Aster, part of Octopus Publishing Group, has acquired The Insomnia Diaries: How I Learned to Sleep Again by journalist Miranda Levy. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 14:19:20 UTC ]
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Naver acquires Wattpad for over $600m

Korean internet giant Naver is to buy Wattpad for stock and cash, valuing the company at over $600m.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 10:34:27 UTC ]
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Fairlight to publish debut short story collection from Lynda Clark

Fairlight Books has acquired world rights to Lynda Clark’s debut short story collection Dreaming in Quantum and Other Stories. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-19 04:48:26 UTC ]
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McCulloch's mountain thriller debut to PMJ in six-way auction

Penguin Michael Joseph has acquired a "unique" and "chilling" debut thriller, Breathless, from mountaineer and former Puffin editor Amy McCulloch, in a two-book deal, following a six-way auction.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-18 19:05:59 UTC ]
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Hodder to publish debut The Pharmacist

Hodder & Stoughton has snapped up Rachelle Atalla’s debut novel The Pharmacist, as well as a second novel by the author. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-18 05:33:58 UTC ]
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