Walker signs comedy horror MG debut by Jordan Kopy

Walker Books has signed comedy horror middle grade series Theodora Hendrix and the Monstrous League of Monsters by debut author Jordan Kopy.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-17 21:39:40 UTC ]
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William Heinemann signs two by Baume

William Heinemann has acquired two books by Sara Baume. Publisher Jason Arthur bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to Spill Simmer Falter Wither and an untitled second novel from independent Irish publisher Tramp Press via Lucy Luck of Aitken Alexander Associates. Spill Simmer... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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GCP Signs Indie Author Wild to 7-Figure Deal

In the third major deal for an indie author in the run-up to next week's London Book Fair, Grand Central's Forever imprint has inked Meredith Wild to a five-book, seven-figure deal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sony Debuts New DRM for Publishers: Digital Spotlight 2015

In recent ears, the big question surrounding digital rights management (DRM) software in publishing has been whether or not publishers should use it at all. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate signs memoir from Liptrot

Canongate has signed  memoir from Amy Liptrot, combining her recovery from alcoholism with a tribute to the natural world. The Outrun was signed by senior editor Jenny Lord in a deal for world rights with James Macdonald Lockhart at Antony Harwood Ltd. Liptrot grew up on a sheep farm on... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Davidson wins James Herbert Award for Horror Writing

Craig Davidson, writing under the pseudonym Nick Cutter, has been named the winner of the inaugural James Herbert Award for Horror Writing for his book The Troop (Headline). The award was set up in honour of the late horror writer James Herbert, and aims to discover and publicise a new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker buys picture book series from Ardagh and Elwick

Walker Books UK has snapped up a new picture book series written “in complete  collaboration” by writer Philip Ardagh and illustrator Elissa Elwick.  Deirdre McDermott, picture book publisher at Walker, acquired the world rights to four books in The Little Adventurers series.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors sign protest letter against baseline tests

Authors including Philip Pullman, Michael Rosen, John Dougherty, and Alan Gibbons have signed a letter saying baseline assessment tests should not be brought in to primary schools. The tests, to be introduced in September 2015, will take place in the first few weeks after a child starts in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viking signs Elvis Costello memoir

Penguin Random House imprint Viking is to publish Elvis Costello’s memoir this autumn. Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink will offer “unique view of his unlikely and sometimes comical rise to international success, with diversions through the previously undocumented emotional foundations... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three debut novels on Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize shortlist

Three debut novelists are in the running for the 2015 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic novels. Writer Caitlin Moran, actress Helen Lederer and Nina Stibbe have all made the shortlist for the prize, alongside Alexander McCall Smith, Irvine Welsh and Joseph O'Neill. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Portobello signs George on blood

Portobello Books has signed a project Rose George, exploring our relationship with blood. From Blood: Around the World in Nine Pints will see George looking at blood, from having her own blood analysed, to telling the story of the woman who founded the Blood Transfusion Service and the politics... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OUP makes pre-Bolonga signings

Oxford University Press has signed a host of book deals in the run-up to the Bologna Book Fair, including titles by Joel Stewart and Roland Chambers. OUP commissioning editor Peter Marley bought world rights Tiny Cops and Robbers, by Stewart, who is an illustrator who has worked with Julia... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC Children’s signs Welford and Fisher

HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired debut novels by Ross Welford and Justin Fisher. Welford’s Time Travelling with a Hamster is about a boy called Al who receives a letter from his dead dad that leads him to a time machine. Publishing director Nick Lake, who acquired world rights in a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MCB picks up YA fangirl comedy

Macmillan Children's Books (MCB) has acquired a YA comedy about a group of fangirls from debut US author Goldy Moldavsky. Kill the Boy Band is a fictional account of what happens when a group of fangirls accidentally kidnap their least favourite member of their most favourite boy band, and is... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S signs Sitwell

Simon & Schuster will publish a book by William Sitwell on how Lord Woolton kept Britain fed during the Second World War. Non-fiction publishing director Iain MacGregor acquired world rights for Eggs or Anarchy in a deal with Caroline Michel at PFD. The book looks at Woolton's time as the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debuts Top February Charts

New titles dominated the top spots on bestseller lists across international markets last month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rob Biddulph wins Waterstones ​children’s book prize 2015 with debut book Blown Away

The tale of a misplaced penguin scoops the overall prize for new and emerging authors, with Sally Green taking the teen category and Robin Stevens winning the younger fiction awardSee Rob Biddulph’s step-by-step guide to How to draw… a windy dayAn adventure story about Penguin Blue and his... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kickstarter Debuts Spotlight Showcase

The crowdfunding site has launched Spotlight, customizable presentation pages that can be used for marketing, educational or commercial purposes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viking signs collection from Piketty

Viking has pre-empted the new book by economist Thomas Piketty, author of the bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Belknap Press and Harvard University Press). Chronicles will give Piketty’s views on a variety of contemporary subjects and individuals, including the financial... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Constable signs Malcolm McLaren biography

Constable has bought a biography of Malcolm McLaren by Paul Gorman. Publishing director Andreas Campomar bought world rights to the book from Margaret Hanbury at The Hanbury Agency. The book will chart McLaren’s upbringing and experiences as an art school student in London, his opening with... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gollancz signs more from Lloyd

Gollancz is to publish two novels and two e-novellas by Tom Lloyd. Commissioning editor Marcus Gipps acquired world rights to Stranger of Tempest, Princess of Blood, and the two e-novellas from Simon Kavanagh of the Mic Cheetham Agency. Lloyd is the author of the Twilight Reign series, as well... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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