Bloomsbury has signed a global deal for the next novel by William Boyd, titled Sweet Caress. Editor in chief Alexandra Pringle signed world English rights, excluding Canada, on behalf of Bloomsbury UK and US in a deal with Jonny Geller at Curtis Brown and Amanda Urban at ICM. The book will be published in the UK and US in September 2015. Pringle said: "We are absolutely thrilled to be publishing Sweet Caress on both sides of the Atlantic. We couldn't be more ambitious for this, William Boyd's most beautiful, daring and enthralling novel to date." Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Frontier Publishing has signed Jump for the Stars, the debut picture book from TV presenter and model Vogue Williams, illustrated by Tilia Rand-Bell. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The University of Wales Press, which is gearing up to toast its centenary in 2022, has two titles celebrating the landmark and plans to launch a ‘start-up’ from within its operations. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-26 05:37:28 UTC ]
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Michael Holding and Rob Burrow feature in the shortlist for this year's £30,000 prize for William Hill Sports Book of the Year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-27 16:44:38 UTC ]
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The novel investigates timely themes — loneliness, grief — in a rich, mesmerizing narrative. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-19 12:06:05 UTC ]
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William Collins has landed a new history on the Interregnum period by Anna Keay, the director of the Landmark Trust, a charity which rescues buildings of historic interest or architectural merit and then makes them available for holiday rental. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-17 19:09:49 UTC ]
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William Collins has landed a book by environmental campaigner Guy Shrubsole looking at Britain's lost rainforests. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-08 15:11:28 UTC ]
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Helena Merriman tells how a passage to freedom was dug under the Berlin Wall in 1962. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-09-24 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Williams’s urgent novel takes place on the shore of a rotting lake, where a group of eco-warriors has gathered. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-09-23 13:46:54 UTC ]
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On Sunday night, I May Destroy You showrunner Michaela Coel won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. In the context of yet another melanin-deficient awards show that had people tweeting #EmmysSoWhite, it was refreshing (and simultaneously frustrating) that... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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From the acclaimed author of novels and short stories, 'Harrow' is a magnificent, moving story about people picking up the pieces of apocalypse. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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PW talks with author and musician Deanna Witkowski about why Williams turned to Catholicism and how she created a soulful synergy of jazz and liturgical music. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The shortlist for the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding has been revealed with William Collins titles making up half the nominated books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-06 23:47:10 UTC ]
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Channel 4 has commissioned Candice Carty-Williams to create a drama series based on her hit novel Queenie (Trapeze). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-24 10:55:19 UTC ]
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Though his novels and short stories — published over six decades, beginning in 1934 — are set in an older, more decorous America, he grapples with themes that feel shockingly contemporary. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-08-23 17:02:39 UTC ]
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“No writer’s life is pain free,” Diane Williams says early one morning while discussing her forthcoming book of stories, How High?—That High. “Marketing aside, just doing the work is so punishing. It’s an athletic ordeal on every level.” Williams is speaking via Zoom from her apartment on... Continue reading at The Millions
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Today, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced that Joy Williams will receive the 2021 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, which honors an American writer whose body of work is distinguished for both its mastery and originality of thought and imagination. Williams, a previous... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Gerald Marzorati’s new book covers Williams’s tennis career, fashion aspirations, family life and social media presence. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-06-16 15:44:05 UTC ]
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The teenage protagonist in J. William Lewis’s debut novel, The Essence of Nathan Biddle, seeks to answer life’s biggest questions. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Williams Collins has pre-empted a memoir by political columnist and commentator Daniel Finkelstein uncovering his family’s devastating experiences of persecution during the Second World War. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-05 16:01:10 UTC ]
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In her first solo book, the former member of Destiny’s Child opens up about suicidal thoughts, clinical depression, faith, and the power of “checking in.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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