William Collins pre-empts 'radical' Dalrymple debut on Indian independence

William Collins has snapped up a “radical” new assessment of Indian independence from debut author Sam Dalrymple in a pre-emptive co-publication deal with HarperCollins India. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-06 19:12:38 UTC ]
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Debuts and father-daughter pair revealed in Bloomsbury's spring lists

Debut novelist Leila Mottley and Orange Bakery founders Kitty and Al Tait are among the authors set to dazzle at Bloomsbury next spring.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-23 01:00:19 UTC ]
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Piatkus signs Forsythe's 'astonishingly relevant' rom-com debut

Piatkus has signed The Fixer Upper, a romantic comedy debut from Lauren Forsythe, billed as "the perfect blend of funny and emotional". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-14 07:41:34 UTC ]
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Hodder bags Burr's 'stunningly written' debut in two-book deal

Hodder & Stoughton has bagged two crime novels by Australian writer Shelley Burr, including her debut Wake.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-14 03:48:01 UTC ]
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Picador wins four-way auction for Patterson debut collection

Picador has won a four-way auction for the “meditative and powerful” debut collection by poet James Conor Patterson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-14 01:12:14 UTC ]
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Pan Mac snaps up ex-lawyer Murphy's debut in two-book deal

Pan Macmillan has snapped up two books from debut author and former family lawyer Nora Murphy. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-12 17:22:46 UTC ]
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Orbit wins three-way auction for Lee's debut contemporary fantasy

Little, Brown imprint Orbit has won a three-way auction for two novels from Thomas D Lee, including his debut Perilous Times.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-09 22:54:38 UTC ]
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HCG triumphs at auction for Faturoti's middle-grade debut

Hachette Children's Group has won a three-way auction for Sadé and Her Shadow Beasts, an illustrated middle grade novel about grief and the healing power of imagination from Rachel Faturoti, plus two other titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-09 14:32:54 UTC ]
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Abell's crime fiction debut goes to HarperCollins in three-book deal

Journalist Stig Abell has signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins, including his crime fiction debut and one non-fiction title. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-07 18:18:52 UTC ]
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Review: Joy Williams' first novel in decades is an astonishing end-times parable

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

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-09-07 13:00:01 UTC ]
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Jazz Legend Mary Lou Williams’ Mass Appeal

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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Hachette picks up the Supervet's 'brilliant' children's debut

Hachette Children’s Group has acquired the first children's book from Noel Fitzpatrick, star of Channel 4's "The Supervet". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-01 11:38:57 UTC ]
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Solaris scoops Wood's cyberpunk debut

Solaris has landed Aubrey Wood's "edgy" debut novel Bang Bang Bodhisattva, a comic science fiction mystery. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-31 10:17:52 UTC ]
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Serpent's Tail bags Jayan's 'bittersweet' debut

Serpent's Tail will publish a "bittersweet comedy" about class, sex and the internet by 25-year-old Indian debut novelist Aravind Jayan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-31 06:38:49 UTC ]
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Granta triumphs in five-way auction for Metcalfe's debut novel

Granta Books has won a five-way auction for Anna Metcalfe’s debut novel, Chrysalis. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-31 05:13:40 UTC ]
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Transworld scoops debut novel by Unmumsy Mum in six-figure deal

Transworld has scooped a "joyful and emotional" debut novel by author and blogger Sarah Turner, also known as The Unmumsy Mum, in a six-figure, two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-26 01:27:52 UTC ]
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Old Barn Books scoops Fuller's 'powerful' debut

Old Barn Books will publish author Lisa Fuller's "powerful" YA debut Ghost Bird in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-25 13:08:09 UTC ]
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New indie bookshop nods to Bristol's 'radical past and present'

A new independent bookshop which nods to Bristol’s “radical past and present” has opened in the city’s Harbourside area, near where Edward Colston's statue was brought down last year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-25 11:33:12 UTC ]
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Carty-Williams to create Queenie drama series for Channel 4

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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In William Maxwell’s Fiction, a Vivid, Varied Tableau of Midwestern Life

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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