William Collins snaps up Letters to the Earth

William Collins has acquired a collection of letters from contributors including Yoko Ono, Mark Rylance and Green MP Caroline Lucas urgently responding to the climate crisis.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-12 13:23:26 UTC ]
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Mensch snaps up Waldegrave's 'clear-eyed analysis' of post-Brexit referendum Britain

Indie publisher Mensch will publish William Waldegrave's analysis of post-Brexit referendum Britain next month.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-13 09:41:25 UTC ]
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Walker snaps up Malamander sequel in six-figure deal

Walker Books has triumphed in an eight-way auction to publish the follow up to Malamander by Thomas Taylor in a six-figure deal.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-12 07:54:33 UTC ]
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Letter: Cecil Woolf was generous and sociable

Cecil Woolf was indeed generous and sociable. Two years ago I visited his home and publishing headquarters off Mornington Crescent in north London, to buy some Bloomsbury Heritage monographs while researching my book Virginia Woolf at Home, on the houses she knew in London, Cornwall and Sussex.I... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-08-11 16:09:37 UTC ]
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Firebird Pictures snaps up TV rights for Reynolds debut Shiver

Allie Reynolds’ sought after thriller Shiver (Headline) has been snapped up by Firebird Pictures for adaptation into a TV series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-09 13:20:31 UTC ]
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Hill, Carty-Williams and Malcolm get h100 nods

Usborne fiction editorial director Rebecca Hill, author Candice Carty-Williams and Claire Malcolm, chief executive of New Writing North, have all been nominated for the h100 Awards, run by Covent Garden private members’ club, h Club. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-07 08:04:32 UTC ]
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Hotly-tipped Fleabag scripts snapped up by Sceptre in eight-way auction

Sceptre has triumphed in an eight-way bidding war to win the highly anticipated Fleabag: Scriptures, the book of the BBC comedy series by its creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge, The Bookseller can reveal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-06 15:22:55 UTC ]
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Orion snaps up police series from de Lange

Orion Fiction has snapped up a new police procedural thriller series from Louisa de Lange. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-05 03:59:49 UTC ]
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W F Howes snaps up audio for new trilogy from L J Ross

Audiobook and large-print publisher W F Howes has acquired the Dr Alexander Gregory trilogy by self-published author Louise Ross. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-04 18:27:22 UTC ]
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Quercus snaps up Brathwaite's 'inspirational' guide to black motherhood

Quercus has snapped up an “urgent and inspirational” guide to life as a black mother from Candice Brathwaite. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-04 15:40:35 UTC ]
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Snap Inc. Poaches P&G’s Craig Stimmel for Its Global Head of Brand Role

Snap Inc. turned to the consumer-packaged-goods sector to fill its new global head of brand role, tapping Procter & Gamble head of digital media and global partnerships Craig Stimmel. Stimmel revealed that he was leaving P&G in a LinkedIn post earlier this week, but he did not indicate... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2019-08-02 18:24:30 UTC ]
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Hodder lands Williams audio guide to life curation

Hodder & Stoughton has landed a "brilliantly funny" non-fiction audio project from Laura Jane Williams based on her cult Instagram stories and online columns. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-02 01:38:05 UTC ]
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Pan Mac snaps up British Superbike star Shane 'Shakey' Byrne's memoir in three-publisher auction

Pan Macmillan has snapped up the autobiography of Shane "Shakey" Byrne, the most successful British Superbike Championship rider in history, in a three-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-01 00:46:31 UTC ]
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Black & White snaps up vegan lifestyle book from YouTuber Stefanie Moir

Black & White has snapped up YouTube and Instagram influencer Stefanie Moir's debut book.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-31 08:01:55 UTC ]
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HQ snaps up 'modern-day Cinderella tale' from Sophia Money-Coutts

HarperCollins will publish two new titles by journalist and author Sophia Money-Coutts. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-30 08:09:25 UTC ]
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4th Estate snaps up Bernie Marsden's memoir

HarperCollins imprint 4th Estate will publish Whitesnake musician Bernie Marsden's memoir in November 2019.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-30 07:38:39 UTC ]
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Puffin snaps up previously unpublished Dr Seuss title

Puffin Books has snapped up the UK and Commonwealth rights to a previously unpublished Dr Suess book about art history. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 20:05:57 UTC ]
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Allen Lane snaps up Antonio Padilla debut in seven-hour pre-empt

YouTube star and professor Antonio Padilla’s debut on extraordinary numbers has gone to Allen Lane in a "significant" seven hour pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 02:40:55 UTC ]
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Canongate snaps up Ziya Tong’s book on the 'reality bubble'

Canongate will publish Canadian science broadcaster Ziya Tong’s book on “10 of humanity’s biggest blind spots”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-25 02:42:06 UTC ]
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‘Dr. Zeus’ and ‘Mo Williams’? Sigh. (shelftalker)

The persistent mispronunciations of some authors’ names boggle a bookseller’s brain. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-23 11:30:12 UTC ]
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Boris Johnson urged to support creative industries in open letter

Boris Johnson has been urged to support a second EU referendum rather than a no-deal Brexit in order to support the UK's creative industries and protect the sector's public investment, just hours after he was elected leader of the Conservative Party.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-23 11:05:44 UTC ]
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