Rights to T S Eliot Prize winner Ocean Vuong’s debut novel have been snapped up around the world, with Jonathan Cape clinching rights to publish it in the UK. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster UK has signed a two-book deal for a "sizzling" debut police procedural by Waterstones Sheffield event manager Russ Thomas. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut author Lara Prescott’s novel has now been sold into 20 territories, weeks after securing a £1.5m advance for her Doctor Zhivago-inspired tale. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Palazzo Editions is publishing a children’s picture book of Brian Bilston’s poem 'Refugees' after signing world rights from Unbound. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion has pre-empted an "uplit" debut from Headline non-fiction editor Richard Roper in a "major" six-figure deal within 48 hours of submission. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An American debut author has secured a £1.5m advance for her "sensational" historical novel, with Hutchinson winning the UK rights after a 12-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Fickling Books is to publish the first children’s novel by Chris Wormell, the illustator of the covers for Philip Pullman's La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust – Volume One. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to Full Disclosure, a “powerful” YA novel by 18-year-old debut author Camryn Garrett. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber has won a "dark and gripping" debut exploring the complex dynamic between a patient and a therapist after a five-way heated auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ has bought a "powerful feminist dystopia" by linguistics academic Christina Dalcher, billed as "The Handmaid’s Tale meets The Power", in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Usborne has acquired three books by debut author P G Bell in what has been described as the publisher's “most significant acquisition to date”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scout Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster US, will publish the debut short story collection of Kristen Roupenian, the author of "Cat Person" in America. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following her viral short story hit, Kristen Roupenian’s You Know You Want This has been sold to Cape in the UK, with the US auction said to be topping $1mKristen Roupenian, whose short story about a relationship turned sour, Cat Person, set the internet on fire last week, has sold her debut... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Toni Terry, the wife of footballer John Terry, has signed a deal for her debut fitness book, The Buddy Workout, publishing on 28th December 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agent Sam Copeland has scooped a three-book deal for six figures with Puffin for his debut middle grade series Charlie Changes Into a Chicken. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere has won an auction for debut thriller writer Vanessa Savage in a six-figure deal for two books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury Publishing imprint Del Rey is set to publish an original series of books inspired by the hit Netflix original show "Black Mirror", edited by its creator Charlie Brooker. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debutant Elisabeth Norebäck has racked up at least 10 international deals for her debut psychological thriller In My Blood ahead of the London Book Fair, with world English rights pre-empted by Penguin Random House US. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Editorial director Melissa Cox's first acquisition at Hodder & Stoughton is a fiction debut, The Wicked Cometh, by Laura Carlin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Molly Flatt, associate editor for FutureBook and digital editor for Phoenix magazine, is publishing a debut novel, set between the cafés of Shoreditch and the wilds of Orkney, with Pan Macmillan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two fantasy series—one YA, and one adult—that sold in high six figure deals just before the Frankfurt Book Fair are drawing notice from foreign houses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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