YA star Jarratt jumps to adult novels with Trapeze

Carnegie Medal-nominated YA author Laura Jarratt is swapping children’s books for adults, and has struck a deal with Trapeze. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Radio star Eddie Mair snapped up after five-way auction

Little, Brown is publishing Scottish broadcaster Eddie Mair's first book, plus one other, following a five-way auction.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo's Librarians' Lounge 2017: Meet YA Superstars Holly Black and Ryan Graudin

On Thursday, June 1, from 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. stop by the PW BookExpo Librarians’ Lounge (Booth 875) to the bestselling authors, courtesy of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac to publish Ronnie O'Sullivan's next novel

Pan Macmillan has poached Ronnie "The Rocket" O’Sullivan after his debut, Framed, published last year with Orion.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cash's 'beautiful and gut-wrenching' novel to Faber

Faber and Faber will publish The Last Ballad, the third novel by Wiley Cash, the winner of both the John Creasey and Gold Dagger Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McDermid, Herron and Durrant compete for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year

The shortlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year pits "Queen of Crime" Val McDermid's 30th novel against an espionage thriller by Mick Herron, as well as Chris Brookmyre's "celtic Gone Girl".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shergar-inspired novel from Clare Balding to PRH Children's

Penguin Random House Children’s will publish a sequel to Clare Balding’s debut novel, The Racehorse Who Wouldn’t Gallop, inspired by the kidnap of Derby winner Shergar. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Big Week for Adult Fiction

At outlets that report to NPD BookScan, total unit sales were 8% higher in the week ended May 14, 2017, than in the comparable week last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Graphic Novels Publisher NBM Turns 40

The indie comics publisher, founded in 1976 by a Syracuse University student, has helped shape the contemporary literary comics landscape. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Gripping' new YA from William Sutcliffe to Bloomsbury Children’s

Bloomsbury Children’s Books has acquired two Young Adult titles from William Sutcliffe. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barris Out, Souza In at BookExpo Adult Breakfast

Presidential photographer Pete Souza will replace Kenya Barris as a speaker at BookExpo's Adult Book & Author Breakfast. The switch was made after the pub date for Barris's 'This Is Basic Sh*t' was moved from this fall to spring 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gollancz pre-empts debut YA fantasy The Girl King

Gollancz has pre-empted a debut YA fantasy, The Girl King by Mimi Yu, inspired by East and North Asian histories. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Film rights to YA debut S.T.A.G.S snapped up

Feature film rights for M A Bennett’s debut YA novel S.T.A.G.S have been bought by Chernin Entertainment, ahead of its UK publication. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canelo's Cullen buys two 'major' novels for its 2017 list

Canelo has bought two “major” novels for its 2017 list including a debut thriller about a child abduction and a story about a woman whose struggle to conceive leads her to accept an “unconventional offer”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH bewitched by social media magician's middle-grade novel

Penguin Random House Children’s Publishers will publish social media magician Zach King’s first middle-grade book with an accompanying augmented reality app. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sittenfeld to write novel imagining Hillary Clinton's life without Bill

Curtis Sittenfeld will write a novel imagining Hillary Clinton’s life if she had not married Bill Clinton, for Random House. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andy Weir's new novel set on the moon

Ebury is publishing a new novel from Andy Weir, author of The Martian, about a heist set on the moon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Minette Walters pens first novel in a decade

Minette Walters has moved to Atlantic Books for her first full novel in more than a decade set in Black Death-infested medieval England. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Startling and lyrical' post-apocalyptic novel to Titan

Titan Books has signed a "startling and lyrical" novel set in a post-apocalyptic Ireland by Irish author Sarah Maria Griffin. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bill Clinton, James Patterson Team Up for Novel

'The President Is Missing,' slated for June 2018, was sold in a joint deal to Knopf and Little, Brown. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate signs 'incendiary' Yuknavitch novel

Canongate is to publish a "brilliant and incendiary" novel by Lidia Yuknavitch, a US writer previously unpublished in the UK, titled The Book of Joan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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