Annual Archives: 2020

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  10th December 2020

  Icon to publish new non-fiction titles from Dr Alice Vernon and Dr James Riley

  Icon will publish two books by Watson, Little clients. NIGHT TERRORS, a debut title by Dr Alice Vernon, who investigates the world of nightmares, hallucinations and... more »

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  7th December 2020

  BBC Studios options Ajay Chowdhury’s prize-winning debut, THE WAITER

  BBC Studios has optioned TV rights for THE WAITER by Ajay Chowdhury, winner of the Harvill Secker Crime Writing Competition in association with Bloody Scotland.... more »

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  2nd October 2020

  Headline Review scoops Freya Berry’s ‘electrifying’ debut at auction

  Headline Review will publish Freya Berry’s debut novel, The Dictator’s Wife, as a lead hardback launch in 2022. Editorial director Sherise Hobbs acquired world rights at... more »

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  27th August 2020

  Trio of Khan titles go to MCB and Walker

  Two titles by writer and activist Hiba Noor Khan have been snapped up by Macmillan Children’s Books, with a third going to Walker. Watson Little agent... more »

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  19th August 2020

  Farrago signs debut ‘rom-com with a twist’ by Lee Farnsworth

  Farrago, Duckworth Books’ fiction imprint, has acquired Lee Farnsworth’s debut novel Odd Bird. Editor-at-large Abbie Headon bought world English language rights from James Wills at Watson,... more »

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  27th July 2020

  Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher pens new book for Transworld

  Transworld has acquired a new book by former Liverpool FC defender and Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher, The Greatest Games. Editorial director Henry Vines acquired world rights... more »

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  17th July 2020

  Have a burning history question? Ask Greg Jenner for his new book ASK A HISTORIAN!

  Weidenfeld & Nicolson have commissioned public historian, author and podcaster Greg Jenner to write a book answering the funniest, most unique and curious questions he... more »

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  29th June 2020

  Sophie Claire signs up for three more with Hodder & Stoughton

  Hodder & Stoughton has signed a deal for three more books from Sophie Claire. Women’s fiction publisher Kimberley Atkins acquired world rights from Megan Carroll. The... more »

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  14th May 2020

  Lime Pictures TV option for WATER SHALL REFUSE THEM by Lucie McKnight Hardy

  Dead Ink Books are pleased to announce that they have optioned the right to Lucie McKnight Hardy’s debut novel, WATER SHALL REFUSE THEM, to Lime... more »

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  3rd March 2020

  Short Books snaps up Holan Liang’s A Manifesto For Belonging in pre-empt

  Short Books will publish A Manifesto for Belonging: How to Find your Place in a Fractured World by child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr Holan Liang.... more »

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  27th February 2020

  Martin Edwards wins 2020 Diamond Dagger award for crime writing

  Martin Edwards has won the 2020 Diamond Dagger award for writers of “sustained excellence making significant contributions to crime writing”. Edwards joins authors recognised with... more »