Annual Archives: 2022

28th November 2022

The Watson, Little x Indie Novella Prize

We are absolutely delighted to have teamed up with writers’ forum Indie Novella for a new version of the Watson, Little Prize in 2023. The prize... more »
15th November 2022

Footnote Press signs exploration of queer single motherhood by Hannah Silva

Writer and performer Hannah Silva’s “genre-fluid memoir that questions what it is to write, to parent and to love”, entitled My Child, the Algorithm, has been... more »
31st October 2022

Simon & Schuster/Gallery buys rights in SEVENTEEN by Joe Gibson

Gallery has signed SEVENTEEN, an “achingly poignant” memoir written under the pseudonym Joe Gibson. Commissioning editor Alison MacDonald acquired World English Language rights from Donald... more »
17th October 2022

Cornerstone Press buys rights in THE SOCIAL BRAIN

The Social Brain: The Psychology of Successful Groups by Tracey Camilleri, Samantha Rockey and Robin Dunbar has been signed by Cornerstone Press/PenguinRandomHouse, for publication in... more »
7th October 2022

Jones, Kinnear and Clifford join starry cast to read Moore’s audiobook

Actors including Toby Jones, Rory Kinnear, Sian Clifford and Emilia Fox are among those who will be recording the audiobook of Alan Moore’s Illuminations (Bloomsbury). In his... more »
30th September 2022

HQ snaps up two books from Blackhurst, writing as J L Blackhurst

HQ has snapped up two books from Jenny Blackhurst, writing under J L Blackhurst. Cicely Aspinall, senior commissioning editor, acquired world English language rights from... more »
24th August 2022

Pan Mac lands ‘hilarious’ autobiography from football reporter Shreeves

Matthew Cole, senior commissioning editor at Pan Macmillan has landed Geoff Shreeves’ “wildly entertaining” autobiography Cheers, Geoff! Tales from the Touchline. Cole acquired world rights... more »
28th July 2022

Alice Bell’s OUR BIGGEST EXPERIMENT shortlisted for Wainwright Prize

Congratulations to Alice Bell, whose OUR BIGGEST EXPERIMENT (Bloomsbury Sigma) has been shortlisted for the 2002 James Cropper Wainwright Prize! Named after much-loved nature writer... more »
29th June 2022

KEEPING THE HOUSE longlisted for Gordon Burn Prize 2022

Congratulations to Tice Cin, who has added the Gordon Burn Prize longlist to a slew of other prize listings for her debut novel KEEPING THE... more »
23rd June 2022

Alice Bell and Jeremy Williams are longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2022

Congratulations to Alice Bell (OUR BIGGEST EXPERIMENT) and Jeremy Williams (CLIMATE CHANGE IS RACIST) who have both been longlisted for the 2022 James Cropper Wainwright... more »
7th June 2022

KEEPING THE HOUSE shortlisted for Desmond Elliott Prize

The accolades keep coming in for KEEPING THE HOUSE – it has now been shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2022. In a shortlist of... more »
1st June 2022

Tice Cin’s KEEPING THE HOUSE wins a Somerset Maugham Award

Congratulations to Tice Cin for winning a Somerset Maugham Award for her debut novel KEEPING THE HOUSE! The Somerset Maugham Awards are for published works of... more »
20th April 2022

KEEPING THE HOUSE is on the Jhalak Prize shortlist

The prize accolades keep stacking up for KEEPING THE HOUSE, as it has been shortlisted for the 2022 Jhalak Prize. The Jhalak Prize is an... more »
4th April 2022

Ajay Chowdhury gets new two book deal with Harvill Secker

Harvill Secker has signed a two book deal with Ajay Chowdhury, the winner of the Bloody Scotland debut prize for The Waiter. Publisher Katie Ellis-Brown... more »
29th March 2022

Chris Naunton shortlisted for Peter Mackenzie Smith Book Prize 2022

EGYPTOLOGISTS’ NOTEBOOKS by Chris Naunton has been shortlisted for the 2022 Peter Mackenzie Smith Book Prize. The prize was announced in a ceremony on 28... more »
25th March 2022

Tice Cin shortlisted for British Book Awards

Tice Cin‘s KEEPING THE HOUSE has added another prize listing, this time the British Book Awards‘ Discover Shortlist. The Discover shortlist is aimed at amplifying... more »
15th March 2022

KEEPING THE HOUSE by Tice Cin is on the Jhalak Prize longlist

Tice Cin‘s debut novel KEEPING THE HOUSE has been longlisted for the 2021 Jhalak Prize. The Jhalak Prize awards celebrate writing by British and British... more »
15th February 2022

Anika Scott’s THE SOVIET SISTERS sold to Duckworth and William Morrow

Publisher at Duckworth Rowan Cope bought UK and British Commonwealth rights for print and e-book for Anika Scott‘s THE SOVIET SISTERS from Laetitia Rutherford. US... more »
4th February 2022

Hayley Hoskins takes The Whisperling to Puffin

Puffin has acquired two books by Hayley Hoskins, an “exciting new voice” in historical middle-grade fiction. Assistant editor Katie Sinfield acquired world English rights from... more »
4th February 2022

Bloomsbury Wins the Internet with Adam B

Bloomsbury Children’s has scooped Adam Wins the Internet, a “properly belly-laugh funny” children’s book from YouTuber and TV presenter Adam Beales, also known as Adam B,... more »
3rd February 2022

KEEPING THE HOUSE by Tice Cin longlisted for Dylan Thomas Prize

Tice Cin has been longlisted for the 2022 Dylan Thomas Prize for her debut novel, KEEPING THE HOUSE. One of the UK’s most prestigious literary... more »
13th January 2022

Samson Kambalu’s THE JIVE TALKER bought by September Publishing

September Publishing has acquired an updated edition of Samson Kambalu‘s “wickedly funny, artistic” childhood memoir THE JIVE TALKER: OR HOW TO GET A BRITISH PASSPORT.... more »
7th January 2022

New novel from Alex Marwood acquired by Sphere

Award-winning author Alex Marwood has written a Jeffrey Epstein-inspired psychological thriller for Sphere, THE ISLAND OF LOST GIRLS, exploring the “obscene levels of wealth and the sex... more »