Annual Archives: 2024
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24th September 2024
Andersen Press to publish Hiba Noor Khan’s ‘unforgettable’ novel as a super-lead title
Andersen Press has landed The Line They Drew Through Us, an “unforgettable” novel set against the backdrop of the Partition of India from Hiba Noor Khan.... more »
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19th August 2024
Matthew Fox To Headline ‘The Assassin’ Drama Series In Works At Max From John Glenn, Gaumont & Entertainment 360
Lost alum Matthew Fox has signed on to star in The Assassin, a new drama series from writer-producer John Glenn (SEAL Team) in development at Max, sources tell Deadline. Gaumont and Entertainment 360 set the series up... more »
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31st July 2024
Lynne Reid Banks: ‘She didn’t just write stories, they were real to her’
Gillon Stephenson pays tribute to his late mother, the celebrated author Lynne Reid Banks, on what would have been her 95th birthday “Never send to... more »
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18th July 2024
Simon & Schuster swoops for C B Everett’s ‘jaw-dropping’ gothic thriller
Simon & Schuster has swooped for The Other People, a high-concept gothic thriller from C B Everett, the pseudonym for Martyn Waites. Deputy publishing director Katherine Armstrong... more »
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16th July 2024
Atlantic Fiction nabs a ‘swaggering debut’ about London’s ‘girl gangs’
Atlantic Fiction has nabbed The Kings Head, a “swaggering debut of conflict and camaraderie” by Kelly Frost, about a London gang known as the “Teddy Girls”. Joanna... more »
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20th June 2024
Safiyyah’s War has won the Indie Book Prize for the Children’s Fiction category
The awards are curated by independent bookshops, and run as part of Independent Bookshop Week (IBW), which is organised by the Booksellers Association from 15th-22nd... more »
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30th May 2024
Hiba Noor Khan wins the Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize
Hiba Noor Khan has been announced as the winner of the Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize for Safiyyah’s War (Andersen Press). The winner was announced... more »
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30th April 2024
Headline acquires Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock’s new memoir TOXIC
Headline has acquired Toxic: Tackling ‘Razor’ and Finding the Real Me, a memoir from ex-footballer Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock. Consultant sports publisher Jonathan Taylor acquired world English... more »
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16th April 2024
Barbara Nadel’s D I Ikmen novels adapted for BBC
Barbara Nadel’s D I Ikmen novels have been adapted for the screen by the BBC, produced by Miramax in association with Paramount. “The Turkish Detective” series... more »
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4th March 2024
Dialogue Books acquires Diana McCaulay’s book about ownership, land and identity
Dialogue Books has acquired Diana McCaulay’s A House for Miss Pauline — a book about ownership, land and identity. Editorial director Hannah Chukwu acquired UK and Commonwealth... more »
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30th January 2024
Head of Zeus snaps up Alex Churchill’s and Nicolai Eberholst’s ‘radical’ First World War book
Head of Zeus has snapped up Ring of Fire: A New People’s History of the World at War, 1914 by military historians, broadcasters and battlefield guides Alex... more »