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27th March 2023
The Bookseller: Joanne Harris pays tribute to her friend and cheerleader, the late writer Christopher Fowler.
Confession: I’ve never done this before. To write a person’s obituary seems like a very final act, and I don’t want this to be final.... more »
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9th March 2023
Duckworth scoops new historical novel by Anika Scott
Duckworth has scooped Anika Scott’s new historical novel. Rowan Cope, publisher, secured UK and British Commonwealth rights for print and e-book for The Soviet Sisters from... more »
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3rd March 2023
The Guardian: Bryant & May novelist Christopher Fowler has died aged 69
Christopher Fowler, author of the Bryant & May series of detective novels, has died at the age of 69, having been diagnosed with cancer three... more »
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27th January 2023
Andersen Press snaps up evocative debut from Noor Khan
Andersen Press has acquired the début fiction book from Hiba Noor Khan, which tells the true story of the Grand Mosque of Paris during the... more »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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