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10th January 2025
Canelo signs Michael Arnold’s series on the Roman invasion of Britain
Canelo has signed a four-book deal with Michael Arnold for The Savage Isles series that looks at the Roman invasion of Britain from the perspective... more »
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25th November 2024
Hachette Children’s partners with RSC, RSB and IOP for new education series
Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) is partnering with Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Royal Society of Biology (RSB) and the Institute of Physics (IOP) for a... more »
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10th October 2024
Hera signs ’emotional’ 1960s-set saga series from Pam Weaver
Hera has signed a three-book deal for Pam Weaver’s new 1960s-set saga series. Commissioning editor Jennie Ayres acquired world English-language rights from Megan Carroll at... more »
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30th September 2024
Hiba Noor Khan wins at The Week Junior Book Awards 2024
The winners of The Week Junior Book Awards 2024, brought to you by The Week Junior and The Bookseller, with partners WHSmith, World Book Day and... more »
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18th 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 »