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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 »

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  13th December 2019

  Walker signs three-book deal with Greg Jenner

  Walker Books has signed a three-book deal with “Horrible Histories” historian Greg Jenner. Commissioning editor Daisy Jellicoe acquired world, all languages rights for one gift... more »

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  13th November 2019

  Bloomsbury buys Henry Scowcroft’s ‘professional and personal’ cancer memoir

  A memoir billed as a “popular-science detective story” by science writer Henry Scowcroft has gone to Bloomsbury imprint Green Tree, focusing on his fiancée’s experience of advanced... more »

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  8th October 2019

  Head of Zeus signs Zoe Somerville’s debut in two-book deal

  Head of Zeus has struck a two-book deal with debut author and English teacher Zoë Somerville. Madeleine O’Shea, commissioning editor at Head of Zeus, has... more »

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  3rd October 2019

  R.G. Adams’ procedural ALLEGATION snapped up for TV

  Award-winning producer John Giwa-Amu of Red & Black Films and acclaimed executive music producer Mark Lo of Asylum Giant have partnered in acquiring TV rights... more »

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  26th September 2019

  Oneworld and St Martin’s Press acquire Sarah Gristwood’s new book THE TUDORS IN LOVE

  Oneworld and St Martin’s Press have acquired the new book from Tudor historian Sarah Gristwood, The Tudors in Love: How Romance Made and Marred the... more »

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  19th July 2019

  Michael Joseph pre-empts Alex Pavesi’s ‘dazzling’ debut

  Michael Joseph has triumphed over eight other publishers to pre-empt a “dazzlingly clever” debut mystery novel Eight Detectives by former Waterstones bookseller Alex Pavesi. Publisher Joel Richardson acquired... more »