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  13th December 2018

  Rachel Richardson to join Watson, Little as Rights Director

  Rachel Richardson is to join Watson, Little Ltd as Rights Director starting 3rd Janaury 2019. Richardson joins from Rights People, where she spent nine years... more »

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  27th November 2018

  Wren & Rook buys digital detox book by Vincent Vincent

  Vincent Vincent’s latest book TURN OFF, LIVE ON, which encourages children to spend time away from screens will be published by Wren & Rook (part... more »

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  1st November 2018

  Martin Edwards wins the 2018 CWA Dagger in the Library Award

  Congratulations to Martin Edwards who was announced as the winner of the 2018 CWA Dagger in the Library Award. The Dagger in the Library is... more »

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  15th October 2018

  Lee Rourke’s new novel, GLITCH, sold to Dead Ink Books

  Lee Rourke’s third novel, GLITCH, tells the story of L-J who after spending two decades in the US is returning home to his native Suffolk... more »

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  12th October 2018

  Hutchinson pre-empts Anika Scott’s historical debut THE REMAKING OF CLARA FALKENBERG

  Anika Scott’s debut historical novel, THE REMAKING OF CLARA FALKENBERG, has been sold to Sarah Rigby at Hutchinson, Penguin Random House. Hutchinson pre-empted world rights... more »

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  10th September 2018

  Martin Edwards wins the 2018 Macavity Award for Best Nonfiction

  Last weekend mystery and crime writers  gathered at Boucheron, the World Mystery Convention in St. Petersburg, Florida for four days of panels, interviews, signings—and, of course, the... more »

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  27th July 2018

  The Bodley Head acquires Michael Taylor’s new history of the British abolition of slavery in a five-way auction

  The UK & Commonwealth rights to The Garden of Good and Evil by debut historian Michael Taylor have been acquired by Will Hammond, deputy publishing... more »

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  28th June 2018

  Evie Wyld named on the Royal Society of Literature’s new 40 under 40 Fellowship list

  Evie Wyld, among others, has been elected into the Royal Society of Literature’s Fellowship under the new 40 Felllows under 40 scheme, three quarters of... more »

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  25th June 2018

  Head of Zeus to publish new Golden Age murder mystery from Martin Edwards

  Nicholas Cheetham, publisher at Head of Zeus, has acquired world rights from James Wills for GALLOWS COURT, the new ‘Golden Age murder mystery’ from Martin... more »

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  21st June 2018

  Gordon Doherty revealed as the author behind the new Assassin’s Creed Odyssey novelisation

  Ubisoft is teaming up with three companies to publish a line-up of books to support the game, one of which is a novelisation scheduled to... more »