Transworld publishing director Doug Young has bought a new book by Marcus Wareing, chef at the two-Michelin starred Petrus restaurant in Knightsbridge, which was relaunched this month under the new name Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley.

Nutmeg and Custard is described as Wareing’s "definitive guide to the kind of food...

Paul McKenna will try for success in America, with a four-book deal with US publisher Sterling.

According to Publishers Weekly, Michael Fragnito, v.p. and editorial director of Sterling, inked the deal with McKenna's attorney Michael Sherman and the house plans to release I Can Make You Thin in January 2009....

Transworld has bought UK and Commonwealth rights, including Canada, to a new book about the complete history of the British army, from the Battle of Edgehill to conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Called The Making of the British Army and written by Daily Telegraph columnist Allan Mallinson, it will be published in early 2009. Transworld...

Transworld has signed a choose-your-own adventure parody entitled The Regional Accounts Director of Firetop Mountain by Steve Morrison and Alex Jenkins.

The book, which was acquired by Sarah Emsley from James Taylor at Avalon, is due this September.

The publisher described it as a send-up of the fantasy adventure genre...