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S&S signs new England football team biography by Hayward

Simon & Schuster has signed a historical biography on England’s football team by Paul Hayward, the Daily Telegraph’s chief sports writer.... Read more

Verso buys prize-winning Guez novel on Auschwitz's 'Angel of Death'

Verso Fiction has bought a prize-winning novel by Olivier Guez about Josef Mengele's escape from justice, which has already sold 300,000 copies in France.... Read more

Rooney fans given first glimpse of Normal People series in new trailer

The first trailer has been released for the BBC and Hulu’s adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People (Faber). Read more

Firefly signs new teen novel by Kate Mallinder

Firefly has signed Kate Mallinder’s new teen novel called Asking for a Friend. Read more

Fourth Estate pre-empts How to Be Sad by Helen Russell

Fourth Estate has pre-empted How to Be Sad by Helen Russell, described as "part grief memoir, part manifesto for a change in the way we talk about... Read more

Manchester Writing Competition Fiction Prize 2020 shortlist revealed

The Manchester Writing Competition has revealed its poetry and fiction finalists featuring novelist Katie Hale as well as Momtaza Mehri, the former Young People’s Laureate for London,... Read more

Alderson moves to Avon in two-book deal

Author and screenwriter Sarah Alderson is moving from Hodder imprint Mulholland to HarperCollins imprint Avon in a two-book deal, starting with a "perfect summer thriller".... Read more

Wolf Hall named UK’s favourite historical novel

Wolf Hall (HarperCollins), Hilary Mantel’s first book in the Thomas Cromwell trilogy, has won the public poll run by the Walter Scott Prize to find the UK’s favourite... Read more

HarperCollins US makes major pre-empt on Jenny Lecoat's début from Polygon

Polygon, an imprint of Scottish independent publisher Birlinn, has sold Jenny Lecoat's début novel on pre-empt to HarperCollins US in a six-figure deal.... Read more

Lynda La Plante made London Book & Screen Week ambassador

Lynda La Plante has been revealed an ambassador for London Book & Screen Week with author Joe Dunthorne also headlining alongside novelist and scriptwriter Lisa Owens.... Read more

Collins buys A-Z list in new chapter for brand

Collins has bought the A-Z list and rights to publish its mapping brand, taking the range “into the twenties and beyond”. Read more

Hodder strikes fresh two-book deal with Levison Wood

Hodder & Stoughton has struck a new two-book deal with TV star, travel writer and adventurer Levison Wood, publishing books about the decimation of the... Read more

Puffin signs Doyle's MG reimagining of A Christmas Carol

Irish author Catherine Doyle will write an “exciting and magical” middle grade Christmas tale, The Miracle on Ebenezer Street, for Puffin.... Read more

Yellow Kite signs Ella Mills for two more

Yellow Kite has signed two more books by Ella Mills, and is partnering with Fane Productions to run a theatre tour around her forthcoming book Deliciously Ella:... Read more

Piatkus to publish guide to biological and psychological impact of motherhood

Piatkus has acquired The Motherhood Complex by science journalist Melissa Hogenboom, examining both the biological and psychological changes during pregnancy and motherhood, and how they influence a... Read more