News: books

Indie bookseller launches Kickstarter to publish dyslexia-friendly fiction

A North Somerset-based bookseller is launching a Kickstarter next month to publish fiction for adults with dyslexia. Read more

Watkins Media makes raft of promotions after 2020 success

Watkins Media has made a raft of promotions across the business after reporting a 10% increase in global turnover for the 12 months to 31st... Read more

Oneworld takes on latest Lemony Snicket novel

Oneworld has acquired UK and British Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, with serial and audio rights, to the latest novel from Lemony Snicket, whose real name is Daniel Handler. ... Read more

Hodder scoops Peter Schmeichel’s autobiography

Hodder & Stoughton will publish football goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel’s memoir in September. Hodder acquired world rights, excluding Denmark, for One: My Autobiography from literary agent Kerr MacRae. The book will be published in the UK and in... Read more

Welbeck launches children's global English language imprint

Welbeck Publishing Group will partner with Mosquito Books of Barcelona in 2022 to create a global English language imprint, Orange Mosquito. ... Read more

Asterix series moves from HCG to Sphere

Asterix is moving from Hachette Children’s Group to Sphere in July. Read more

Vintage sales director Drake-Lee leaves PRH after two decades

Vintage sales director Tom Drake-Lee is stepping down and leaving Penguin Random House after more than two decades with the company. Read more

Val McDermid launches first new series in 20 years

Val McDermid will launch her first new series in almost 20 years with Sphere this summer, inspired by her experience as a young reporter in the 1970s. ... Read more

Gardners and Bookspeed agree National Trust deal

Gardners and Bookspeed have signed up to a new supply partnership with the National Trust. Read more

PRH revenue rise helps Bertelsmann to record profitability

A strong performance from Penguin Random House, including a 4.6% rise in revenues, helped parent company Bertelsmann achieve record operating EBITDA of €3.1bn (£2.7bn) in the... Read more

Viking sashays away with Bimini Bon Boulash's guide to life

Viking has snatched up a book on the transformative power of drag from east London contender on "Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK" season two, Bimini... Read more

Seven Dials sizzles with Linda McCartney’s Family Kitchen

Seven Dials will publish Linda McCartney’s Family Kitchen: Over 90 Plant-based Recipes to Save the Planet and Nourish the Soul, by Linda, Paul, Mary and Stella McCartney. ... Read more

Sphere snaps up Evie Meg's Tourette's guide

Sphere will publish My Nonidentical Twin: What I Want You to Know About Living With Tourette’s? by 20-year-old TikTok celebrity Evie Meg. ... Read more

Authors' Club reveals Best First Novel Award shortlist

The Authors’ Club has revealed the shortlist for its annual Best First Novel Award, featuring authors including Deepa Anappara, Gabriel Krauze and Ingrid Persaud.... Read more

Henkel’s debut scooped by Mark Gordon Pictures in eight-way auction

Calla Henkel’s debut novel Other People’s Clothes is to be adapted for the screen by Emmy-nominated writer Alexa Karolinski of “Unorthodox” after an eight-way auction for the film and television rights went to Mark Gordon... Read more