News: books

Horowitz to write next 'James Bond'

Anthony Horowitz is to pen the new James Bond novel, which will be published by Orion and will contain a section of previously unseen material... Read more

Agents' key Frankfurt Book Fair titles: Part One

Curtis Brown has Tenacity by James Law, a début thriller following the only female investigator in the Royal Navy’s Special Investigation Branch. The Sudden Departure of the Frasers by... Read more

Kei Miller wins Forward Prize Best Collection

Kei Miller has won The Forward Prize for Best Collection for The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion (Carcanet). Miller was awarded... Read more

Shriver wins BBC National Short Story Award

Lionel Shriver has won the BBC National Short Story Award 2014 for her story “Kilifi Creek”, with Zadie Smith the runner-up. Shriver – author... Read more

Awesome Awful tops charts in strong week

David Walliams easily romped to the number one spot on the UK Official Top 50 in the strongest week of sales for booksellers since 2013.... Read more

RHCP signs Irish YA debut

Random House Children’s Publishers (RHCP) has acquired the debut novel from Irish YA author Moïra Fowley-Doyle . The Accident Season is about 17-year-old Cara... Read more

Tyson and Thomas in running for William Hill award

Controversy-dogged former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, retired Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas and Olympic gold-medallist Nicole Cooke are among those who have been longlisted... Read more

Harlan Coben moves to Cornerstone

Crime writer Harlan Coben has signed a four-book deal with Cornerstone’s Century and Arrow imprints, moving to the Penguin Random House division from Orion.... Read more

Random House Books lines up Cleese campaign

John Cleese will make appearances on TV programmes including BBC1’s “The Graham Norton Show”, take part in a live Twitter chat, and go on a... Read more

New Rosamund Lupton for Little, Brown

Little, Brown has acquired a new novel by Rosamund Lupton. Emma Beswetherick, with Little, Brown publisher David Shelley, bought UK and Commonwealth rights in The... Read more

Authors demand 'honest communication' on publicity

There needs to be “open and honest communication” between writers and publishers regarding publicity demands, authors have told The Bookseller. Some voiced the opinion... Read more

Garnet launches Periscope imprint

Garnet Publishing is launching a new imprint, Periscope, and its first title will be Princess Bari (March 2015, £9.99) by South Korean author Hwang Sok-yang.... Read more

Faber to launch Modern Classics imprint

Faber is launching a new imprint of modern classics, including titles from T S Eliot, Kazuo Ishiguro and Hanif Kureishi. The... Read more

Wave of publicity for 'Gone Girl' release

Special screenings of the new film “Gone Girl” will be held for WH Smith staff and other key retailers in advance of the film release... Read more

Preston: Amazon 'disparaging' of author protests

Douglas Preston, founder of Authors United, has said Amazon appears to be meeting the group’s efforts with “disparagement and what seems to be an escalation... Read more