News: books

Dolly Alderton's first novel goes to Fig Tree

Fig Tree will publish journalist and author Dolly Alderton’s debut novel, Ghosts, about a food writer with a dedicated online following whose personal life is... Read more

HarperCollins signs third Wareing cookbook

HarperCollins has signed a deal with Marcus Wareing for Marcus Everyday, the publisher’s third book with the celebrity chef and restaurateur.... Read more

Bloomsbury bags neuroscientist's headache book

Bloomsbury has acquired a book on headaches, Splitting, by neuroscientist Amanda Ellison. Read more

Hodder to publish 'unforgettable' new Grisham thriller

Hodder & Stoughton will publish the “unforgettable” new thriller from John Grisham, about a man’s wrongful conviction and one courageous lawyer’s bid to exonerate him,... Read more

Translation scoops Commonwealth Short Story Prize for first time

Cypriot author Constantia Soteriou has won the £5,000 Commonwealth Short Story Prize with 'Death Customs', marking the first time the prize has been awarded to... Read more

Jai triumphs over 200 entries to win Borough and Good Literary Agency prize

Sophie Jai's debut novel Wild Fires was selected out of 200 entries to win The Borough Press and The Good Literary Agency open submission.... Read more

Michael Joseph nets Kate Wright fitness book

Michael Joseph will publish a health and fitness guide by “The Only Way is Essex” star Kate Wright, exploring how her regime helps to her to... Read more

Lesley Nneka Arimah wins £10,000 Caine Prize

Nigerian author Lesley Nneka Arimah has won the 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story ‘Skinned’. Read more

Conran awarded Hay Festival Creative Wales International Fellowship

Novelist Alys Conran has been awarded this year’s Hay Festival Creative Wales International Fellowship. Read more

Cleeves and Fuller join Killer Women line-up

Ann Cleeves and Michael Fuller are among the writers on this year's Killer Women Festival of Crime Writing and Drama line-up, as the event moves to a new... Read more

Jonathan Lee swaps William Heinemann for Granta

British novelist Jonathan Lee has moved from William Heinemann to Granta for his next two novels following “a closely fought” auction. Read more

Bodley Head pre-empts Ed Miliband's book on 'radical ideas to remake the country'

Bodley Head has secured Ed Miliband's first book following a swift pre-empt with the former Labour Party leader offering "radical ideas to remake the country", The... Read more

David Cameron to 'talk candidly' of memoir to mark publication

Former prime minister David Cameron will “talk candidly” to mark the publication of his long-awaited autobiography, For The Record (William Collins).... Read more

Silvertail to publish Lunnon-Wood's long-lost first novel

Silvertail has bought the first book written by the late author Mike Lunnon-Wood after the manuscript was discovered in a safe following his death.... Read more