News: rights

Pushkin partners with All 4 video service on new novel series

Pushkin Press has partnered with Channel 4’s video on demand service Walter Presents for a series of "timeless novels with strong international appeal". ... Read more

Denise Welch to publish account of living with depression for Hodder

Hodder & Stoughton is publishing a "brave" and "honest" account of living with depression, written by actor and "Loose Women" panellist Denise Welch.... Read more

Wren & Rook scores football activity journal from BBC’s Tom Fordyce

Wren & Rook have acquired world rights to My Greatest Football Team Ever by BBC chief sports writer Tom Fordyce. ... Read more

Michael Joseph snaps up 'devastating' début inspired by convict ship

Michael Joseph will publish a début novel inspired by the true story of a convict ship, on which female prisoners created a patchwork quilt. The... Read more

Hodder to publish legal memoir from top judge Sir Richard Henriques

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired former High Court judge Sir Richard Henriques' account of famous criminal cases: From Crime to Crime.... Read more

Century reveals identity of anonymous author behind Anti-Social memoir

Century has revealed the identity of the anonymous author of Anti-Social, the memoirs of an anti-social behaviour officer. Read more

HQ scores 'filthy' bonkbuster from designer Tabitha Webb

HQ has scored a "filthy" bonkbuster début from fashion designer Tabitha Webb in a two-book deal. Read more

William Collins acquires collection on sexuality and religion curated by ex-Stonewall boss

William Collins has acquired The Book of Queer Prophets, a collection of essays on sexuality and religion curated by ex-Stonewall c.e.o. Ruth Hunt. ... Read more

Martin Brown to pen series set in the Stone Age for Piccadilly Press

Horrible Histories illustrator Martin Brown is beginning a new fiction series aimed at readers aged 7+ and set in the Stone Age for Bonnier Books' Piccadilly Press. ... Read more

Garrett snaps up TV rights to Corea's inside account of Russian spies

TV rights for BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera’s non-fiction book, Russians Among Us (William Collins), have been scooped by Stephen Garrett, executive producer of “The Night Manager” and forthcoming HBO... Read more