News: rights

Stripes to publish new MG mystery series

Little Tiger Group imprint Stripes Publishing has acquired a middle-grade mystery series developed by Karen Ball and written by Annabelle Sami. Read more

Candlish's Our House snapped up for screen

Red Planet Pictures has optioned property thriller Our House by Louise Candlish (Simon & Schuster UK) following an auction. Read more

John Murray snaps up debuts from Fagan and Rahim

John Murray has signed debut novels by Oisín Fagan and Prospect magazine managing editor Sameer Rahim for its JM Originals list of fresh and distinctive new... Read more

Egmont signs two-book deal with Driver for MG fantasy series

Egmont has signed a two-book deal with Sarah Driver for a middle-grade fantasy series. Read more

William Collins lands 'mesmerising' collection of unseen war letters

William Collins has secured world rights to “the most beautiful and vivid love letters ever to be written during the Second World War”. ... Read more

Zaffre lands Timon's 'brilliant' female spy thriller debut

Zaffre has landed debut author Mara Timon’s “brilliant, expertly-researched” espionage thriller following a female Special Operations Executive agent. Read more

Audible lands Morgan audiobook

Audible has snapped up Crossing Over, a novel by Ann Morgan, narrated by Adjoa Andoh. Read more

Gill’s feminist poetry collection goes to Ebury

Ebury Press has acquired a “powerful new collection of feminist mythical retellings” from poet Nikita Gill. Read more

Faber snaps up Call Me By Your Name sequel

Faber will publish the sequel to Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman, titled Find Me. Read more

Steadman nets two-book deal with S&S

Simon & Schuster UK has signed a two-book deal with actor and author Catherine Steadman. Read more

535 lands first Royal Geographical Society Puzzle Book

Blink imprint 535 has acquired the first Royal Geographical Society Puzzle Book, telling the story of explorers through a set of increasingly difficult brainteasers.... Read more

Picador bags Laing's essay collection on importance of art

Picador has bagged a new collection of essays by prize-winning writer and critic Olivia Laing about the importance of art. Read more

Trapeze pre-empts 'page-turner' debut by lawyer Katz

Trapeze has pre-empted the “addictive page-turner” by debut author Erica Katz – a New York lawyer writing under a pseudonym. Read more

Syrian refugee inspired tale sells to HCG

Hachette Children’s Group has acquired a picture book inspired by the refugee crisis in Syria by Rachel Ip and Anneli Bray. Read more

Cheung delves into 80s adolescence for debut YA

Andersen Press has acquired a coming-of-age story about a girl growing up above a Chinese takeaway in the West Midlands in the 1980s by Sue... Read more