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W&N wins Sweeney's 'beguiling' short story collection at auction

W&N is publishing Irish author Cathy Sweeney's debut collection of short stories, described as a "look at the world from a lopsided perspective", following a "heated" auction.... Read more

Audible acquires audio-exclusive title on animal behaviour

Audible is to publish audio-exclusive title, Animal Societies: How Co-Operation Conquered the Natural World, by Professor Ashley Ward. Read more

Myriad pre-empts You, Me & The Sea by Elizabeth Haynes

Myriad has pre-empted Elizabeth Haynes’ You, Me & The Sea, a love story set on a remote windswept Scottish island. ... Read more

Gollancz signs Louise Carey trilogy

Gollancz has acquired a trilogy of "hi-tech thrillers", set in a post-apocalyptic world where people live in corporate campuses, by Louise Carey.... Read more

Zuleika is to publish 'incredibly timely' novel set in post-Trump America

London-Based indie Zuleika is to publish Peter Isdell-Carpenter's dystopian novel The Final Warning. Read more

Hurst to publish Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s 'astonishing' memoir

Hurst will publish Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s first book, This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman.... Read more

S&S to publish 'powerful, beautiful and personal' book from Tom Percival

Simon & Schuster Children's UK has acquired two picture books from author and illustrator Tom Percival. Read more

Pushkin Vertigo to publish French noir The Second Woman

Pushkin Vertigo has acquired a "gripping" French novel about a woman trapped in a disturbing and toxic relationship. Read more

Avon Books re-signs Sue Moorcroft in three-book deal

HarperCollins division Avon Books has re-signed author Sue Moorcroft in a three-book deal. Read more

Orion bags 'achingly funny' debut from HarperCollins marketer

Orion has bagged the "visceral, sharp and achingly funny" debut of Kirsty Capes, a 26-year-old marketer at HarperCollins. Read more

Raven Books wins American noir classic in six-way auction

Raven Books has won the American noir classic, Nightmare Alley, in a “hotly contested” six-way auction. Read more

HCG acquires Claude at the Palace for October

Hachette Children’s Group has acquired a new Claude title from author and illustrator Alex T Smith, in which Claude and Sir Bobblysock find themselves offering to babysit princes and... Read more

Simon & Schuster lands four-book deal with Heidi Swain

Simon and Schuster UK has signed a four-book deal with Sunday Times bestselling author Heidi Swain. Read more

Avon Books to publish two more titles by Tess Stimson

Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, has struck a deal to publish two more psychological suspense novels from Sunday Times bestselling author Tess Stimson. ... Read more