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Meal Prep King strikes book deal with Michael Joseph

Michael Joseph has signed a two-book deal with Instagram star John Clark, also known as The Meal Prep King, after his weight loss story went... Read more

PRH joins forces with Sandhurst to publish 'inspirational book of life lessons'

Penguin Random House has joined forces with Royal Military Academy Sandhurst to publish an "inspirational book of life lessons" this Christmas. Read more

Arrow snaps up Paula Greenlees Singapore-based debut in two-book deal

Arrow will publish a "breathtaking" debut novel by Paula Greenlees, inspired by the three years she lived in Singapore. Read more

Knights Of lands Nic Stone's first middle-grade novel

Knights Of has acquired the first middle-grade novel from New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone, entitled Clean Getaway.... Read more

Ebury signs Jessie and Lennie Ware's Table Manners cookbook

Musician Jessie Ware has written a cookbook for Ebury with her mother Lennie Ware, Table Manners, based on their successful podcast of the same name.... Read more

Quercus strikes fresh two-book deal with Beth O'Leary

Beth O’Leary will publish two more books with Quercus, after signing a "significant" new deal with the publisher. Read more

Avon signs two more from C L Taylor

Psychological thriller writer C L Taylor has signed a deal with HarperCollins imprint Avon for two more suspense novels following her "amazing" 2019 success.... Read more

Sophy Henn moves to S&S Children's in six-book deal

Sophy Henn has moved to Simon & Schuster Children’s UK from HarperCollins in a six-book deal spanning both picture books and fiction. Read more

Canongate pre-empts Salena Godden's 'visionary' debut novel

Canongate will publish poet and performer Salena Godden’s debut novel, described by the publisher as an "electrifying genre- and form-defying firestarter". Read more

Elinor Lipman strikes two-book deal with Lightning

Lightning Books has bought two books from Elinor Lipman after editor-at-large Scott Pack, frustrated her books were not available in the UK, emailed the author.... Read more

Chatto snaps up latest from historian Peter Moore

Writer and historian Peter Moore's history of "the epoch-defining European ideas that helped found the United States of America" has been snapped up by Chatto &... Read more

Felton’s ‘painfully funny history of Britain’ optioned for TV

Open Mike Productions, the production company behind “Live at the Apollo” and “The Last Leg”, has optioned journalist James Felton’s 52 Times Britain Was A Bellend (Sphere) for... Read more

John Bercow to publish memoirs with W&N

John Bercow, newly retired Speaker of the House of Commons after a decade in the role, is publishing his account of a life in politics with Weidenfeld &... Read more

Faber takes on debut from 'fantastic new talent' Una Mannion

Faber has acquired Irish-based author Una Mannion's "utterly captivating" debut novel. Read more

Audible to publish new Paul French true crime story

Audible will publish a new true crime story by award-winning author Paul French, diving into 50 years of murder and crime across China and Hong... Read more