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Wildfire buys Binns' 'must-read' Barbarossa history

Wildfire has signed a "remarkable new perspective" on the battle for the Eastern Front during the Second World War by BAFTA-winning TV producer, scriptwriter and... Read more

William Collins pre-empts Miller McDonald's 'radical' Progress

William Collins has pre-empted a “radical and timely” look at progress by writer and geographer Samuel Miller McDonald. Read more

US rights in Main's first book for Phoenix fly in six-figure deal

US rights in Phoenix's publishing debut, Fault Lines by British-Japanese author Emily Itami, have been snapped up in a six-figure deal. ... Read more

Brandt new: Puffin inks STEM-themed adventure series

Début author Lucy Brandt's and illustrator Gladys Jose's Leonara Bolt series which aims to inspire young inventors and scientists. Read more

John Murray scoops Freedland's biography of Auschwitz escapee

John Murray will publish Jonathan Freedland’s first non-fiction title since 2005, The Escape Artist, which will tell the story of Rudolf Vrba, an Auschwitz escapee and survivor.... Read more

Bloomsbury wins auction for Buoro's 'astonishing' debut

Bloomsbury has secured 27-year-old novelist and mathematician Stephen Buoro's debut novel, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa. Read more

New Island to release modern, updated Decameron

Carlo Gébler's Tales We Tell Ourselves aims to bring Boccaccio's classic to a new audience. Read more

Heyday Television triumphs in nine-way auction for Audrain's debut

Michael Joseph’s major 2021 debut The Push by Ashley Audrain has been optioned by Heyday Television. Read more

Sandycove's Deevy goes full Boyle for new collection

The Penguin Random House Ireland imprint buys medievalist Elizabeth Boyle's memoir hybrid. Read more

Faber lands 'ingenious and profound' new novel from Spufford

Faber is to publish Francis Spufford's latest novel, Light Perpetual, next year. Read more

Orbit pre-empts The Empire of the Wolf trilogy in six-figure deal

Orbit UK has pre-empted a debut epic fantasy trilogy by British author Richard Swan in a six-figure deal. Read more

Borough Press takes two more from Shriver

The Borough Press and HarperCollins US have signed another novel and the first non-fiction collection from Lionel Shriver. Read more

Hodder Studio signs 'ground-breaking' business book on hydrogen energy

Hodder Studio has acquired The Hydrogen Revolution, a business book on clean energy from Marco Alverá. Read more

Bernard to explore violence, race and love in essay collection for Transworld

Transworld is publishing Black is the Body, a collection of non-fiction essays covering a number of US author Emily Bernard's experiences.... Read more