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Kyle Books buys Scala Radio classical music guide

Kyle Books, part of the Octopus Publishing Group, will publish A Soundtrack For Life by classical music station Scala Radio.... Read more

Headline acquires unabridged Oasis interviews

Headline Publishing has acquired Supersonic: The Complete, Authorised and Unabridged Interviews, taken from the 2016 Oasis documentary "Supersonic". Read more

Viking lands Bale's Middle Ages travel guide

Viking has landed A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages by Anthony Bale in an exclusive submission. Read more

Mo Gilligan's debut scooped by Ebury Spotlight

Ebury Spotlight has scooped That Moment When..., the debut book by Bafta-winning comedian Mo Gilligan. Read more

Rajan rethinks life after Covid with star-studded line-up

BBC Books has landed Rethink, a star-studded collection on life after Covid, edited and introduced by journalist Amol Rajan with contributions from Pope Francis, the Dalai... Read more

Raven Smith's Men signed by Fourth Estate

Fourth Estate has signed an “exhilarating” new book about men and masculinity from Raven Smith. Read more

Aria acquires 'heart-warming, heart-wrenching' tale from Pass

Head of Zeus imprint Aria will publish Emma Pass' first novel for adults, Before the Dawn. Read more

High Performance book won by PRH in seven-way auction

TV presenter Jake Humphrey and Professor Damian Hughes' book on unlocking potential, based on their hit High Performance podcast, has been won by Random House Business in... Read more

Maas' Court of Thorns and Roses series in development with Hulu

Sarah J Maas' A Court of Thorns and Roses series has been optioned by Hulu and is in development for a TV show. ... Read more

Penguin Michael Joseph to bring Robinne Lee debut to the UK

Penguin Michael Joseph has acquired US actress and producer Robinne Lee's debut The Idea of You, four years after it was published in the US.... Read more

Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon rift explored at Biteback

Biteback Publishing has acquired Break-Up: How Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon Went to War, an "explosive" book on the rift at the top of Scottish... Read more

Hudson, Guo and Forna write for flagship flipped eye anthology

Independent flipped eye is releasing Not Quite Right for Us, an anthology of poems, essays and stories by 40 writers who “have challenged the mainstream”, featuring Kerry... Read more

Oneworld takes on latest Lemony Snicket novel

Oneworld has acquired UK and British Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, with serial and audio rights, to the latest novel from Lemony Snicket, whose real name is Daniel Handler. ... Read more

Puffin does three-book deal with Sharna Jackson

Puffin has made a three-book deal with Sharna Jackson, including The Good Turn, the first book in a middle-grade adventure series with themes of activism... Read more