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McDonnell's trilogy optioned for TV by Avalon

TV production company Avalon has optioned screen rights to Irish author Caimh McDonnell's series The Dublin Trilogy, with Chris Addison on board to develop the project.... Read more

Black Spring signs Cooper's 17 years in the making novel

The Black Spring Group has signed a novel 17 years in the making by Douglas Anthony Cooper, a Canadian living in Rome and author of Amnesia (Hyperion).... Read more

S&S UK snaps up Abedin's memoir

Simon & Schuster UK has landed a "significant and superb" memoir by Hillary Clinton's longterm aide Huma Abedin. Read more

W H Allen scoops Ressa's tale of 'digital war frontline'

W H Allen will publish an “urgent” memoir and manifesto by Nobel Peace Prize nominee Maria Ressa, with a foreword from Amal Clooney. ... Read more

Bluebird signs Rentzenbrink's life writing guide

Bluebird has signed a “kind, encouraging and stimulating” guide to life writing from Cathy Rentzenbrink, featuring advice from authors including Dolly Alderton, Elizabeth Day and... Read more

Mary Berry's 'confidence-lifting recipes' served up by BBC Books

Mary Berry’s next book, Love to Cook, will be published by BBC Books in October to accompany her upcoming TV series.... Read more

Headline scores with Clattenburg's 'feisty football memoir'

Headline Publishing Group has acquired Whistle Blower: My Autobiography by Mark Clattenburg, one of the "most highly rated, recognisable and controversial football referees of recent... Read more

HarperNonFiction signs Magrs parody of Mackesy bestseller

HarperNonFiction has signed a parody of Charlie Mackesy's bestseller The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Ebury) by author and illustrator Paul Magrs. ... Read more

Brazen pre-empts Patrick's 'wickedly funny' medical memoir

Brazen, the newest imprint of the Octopus Publishing Group, led by editorial director Romilly Morgan, has pre-empted a "wickedly funny" memoir by doctor and comedian... Read more

Katie Price memoir about life with son Harvey goes to Mirror Books

Katie Price will share a "full and exclusive" look into her life with her eldest son Harvey for the first time in Harvey And Me: A Mother’s... Read more

Blink lands two more thrillers from Ollie Ollerton

Bonnier Books UK imprint Blink has signed two more action-adventure thrillers from author Matthew "Ollie" Ollerton. Read more

Nosy Crow lands Longmuir's 'gripping' debut

Nosy Crow has landed Looking for Emily, a middle-grade adventure from debut author Fiona Longmuir. Read more

Griffiths 'demystifies' the digital course industry for Hodder

Hodder has acquired Lucy Griffiths' Make Money While You Sleep: How to Turn Your Knowledge into Online Courses That Make You Money 24hrs a Day,... Read more

Fox snaps up Penner's Lost Apothecary for drama series

Sarah Penner's The Lost Apothecary (Legend Press) is being turned into a drama series by Fox. Read more

Vicky Pattison shares her secret to happiness with Sphere

Sphere has scooped Vicky Pattison's The Secret to Happy, in which she will open up about her darkest moments, from her public break-up with her fiancé... Read more

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Chatto signs Invisible Women follow-up from Caroline Criado Perez

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