Daunt Books has acquired a real-life “genetic detective story” by Dani Shapiro, stemming from the writer’s discovery her father was not her biological parent.... Read more
Borough Press has acquired US author Steven Rowley’s The Editor about a struggling author who sells his novel to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.... Read more
Canada’s Boat Rocker Studios, Chinese animation company UYoung and the BBC are developing Rachel Bright’s Love Monster series into an animated series.... Read more
Black & White Publishing will publish its first fantasy novel, Crown of Feathers, by Canadian author Nicki Pau Preto under its Ink Road imprint.... Read more
Canongate will publish the next two books in Alan Parks’ Glasgow-set Harry McCoy crime series, likened by the publisher to a "Celtic Sopranos".... Read more
Yomi Adegoke, Lindsey Hilsum and Emma Gannon are among a host of women writers contributing to a charity anthology published by high street fashion chain... Read more
Doubleday has acquired a "ground-breaking" literary debut, Follow Me to Ground, by Dublin-based writer Sue Rainsford, following a four-way auction.
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Hodder will publish Stephen King's new novel The Institute in September 2019 after the "thrilling and suspenseful" book was acquired by Jamie Hodder-Williams. ... Read more