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Hargreaves’ classics back in print

Seven titles from Roger “Mr Men” Hargreaves will be brought back to print, nearly 25 years after they were last available. In 2015, Hodder Children’s... Read more

Webb weaves new series for Orchard

Orchard Books has acquired a new middle-grade series from Holly Webb based in Venice and featuring a duke’s daughter and a talking magical “water horse”.... Read more

Legendary trio grabbed by Parsons

Legend Press commissioning editor Lauren Parsons has bought two début novels and a searing look at poverty in the run-up to FBF. Parsons bought UK... Read more

Crystal meth memoir to Faber

Faber Social creative director Lee Brackstone has signed Jack Sutherland’s Stars, Cars and Crystal Meth, a memoir of life as a PA to the rich... Read more

‘Tolkien for toddlers’ and puppies to Oup children’s books

Oxford University Press Children’s Books has inked two deals on the eve of the fair, signing up a new young fiction series from author Gill... Read more

S&S sells indie author into six territories

Simon & Schuster UK pre-empted world rights to two novels by previously self-published author Andy Jones, with sales for the first title already being sold... Read more

H&S nabs David Starkey’s ‘polemical’ take on Magna Carta

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired historian David Starkey’s “concise, polemical” look at the Magna Carta, to tie in with the 800th anniversary in June 2015... Read more

West is won in three territories

Agent Madeleine Milburn has conducted three “significant” two-book deals for débutant YA author Eliza West. In the UK, Quercus Children’s Books editor Niamh Mulvey bought... Read more

Undiscovered gem to Canongate

Canongate will publish a previously unreleased series of journals that are being likened to “Suite Française meets Muriel Spark”. The diaries, written by London-born Jean... Read more

Chatto buys more from Mukherjee

Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist Neel Mukherjee has been signed up for a further novel with Chatto & Windus. Senior editor Poppy Hampson acquired world rights... Read more

Malone’s story to S&S

Simon & Schuster has bought world rights to beauty entrepreneur and TV presenter Jo Malone’s autobiography. Malone, who founded fragrance empire Jo Malone London and... Read more

Yellow Kite goes beyond happiness

Yellow Kite, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, has acquired a new book by Sir Anthony Seldon, titled Beyond Happiness: The trap of happiness and... Read more

Chicken House to publish Maze Runner prequel

Chicken House will in 2016 publish a prequel to the best-selling Maze Runner series by James Dashner. The deal, which includes UK, Commonwealth and open... Read more

MP Dorries to write two more HoZ sagas

Head of Zeus has bought two more novels from Tory MP-turned-saga-writer Nadine Dorries in a “major” six-figure deal. Senior editor Rosie de Courcy bought world... Read more

HarperCollins has acquired three historical crime novels from four-time Crime Writers’ Association Dagger-winner Andrew Taylor. Crime and thriller publisher Julia Wisdom signed world English-language rights... Read more

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