News

Vincent Kompany to S&S UK in two-book deal

Simon & Schuster UK has struck a two-book deal with Manchester City legend Vincent Kompany. Read more

Harvill Secker lands McCulloch's New York Times bestseller

Harvill Secker will publish New York Times bestseller Because Internet: Understanding How Language is Changing by Gretchen McCulloch later this year. ... Read more

Gollancz signs Martell's 'unmissable' debut fantasy series

Gollancz has signed up debut author Nick Martell’s "unmissable" fantasy series, The Mercenary King. Read more

Princeton University Press signs Harvard economist Goldin in six-figure deal

Princeton University Press has struck a six-figure deal with Harvard economist Claudia Goldin for her "urgent" book on gender disparity. Read more

Muswell Press snaps up Nour debut to lead LGBTQI list

Muswell Press has snared a “perceptive and evocative” debut to lead the publisher’s new LGBTQI list. Read more

MJ signs second book from Mrs Hinch

Michael Joseph will publish a second book from Instagram star Mrs Hinch later this year. Read more

Quadrille lands Eggerue's latest

Quadrille has scooped the third book by Chidera Eggerue, described as showing women “how to reframe the stale goal of finding a man”. Read more

Headline nets memoir of jewel thief Payne

Headline has netted the memoir of Doris Payne, “the world’s most notorious jewel thief”, written with Zelda Lockhart. Read more

MacFarlane’s Underland wins Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize

Robert MacFarlane has triumphed at the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize with eighth book Underland. Read more

Lawrence, Francis and Bananuka join BookTrust Represents line-up

Patrice Lawrence, Joy Francis and Elizabeth Bananuka are among the mentors leading the first round of training sessions for BookTrust Represents, a project to help... Read more

Sky Arts to broadcast two new documentaries on Forster and Kipling

Sky Arts will broadcast two new documentaries on E M Forster and Rudyard Kipling this autumn. Read more

Black & White signs McBride's 'inspiring' collection of stories from Irish women

Black & White will publish Caitlin McBride's "intimate and inspirational" collection of stories from Irish women later this year. Read more

Tributes paid after Gay's The Word founder Jonathan Cutbill dies, aged 82

Tributes have been paid to Gay’s The Word bookshop co-founder Jonathan Cutbill, who has passed away aged 82 after a period of ill health.... Read more

Obama reveals summer reads as Morrison, Whitehead, Chiang and Mantel top list

Barack Obama has revealed his summer reading list, including titles from Toni Morrison, Colson Whitehead, Ted Chiang and Hilary Mantel. Read more

Sphere hires Viking's Forte and Kenny from Bloomsbury

Little, Brown imprint Sphere has appointed Viking’s Rosanna Forte and Callum Kenny from Bloomsbury as editors working across the fiction list. Read more