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Canongate wins Omar El Akkad's One Day… which heats up FBF day one

Omar El Akkad © Kateshia Pendergrass
Omar El Akkad © Kateshia Pendergrass
After a “heated” five-way auction, Canongate c.e.o.Jamie Byng has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) to the “urgent and necessary” first non-fiction book from award-winning novelist Omar El Akkad

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