Harvill Secker has "swiftly pre-empted" debut novel Highway Blue from Ailsa McFarlane, a 23-year-old writer who had never shown her work before sending it to agents.... Read more
Negotiation of European distribution rights will become “a horror show”, agents have warned, with American publishers emboldened to grab European English-language rights from British firms... Read more
True crime, “professional confessional” memoirs and titles that look into “sealed worlds” are the hottest non-fiction trends, according to agents who spoke to The Bookseller... Read more
Headline is publishing a new exploration of the Windrush generation, Mother Country: a book comprising over 20 real-life stories, and including contributions from MP David Lammy, comedian Lenny... Read more
Viking is publishing a new novel about the modern condition and "our age of anxiety" from Luiza Sauma, whose debut novel, Flesh and Bone and Water,... Read more
Emma Paterson, literary agent at Rogers, Coleridge & White and a Bookseller Rising Star in 2018, is joining Aitken Alexander as an agent in October.... Read more
More transparency around career paths would help a wider range of people access roles in the industry, panellists at the Building Inclusivity in Publishing conference... Read more
