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Defending UK success

Gordon Wise reflects on his presidency of the Association of Authors’ Agents, and looks at the ongoing challenges facing the group. Read more

Where do EU stand?

With the EU referendum only months away, the trade needs to start the conversation about whether to stay or leave now, Gordon Wise argues.... Read more

Simon Beckett signs with Trapeze for new crime series

Simon Beckett, who has published with Bantam since his 2007 debut, The Chemistry of Death, is moving to Trapeze in a two-book deal. ... Read more

Atkins prison diary optioned for TV by Eleventh Hour

TV rights for documentary maker Chris Atkins’ prison diary A Bit of a Stretch (Atlantic) have been optioned by Eleventh Hour Films.... Read more

Denise Welch to publish account of living with depression for Hodder

Hodder & Stoughton is publishing a "brave" and "honest" account of living with depression, written by actor and "Loose Women" panellist Denise Welch.... Read more

Canelo snares new Gerlis spy series

Canelo has snared three books in a new spy series from ex-BBC journalist and e-book star Alex Gerlis, alongside his backlist. Read more

Penguin General snaps up Christian Busch's Serendipity Mindset

Penguin Life will publish a debut by academic Dr Christian Busch, The Serendipity Mindset: The Art and Science of Creating Good Luck.... Read more

D J Taylor to write second Orwell biography for Constable

Constable has signed a fresh biography of George Orwell by D J Taylor, whose earlier book on the writer, published in 2003, won the Whitbread... Read more

Sceptre wins three-publisher auction for New Yorker cartoonist's debut

Sceptre has scooped the debut graphic novel by award-winning New Yorker cartoonist Will McPhail in a three-publisher auction. Read more

Atlantic triumphs in seven-way auction for prison diary

Following a “highly competitive” seven-way bidding war, Atlantic Books has acquired a prison diary by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Chris Atkins from his time at HMP Wandsworth.... Read more

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