Hayley Steed | The Bookseller

Hodder Studio acquires 'utterly compelling' Marshall debut

Hodder Studio has acquired two titles from Heather Marshall at auction, including her debut Looking for Jane. Read more

Heyday Television triumphs in nine-way auction for Audrain's debut

Michael Joseph’s major 2021 debut The Push by Ashley Audrain has been optioned by Heyday Television. Read more

Sphere to publish Wilson's thriller The Witness

Sphere is publishing The Witness, the first novel by barrister and non-fiction author Alexandra Wilson. Read more

Lake Union buys two novels from Katherine Slee

Lake Union, an imprint of Amazon Publishing, has struck a two-book deal with Katherine Slee. Read more

Zaffre wins Sampson's debut The Last Library

Bonnier Books UK has acquired Freya Sampson's debut novel The Last Library—an "ode to libraries and the ability they possess to bring the unlikeliest of people together".... Read more

HarperCollins scoops Harvill Secker editor Adams debut in two-book deal

HarperCollins has won a multi-publisher auction for The Reading List by debut author and Harvill Secker commissioning editor Sara Nisha Adams in a two-book deal.... Read more

Coronet bags book on queer culture from Daisy Jones

Coronet has bagged a book about modern queer culture from “dazzlingly smart” Vice associate editor Daisy Jones. Read more

Elliot & Thompson bags motherhood essays from 20 writers

Elliot & Thompson has bagged a Katherine May-curated collection of essays on motherhood from authors including Josie George, Leah Hazard, Hollie McNish and Saima Mir.... Read more