Jonathan Conway | The Bookseller

Flint to publish Gomes four-day working week argument

Flint, an imprint of The History Press, will publish Friday is the New Saturday: How a Four-Day Working Week Will Save the Economy by Pedro Gomes. ... Read more

Welbeck acquires 'optimist's guide' to surveillance, data and privacy

Welbeck Publishing has acquired Good Data: An Optimist’s Guide to Our Digital Future by Sam Gilbert. Read more

Sweeping art history of the world to Bridge Street in six-figure pre-empt

Little, Brown imprint The Bridge Street Press has pre-empted for a six-figure sum world rights to Power, People and Painting: The Story of Art in Fifteen Cities by... Read more

John Murray triumphs in five-publisher auction for Rathi debut

John Murray has triumphed in a five-publisher auction to land the debut book by journalist Akshat Rathi, billed as a “Factfulness for climate change”.... Read more

Quercus pre-empts new espionage history from Henry Hemming

Quercus has pre-empted a new book by espionage historian Henry Hemming: Our Man in New York. Read more

Virago to publish psychiatrist's addiction non-fiction

Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones, founder of the National Problem Gambling Clinic, is writing a book about addictions for Virago. Read more

Kyle snaps up Bento Power in five-publisher auction

Kyle Books has won Bento Power by Shiso Delicious founder Sara Kiyo Popowa after a five-publisher auction. Read more

'Strong not skinny' advocate Hollie Grant is Piatkus' 'superlead' title

Piatkus has acquired The Model Method by trained chef, owner of the award-winning Pilates PT studio and "strong not skinny" advocate Hollie Grant.... Read more