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Fourth Estate triumphs in six-publisher auction for O’Neill’s Belfast memoir

Alix O’Neill’s memoir of growing up in a Republican area of Belfast during the 1990s has gone to Fourth Estate Read more

Nicola Barr moves to The Bent Agency

Literary agent Nicola Barr has left Greene & Heaton after six years to join The Bent Agency. Read more

Orion buys The Wrong Child from Freight Books

Orion has acquired The Wrong Child by Barry Gornell. Read more

MCB acquires YA fantasy debut at auction

Macmillan Children’s Books (MCB) and Pan Macmillan Australia have jointly acquired a YA fantasy novel by debut author Laura Sebastian, at auction. Read more

Fleet acquires filmmaker Harrison's debut The First Day

Fleet has acquired a debut novel The First Day, introducing its author, filmmaker Phil Harrison, as a "major new voice". Read more

Orion wins auction for illustrator Rubyetc

Orion is publishing the darkly comic sketches of a 22-year-old illustrator exploring struggles with mental health, following a five-way auction. Read more

S&S Children’s to publish Stewart Foster

Stewart Foster, the writer behind the adult novel We Used to be Kings (Jonathan Cape), is turning his hand to children’s books.... Read more

Sceptre signs book on Britain's Green Belt

Sceptre has acquired a memoir exploring the origins of Britain’s Green Belt. Associate publisher Drummond Moir bought UK and Commonwealth rights, including Canada, to Outskirts:... Read more

Pan Mac signs J B Morrison sequel

Pan Macmillan has acquired a new novel by former musician J B Morrison. Natasha Harding acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, including Canada, to Frank Derrick’s... Read more

Corvus signs thriller debut

Corvus has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Try Not to Breathe, a psychological thriller by debut novelist Holly Seddon. Corvus editorial director Maddie West... Read more

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