The North Literary Agency | The Bookseller

Michael Joseph snaps up Ward's superyacht thriller

Penguin Michael Joseph has snapped up an “unputdownable superyacht" thriller, A Stranger on Board, by Cameron Ward. Read more

Avon lands two-book deal with Hall

Avon has landed a two-book deal with author, playwright and deputy headteacher of a primary school J M Hall. Read more

One More Chapter does four-book deal with Barker

HarperCollins division One More Chapter has acquired four new titles from Sandy Barker, including standalone romcom The Dating Game. Read more

Hodder dons scrubs for C R Robertson's deep clean thriller

Hodder & Stoughton has won a three-way auction for a thriller about a woman who cleans the homes of undiscovered corpses by C R Robertson. ... Read more

Cassell to publish Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley’s 'lost tapes'

Pete Shelley, member of punk band Buzzcocks, died in 2018, but recordings have now resurfaced of a series of "long, personal and in-depth" interviews between... Read more

Avon snaps up 'brilliantly crafted' Belfast crime series from Dempsey

Avon has snapped up Who Took Eden Mulligan? and one further book by Sharon Dempsey, marking the start of a “brilliantly crafted” Belfast-based crime series.... Read more

Aria acquires two novels by Rachel Burton

Head of Zeus imprint Aria is to publish two new books by Rachel Burton. Read more

Walker Books signs two-book deal with creative duo Andy Jones and Olaf Falafel

Walker Books will publish Unleash Your Creative Monster: A Children’s Guide to Writing by Andy Jones and Olaf Falafel, the first title in a two-book... Read more