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Aster to publish A Year of Living Simply by Kate Humble

Aster, part of the Octopus Publishing Group, has acquired A Year of Living Simply: From Complexity to Contentment by Kate Humble. ... Read more

HarperCollins gets three more from Biddulph

Picture book star Rob Biddulph has signed a new three-book deal with HarperCollins Children’s Books. Read more

OUP over the Moon for Muncaster's new series

Oxford University Press (OUP) has snapped up another series by bestselling Isadora Moon creator Harriet Muncaster. Read more

MCB signs Roald Dahl-winning illustrator Tazzyman

Macmillan Children’s Books has signed illustrator David Tazzyman to its list for his debut middle-grade fiction series and a new picture book. Read more

Andersen Press snaps up Caldecott YA

Andersen Press will publish The Short Knife, “a stunningly poetic” YA novel from Waterstones Children’s Book Prize-shortlisted author Elen Caldecott.... Read more

Canongate scoops new Holloway book

Canongate has scooped a new book by Scottish writer, broadcaster and cleric Richard Holloway, promising his answers to the world’s biggest questions. Read more

Morgan's take on female desire goes to Atlantic

Atlantic Books is to publish Maps of Desire, a book that aims to "truly understand the myriad forms of female sexual desire", by Eleanor Morgan. ... Read more