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Bedford Square Publishers have acquired the 'propulsive' debut novel from Bonnie Burke-Patel. I Died At Fallow Hall is a brilliant contemporary twist on the country-house mystery and will be published in 2024. You can read the full Bookseller announcement here.
Canongate have acquired The Secret Painter and account of the life of Eric Tucker written by his nephew Joe Tucker. Described as 'A true story about class and ambition, loneliness and community, success and failure' The Secret Painter will be published in 2024.
John Vaillant has won the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction for his urgent and brilliant book Fire Weather. You can read the full announcement here.
Black and White Publishing have acquired Murder Ballad, the new historical novel from Lucy Ribchester. Described as 'a dark, historical mystery set in Edinburgh’s dazzling 18th-century music scene' Murder Ballad will be published in June 2024. You can read the full Bookseller announcement here.
Sceptre have acquired the debut novel by journalist Tom Lamont. Going Home is described as 'a tender novel set in a north London Jewish community' and will be published in May 2024. You can read the full Bookseller announcement here.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson have acquired ten books by Australian author Helen Garner. They will begin publication in February 2024 by publishing This House of Grief, The Children's Bach and Monkey Grip. You can read the full Bookseller announcement here.
Penguin Fig Tree has acquired The Modern Fairies the new novel from Clare Pollard. Described as 'brilliant and bawdy, romantic and provocative ... a dazzling novel inspired by real events, about the delights and dangers of storytelling in dark times'. You can read the full Bookseller announcement here.
Picador have acquired Gráinne O'Hare's 'Rowdy' coming of age story Thirst Trap. Described as 'Poignant, funny and often painfully relatable' Picador will publish in Summer 2025. Click here to read the full bookseller announcement.
Fire Weather by John Vaillant has been shortlisted for the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. You can see the full shortlist here.
Congratulations to Jack Parlett who has been shortlisted for the 2023 Polari Prize for his brilliant book FIRE ISLAND. You can see the full shortlist here.
Cressida Connolly has been longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown for her brilliant novel BAD RELATIONS. You can see the full longlist here.
FIRE WEATHER by John Vaillant and PROMISES OF GOLD by Jose Olivarez have both been longlisted for this year's National Book Awards. You can see the full longlists here.
FIRE WEATHER by John Vaillant has been longlisted for the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize. The judges called it a 'meticulously researched, beautifully told and vitally relevant account of an environmental and industrial disaster'. You can see the full longlist here.
Tom Baragwanath has been shortlisted for the 2023 Ngaio Marsh First Novel Award for his upcoming crime novel PAPER CAGE. You can see the full shortlist here.
Ned Beauman has won the 2023 Arthur C Clark award for science fiction for his brilliant eco thriller VENOMOUS LUMPSUCKER. You can read the full announcement here.
We are thrilled that Viktoria Lloyd Barlow has been longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize for her dazzling debut novel ALL THE LITTLE BIRD HEARTS. Huge congratulations to Viktoria and the other longlisted authors. You can see the full longlist here.
FIRE ISLAND by Jack Parlett has been longlisted for the 2023 Polari Prize, the UK's first and largest LGBTQ+ book award. Click here to see the full longlist.
Canongate have acquired RESTLESS DOLLY MAUNDER the new novel by Booker Prize nominated author Kate Grenville. You can read the full announcement here.
The brilliant Sarah Perry has been made Chancellor of the University of Essex. Read the full announcement here.
Hayley Scrivenor has been awarded the 2023 CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger for her debut crime novel DIRT TOWN. You can read the full announcement here.
Baskerville has acquired PAPER CAGE the debut novel from New Zealand author Tom Baragwanath. PAPER CAGE won the 2021 Michael Gifkins Prize and will be published in the UK in February 2024. You can read the full Bookseller announcement here.
Jonathan Cape have acquired ENLIGHTENMENT and GILDENBERG, two new novels by Sarah Perry. ENLIGHTENMENT will be published in May 2024 and is described as a 'story of love, faith and astronomy, told over the course of 20 years through the lives of two improbable best friends'. You can read the full Bookseller article here.
We are thrilled to announce that Jane Finigan has become a full partner and co-owner of Lutyens & Rubinstein Literary Agency alongside Sarah Lutyens and Felicity Rubinstein. You can read the full Bookseller announcement here.
Robbie Arnott's brilliant book LIMBERLOST has been shortlisted for the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award. You can see the full shortlist here.
Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman has been shortlisted for the 2023 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction. You can see the full shortlist here.
#MerkyBooks have acquired rights in This Kind of Trouble by Tochi Eze described as “a powerful and emotive exploration of family and folklore". #MerkyBooks will publish in Spring 2025. You can read the full Bookseller announcement here.
Robbie Arnott's brilliant novel Limberlost has been longlisted for the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award. You can see the full longlist here.
Sarah Smith has been shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger for her novel HEAR NO EVIL, whilst Hayley Scrivenor's DIRT TOWN has been shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger. You can see the full shortlists here.
Fliss Freeborn and Kitty & Al Tait have both won at the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards. Kitty and Al won the Debut Food Book of the Year Award for their book BREADSONG whilst Fliss was awarded the Cookery Writer of the Year Award!
Robbie Arnott has won the 2023 Age Book of the Year for his novel LIMBERLOST. You can read the full announcement here.
Kitty and Al Tait have been nominated for a 2023 James Beard Award in the bread category for their book BREADSONG. You can see the full list of nominees here.
Mark Billingham has been longlisted for the 2023 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year for the latest instalment in his Tom Thorne series THE MURDER BOOK. You can see the full longlist here.
Michelle de Kretser has been shortlisted for the 2023 RSL Ondaatje Prize for her brilliant book SCARY MONSTERS. You can see the full shortlist here.
Hayley Scrivenor has been longlisted for the 2023 CWA New Blood Dagger for her brilliant crime novel DIRT TOWN and Sarah Smith's HEAR NO EVIL has been longlisted for the 2023 CWA Historical Dagger. You can see the full CWA longlists here.
Michelle De Kretser has been longlisted for the 2023 RSL Ondaatje Prize for her brilliant novel SCARY MONSTERS. You can see the full longlist here.
Kitty & Al Tait and Fliss Freeborn have both been shortlisted for the 2023 Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards. BREADSONG by Kitty & Al Tait has been shortlisted for the Debut Food Book Award and Fliss Freeborn has been shortlisted for the Cookery Writer award for work on her blog Student Cuisine for the Gloomy Teen. You can see the full shortlists here.
Michelle de Kretser has won the Rathbones Folio Fiction Prize for her brilliant novel SCARY MONSTERS, described by the judges as 'a sublime novel that slips, fascinates and terrifies at once'.
Robbie Arnott's novel LIMBERLOST has been shortlisted for the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize. You can see the full shortlist here.
Footnote Press will publish NADEZHDA IN THE DARK the “haunting, tender and ferociously compelling” new novel from Yelena Moskovich, this September. You can read the full Bookseller announcement here.
Hayley's Scrivenor's dark and brilliant novel DIRT TOWN has been shortlisted for CrimeFest's Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award. You can see the full shortlist here.
Simon Parkin has won the 2023 Wingate Literary Prize for his brilliant book THE ISLAND OF EXTRAORDINARY CAPTIVES. The Wingate Prize is a literary award given to the best book, fiction or non-fiction, to translate the idea of Jewishness to the general reader. You can read the full announcement here.
Ebury will publish food journalist Fliss Freeborn's debut cookbook DO YOURSELF A FLAVOUR: 75 recipes to feed yourself, your flatmates and your freezer. You can read the full bookseller announcement here.
Firefly Press have acquired rights in Luke Palmer's second novel PLAY, a 'Masterly' YA novel on male friendship. PLAY will be published in October 2023, you can read the full Bookseller announcement here.
Both BREADSONG by Al and Kitty Tait and THE YEAR OF MIRACLES by Ella Risbridger have been shortlisted for the 2022 Andre Simon Food & Drink Books Awards. You can see the full shortlist here.
Michelle de Kretser's brilliant novel SCARY MONSTERS has been shortlisted for the 2023 Rathbones Folio prize. You can see the full shortlist here.
Simon and Schuster have acquired two new novels from Hannah Richell in a six figure pre-empt. The first, THE SEARCH PARTY toted as “suspenseful, escapist commercial fiction” will publish in 2024. You can read the full Bookseller announcement here.
Robbie Arnott's latest novel LIMBERLOST has been longlisted for the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize. You can see the full longlist here.
Charles Elton's biography of famed director Michael Cimino, CIMINO: The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate and the Price of a Vision has been shortlisted for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2022.