Fiction

• Monster Dahl/Netflix deal sets new bar for literary estates

  News - Fiction

  Thursday, 23rd September 2021

  £500m agreement with streaming giant for the world Roald Dahl created excludes existing book deals
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• Simon & Schuster UK acquires American bestselling author Janet Evanovich

  Rights - Fiction

  Wednesday, 22nd September 2021

  Two-book deal with Evanovich, who has had 24 New York Times number 1 bestsellers, means she is now to be published worldwide by S&S
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• Fairlight Books signs humorous satire of the publishing industry

  Rights - Fiction

  Wednesday, 22nd September 2021

  Fiona Vigo Marshall’s second novel, The House of Marvellous Books, is 'a laugh-out-loud ode to the publishing industry'
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• Carcanet signs Colm Tóibín poetry collection

  Rights - Fiction

  Wednesday, 22nd September 2021

  Vinegar Hill, written as Tóibín was being treated for cancer, is 'mature, complex and masterful'
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• 'Life-affirming' Emma Cowell debut to Avon

  Rights - Fiction

  Tuesday, 21st September 2021

  Publisher wins auction for Greek-set romance
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• Pan Macmillan signs the Accidental Medium

  Rights - Fiction

  Tuesday, 21st September 2021

  Tracy Whitwell's series was originally self-published on Kindle
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• Embla Books signs two titles by debut author Becca Day

  Rights - Fiction

  Tuesday, 21st September 2021

  The Girl Beyond the Gate is out in March 2022
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• Faber wins auction for 'virtuoso' debut novel Brutes

  Rights - Fiction

  Tuesday, 21st September 2021

  Dizz Tate's writing is 'deeply compelling and fresh'
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• flipped eye signs Blessing Musariri's dystopian debut

  Rights - Fiction

  Monday, 20th September 2021

  Zimbabwean novel is inspired by African landscapes and is a 'speculative reconfiguring of not just the world, but the imagination'
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• HarperNorth calls out for The Bingo Hall Detectives

  Rights - Fiction

  Friday, 17th September 2021

  HarperCollin's northern arm signs cosy crime novel by Jonathan Whitelaw, 'an irresistible slice of murder and mystery set against the backdrop of the Lake...
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