News
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The Medici is London bestseller for second week running
26 Oct 2017
Mary Hollingsworth’s The Medici is a top five bestseller for the second week running in the Evening Standard.
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US deal for Winston Churchill letter collection
23 Oct 2017
North American rights in David Lough’s Darling Winston, Dearest Mamma, a selection of letters between Winston Churchill and his mother, have been bought by Pegasus.
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New Catherine Hewitt book to Icon
23 Oct 2017
Icon have bought UK & Commonwealth rights in Catherine Hewitt’s new biography No Ordinary Woman: Rosa Bonheur, France’s Greatest Painter of Animals
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Author wins BFI documentary film award
23 Oct 2017
Congratulates to Vikie Shanks, author of Unravelled, the basis of a recent documentary ‘Kingdom of Us’ which has won this year’s Grierson Award for the Best Documentary. The award recognises outstanding feature-length documentaries of integrity, originality, technical excellence or cultural significance. Lucy Cohen’s documentary feature debut is a luminous exploration of grief, identity, family bonds and emotional recovery. The award was presented by the jury President, the BAFTA and Academy Award-winning documentary producer, John Battsek who said:
“In a strong and diverse documentary selection, Lucy Cohen’s impressive debut Kingdom of Us equally fascinated and moved us all. It captures an extraordinary level of family intimacy in its delicate exploration of grief and memory.
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Cruel To Be Kind remains bestseller
18 Oct 2017
Cathy Glass’s latest fostering Cruel To Be Kind is no 6 this week, having been no 4 last week.
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Two book deal for Angus Konstam with Bloomsbury
12 Oct 2017
Bloomsbury have bought World English rights in two books from naval historian Angus Konstam. Hunting the Bismarck: The pursuit of Germany’s most famous battleship will be published in 2018 and Mutiny on the Spanish Main , the dramatic story of HMS Hermione, a British frigate whose crew mutinied in 1797, in what was regarded as the most bloody revolt in British naval history, published in 2019.
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Study of wartime traitors bought by Icon
11 Oct 2017
Icon have bought World English rights in Tim Tate’s Spies, Saboteurs & Traitors: The Secret History of Hitler’s British Fifth Column, a new study of World War Two traitors which will be published next year.
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SOE book to John Blake.
11 Oct 2017
World English rights in a biography of the SOE hero Tony Brooks have been bought by John Blake for publication next year.
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Netflix releases The Kingdom of Us
09 Oct 2017
Netflix has released a new film based on Vikie Shanks’ inspirational memoir Unravelled, generating huge media coverage:
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Global interest in The Man Who Would be Jack
09 Oct 2017
David Bullock’s sensational new book identifying the real Jack the Ripper has been generating headlines worldwide, including the following:
