News
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Recent Foreign Rights Sales
18 May 2016
French rights in Cathy Glass’s Another Forgotten Child.
Polish rights in Catherine Hewitt’s The Mistress of Paris.
Chinese rights in Christopher Lloyd’s The Story of the World in 100 Species..
Korean rights in Desmond Seward’s The Hundred Years War.
Chinese rights in Desmond Seward’s Jerusalem’s Traitor: Josephus, Masada, and the Fall of Judaea.
Slovenian rights in Shed Simove’s What Every Man Thinks About Apart From Sex. Polish rights in Casey Watson’s Skin Deep.
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The Floating Brothel optioned
18 May 2016
Sian Rees’s The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth Century Ship and its Cargo of Female Convicts has been optioned by Pretty Monster with support from Australian Screen.
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Without a Mother's Love serialised in Mail Online
18 May 2016
Amanda Wright’s Without a Mother’s Love written with Katy Weitz is serialised in Mail Online
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3585279/Woman-witnessed-mother-s-murder-just-four-years-old-relives-horrifying-moment-saw-STRANGLED-slept-bed.html
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Guardian serial for Parliament Ltd
18 May 2016
Martin Williams’ Parliament Ltd: A Journey to the Dark Heart of British Politics is serialised in The Guardian today
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Vikie Shanks on BBC Radio
17 May 2016
Vikie Shanks, author of the inspirational memoir Unravelled, did the newspaper review on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire on Saturday. You can hear it here (starts at 38.00).
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Croatian island memoir optioned for drama
16 May 2016
Anthony Stancomb’s memoirs of moving to the Croatian island of Vis Under a Croatian Sun: From Grey Britain to a Sunny Isle: One Couple’s Dream Comes True and Notes from a Very Small Island have been optioned by Life and Soul Pictures.
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Film rights sold in Castle of the Eagles
16 May 2016
EOne Features have optioned film rights in Mark Felton’s Castle of the Eagles: Escape from Mussolini’s Colditz
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Hartswood option Stalin's Englishman
16 May 2016
Hartswood Films, the makers of Sherlock, have optioned drama rights in Andrew Lownie’s Stalin’s Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess.
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Irreplaceable serialised in the Sunday Mirror
16 May 2016
Louise Moir’s powerful new memoir Irreplaceable was serialised this weekend in the Sunday Mirror.
I want my children to remember their dad as amazing not for his suicide
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Terrific review for Ithaca
13 May 2016
Patrick Dillon’s new historical novel Ithaca, an alternative retelling of the Odyssey, has had a great review from Publishers Weekly.
‘Dillon’s vibrant retelling… is as rich as it is complex. This is a smart and highly readable adventure, and a fresh take on a classic story.’
