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THE LEAD STORY LONDON BOOK FAIR ROUND-UP
24.03.17
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Mollaoglu won the Literary Agent Award, with the judges stating that “in one decade [she has become a] bridge to the outside world for her writers, at a point in Turkish history when that connection is more crucial than ever”. HarperCollins UK was named the inaugural winner of the new Inclusivity in Publishing Award, and was lauded for its “efforts and achievements towards improving inclusivity in publishing, a drive which is much needed for our industry”. Other winners included Paris’ Shakespeare & Company, named Bookshop of the Year; Wydawnictwo Dwie Siostry, winner of The Market Focus Poland Children’s & Young Adult Publisher Award; and Book Aid International (Africa), which won the Educational Initiatives Award.
Trade pays tribute to agents Blake and Miller
Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW) agent David Miller, were held as the trade prepared for this year’s London Book Fair. Authors and agency colleagues
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saluted the “magnificent” Blake—for her legendary publishing lunches, love of art, negotiating toughness and profound kindness—at a memorial held at St John’s Smith Square on 13th March. Novelist Lawrence Norfolk described how a chance meeting with Blake at the London Book Fair led to her representing him. He said: “I could take artistic risks because of her... I am the kind of writer I am because of her.” Former publisher Martin Neild said Blake “left the great life party uncharacteristically abruptly and far too early”, while Blake Friedmann co–founder Julian Friedmann told those assembled that Blake “would have wanted us to relish the fun she so conspicuously had as an agent and a friend”. A service was held at a packed Union Chapel, in north London, for Miller on 12th March. Peter Straus,
wo remembrance services, celebrating Blake Friedmann co-founder Carole Blake and
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Food for a Happy Gut from PFD’s Tim Bates (April 2017); Rachel Roddy’s Two Kitchens (July) from United Agents’ Jon Elek; Live Well to 101 by Dr Dawn Harper from Ben Clarke at Lucas Alexander Whitley; Unplugged Parenting by Dr Elizabeth Kilbey (July) from Furniss Lawton’s Rory Scarfe; and journalist Lola Akerstrom’s Lagom, a “gifty hardback” about living well (August, rights signed direct from the author).
Orion relaunches non-fiction list
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m.d. of RCW, described Miller as “a force for good—committed, passionate and fearless”, while Picador associate publisher Ravi Mirchandani said that in the “publishing tarot, David’s card would be The Storyteller”. Bloomsbury group editor-in-chief Alexandra Pringle said she admired Miller’s style. “Straightforward and frank, devoted to his authors and their books,” she said.
Headline Home opens its doors
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eadline launched lifestyle list Headline Home at the fair, with five new titles signed up.
Publisher Muna Reyal and senior editor Kate Miles will work with publishing director Lindsey Evans on the imprint, which will publish a range of practical books on food, parenting, popular psychology, health/wellbeing and self-help. Evans said its name nodded to the “support and comfort from our busy lives” that can be found at home. “We want our books to offer guidance, support, comfort—a safe place for readers to retreat to,” she added. The list has signed Naomi Devlin’s
increase its global profile. Amanda Harris pictured below, publisher of Seven Dials, hopes a “fresh and renewed” focus and an increase in the number of international projects commissioned will strengthen the list’s position in the industry. Seven Dials will issue memoir,
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cookery, “ideas”, gift/humour, personal development, parenting, diet and fitness titles, and launch The Dials Bookshelf, which will celebrate Orion’s “eclectic” non-fiction backlist. Already signed to the imprint are The Little Big Things by Henry Fraser, an artist who paints using his mouth; Confessions of a First-Time Parent by Sam Avery; The Modern Italian Cook by Joe Trivelli; and Julie Trottman’s Superstar Cats and Superstar Dogs. The team at Seven Dials, reporting
to Harris, comprises Emily Barrett, Olivia Morris, Lucy Haenlein and Alice Commins, while the relaunch also coincides with Orion’s 25th birthday.
rion non-fiction will be relaunched as Seven Dials in September, with a remit to
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