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Orion relaunches non-fiction list O
WORDS Lisa Campbell
RION NON-FICTION WILL be relaunched as Seven Dials in September, with a
remit to increase its global profile. Amanda Harris, 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,
cookery, “ideas”, giſt/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; Confes- sions of a First-Time Parent by Sam Avery; The Modern Italian Cook by Joe Trivelli; and Julie Trotman’s
Trade pays tribute to late agents Blake and Miller
Two remembrance services, celebrating Blake Friedmann co-founder Carole Blake and Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW) agent David Miller, were held as the trade prepared for the London Book Fair. Authors and agency colleagues saluted the “magnificent” Blake—for her legendary publish- ing lunches, love of art, negotiating toughness and profound kindness—at a memorial held at St John’s Smith Square yesterday (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
Quarto pioneers series of scratch-away titles
The Quarto Group is to release a new adult craft series called Scratch & Create. The books have metallic ink layered over specially commissioned drawings, with users able to scratch away the coating and “uncover beauti- ful, full-colour finished artworks”. Readers of the books can also cre- ate their own designs. Quarto will be the first to market with a series of this kind, it said, when it releases the first four Scratch & Create books in August.
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Orme appointed Bonnier Zaffre editorial director
Sophie Orme left has been appointed edito- rial director of Bonnier Zaffre.
Having been a senior editor for Mantle, as well as editorial director (maternity cover) for Scribner, Orme has worked with authors including Kate Morton, C J Sansom and M J McGrath. Zaf- fre has also promoted Katherine Armstrong to the position of editorial director, crime fiction.
Superstar Cats and Super- star Dogs. The team at Seven Dials, reporting to Harris pictured, comprises Emily Barret, Olivia Morris, Lucy Haenlein and Alice Commins, while the re- launch also coincides with Orion’s 25th birthday.
Harris said: “I feel privi-
leged to be part of Orion’s non-fiction rebrand... We will firm up the list’s edges and increase its profile on the global stage. We have an amazing wealth of best- selling authors and we look forward to creating future brands and publish- ing new talent alongside our big names. We have
hand-picked the very best editorial team for the launch, and the results are already very exciting.” Orion m.d. Katie Espiner added:
“Orion’s track record in launch- ing and nurturing some of the most beloved and bestselling non- fiction of the past 25 years has been second to none. Under Amanda and her team’s stewardship, I know Seven Dials will continue to bring the very best books to the widest possible readership.”
writer I am because of her.” Former publisher Martin Neild said Blake “leſt the great life part uncharacter- istically abruptly and far too early”, while Blake Fried- mann co–founder Julian Friedmann told those assem- bled 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 Sunday (12th March). Peter Straus, m.d. of RCW, described Miller as “a force for good—commit- ted, passionate and fearless”, while Picador associate publisher Ravi Mirchandani said that in the “publishing tarot, David’s card would be The Storyteller”. Bloomsbury’s group editor-in-chief Alexandra Pringle said she
admired Miller’s stle: “Straightforward and frank, devoted to his authors and their books.”
Collins set to refresh Microsoft c.e.o. Nadella
William Collins will release Micro- soft c.e.o. Satya Nadella’s Hit Refresh, “the story of the com- pany’s transformation, tracing his journey from a childhood in India to leading some of the most sig- nificant technological changes in the digital age”. Commissioning editor Joseph Zigmond bought UK, Commonwealth and non-exclusive European rights from Jim Levine at the Levine Greenberg Agency and HC US vice-president and publisher Hollis Heimbouch.
HQ draws a line with Boundaries buy
HarperCollins imprint HQ will publish Boundaries: How to Draw the Line in Your Head, Heart and Home by psychotherapist, rela- tionship expert and journalist Vic- toria Lambert. Senior commis- sioning editor Rachel Kenny acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Gordon Wise at Curtis Brown. The book, which will “help readers develop self-esteem and achieve healthy control of their lives [in] a four-step programme”, will be published in January 2018.
Tie-in title to Faris’ podcast goes to HQ
HarperCollins imprint HQ has snapped up UK and Common- wealth rights to US actress Anna Faris’ first memoir. Anna Faris is Unqualified:
Love and Relationship Advice from a Celebrity Who Just Wants to Help is described as part advice guide, part memoir. It will reveal the actress’ take on “how to navigate the bizarre, chaotic and worthwhile adven- ture of finding love”, in the vein of her successful podcast series of the same name. Rachel Kenny, senior com- missioning editor at HQ, acquired the rights from Juliet Mushens, acting on behalf of Marc Gerald at United Talent Agency and Doug Wald at Anon- ymous Content. HQ will publish this autumn alongside Dutton in the US. Dutton acquired North American-only rights fol- lowing a “hotly-contested seven-bidder auction”. Kenny described the title—
to which Faris’ husband, Hol- lywood actor Chris Pratt, will contribute a forew0rd—as a “killer proposition”. The book will be published in the UK as a £16.99 hardback.
Fox’s psychological thriller to Michael Joseph
Michael Joseph has acquired a début psychological thriller, Mine by Susi Fox, in a pre-empt just hours after receiving the manu- script. Senior editor Jillian Taylor bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding ANZ and Canada, in a two-book deal from Curtis Brown’s Alice Lutyens. The novel, which features a woman waking from a traumatic caesarean and being presented with a baby that is not hers, unfolds at “heart- thumping pace”, Taylor said.
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