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Ballantine bags New Girl in six-figure pre-empt
World rights to the Times fashion editor Harriet Walker’s début novel were
sold to US publisher Kate Miciak at Ballantine in a six-figure, two- book pre-empt. Walker’s “incen- diary” The New Girl, set in the world of high fashion, explores friendship, ambition and the insecurity that is sparked when a woman hires her maternity cover. United Agents’ Laura Macdougall struck the deal.
Straight dope to Hodder Hodder has won a four-way auction for Dopeworld, a “bold, eye-opening” book chronicling humanity’s relationship with drugs, and the devastating cost, by investigative journalist Niko Vorobyov. The book is based on the author’s experience of investigating the drug trade around the world, as well as his time in prison. Huw Armstrong, editor for non-fiction, acquired world rights in all languages from John Ash at PEW Literary, and will publish in autumn 2019.
Ten-way UK tussle for Missy Carmichael
A “coming-of-old” début has been the subject of a string of deals on the eve of the fair, with HarperFiction sealing UK and Commonwealth rights aſter an “extraordinary” 10-way auction overseen by Madeleine Milburn. Editorial director Martha Ashby saw off nine UK publishers to bag Beth Morrey’s The Love Story of Missy Carmichael from Milburn’s eponymous agency. The two-book, six-figure deal was one of a flurry of international deals, with the US sale closing on Monday (8th October). Garzanti snagged Italian rights for six-figures, and deals were struck in Sweden (Lind & Co), Russia (Sinbad) and Serbia (Laguna). The UK deal reunites the Ashby-Milburn team responsible for Gail Honeyman’s huge hit Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. Set to be a lead title for HarperFiction in 2020, Missy Carmichael is “a life-affirming, deeply moving ‘coming-of-old’ story” that follows a woman who
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Wicks to Wean in 15 Bluebird has signed two further books from fitness and cookery star Joe Wicks, both of which will focus on babies, children and healthy eating for the whole family. Publisher Carole Tonkinson bought world rights to two titles from Bev James of Bev James Management. Wean in 15, due in 2020, will feature 100 recipes aimed at healthily weaning babies onto solid food, plus exercises for time-pressed parents. The second book will aim to “get the nation eating healthily”.
Oneworld signs Dennis- Benn’s migration tale Oneworld publisher Juliet Mabey has signed UK and Commonwealth rights to Jamaican novelist Nicole Dennis-Benn’s second novel Patsy, the story of a woman who leaves her young daughter behind in Jamaica when she moves to the US, but faces “cruel and overwhelming” obstacles when she arrives as an undocumented immigrant. Caspian Dennis at Abner Stein conducted the deal, on behalf of Julie Barer at The Book Group.
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BETH MORREY’S DÉBUT WAS THE SUBJECT OF A 10-WAY BIDDING FRENZY
had a “fulfilling life with two children, a golden husband and a Classics degree from Cambridge”. But as she ages, she becomes estranged from her adult children and is leſt alone. Her past “threatens to shater her existence rather than
T C SHELLEY INKED A THREE- BOOK DEAL
soothe, leaving her with no choice but to trust in the kindness of stran- gers and an adopted dog”. Morrey is creative director of London-based production company RDF Television—where she helped create TV shows such as “The Secret Life of 4-Year-Olds”—as well as a former vice-president of the Cambridge Footlights, and a sketch writer. Milburn said she hadn’t “felt [so] strongly about a character since the day I met Eleanor Oliphant”, adding: “It was an extraordinary auction, atracting publishing teams from the very literary end of the spectrum to the out-and-out commercial. Missy is going to go far, and reach every tpe of reader. It has that magic formula.” Ashby said: “Beth’s wonderful, thought-provoking novel is a power- ful exploration of how a life can fall through the cracks of societ with apparent ease—and how a commu- nit can reach through that crack and pull you back out again.” Reporting Heloise Wood
Hamish Hamilton Pines for indie’s word-of-mouth hit
Hamish Hamilton has won a nine-way auction for UK and Commonwealth rights to a bestselling Irish collection of personal, interlocking essays. University College Dublin professor Emilie Pine’s Notes to
author Bloomsbury signs kids’ fantasy duo
Bloomsbury Children’s Books has acquired world rights, in all languages, to two fantasy series from Catherine Pellegrino at Marjacq. First-time Australian author T C Shelley’s middle-grade series is about a “strange and unique” monster named Imp, who looks like a human boy and is sought by Thunderguts, king of the ogres, who believes Imp has the power to make monsters roam the Earth once more. The first book, The Monster Who Wasn’t, will be published in May 2019, with books two and three due in 2020 and 2021 respectively. Commissioning editor Hannah Sandford struck the deal. Bloomsbury Children’s also acquired Steve Feasey’s YA
fantasy series Dark Blade, set in a land of “gods and monsters, witches and necromancers”. The series will launch in July 2019, with a sequel to follow in 2020. Publishing director Rebecca McNally and assistant editor Callum Kenny signed the titles.
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Self, which tackles issues such as her troubled relationship with her alcoholic father, became a word-of-mouth sensation in Ireland after being published this summer by indie Tramp Press. Simon Prosser, publishing director at Hamish Hamilton, acquired UK rights from agent Karolina Sutton at Curtis Brown, on behalf of Tramp. ICM sold US rights to Dial Press; Curtis Brown sold Swedish rights to Wahlstrom & Widstrand; and French rights went to Delcourt. Hamish Hamilton will publish in hardback in January 2019 (when the e-book rights will transfer from Tramp to Hamish Hamilton), followed by a B-format paperback in June. Tramp retains trade paperback rights in the Irish market. Prosser said: “Tis is such a special book: beautifully structured, intimate, immediate, moving and radically honest. It also speaks directly to women’s experiences in a way which feels utterly of the moment. To write this well—with this wisdom, confidence and maturity— straight from the gate is so rare. Emilie is one of the most exciting new writers I have read in a very long while.”
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