THE KEY TO FLAMBARDS has been chosen as one of Books for Keeps’ ‘Books of the Year 2018’ Chosen by Ann Lazim from CLPE, she says it is “chosen for an excellent and three-dimensional portrayal of a young amputee. In relation to the injury Newbery depicts her protagonist experiencing a convincing and rarely depicted range of… Read more »
Tim Harford’s latest book. HOW THE WORLD ADDS UP, has been commissioned by his regular UK and US publishers, Little Brown and Riverhead, for delivery in 2019 and publication in 2020.
Martin Meredith has been commissioned by Iain Macgregor of Simon and Schuster to write ZIMBABWE – A History. Martin is author of many books on Africa including the bestselling THE STATE OF AFRICA.
Will Heyward at Penguin Press in the US has acquired North American rights in A C Grayling’s forthcoming HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY, out from Viking in the UK in April 2019.
Multi-award winning author, David Almond‘s beautiful novel THE COLOUR OF THE SUN has been shortlisted for the 2018 Costa Children’s Book Award. ‘…it embodies my constant astonishment at being alive in this beautiful, weird, extraordinary world.’ – David Almond
MY SISTER LIVES ON THE MANTLEPIECE by Annabel Pitcher has been optioned by Alexandre Jouan of Green Mill Way.
TIGERS IN RED WEATHER by Liza Klaussmann has been optioned by Stephen Garratt (producer of Le Carre’s THE NIGHT MANAGER)
Photo courtesy of Jonathan Greet. THE BALLROOM by Anna Hope has been optioned by Parallel Films for award-winning film-maker Aisling Walsh (AN INSPECTOR CALLS, MAISIE) to write and direct.
Martin Walker’s best-selling crime series – BRUNO – set in the Dordogne has been optioned by prolific German producer UFA-Fiction.
THE AFTERMATH by Rhidian Brook, starring Keira Knightley, Alexander Skaarsgard and Jason Clarke, will be released internationally by Fox Searchlight in March/April 2019. Watch the trailer here