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Sally Williamson, formerly of HarperCollins, is joining Transworld as senior commissioning editor.

HarperVoyager will publish a debut trilogy set in a West Africa-inspired fantasy kingdom, by Rena Barron.

Trapeze has won the rights to publish Stephanie Land's memoir Maid next January following a five-way auction.

Orion is publishing a story of love, war, family and betrayal, based on the true story of a little-known massacre in Civitella, Italy during the Second World War.  

llex Press has acquired "a rich and curious history" of the Moon and what it means to humanity by Alexandra Loske and Robert Massey.

Transworld has won "a highly competitive" auction to publish stand-up comedian and "Britain’s Got Talent" winner Lee Ridley, aka Lost Voice Guy.

Bloomsbury has acquired a "revelatory" book about the science of ageing from a computational biologist.