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Simon & Schuster is to publish a political memoir by Jess Phillips, secured in a two book deal. 

Picador has snapped up Mother for Dinner by Shalom Auslander, billed as the “funniest novel of the 2020s” and looking at identity, inheritance and cannibalism.

Hachette Children's Group's non-fiction imprint Wren & Rook will publish Rashmi Sirdeshpande Good News: Why the World is Not as Bad as You Think, the first in a new two-book deal. 

Faber is to publish Polly Dunbar's first adult title, Hello, Mum, next spring.

As was the case when it launched in the US earlier this year, the arrival of the UK branch of Bookshop.org is timely

The recent imposition of a new National Security Law in Hong Kong was followed by a crackdown on libraries. There are now signs that it is also affecting the work of publishers and booksellers.

Sarah Hall has been shortlisted for the £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award for the fourth time, after winning the prize in 2013. 

From Norway, Germany, USA, Iceland, Finland, Spain, and Poland, here are writings to watch for on the run-up to Frankfurter Buchmesse. The post Rights Roundup: The Frankfurt-Bound Rights World Revs Up appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

From Norway, Germany, USA, Iceland, Finland, Spain, and Poland, here are writings to watch for on the run-up to Frankfurter Buchmesse. The post Rights Roundup: The Frankfurt-Bound Rights World Revs Up appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Going into the American market in October and the British market in mid-20201, the animated series about a dog family has a deal with PRH. The post BBC Studios Names PRH the Publishing Partner for Australia’s ‘Bluey’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.