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A Song of Me and You is a Richard & Judy Summer 2024 Pick

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We're delighted by the news that Mike Gayle 's A Song of Me and You is a Richard and Judy pick with WHSmith for Summer 2024. Out in paperback today with Hodder & Stoughton, it is the ideal summer read. This is Mike's second time as a R&J pick, with...

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04/25/2024 - 14:06
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Bluebird buys Roxy Bourdillon’s 'nostalgia-drenched' memoir

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'Bluebird will publish DIVA editor Roxy Bourdillon ’s memoir, What A Girl Wants: A (True) Story of Sexuality and Self-Discovery .

Jodie Lancet-Grant, associate publisher at Bluebird, acquired world rights from Laura MacDougall at United Agents, scheduled for publication on 17th April 2025.

“What a Girl Wants is...

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04/23/2024 - 18:55
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Margot Douaihy and Helen Erichsen longlisted for the ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award for Crime Fiction

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Huge congratulations to our wonderful authors for being longlisted. This award celebrates the best in debut crime fiction published in 2023.

SCORCHED GRACE by Margot Douaihy is a sensationally fiery debut featuring a crime-solving queer punk nun that's 'so much more than a mystery' (Gillian Flynn).

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04/23/2024 - 18:41
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Casey and Slater Shortlisted for the 2024 CrimeFest Awards

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Congratulations to Jane Casey and Alice Slater who have been shortlisted in the 2024 CrimeFest Awards. Slater's debut, Death of a Bookseller , is up for the £1,000 Specsavers Debut Crime Novel of the Year and The Close , the tenth instalment in Casey's bestselling Maeve Kerrigan series, is shortlisted...

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04/16/2024 - 10:39
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