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Sabrin Hasbun wins inaugural Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize

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Sabrin Hasbun has won the inaugural Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds.

Hasbun is a Palestinian-Italian transnational writer and lecturer, currently teaching creative writing for activism and decolonisation at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Her submission, Wait for Her, is described as a memoir-family...

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03/28/2024 - 11:37
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Jane Casey stays with Hemlock Press for the 12th instalment of Maeve Kerrigan and new standalone

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Hemlock Press have landed the 12th instalment of Jane Casey's bestselling Maeve Kerrigan series and a new novel, My Friend Maura , Jane's first to be set in Ireland. Jane will be continuing with her long-time editor, Julia Wisdom. Maeve 12 will be published in Spring '25 with My Friend...

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02/29/2024 - 10:34
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Canongate triumphs in five-way auction for Jordan Stephens' 'game-changing' memoir

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'Canongate has triumphed in a five-way auction for a “game-changing” memoir on ADHD and masculinity from writer and one half of the chart-topping duo Rizzle Kicks, Jordan Stephens.

Publisher-at-large Francis Bickmore acquired world English language rights to Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs from Zoe Ross of United Agents. Canongate...

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02/02/2024 - 11:06
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Julie Tudor is Not a Psychopath pre-empted by Hodder Fiction

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Announced in the Bookseller today, the debut novel by Jennifer Holdich , Julie Tudor is Not a Psychopath , has been pre-empted by Phoebe Morgan at Hodder Fiction in a two book deal. Julie will be published in Spring 2025.

Julie Tudor is 49 and has...

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10/18/2023 - 13:06
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