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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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2024 Pat Kavanagh Prize Shortlist Revealed

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United Agents have partnered with the Goldsmiths Department of English and Creative Writing, for the fifteenth year running, to recognise the excellence of the students on the Goldsmiths MA in creative and life writing programme. The Pat Kavanagh Prize commemorates literary agent Pat Kavanagh, one of the founding members of...

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01/31/2024 - 14:36
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Azumah Nelson, Blakemore and Grudova longlisted for Dylan Thomas Prize 2024

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We're delighted to have three UA authors on the longlist for this year's Dylan Thomas Prize - Caleb Azumah Nelson for SMALL WORLDS (Viking), A. K. Blakemore for THE GLUTTON (Granta) and Camilla Grudova for THE COILED SERPENT (Atlantic). Congratulations, all!

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01/25/2024 - 15:42
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Running the Room: Conversations with Women Theatre Directors

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Nick Hern Books just released Running the Room: Conversations with Women Theatre Directors, which features insights from talented directors like Carrie Cracknell , Natalie Abrahami , and Nadia Fall .

Our most brilliant, fearless, and creative women directors open the door on their craft, discussing their work in the...

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11/16/2023 - 17:39
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