The Staycation by Michele Gorman sold to Trapeze!
When volcanic ash scuppers your plan for a holiday abroad what do you do? In Michele Gorman’s upcoming novel The Staycation, two families are face with this dilemma when their flights are [...]
Alex English’s Sky Pirates find a home at S&S Children’s
We are bursting with excitement that we can announce that Alex English’s middle-grade adventure Sky Pirates: Echo and the Great Beyond has been snapped up by Lucy Rogers, senior [...]
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In News, Uncategorized Posted Eleanor Wood’s memoir Staunch snapped up by HQ!
The news is out! We are thrilled to announce that UK and Commonwealth rights to Staunch, Eleanor Wood’s first non-fiction title, have been acquired by senior commissioning editor Kate Fox [...]
James Gould-Bourn’s Keeping Mum optioned by Lime Pictures!
We are unbelievably excited to announce that James Gould-Bourn’s hilarious and heartfelt debut Keeping Mum has been optioned by Lime Pictures for a live action series, in a deal brokered by [...]
Mark Broomfield’s Every Breath You Take a best book for July
We are thrilled that air pollution specialist Mark Broomfield’s insightful and enlightening book, Every Breath You Take, has been selected by The Revelator as one of the ’13 best [...]
Waterstones select B P Walter’s A Version of the Truth as a summer holiday read!
We are delighted to see B P Walters’ unmissable debut thriller A Version of the Truth included in Waterstones‘ Summer Holiday reads campaign, featuring in both their ‘New for [...]
HQ Acquire Anna Bell’s We Just Clicked!
We are delighted to announce that Anna Bell’s new novel We Just Clicked and a second untitled novel have been snapped up by HQ. World English language rights were sold to senior [...]
Rebecca Wait’s The Followers features in The Guardian’s top cult books
We are delighted that Rebecca Wait’s The Followers, a powerful and unsettling novel about a mother and daughter drawn into a small religious cult by it’s charismatic leader, has been [...]
Rachel Edwards writes for The Sunday Times about being a black woman in rural Britain
Rachel Edwards, author of the compelling psychological thriller Darling shared her experiences of being a black woman living in the English countryside with the Sunday Times this weekend. In the [...]
Orchard Books Unleashes Justin Davies’ Help! I Smell A Monster
Last Thursday we travelled up to Edinburgh to celebrate the publication of Justin Davies’ brilliant middle-grade debut Help! I Smell a Monster at Blackwell’s, Edinburgh’s oldest [...]