Guidelines for sharing content from Bonnier Books UK’s children’s imprints – Big Picture Press, Templar, Studio Press, Piccadilly Press and Hot Key Books – during the current COVID-19 outbreak We want to support our readers during the COVID-19 outbreak, so we have revised our permissions process to allow recorded content which shares our titles for […]
Hot Key Books launches new podcast to take readers behind the scenes Hot Key Books is thrilled to announce the launch of its new podcast series, The Hot Key Podcast, on 27 March. New episodes will be published on the last Friday of every month. The podcast aims to take the Hot Key Books YA […]
Konnie Huq launches new Science, Scribbles and Stories series to entertain and educate young children A daily series of videos to help occupy children during school closures, Science, Scribbles and Stories, will be hosted by ex-Blue Peter presenter, Konnie Huq. Each episode will cover topics to entertain young ones whilst educating them in a stealth-like […]
Bonnier Books UK shortlisted for five British Book Awards Bonnier Books UK is shortlisted for five awards in the 2020 British Book Awards, with three titles recognised in the Book of the Year categories and flagship fiction imprint Zaffre shortlisted for Imprint of the Year. Bonnier Books UK is also shortlisted for the British Book […]
Bonnier Books UK announces three-year portfolio of new publishing with bestselling author Louise Pentland Bonnier Books UK is thrilled to announce a raft of new books by Louise Pentland publishing across its adult non-fiction, adult fiction and children’s fiction imprints. World rights for the books were acquired from Abigail Bergstrom, head of publishing, at Gleam […]
Manilla Press acquires Vesper’s debut in four-way auction Sophie Orme, publishing director for Zaffre and Manilla Press, has acquired UK Commonwealth Rights for Inga Vesper’s debut novel, The Long, Long Afternoon, from Giles Milburn at Madeline Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency following a fiercely fought four-way auction. The Long, Long Afternoon is a gripping […]
Zaffre acquires new crime series set in London morgue Katherine Armstrong, editorial director for crime and thriller at Zaffre, has acquired world English language rights for a two-book deal with A.K. Turner. Rights were acquired from Jane Gregory at David Higham Associates. The first novel, Body Language, will be published November 2020. The protagonist, Cassie […]
Camilla Thurlow to publish debut memoir on female empowerment with Bonnier Books UK Bonnier Books UK is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Not The Type by Camilla Thurlow, publishing Summer 2020. World rights were acquired by Toby Buchan, executive editor at John Blake, from Ben Dunn of Dunn Literary and Jadeen Singh of John […]
Bonnier Books UK named winner of the Inclusivity in Publishing Award at 2020 London Book Fair International Excellence Awards In association with The Publishers Association, the Inclusivity in Publishing Award recognises companies that have demonstrated commitment to improving inclusivity across the ecosystem. The judges were impressed by the Bonnier Books UK’s ‘efforts to provide accessible […]