Isabel Dempsey

3 weeks ago | thebookseller.com | Isabel Dempsey

“I only got the book because of social media,” says TikToker, journalist and soon-to-be published author, Ruby Cline. Cline, better known to her 47.1k followers as @conversationswithruby, recently announced the launch of her first book: a guide to university life titled All The Work You Shouldn’t Do (set to be published July 10th). The book deal in question arose after Bloomsbury discovered her TikTok. “Social media is what gave me the authority to go about writing the book,” Cline explains.

1 month ago | thebookseller.com | Isabel Dempsey

Hobbit actor Richard Armitage is set to voice upcoming titles in the bestselling thriller series, Alexander Gregory. The news comes as physical sales of LJ Ross’ books have surpassed one million, according to TCM figures from Nielsen BookScan. WF Howes (RBmedia’s UK publishing brand) has acquired the world audiobook rights for the next two titles in LJ Ross’ Alexander Gregory series. The rights were acquired from Millie Hoskins from United Agents by Lauren Smith, acquisition manager at WF Howes.

1 month ago | thebookseller.com | Isabel Dempsey

Rights Puffin has acquired the rights to This That What and Bish Bash Bosh by presenter, performer and writer Katy Ashworth and illustrator Colleen Larmour. Puffin picture book publisher Andrea MacDonald acquired world rights to the two books from Claire Wilson at RCW and Nicky Lander at The Bright Agency. The books will be designed by Deborah Vickers. This That What is set to be published in July 2025, followed by Bish Bash Bosh in 2026.

1 month ago | thebookseller.com | Isabel Dempsey

You are viewing your 1 free article this month. Login to read more articles. News Monisha Shah has been appointed the next chair of the Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS). She will succeed Rosie Glazebrook whose term comes to an end on 31st May.

1 month ago | thebookseller.com | Isabel Dempsey

Hutchinson Heinemann are set to publish a book on President Joe Biden’s “decline” from journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson. The book,Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, It’s Cover-Up and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again by political journalists Tapper and Thompson, is described as “an explosive account of one of the most hubristic mistakes in American political history”. It covers Biden’s decision to run for re-election despite mounting evidence of his decline.