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Authors including Victoria Amelina, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and journalist Mishal Husain have been shortlisted for the Orwell Prizes for Political Writing and Political Fiction. Sixteen books have been shortlisted for the two prizes, with eight works of fiction and eight works of non-fiction nominated. Robert Harris made the shortlist with Precipice (Hutchinson Heinemann), while Adichie made the cut with Dream Count (HarperCollins), which was also longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Jan 17, 2025 | thebookseller.com | Katie Fraser

Transworld has signed Emma Mason’s Murder Most Haunted in a two-book deal. The new series will feature retired detective Midge McGowan. Editorial director Finn Cotton acquired world all-language rights from Sam Copeland at RCW. Murder Most Haunted will be published in October 2025 with the second novel, Murder on the Haunted Express, following after. Midge McGowan has been "given the retirement present from hell: a ticket to take part in a haunted house tour".

Jan 16, 2025 | thebookseller.com | Katie Fraser

Macmillan Children’s Books has signed a seven-book deal from John Patrick Green across the author-illustrator’s InvestiGators and Agents of S.U.I.T series. Editorial director Cate Augustin acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Kristin Dulaney at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group in the US. The new deal will take the number of books, across both series, to 19 titles, with publishing running through to the end of 2028.

Jan 16, 2025 | thebookseller.com | Katie Fraser

You are viewing your 1 free article this month. Login to read more articles. Rights Pan Macmillan has won a three-way auction for Gemma Morr’s cowboy romance series in a two-book deal. Kinza Azira, commissioning editor, acquired world rights, excluding Germany, from Judith Murray at Greene & Heaton. Untamed Heart, the first in The Diamond Black series and Morr’s debut, will be published in summer 2025.

Jan 16, 2025 | thebookseller.com | Katie Fraser

You are viewing your 1 free article this month. Login to read more articles. Rights Barrington Stoke has landed a "magical high-stakes adventure" from Lindsay Galvin, marking the author’s first book for the HarperCollin’s imprint. Publisher Ailsa Bathgate acquired world rights from Clare Wallace at Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency. Set against the backdrop of the 17th-century witch trials, The Elixir follows Ann Storer who has inherited her grandmother’s gift of healing.