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Melina Spanoudi

London

Reporter at The Bookseller

Journalist at @TheBookseller 📚 and @thetimes | Words in @VICEWorldNews @HuffPostUK @The_NewArab @Newsweek | Newspaper Journalism MA @cityjournalism

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  • Hungry Tomato appoints Alice Corrigan as new sales and marketing director

    1 week ago | thebookseller.com | Melina Spanoudi

    Alice Corrigan has been appointed sales and marketing director at Hungry Tomato. The Cornwall-based non-fiction children’s publisher grew by more than 80% last year, and Corrigan joins the team following the launch of a new series, The Big Questions Answered, and at the start of a new collaboration with CCPPG, which will see Hungry Tomato produce a new science series called Tomorrow’s World.

  • Transworld launches new fantasy imprint with dystopian romance

    1 week ago | thebookseller.com | Melina Spanoudi

    Transworld has landed To Cage a Wild Bird by Bookstagrammer Brooke Fast in a six-figure, two-book deal. Senior commissioning editor Lara Stevenson acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) for the dystopian fantasy romance from Rebeka Finch at Darley Anderson. Publishing in November 2025, the book will be a launch title for Transworld’s new fantasy imprint in collaboration with FairyLoot.

  • Stories on war, motherhood and friendship shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize

    1 week ago | thebookseller.com | Melina Spanoudi

    The Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlist, revealed today, features 25 "relevant, vibrant and essential" unpublished stories selected from a record-breaking 7,920 entries. The stories shortlisted this year tackle everything from human trafficking and war to motherhood and friendship. Five winners representing the five regions of the Commonwealth will be announced on 14th May, with the overall winner announced on 25th June.

  • Shema Tariq and Yemisi Bokinni to take part in the Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards programme

    1 week ago | thebookseller.com | Melina Spanoudi

    You are viewing your 1 free article this month. Login to read more articles. News Shema Tariq, Yemisi Bokinni and Ammad Butt are among the six writers selected to take part in the Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards development programme, which includes a £2,000 bursary. The awardees are working on books on "health and being human", and will be taking part in a nine-month programme to develop their ideas into a full-length proposal and sample chapters.

  • Hutchinson Heinemann to publish Michael Palin's account of his travels in Venezuela

    1 week ago | thebookseller.com | Melina Spanoudi

    You are viewing your 1 free article this month. Login to read more articles. Rights Hutchinson Heinemann has acquired Sir Michael Palin’s account of his recent trip to Venezuela. Nigel Wilcockson, associate publisher at Cornerstone, acquired world rights to Michael Palin in Venezuela from Steve Abbott at Mayday Management. The book will be published in hardback, e-book and audiobook on 25th September 2025, coinciding with a documentary series.

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