Recent Deals Announced by Stan
Celtic fans may have had little to cheer about this season, but they’ll look forward to Martin Hannan’s Hail Hail – a celebration of the Hoops’ greatest victories over their city rivals. Mainstream will publish in October …
… Along with Iain Duff’s Follow Follow. A celebration of Rangers greatest victories over their city rivals.
A three-book deal with Patrick Janson-Smith’s Blue Door imprint at HarperCollins for Ewart Hutton’s Welsh detective Glyn Capaldi. The first novel – Good People – will be published next spring.
Orion have bought a sixth novel from Paul Torday. The novel, entitled Alice, is a black comedy about inheritance, which re-introduces readers to Ed Hartlepool and Annabel Gazebee (last seen in The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce).
Ned Boulting, well-known to cycling fans’ for his work as a roving reporter on ITV’s Tour de France coverage – is to write a book for Random House to be published in time for the 2011 tour. RH’s sports imprint – Yellow Jersey Press – will become Yellow Jumper Press for Ned’s debut How I Won the Yellow Jumper.
There’s a two-book deal with Puffin for the divine Gareth Russell. The first novel - Popular - will be published in Summer 2011 on Puffin’s brand new teen focussed imprint, Razorbill, and will be its first UK-originated acquisition.
Sophie Hardach’s wonderful debut novel – The Registrar’s Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages – has gone to Simon & Schuster in a six-figure, two-book deal. Viking (Penguin) were the under-bidder.
Posted on Apr 01, 2010 - 08:23 PM