DHH News Roundup 7th - 20th July 2025
Abigail Tartellin
A warm welcome to Abigail Tartellin, who has joined Abi Fellows’ list. Abigail is a queer Br-Irish Grimsbearian loss mum, award-winning author and community arts practitioner. She has a forthcoming fiction trilogy and is working on a baby loss memoir.
Gareth Brown
To celebrate the release of his upcoming second novel, The Society of Unknowable Objects (Transworld, August 2025), Gareth Brown was interviewed by SFX magazine, who also reviewed the book:
“The Society of Unknowable Objects is huge fun; a fast-paced globetrotting tale.”
Lex Noteboom
Congratulations to Lex Noteboom, whose gripping & fast-paced debut novel, The Man With A Thousand Faces (Orion), was published.
Ed Crocker
The first in Ed Crocker’s ‘Everlands’ trilogy, Lightfall (St Martin’s Press, January 2025), has been sold to Zhorzh in the Ukraine.
Hanan Issa
Hanan Issa has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Bangor University for "her remarkable contribution to Welsh culture, language, music, and the arts."
Congratulations, Hanan!
Alexandra Benedict
Simon & Schuster Children’s Books has acquired two murder mysteries from bestselling adult crime author Alexandra Benedict. The first title, The Merry Christmas Murders*, will be published in the UK in paperback on 23rd October 2025
Alessandra Ranelli
The cover for Alessandra Ranelli’s delectable forthcoming debut, Murder at the Hotel Orient (Baskerville, May 2026), has been revealed.
This is a murder mystery that will captivate you from the very first page!
Anthony Kavanagh
Congratulations to Anthony Kavanagh, whose debut memoir Pop Scars (Blink Publishing) was released last week.
This is a searing and brutally honest account of 90s fame, addiction & redemption.
Daisy Buchanan
Also published last week was the paperback for Daisy Buchanan’s hilarious and heartfelt Pity Party* (Little, Brown).
Kathy Lette
Huge congratulations to Kathy Lette, whose novel, The Revenge Club (Aria, May 2024), has been long listed for the Comedy Women In Print prize, a comedy literary award for published & unpublished writers.
A. D. Bell
The forthcoming debut novel from A. D. Bell, The Bookbinder’s Secret (HQ, November 2025) has had Dutch rights sold to Luitingh-Sijthoff.
Julie Caplin
Books 2, 3, & 4 in Julie Caplin’s new ‘Countryside Escapes’ series, have been sold to Grada in the Czech Republic.
Amanda Cassidy
We are thrilled to share that Century has signed Amanda Cassidy’s upcoming novel, Beautiful Liars, in a major pre-empt. A propulsive tale of secrets, privilege and Irish folklore… Publishing as Century’s lead title in spring 2027.
Clare Weze
The cover has been revealed for Clare Weze’s beautiful Up Above the City (Knights Of) - full of imagination and heart, this middle grade novel will be published in October!
Nicola Garrard
Nicola Garrard’s forthcoming YA, On the Edge (Old Barn Books, August 2025), was selected as one of the Observer’s YA picks of the month:
“… thought-provoking … Garrard’s writing burns with the intensity of teenage emotions.”
Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
The brand new and utterly chilling pshycological thriller from Eva Bjòrg Ægisdóttir, Home Before Dark (Orenda Books), was published last week.
Richard Swan
The cover for the second in Richard Swan’s ‘The Great Silence’ series, Steel Gods (Orbit, March 2026), has been revealed
Industrial revolution beckons.
Spiritual catastrophe looms.
And the empire of the wolf teeters on the brink.
David Goodman
Finally, a massive congratulations to David Goodman, who last week at 2025’s Harrogate crime festival, took home the Val McDermid Debut Award for A Reluctant Spy (Headline, September 2024).
*deal done by Diana Beaumont at Marjacq Scripts