DHH News Roundup 3rd - 16th November 2025
Maddie Please
The new feel-good, laugh-out-loud novel from Maddie Please, Old Girls Go Greek (Boldwood Books), has been published. Celebrate the power of reinvention, female friendship, and living boldly — no matter your age!
A. D. Bell
Also published was the debut novel by A. D. Bell, The Bookbinder’s Secret (HQ), a captivating magical historical mystery. When a burned book falls into the hands of a young bookbinder, she uncovers a tale of forbidden love, a fortune lost … and murder – which puts her own life in jeopardy.
Carnegie Medal
Congratulations to Tasneem Abdur-Rashid and Nicola Garrard, who have both been nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2026. Abdur-Rashid for Odd Girl Out (David Fickling Books, April 2025) and Garrard for On the Edge (Old Barn Books, August 2025).
Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
Estonian rights for Boys Who Hurt (Orenda Books, June 2024), the fifth in Eva Björg Ægisdóttir’s ‘Forbidden Iceland’ series, have been sold to Eesti Raamat.
Khairani Barokka
Annah, Infinite by Khairani Barokka was published in the US by Tilted Axis, an experimental work of creative non-fiction that challenges art history, confronts colonial ableism, and reclaims a stolen spirit.
Claire McGowan
The brand new white-knuckle thriller from million-copy bestseller Claire McGowan, Her Last Christmas, has been published as an Audible Original, narrated by Hayley Atwell.
Julie Caplin
Congratulations to Julie Caplin, whose most recent book, Christmas on Fifth Avenue (One More Chapter, October 2025) has hit the Heatseekers list in a recent edition of The Bookseller.
M. W. Craven
Czech rights for The Cutting Season by M. W. Craven (Constable, April 2022) have been sold to Dobrovsky. The book was published as part of The Reading Agency’s Quick Reads.
Phillipa Ashley
The new gorgeous festive romance from Phillipa Ashley, All We Want For Christmas, has been published (Century).
Wrap up warm and travel to the Lake District with Lara and Flynn this Christmas…
Chris Frost
Looking for an entirely different kind of Christmas read? Then look no further than the new thriller from Chris Frost, The Christmas Tree Killer, published by HarperNorth. This is book 2 in Frosts’ ‘DI Tom Stonem’ series.
Tariq Ashkanani
The cover for the forthcoming new novel by Tariq Ashkanani, The Hollow Boys (Viper Books, May 2026), has been revealed.
Two children lost. The wrong one found.
Barbara Havelocke
The new novel from Barbara Havelocke, Estella’s Fury (Hera Books) has been published.
Inspired by Dickens’ Great Expectations, this is a gorgeous and gothic historical thriller bound to keep you turning the pages long into the night.
Andrea Mara
We were delighted to see All Her Fault by Andrea Mara, premiering on Sky TV starring Dakota Fanning and Succession’s Sarah Snook!
One missing boy
Four guilty women
In a community full of secrets, who is really at fault?
Cecil Cameron
Cecil Cameron’s new novel, The Rebel Daughters (HarperNorth)* has been published, an epic historical love story of freedom, courage and passion.
Ryan Rose
We are delighted that the debut by Ryan Rose, Seven Recipes for Revolution (Daphne Press, July 2025), has been named as one of Waterstones’ Best SFF Books of the Year.
Gareth Brown
Brazilian rights in the Portuguese language for Gareth Brown’s The Society of Unknowable Objects (Transworld, August 2025) have been sold to Astral Cultural.
Foluso Agbaje
The cover for Foluso Agbaje’s second novel, The Talk of the Party (One More Chapter, July 2026), has been revealed.
Big Little Lies meets The White Lotus in this unputdownable Lagos-set thriller for 2026!
Jo Thomas
Finally, congratulations to Jo Thomas, who has signed a four-book deal with new publishers, Pan Macmillan, in a deal struck by David H. Headley.
Thomas’ first novel with Pan Fiction, Summer at the French Bakery, will be published in June 2026