We are kicking this week's DHH News Roundup off with a bang, and the absolutely brilliant news that Sean Lusk's debut novel, The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley is The Times' Historical Fiction Book of the Month!
"Using lively prose and filled with intriguing characters, this is an enjoyable and imaginative debut."
"Using lively prose and filled with intriguing characters, this is an enjoyable and imaginative debut."
The book was also reviewed in CultureFly:
"The best summer reads are those books you can completely lose yourself in and Sean Lusk's debut absolutely fits the bill. Immersing readers in an intriguing world of clock and automata inventions, Lusk's historical adventure evokes the spirit of Dickensian classics with a fantastic twist."
"The best summer reads are those books you can completely lose yourself in and Sean Lusk's debut absolutely fits the bill. Immersing readers in an intriguing world of clock and automata inventions, Lusk's historical adventure evokes the spirit of Dickensian classics with a fantastic twist."
| Congratulations to Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, who has sold Spanish rights for the first two in her Hidden Iceland series, starring CIO Elma, The Creak on the Stairs and Girls Who Lie, to Aticos de los Libros. With the UK publication of the third, Night Shadows (July 2022, Orenda Books) just around the corner, this is very exciting news for this equally exciting series. |  |
The cover for Amy Beashel's second YA book, We Are All Constellations (October 2022, Rock the Boat / Oneworld), was revealed last week:
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A heartbreaking but hope-filled tale about the stories we tell ourselves to survive...
You are strong. You are brave. You are not alone.
Seventeen-year-old Iris is happy. She's fearless, she's strong. She is everything but a girl who lost her mum.
But Iris's dad and step-mum have been keeping a secret. One big enough to unravel her. Only the magnetic Órla can provide an escape, until things get...complicated. As Iris questions who she is, it becomes clear she can't run away from grief.
What happens when someone who has never faced up to the darkness lets it in?
You are strong. You are brave. You are not alone.
Seventeen-year-old Iris is happy. She's fearless, she's strong. She is everything but a girl who lost her mum.
But Iris's dad and step-mum have been keeping a secret. One big enough to unravel her. Only the magnetic Órla can provide an escape, until things get...complicated. As Iris questions who she is, it becomes clear she can't run away from grief.
What happens when someone who has never faced up to the darkness lets it in?
We are over the moon to be able to finally announce the new deal signed by M. W. Craven for both more in the Washington Poe series, and a brand new series, featuring lone wolf protagonist Ben Koenig, beginning with Fearless.
Krystyna Green, publishing director, acquired UK and commonwealth rights, including Canada, in a six-figure deal from David Headley. Fearless will be published in hardback, e-book and audio in June 2023 simultaneously with Flatiron Books, which has bought North American rights in the series.
To read the full press release, click here.
Krystyna Green, publishing director, acquired UK and commonwealth rights, including Canada, in a six-figure deal from David Headley. Fearless will be published in hardback, e-book and audio in June 2023 simultaneously with Flatiron Books, which has bought North American rights in the series.
To read the full press release, click here.
| In more M. W. Craven news, the most recent in the Poe & Tilly series, The Botanist, was selected as The Times' Audiobook of the Week. Narrated by John Banks, you can download your copy here. |  |
Congratulations to Bethan James, who last week was made a finalist for the Rhys Davies Award for 'Best Unpublished Short Story by a Welsh-Based Writer', for The Space Between Pauses.
The competition recognises the very best unpublished short stories in English in any style and on any subject up to a maximum of 5,000 words by writers aged 18 or over who were born in Wales, have lived in Wales for two years or more, or are currently living in Wales.
The overall winner will receive £1,000 and will have their winning entry featured in The Rhys Davies Short Story Award Anthology 2022, to be published by Parthian Books in October 2022.
All twelve stories will be published in the 2022 Rhys Davies Award Anthology, published by Parthian. Edited by Dr Elaine Canning, Head of Special Projects at Swansea University, the collection will also include an introduction by the multi-award-winning writer and guest judge Rachel Trezise. Each of the shortlisted writers will also receive £100.
Find out more here.
The competition recognises the very best unpublished short stories in English in any style and on any subject up to a maximum of 5,000 words by writers aged 18 or over who were born in Wales, have lived in Wales for two years or more, or are currently living in Wales.
The overall winner will receive £1,000 and will have their winning entry featured in The Rhys Davies Short Story Award Anthology 2022, to be published by Parthian Books in October 2022.
All twelve stories will be published in the 2022 Rhys Davies Award Anthology, published by Parthian. Edited by Dr Elaine Canning, Head of Special Projects at Swansea University, the collection will also include an introduction by the multi-award-winning writer and guest judge Rachel Trezise. Each of the shortlisted writers will also receive £100.
Find out more here.
| Released this coming week, Graham Bartlett's debut fiction novel, Bad For Good (Allison & Busby), picked up a cracking review in the Daily Mail: "With corrupt officers, conflicting loyalties and a police force that is so understaffed it barely functions, Bartlett paints a chilling portrait of a world where the old questions still remain potent - ‘Who guards the guardians?’ Peter James had better watch out, he has a new competitor." |  |
Finally, we are delighted for client Dee Benson, who has seen her debut YA novel, Glow Up, Lara Bloom, sold to Bonnier imprint, Hot Key Books, along with its sequel.
Glow Up, Lara Bloom follows teenage catastrophe Lara, sharing her innermost thoughts in her secret online journal. From bad hair days to ultra-embarrassing moments, there’s never a normal day in Lara’s life. How will she ever convince her super-cute crush, Caiden, to like her back? Lara thinks it’s time to give herself a glow up, but should you ever glow up for a boy?
Senior commissioning editor Ruth Bennett acquired World English Language rights from Hannah Sheppard to the “funny and heartwarming” books, the first of which will publish in paperback, e-book and audio in February 2023, with the second title publishing in February 2024.
To read the full press release, click here.
Glow Up, Lara Bloom follows teenage catastrophe Lara, sharing her innermost thoughts in her secret online journal. From bad hair days to ultra-embarrassing moments, there’s never a normal day in Lara’s life. How will she ever convince her super-cute crush, Caiden, to like her back? Lara thinks it’s time to give herself a glow up, but should you ever glow up for a boy?
Senior commissioning editor Ruth Bennett acquired World English Language rights from Hannah Sheppard to the “funny and heartwarming” books, the first of which will publish in paperback, e-book and audio in February 2023, with the second title publishing in February 2024.
To read the full press release, click here.
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