Happy New Year, everyone! We hope you had a wonderful Christmas, and enjoyed a mince or pie or twelve (we know we certainly did...).
We're back & raring to go with a the first DHH News Roundup of 2021, comprising of news form the latter end of 2020 and the first week back in this brand new year. So, without further ado, let us dive straight in...
We're back & raring to go with a the first DHH News Roundup of 2021, comprising of news form the latter end of 2020 and the first week back in this brand new year. So, without further ado, let us dive straight in...
We welcomed two new clients to the Agency over the break.
Heather Darwent was one of Emily Glenister's pitchers during our December 2020 #PitchDHH event. Emily instantly fell in love with Heather's dark and upmarket commercial suspense novel, The Things We Do To Our Friends (think The Secrets History x The Furies x My Dark Vanessa). Welcome, Heather!
Heather Darwent was one of Emily Glenister's pitchers during our December 2020 #PitchDHH event. Emily instantly fell in love with Heather's dark and upmarket commercial suspense novel, The Things We Do To Our Friends (think The Secrets History x The Furies x My Dark Vanessa). Welcome, Heather!
| In addition to Heather, we are delighted to welcome Kathleen Whyman, also to Emily's list. Like Heather, Kathleen took part in our Pitch DHH session in December and won Emily over with her humorous upmarket women's fiction book, The Second Wife Syndrome - if you like Mhairi McFarlane and Marian Keyes, then Kathleen will be right up your street. Stay tuned for more news on this exciting signing soon. |  |
Ragnar Jónasson's The Darkness was announced as Germany's no.3 bestselling paperback of 2020, on the Der Spiegel list. An extraordinary accomplishment, congratulations Ragnar.
Additionally, Ragnar's forthcoming standalone crime thriller, The Girl Who Died was selected as one of The Times' 'Books To Look Out For In 2021'. We cannot wait for this gloriously moody, Scandi-Noir to hit shelves in April later this year.
Additionally, Ragnar's forthcoming standalone crime thriller, The Girl Who Died was selected as one of The Times' 'Books To Look Out For In 2021'. We cannot wait for this gloriously moody, Scandi-Noir to hit shelves in April later this year.
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Two of Anna Jacobs' beautifully heartwarming tales, Yew Tree Gardens and Finding Cassie are included in January's UK and AU Kindle Monthly Deals, respectively. To take advantage of the deals, simply click on the titles.
Also coming through with a deal of its own: Kate Mallinder's YA beauty, Asking For A Friend, which is included in the Kobo January Sale. Click the title to get the offer!
Also coming through with a deal of its own: Kate Mallinder's YA beauty, Asking For A Friend, which is included in the Kobo January Sale. Click the title to get the offer!
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A couple of Stuart Turton international rights deals specials:
Congratulations, Stuart!
- The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle has been sold to Politiken in Denmark, making it the 35th territory for this mind-bending debut
- Also by Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water has had Slovakian rights sold to Slovensky in Slovakia
Congratulations, Stuart!
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Over the Christmas break, Stuart was interviewed by Suffolk Libraries and you can catch up with the piece here.
Finally, Stuart wrote an article for The Times focused on the grim tale of the Batavia shipwreck that inspired his second novel. It really is a fascinating read so if you have a subscription, click here to read more.
Finally, Stuart wrote an article for The Times focused on the grim tale of the Batavia shipwreck that inspired his second novel. It really is a fascinating read so if you have a subscription, click here to read more.
| The Accidental Countryside by Stephen Moss, was selected by National Geographic as one of their '6 Spring Reads', the perfect way to spend some time outdoors whilst being cooped up indoors. |  |
Also over the Christmas break, we were delighted to see the Express run a promotion for all four of Mike Hollow's four Blitz Detective books (The Blitz Detective, The Canning Town Murder, The Custom House Murder and The Stratford Murder).
The series, starring Inspector John Jago, is set in WW2 London.
The series, starring Inspector John Jago, is set in WW2 London.
Happy Publication Day to Adam Hamdy for the paperback of Black 13, a high-stakes espionage thriller; Abi Elphinstone for the Everdark paperback (prequel to Abi's magically whimsical The Unmapped Chronicles series), and Mandy Robotham for the paperback of The Berlin Girl, a female-led, emotionally-charged story set in WW2.
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To celebrate the publication, Mandy wrote a short story in S magazine: The Huntress and also an article for this week's Daily Express on the female reporters who broke some of the biggest stories during World War Two, despite almost everything being against them. Just before pressing 'post' on this roundup, we received the excellent news that The Berlin Girl has climbed to #8 on the Globe and Mail's Hardcover Fiction bestseller list!
| Finally, it was wonderful to see Femi Kayode's forthcoming debut novel, Lightseekers (February 2021, Bloomsbury Raven), recommended in multiple publications / platforms:
Lightseekers, featuring investigative psychologist Dr. Philip Taiwo, is the start of a new series that begins with the gripping tale of the mystery of three young students who are brutally murdered in a Nigerian university town, killings that are captured on social media. |  |
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