DHH News Roundup 6 - 12 April 2019

​It’s got awfully cold of late so we’ve decided to hunker down with a few good books and bad weather be damned! Of course this is made much easier by the fact that we’ve some excellent news in this week’s roundup…
 
Abi Elphinstone’s Everdark, the first adventure in Abi’s new Unmapped Chronicles series, and a World Book Day pick for 2019, was at No.5 in this week’s Sunday Times Children’s Chart. Abi joined the likes of David Walliams and Jeff Kinney for her Top Five spot. 

​Shooting straight in at No.4 in the Italian book charts was our very own The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (or - Le sette morti di Evelyn Hardcastle) by Stuart Turton. We absolutely love the design for the Italian version. Classy and seriously stylish. The bestselling debut has sold in over 25 languages and counting...

… which brings us nicely to our next bit of news: Estonian rights for this title have been sold to Tänapäev. 
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The audiobooks for Sleeper and Sleeper: The Red Storm by J.D. Fennell are now available to buy! Narrated by Joe Jamison, these books are a thrill-a-minute and pack a whopping punch of nail-biting excitement. More information here. 

​Kate Mallinder has written a piece for Words and Pictures, the online magazine for SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators) as part of their Debut Journeys feature. Kate’s debut YA novel Summer Of No Regrets will be published by Firefly in May 2019. You can read the full piece here.

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Finally, we're totally over the moon that King Of Kings, the collaboration between Wilbur Smith and DHH client Imogen Robertson is No.1 in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Republic of South Africa (for it’s sixth week running).