Frankfurt Book Fair News with The Bookseller

 

S&S snaps up six-figure Scandal Simon & Schuster has won what it has labelled a "psychological drama" by author Sarah Vaughan at auction, paying a "good six figures". Read more

 

Northern indies fight Brexit effect A consortium of British indie publishers visiting Frankfurt for the first time are in an “awkward” position as a result of the UK’s vote to leave the EU, but will be using the fair to forge closer ties with publishers on the continent. Read more

 

Hong Kong detainee's daughter urges book trade to intervene Angela Gui, daughter of a Hong Kong publisher being detained by Chinese authorities, is holding meetings with the International Publishers Association (IPA) at the Frankfurt Book Fair to encourage the global book trade to intervene in her father’s plight. Read more

 

Rights round-up Mantle signs Bloody Everything Gollancz grabs late SFF great Gemmell Dortmund Yellow Wall antidote to W&N O'Hagan sells secret to Faber O'Keeffe catches 'key' Troll for Corvus Brookes buys Wife for high six-figure sum Orators' world tour McDonald's takeaway totals six figures Transworld shows faith in Dawkins Saqi pictures refugee crisis

 

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