Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
The
popularity of psychological thrillers shows little sign of abating,
with commissioning editors at the London Book Fair signing up many
such titles—including one pre-empted for a seven-figure sum in the
US.
Doubleday
will publish radio presenter Simon Mayo’s first adult novel, Mad Blood,
inspired by the true story of a group of American sailors imprisoned
in Dartmoor in the early 19th century.
HarperCollins
has bagged two further Hercule Poirot novels by crime writer Sophie
Hannah. The publisher acquired world English-language rights for the
continuation novels starring Agatha Christie’s iconic character.
HarperCollins
imprint Mills & Boon has launched Dare, a new series of
"sexually graphic storytelling [with] strong, independent women
and sizzling hot heroes", with "highly explicit sexual
encounters".
Faber
is in the midst of an international rights stampede for a “charming
and delightful” farming memoir, more than a decade old, which follows
a herd of cattle in the Cotswolds.
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