Genre Explorations

A colouring book aimed at educating children about the Israeli occupation of Palestine has been removed from the shelves of Exclusive Books.The book titled From the River to the Sea...

I once met a girl who introduced herself to me as “brutally self-aware,” which has become a trendy quality for people to flaunt. This friend was particularly prone to self-portrayals...

The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and...

Ebury imprint Happy Place Books has bought world all-language rights to singer-songwriter Paloma Faith’s MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery.  Former deputy publisher Lizzy Gray, now publisher at Bluebird, acquired...

Historical novel evocatively depicts Nazi-occupied Rome, stumbles on famous priest’s characterization “My Father’s House (The Rome Escape Line Trilogy, 1)” by Joseph O’Connor. Europa Editions. (New York, New York, 2023)....

As part of our Mind the Middle project focusing on middle grade books, I’m going to try to do weekly Take Five lists, which is to say, five books on a certain...

Pan Macmillan has acquired the rights to a previously self-published novel from bestselling US author Blake Crouch, titled Famous. Crouch is the New York Times bestselling author of Recursion, Upgrade and...

Hachette Children’s Group has scooped a debut children’s book by "YouTube football sensation" SV2, otherwise known as Eman Balogun. Leah James, editor and publishing director of colour non-fiction and licensing...

My first book was published in January 2020, a rewarding and exciting process, but the sudden exposure that comes with publishing a book means that your body is now part...

Washington-raised author Sarah Crouch thrived as a professional marathon runner until crippling postpartum insomnia sidelined her athletic dreams. To cope, she turned to her second love: writing. The result is...