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Ellie Pillai Is Brown Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
Christine Pillainayagam’s Ellie Pillai Is Brown has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. One of the six shortlisted books for Older Readers, her YA romcom is about standing out, falling in love and following your heart. Hilarious and heart-warming, Ellie Pillai Is Brown was longlisted for the Branford Boase and Amazing Book Awards, and was one of the Observer’s YA Books of the Year. Publishing with Faber in March 2023, the sequel, Ellie Pillai is (Almost) in Love, finds the inimitable titular heroine in the midst of a heavy summer romance which does not quite go as planned. Congratulations Christine! https://twitter.com/Waterstones/status/1623608139642810368
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Great NY Times Profile of Margareta Magnusson and The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly
With The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning published in 32 languages, and Amy Poehler’s TV adaptation of it soon to be released, The New York Times just ran a great profile of Margareta Magnusson’s new book, The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly. Be sure to read the full article — 3 Steps to Age Exuberantly. Rights sold to Australia (Scribe), Czech Republic (Grada), Finland (Tammi), Netherlands (De Bezige Bij), Sweden (Bonniers), UK (Canongate), US/NA (Scribner)
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US deal for Rachel Stark’s Perris, California
Penguin Press has preempted North American rights to U.C. Davis MA graduate Rachel Stark’s Perris, California, a literary fiction debut written in the regional dialect of the author’s hometown. Set in a part of poor, rural America that is rarely written about, the novel explores the generational trauma of poverty and neglect passed from mother to daughter and conveys with tender appreciation the strength, grace, generosity, and grit it takes to be a whole-hearted woman in the face of adversity.
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US deal for Colombe Schneck’s The Paris Trilogy
We have just closed a US auction for Colombe Schneck’s The Paris Trilogy (formerly titled Swimming in French) with Penguin Press. Dutch rights were pre-empted by Atlas-Contact in Holland. From Deborah Levy: “This is valuable writing. It has immense vitality… a deep study of existence.” The Paris Trilogy consists of three semi-autobiographical takes on a woman’s life. Exploring questions of sexuality, bodily autonomy, femininity, friendship and loss, The Paris Trilogy is a moving meditation on a lifelong journey to reclaim the female body.
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UK auction for Codependent No More
After a Brazilian preempt from Intrinseca, and rights going to Spectrum in the Netherlands, Carole Tonkinson at Bluebird won the heated 7-way UK auction this week for Melody Beattie’s updated and revised Codependent No More. With brand new chapters and updated language throughout, the new edition, represented on behalf of Spiegel & Grau, makes the groundbreaking self-help classic even more relevant than it was when it first entered the conversation over 35 years ago.
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Extraordinary Response to Go as a River
Pre-empts have been accepted and auctions carried out in 20 languages in just 2 weeks for Shelley Read’s spellbinding debut Go as a River. Go as a River is a story of loss but also of home, family, lo….
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Praise from Greta Thunberg for How to Speak Whale
Tom Mustill’s How to Speak Whale – a thought-provoking and lively investigation into whale science and animal communication – has been getting fantastic early blurbs from George Monbiot, Sy Montgomery….
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UK deal for “Brotherless Night”
Stephanie Cabot has closed a deal for UK/Commonwealth rights to V.V. Ganeshananthan’s Brotherless Night with Isabel Wall at Viking. Set during the early years of Sri Lanka’s thirty-year civil war, and….
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Click on the image below to download the latest Susanna Lea Associates list, including highlights from The Robbins Office, Spiegel & Grau, and New River:
