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Joe Devlin’s Neurobollocks acquired by Torva in eight way auction

10th September, 2025

Torva, an imprint of Transworld, has acquired Neurobollocks: Why Nearly Everything You Know About Your Brain Is Wrong by Dr Joseph Devlin. Editorial director Lucy Oates pre-empted world all-language rights from Jack Fogg at DunnFogg in an eight-way auction, with Spanish rights to Paidós at Planeta. Torva will publish the book …

Megan Eaves-Egenes’ Nightfaring pre-empted by S&S in UK and GCP in US

30th July, 2025

Simon & Schuster UK has acquired Nightfaring: In Search of the Disappearing Darkness by Megan Eaves-Egenes. Assallah Tahir, Editorial Director, Adult Non-Fiction, pre-empted world exclusive NA rights from Jack Fogg. NA rights were sold separately to Grand Central Publishing by Zoë Pagnamenta at Calligraph, on behalf of DunnFogg. The US …

Penny Lancaster’s memoir, Someone Like Me, to be published this autumn by Bloomsbury after 7-way auction

30th July, 2025

Bloomsbury has won a seven-way auction for Penny Lancaster’s autobiography, Someone Like Me. Katy Follain, head of Bloomsbury General, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights through Jack Fogg at DunnFogg, working in collaboration with the author’s agent, Nicholas Young at Crawfords. The book will be available in a dyslexic-friendly format, and …

Steven Moore’s Curious History to publish this autumn

8th July, 2025

Blink acquire historian and Antiques Roadshow presenter Steve Moore’s book, The Stuff of History for publication this autumn. Steven Moore

Mat Watson’s Auto Biography to Century after 8-way auction

24th April, 2025

Century, an imprint of Penguin Random House, has triumphed in an eight-way auction for a “full-throttle” guide to cars from motor journalist Mat Watson. Ben Brusey, Century Publishing Director, bought world rights to Auto Biography: An A-Z of Cars from Jack Fogg at DunnFogg, on behalf of Richard Guy at …

Faber appoints Emily MacGregor as Classical Music Editor-at-Large

3rd March, 2025

Faber has appointed Dr Emily MacGregor, a musicologist and cultural historian, broadcaster and author, as well as a visiting research fellow at King’s College London, as editor-at-large, classical music. MacGregor appears regularly on BBC Radio 3 and 4 and has a forthcoming memoir on grief and music, While the Music …

How to Art by Kate Bryan with art by David Shrigley sold to Hutchinson in 15-Way Auction

14th January, 2025

Publisher Helen Conford acquired world rights from Ben Dunn at DunnFogg for publication in September 2025. Rights have also been sold in the US, Germany, Spain and a complex Chinese edition will be published in Taiwan in 2026. With original artwork by Shrigley, How to Art aims to show how …

Headline scoops novel on the wellness industry from screenwriter Karla Marie Sweet

15th November, 2024

Mountain Leopard Press, an imprint of Headline, has scooped False Idols, a suspenseful novel about the wellness industry from actor and screenwriter Karla Marie Sweet. The novel follows Sadie who becomes a member of Deep Flow, an exclusive wellness class, after a chance encounter with its magnetic leader, Lilith. As …

Simon Pollock’s ode to the suburbs, I Love Suburbia, goes to Hutchinson Heinemann at auction

26th June, 2024

Hutchinson Heinemann has acquired a celebration of London’s suburbs from Simon Pollock, the creator of the Instagram @londonsuburbia. Publisher Helen Conford acquired world rights to I Love Suburbia at auction from Jack Fogg at the Dunn Fogg Agency, with Vanessa Phan as editor, following a two-way auction. The book will …

Emily MacGregor’s memoir on music and grief to September

11th June, 2024

Publisher and founder Hannah MacDonald bought UK and Commonwealth rights in an exquisitely written exploration of music and grief by broadcaster, journalist and musicologist Dr Emily MacGregor – to be published in hardback, audio and e-book in spring 2025. https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/september-publishing-acquires-emily-macgregors-new-book-on-music-and-grief

Radar pre-empts book on the supernatural by Daisy May Cooper

15th May, 2024

Radar has scooped Hexy B*tch, a spooky new book by actress and bestselling writer Daisy May Cooper. “For as long as Daisy May Cooper can remember, she’s been fascinated with the unexplained: Ghosts, spirits, tea leaves, big cat sightings, astrological charts, paranormal activity — you name it. In the hilarious Hexy …

After 8-way auction, Hodder to publish Christian Sylt and Caroline Reid’s Fast Money, an expert investigation into money and corruption in Formula One

22nd April, 2024

Hodder & Stoughton has triumphed over seven other publishers at auction to acquire two veteran financial journalists’ examination of the backroom deals, scandals and secret contracts that truly drive one of the world’s most popular and lucrative sports, Formula One. Huw Armstrong, editorial director, acquired world all-language rights from Jack …