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Andrew Cotter’s crime debut, The Owl Carver, goes to Baskerville in two-book deal

16th June, 2026

Baskerville has acquired The Owl Carver, the debut crime novel by broadcaster and author Andrew Cotter, in a two-book deal. Jade Chandler, publishing director at the John Murray Group imprint, acquired world rights in all languages from Jack Fogg at DunnFogg. Baskerville will publish The Owl Carver in hardback in February …

Barnaby Martin’s The Quiet shortlisted for the McDermid Debut Award 2026

21st May, 2026

Huge congratulations to Barnaby on having The Quiet shortlisted for the McDermid Debut Award, alongside five other writers. https://www.thebookseller.com/news/six-books-shortlisted-for-the-mcdermid-debut-award-2026

Baskerville acquires Nick Beckett’s page-turning new Elizabethan-set crime series

15th May, 2026

Baskerville has snapped up a new Elizabethan-set crime series by Nick Beckett. Publishing director Jade Chandler acquired world rights all languages in a two-book deal struck with Jack Fogg of DunnFogg Literary Agency, with the first in the series – The Book of Martyrs – set for publication in spring …

The Indigo Press signs Alison Hastie’s history of her shoemaking collective

15th May, 2026

The Indigo Press signs Alison Hastie’s history of her shoemaking collective she founded in 1981. Publisher Susie Nicklin acquired world rights to Green Shoes: Forty Years of a Radical Women’s Craft Collective from Jack Fogg at DunnFogg.  The book tells the story of Hastie’s upbringing in the 1980s, knowing she …

Klaus Mitchell’s Built From Pain pre-empted by LEAP at Bonnier

15th May, 2026

LEAP, an imprint at Bonnier Books UK that focuses on inspiring and informing positive change, has acquired Built from Pain by Klaus Mitchell. Editorial director George Brooker pre-empted world all language rights from Jack Fogg. Built from Pain is a “groundbreaking” guide to transforming chronic pain into strength and purpose by …

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 seven-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 eight-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 …

How to Art by Kate Bryan with artist 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 …