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Recent & Forthcoming Titles
2019FICTION A GIFT IN DECEMBER by Jenny
Gladwell World: Hodder & Stoughton –
THEIR LITTLE SECRET by Mark October 2019. MS due April 20.
Billingham UK: Little, Brown – May 2019. Journalist Jane is cynical about her trip to
US: Grove Atlantic. Germany: Atrium. Norway for a piece on Christmas trees, but
Norway: Cappelen Damm. MS available. her assignment soon proves to be more
An apparent suicide leads DIs Tom Thorne meaningful and romantic than she had
and Nicola Tanner to a murderous folie à anticipated…a charming debut novel by a
deux. Mark Billingham’s books have sold fresh new voice in commercial fiction.
over five million copies in the UK alone.
THE MOBSTER’S LAMENT by FABULOUS by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Ray Celestin UK: Mantle – March UK: Fourth Estate – June 2019. US:
2019. France: Éditions du Cherche Harper Collins. MS available.
Midi. Germany: Piper. Greece: In her second work of fiction, award-
Dioptra. Sweden: Southside Stories. winning historian Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Options elsewhere. MS available. breathes new life into mythical characters,
CITY BLUES series, part 3. It’s New York, from Orpheus to Mary Magdalene to the
1947. Michael Talbot reunites with old Pied Piper. A witty, modern collection of
partner Ida Young to investigate a brutal stories.
killing. Across town, nightclub manager
Gabriel Leveson is tasked with finding
VIRTUOSO by Yelena Moskovich
stolen mob money and must postpone his
World: Serpent’s Tail – January 2019. MS
fresh start.
available from the publisher.
Set in 1980s Prague and 1990s Paris,
UNTITLED by Natalie Cox UK: Orion –
Moskovich’s second novel is an audacious,
Autumn 2019. Options elsewhere. MS due
mesmerising story of love in the post-
May 2019.
communist diaspora. “Moskovich writes
A warm and funny novel set in a zoo from
sentences that lilt and slink, her plots
an exciting, fresh voice in commercial
developing as a slow seduction and then
women’s fiction. Natalie Cox’s first
clouding like a smoke-filled room” – The
commercial novel NOT JUST FOR
Guardian.
CHRISTMAS sold in eight territories and
won the Books and the City Romantic
Comedy Novel Prize awarded by the WHAT RED WAS by Rosie Price UK:
Romantic Novelists’ Association. Harvill Secker – May 2019. US: Crown.
France: Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle.
ROYALS by Emma Forrest UK: Germany: Rowohlt. Sweden: Sekwa
Bloomsbury – November 2019. Options Förlag. The Netherlands: Prometheus. MS
elsewhere. MS available. available.
The heart-breaking new novel from the Rosie Price’s extraordinary debut follows
author of YOUR VOICE IN MY HEAD. two university friends whose relationship
The day after Prince Charles and Diana’s is forever changed when one of them is
wedding, two troubled teenagers from very assaulted at a summer barbecue. Film rights
different backgrounds bond in hospital and optioned by Open Book Productions/BBC
spend ten days turning each other’s lives Studios. “Breath-taking” – The High Low.
upside down.POLITE SOCIETY by Mahesh Rao EXPLODED VIEW by Carrie Tiffany
UK: Tinder Press – August 2019. US: ANZ: Text – March 2019. Options
Putnam. India: Penguin Random House. elsewhere. MS available.
MS available. The astonishing new literary novel from
A delightfully witty novel, set against the Stella Prize-winning author. “Superbly
the background of ‘polite’ Delhi society controlled, like dark, secret music rising
and loosely based on Jane Austen’s from an abyss.” – Helen Garner.
EMMA. TV rights optioned by Tomorrow
Studios. “Funny, smart, sophisticated and
captivating” – Kevin Kwan.
A MAP OF THE DAMAGE by Sophia
Tobin UK: Simon & Schuster – September
THE RIVER HOME by Hannah Richell 2019. MS due April 2019.
UK: Orion – 2020. Options elsewhere. A story of two love triangles, separated by
Unedited MS available. a century, and of two women embattled by
Sisters Eve, Lucy and Margot have drifted notions of class, passion and femininity:
apart, but it’s time to confront the past. Livy, a young woman living through the
An irresistible novel with tremendous Blitz, and Charlotte, a wealthy married
characterisation and emotional pull from a woman of the 1840s.
bestselling voice in bookclub fiction.
NON-FICTION
THE LIBERATION OF BRIGID
DUNNE by Patricia Scanlan UK: Simon THIS REALLY ISN’T ABOUT YOU by
& Schuster – 2020. MS due April 2019. Jean Hannah Edelstein UK: Picador –
The new novel which looks at the lives August 2018. MS available.
of several generations of women in an Six months after her father died, Jean
Irish family from number one bestselling learned that she was a carrier of the gene
popular fiction author Patricia Scanlan. that had killed him. Longlisted for the 2019
Wellcome Prize. “This is a magnificent
book, about families, mortality, love and
the hard, necessary work of becoming an
OTHERHOOD by William Sutcliffe UK: adult.” – Olivia Laing.
Bloomsbury – April 2019 (re-issue). Brazil:
Record. France: Calmann Lévy. Hungary:
VAGINA: A RE-EDUCATION by Lynn
Libri Kiadó. Italy: Adriano Salani.
Enright UK: Allen & Unwin – March
Macedonia: Ars Lamina. Netherlands:
2019. MS available.
Meulenhoff Boekerij. Poland: ZNAK.
Enright combines expert research with
Serbia: Laguna. MS available.
personal stories to provide girls and
The Netflix adaptation of William
women with information they need
Sutcliffe’s charming and poignant family
about their own bodies. “Witty, humane,
comedy, WHATEVER MAKES YOU
moving…a rousing manifesto for women
HAPPY, will be released in April 2019,
everywhere…I only wish that it had
starring Angela Bassett, Felicity Huffman
existed when I was young” – Rhiannon
and Patricia Arquette.
Lucy Cosslett.THE SEE-THROUGH HOUSE by BLUEBERRIES by Ellena Savage UK:
Shelley Klein UK: Chatto & Windus – Scribe – 2019. World excluding UK: Text
2020. MS due April 2019. Publishing. MS due April 2019.
In this remarkable memoir, Shelley Klein From Yellow City, a true-crime account
recalls growing up in a masterpiece of of her own sexual assault, to the witty
minimalist architecture with her wonderful titular essay exploring the cultural
but exasperating father Bernat Klein; markers of being a writer, the essays in
Yugoslavian émigré, groundbreaking BLUEBERRIES mark Savage’s thrilling
textile designer and a man who wholly debut as a new voice in non-fiction.
eschewed “clutter”.
A GAME OF BIRDS AND WOLVES by THE SUITCASE: SIX ATTEMPTS TO
Simon Parkin World English: Sceptre – CROSS A BORDER by Frances Stonor
November 2019. Poland: REBIS. MS due Saunders UK: Jonathan Cape – 2020. MS
April 2019. due June 2019.
The untold story of a group of Wrens, an Published in association with the London
ex-Navy captain and the board game which Review of Books, THE SUITCASE is a
won the Second World War, by gaming timely and thought-provoking exploration
expert and journalist Simon Parkin. Film of borders and their impact on ordinary
rights have been optioned by Amblin people, from an expert on geopolitical
Partners and Marc Platt Productions. history.
CHILDREN’S & YA
ATTENTION SEEKING by Adam
Phillips UK: Hamish Hamilton – July
2019. MS available. BLUE WATCH by John Harvey World:
In four provocative and closely argued Troika Books – June 2019. MS available.
essays Phillips maps out the fears and the An action-packed middle grade novel set in
longings that inspire and constrain our Blitz-era London from crime heavyweight
forms of attention. “Britain’s foremost John Harvey, which follows the adventures
psychoanalytic writer” – The New Yorker. of Jack, a bicycle messenger, and Lilith, a
homeless Jewish refugee.
UNTITLED by Julia Samuel UK: Viking
THE DEADLY SEVEN TRILOGY by
– 2020. Options elsewhere. MS due May
Garth Jennings
2019.
World: Macmillan – February 2019/2020.
In her new book, psychotherapist and
The second and third instalments of THE
bereavement expert Julia Samuel explores
DEADLY 7 series are wildly fun middle-
what we can learn from our formative
grade monster adventures by successful
experiences. Her first book GRIEF
director Garth Jennings (SING, SON OF
WORKS (2017) was a bestseller and has
RAMBOW), packed full of his distinctive
sold in thirteen territories worldwide.
illustrations.WILDER GIRLS by Rory Power UK: COOK HOUSE by Anna Hedworth
Macmillan – August 2019. US: Delacorte World: Head of Zeus – September 2019.
Press. Poland: Napoleon V. Russia: MS available from the publisher.
Bookmate. Spain: Editorial Hidra. Turkey: Anna Hedworth’s debut will track her
Epsilon. MS available. journey to becoming a chef and owner
A girls’ boarding school on an island off of Cook House restaurant, Winner of the
Maine is quarantined when the students Observer Food Monthly award and the
start to succumb to a horrific virus. Good Food award, as well as celebrating
Visceral, tense and unputdownable, Rory seasonal cooking.
Power’s YA debut is an extraordinary tale
of survival and female friendship. Her
second YA novel BURN OUR BODIES THE BOOK OF ST JOHN by Fergus
DOWN will also be published by Delacorte Henderson & Trevor Gulliver World:
and Macmillan. Ebury – 2019. MS available from the
publisher.
THE GIFTED, THE TALENTED AND Celebrating 25 years of St John and a
ME by William Sutcliffe World excluding kind of British cooking that has proved
Germany: Bloomsbury – May 2019. MS the single biggest influence on chefs and
available from the publisher. restaurants all over the world. A collection
Sam loves football but he’s stuck in a of some of the best-loved recipes from
family of “artistes” and when his family Henderson and the many chefs whose
move to London so that he and his siblings careers he has launched.
can attend a school for the Gifted and
Talented, his struggles have only just
THE QUALITY CHOP HOUSE: THE
begun. William Sutcliffe’s funniest book
COOKBOOK by Will Lander, Daniel
to date.
Morgenthau & Shaun Searly World:
COOKERY Quadrille – November 2019. MS due June
2019.
WHICH WINE WHEN by Albert Blaize First opened in 1869, The Quality Chop
and Claire Strickett World: Ebury – House has long been admired for its
November 2019. MS due May 2019. simple menu and quality ingredients. This
An irreverent wine-pairing guide for cookbook will explore the QCH history
people who love thinking and talking about and food philosophy and show us how to
what to put on their plate, but don’t know recreate their much lauded dishes at home.
where to start when it comes to their glass.
With pairings for every occasion, meal and
budget this book promises to break all of
the rules. SIMPLE by Yotam Ottolenghi
World excluding US: Ebury – September
CARBS by Laura Goodman World: 2018. US: Ten Speed Press. MS
Quadrille – October 2018. MS available available from the publisher.
from the publisher. The Sunday Times and New York Times
bestseller and National Book Awards
From rice bowls to pizzas, tacos to
winner, SIMPLE is the seventh and fastest
toasties, witty food writer and blogger selling book by Ottolenghi with a million
Laura Goodman’s debut cookbook shows copies already in print worldwide.
us how to rediscover the joy of the humble
carbohydrate.MIDNIGHT CHICKEN by Ella
Risbridger World: Bloomsbury – January ASSOCIATED AGENCIES
2019. MS available from the publisher.
A cookbook unlike any other, Risbridger’s
debut mixes autobiographical writing and Rights enquiries should be directed to
food. Reading MIDNIGHT CHICKEN francesca@lutyensrubinstein.co.uk
is like having a wise and funny friend
sitting on the kitchen worktop beside you Lutyens & Rubinstein
as you cook. “A manual for living and a work with the following agencies worldwide:
declaration of hope” – Nigella Lawson.
USA: InkWell Management
EAST by Meera Sodha World: Fig Tree Brazil: Tassy Barham Associates
– August 2019. MS available from the
publisher. Bulgaria: Anthea Literary Agency
Modern, vibrant, fuss-free food with an China & Taiwan: Grayhawk Agency
Eastern slant from the bestselling author
of FRESH INDIA. Drawing from her Czech Republic: Kristin Olson
award-winning Guardian column, Sodha’s France: La Nouvelle Agence
stunning new collection also features
plenty of brand-new recipes inspired by Germany: Agentur Petra Eggers
a wide range of Asian cuisines. Named Greece: J L M Agency
Fortnum & Mason Cookery Writer of the
Year 2018, Sodha is rapidly becoming a Hungary: Andrew Nurnberg
household name in British kitchens. Israel: The Deborah Harris Agency
Italy: Grandi e Associati
FALASTIN by Sami Tamimi & Tara
Japan: Japan Uni
Wigley World: Ebury – 2020.
Co-author of the million copy bestsellers Korea: Eric Yang Agency
OTTOLENGHI: THE COOKBOOK and
Latvia: Andrew Nurnberg
JERUSALEM, Sami Tamimi brings us a
collection of recipes and memories from Poland: Book Lab Ltd.
his childhood in Palestine: a love letter
Romania: Simona Kessler Agency
to a place and its people, an evocative
collection of over 110 recipes written for Russia: AJA Anna Jarota Agency
the busy home cook and stories that will
Serbia: Corto Literary Agency
make you want to find out more.
Spain, Catalonia & Portugal: Foreign Office
Thailand: Tuttle Mori
Turkey: Kalem Agency
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Saunders
Desiree Akhavan Peter Cocks Alice Greenway Sebastian Junger Rory Power
Claire Strickett
Jane Alexander Tamara Sara Gruen Piper Kerman Non Pratt
Colchester William Sutcliffe
Sascha Arango Mark Hardie Un-su Kim Rosie Price
Katherine Sami Tamimi
Robbie Arnott Collette David Hare Kristin Kimball Quality Chop
House Ilka Tampke
Nina Renata Cressida Rebecca Shelley Klein
Aron Connolly Harrington Melanie Raabe Cory Taylor
Michelle de
Alex Beard Lena Dunham John Harvey Kretser Mahesh Rao Sofi Thanhauser
Ned Beauman Jean Hannah Sarah Haywood Dirk Kurbjuweit Lucy Ribchester Richard
Edelstein Thompson
Sybille Bedford Lian Hearn Davina Langdale Hannah Richell
Charles Elton Carrie Tiffany
Sarah Bee Anna Hedworth Mary Lawson Ella Risbridger
Charlie English Sallie Tisdale
Ken Bensinger Katherine Heiny John Ajvide Krysten Ritter
Lynn Enright Lindqvist Betsy Tobin
Jake Bernstein Fergus Julia Samuel
Eleanor Fellowes Henderson Rob Long Sophia Tobin
Mark Billingham Marcus
Kate Figes Robert Hillman Anna Lyndsey Samuelsson Joe Tone
Bert Blaize
Mike Finkel Bryce Hoffman Conrad Mason Ellena Savage Kitty Travers
Gabrielle
Bluestone Tim Flannery Alex Honnold & Anna Merlan Patricia Scanlan Ashlee Vance
David Roberts
Behrouz Rebecca Fogg Jessica Miller Margot Lee Vendela Vida
Boochani Florian Huber Shetterly
Elena Forbes Yelena Tim Walker
Cyrus Lucy Hughes- Moskovich Anne Shooter
Bozorgmehr Emma Forrest Hallett Giles Waterfield
Colleen Oakley Eithne Shortall
James Buckler Karen Foxlee Rebecca Hunt Shane Watson
Yotam Ottolenghi Graeme Simsion
Anne Buist Claire Fuller Will Hunt Sarah Weinman
Lisa Owens Rebecca Smith
Edgar Cantero Olivia Gatwood Amy Jenkins Arabella Weir
Simon Parkin Will Smith
Natasha Carthew Jenny Gladwell Garth Jennings Antony
Nathaniel Meera Sodha Woodward
Ray Celestin Suzi Godson Lloyd Jones Philbrick
Heidi Sopinka
Elizabeth Church Laura Goodman Neil Jordan Adam Phillips
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