Starring Sarah Parish, Doctor Who’s Mandip Gill, Mitchell Robertson and singer Alexandra Burke, Curfew is set in a society where all men live under ‘The Women’s Safety Act’, meaning they are bound by a strict curfew from 7PM to 7AM every night, with their movements tracked by an ankle tag 24 hours a day. When a woman’s body is discovered, brutally murdered during curfew hours and left on the steps of the Women’s Safety Centre, veteran… (read more)
Puffin has signed a six-figure deal for a fantasy debut, The Monsters at the End of the World, by Rebecca Orwin. Fiction publisher Ben Horslen pre-empted world rights to the post-apocalyptic middle-grade story with a six-figure advance for two titles from Camille Burns at Diamond Kahn & Woods. The first book will be published in paperback on 6th March 2025, at £7.99, in paperback with the second following a year later. (read more)
Boldwood has acquired World English Language rights to four novels by Clare Marchant, from Camille Burns, at DKW, on behalf of Ella Kahn. Marchant’s first novel with Boldwood will be a gothic historical timeslip story called The House of the Witch: 1645: Ursula Broome believes she has no need for a man and is determined to focus on her work as a midwife and the medicines she sells. But when she rejects the advances… (read more)
Frances Lincoln, an imprint of the Quarto Group will publish an in-depth exploration of the rich and diverse influences behind Frank Herbert and his novels, including the best-selling epic Dune. John Parton acquired World Rights to Tom Huddleston’s THE WORLDS OF DUNE from Ella Kahn at DKW. In the decades since its publication, Herbert’s Dune has become arguably the best-selling and certainly the best-known science fiction novel ever written. Herbert’s influences for his… (read more)
HarperCollins today announce the acquisition of Daniel Aubrey’s debut novel, Dark Island, and two further novels. HarperNorth’s Commissioning Editor Daisy Watt acquired World English rights from Ella Kahn of Diamond Kahn & Woods Literary Agency, in a four-way auction. French rights to Dark Island were sold to Le Masque/JC Lattes; Swedish to Lind & Co; and Ukrainian rights to Laboratory. HarperNorth will publish Dark Island in paperback, e-book and audio… (read more)
Sphere is to publish THE BONE HUNTERS, an exquisite, expansive historical novel by Joanne Burn about fossil mania in Lyme Regis in the 1820s. Senior Commissioning Editor Rosanna Forte acquired world rights from Ella Kahn at Diamond, Kahn and Woods. Sphere will publish THE BONE HUNTERS in hardback in early 2024. THE BONE HUNTERS plunges the reader into the tumultuous world of nineteenth-century Dorset, where a young woman is about to make… (read more)
Andersen Press has acquired On Silver Tides, the first teen novel by author and comedian Sylvia Bishop. World rights were secured at auction by Charlie Sheppard, publishing director and Chloe Sackur, commissioning editor for fiction, as part of a two-book deal, with the second book set in the same world, to follow in spring 2025. Rights were bought from Bryony Woods at Diamond Kahn & Woods Literary Agency. On Silver Tides will… (read more)
Virago has snapped up Caroline O’Donoghue’s latest novel, The Rachel Incident, which has also been pre-empted in the US (Knopf), Germany and the Netherlands and seized in a production deal with Universal Content Productions. Sarah Savitt, publisher, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, from Bryony Woods at Diamond Kahn & Woods Literary Agency. It will be published as a lead fiction title in June. The development rights were secured by UCP… (read more)
Lilith is the heroine women have waited six thousand years for Legend Press has acquired UK & Commonwealth (excluding Canada) rights for Lilith by Nikki Marmery. The novel will be published in the UK by Legend Press in October 2023. Rights were acquired by Lauren Parsons, Commissioning Editor, from Ella Kahn at Diamond Kahn & Woods Literary Agency. Audio rights have been acquired by WF Howes and German rights sold to S. (read more)
Century has acquired World All Language rights to two novels by Laura Jane Williams, from Ella Kahn at Diamond Kahn & Woods. Williams’ first novel with Century, Lovestruck, will be published in paperback, ebook and audio in summer 2023. Lovestruck tells the story of Becca Calloway – a woman who is so ready for Mr Right that she goes as far as to hold a manifestation ceremony for him on the… (read more)
Blink Publishing, a non-fiction imprint of Bonnier Books UK, will publish the debut by British history journalist and Regency aficionado Felicity Day. Ellie Carr, editor, acquired The Game of Hearts: The Lives and Loves of Regency Women with World excl. US & Canadian rights from Ella Kahn at DKW Agency. The Regency period in Britain has long been glamorised as a blur of glitz and glamour, with the women of the period… (read more)
Blink Publishing, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK, has acquired the vivid and passionately researched biography of Ellen Ann Willmott, a woman forgotten by mainstream history and, when remembered, often entirely misunderstood. Author and journalist, Sandra Lawrence, has spent years unearthing the life of Willmott, a trail-blazing horticulturalist battling for her place in a man’s world. Susannah Otter, editorial director of Blink Publishing, acquired UK/Commonwealth rights (excl. Canada), from Ella Kahn at… (read more)
Usborne have acquired the rights to YA author David Owen’s first foray into middle-grade fiction: Alex Neptune, an irresistibly funny, high-octane adventure series with eco themes. Senior Commissioning Editor Sarah Stewart acquired world rights for three Alex Neptune books from Ella Kahn of Diamond Kahn & Woods. George Ermos has been commissioned as the illustrator for the series, and the first book will publish in August 2022. Two more titles will follow… (read more)
Avon has snapped up a novella from author Laura Jane Williams. Molly Walker Sharp, commissioning editor, acquired world all language rights to The Wrong Suitcase from Ella Kahn at DKW Literary Agency. It is slated for publication in e-book and audiobook on 12th February with Williams reading the audiobook herself. The publisher said: “The Wrong Suitcase follows Izzy and Sam as they arrive at the wedding of the year in Italy. But their hopes of a stress-free escape… (read more)
DKW are delighted to announce that Walker have signed two new YA titles by novelist and podcaster Caroline O’Donoghue. Commissioning editor Gráinne Clear has signed world rights for two titles, including the last book in O’Donoghue’s All Our Hidden Gifts series as well as a new title, Skipshock, from Bryony Woods at Diamond Kahn & Woods, in a six-figure deal. The second title in the Gifts series, The Gifts That Bind Us, is… (read more)
Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Children’s, is excited to be publishing Ordinary Boy by author, presenter and LGBTQ+ advocate Calum McSwiggan. World rights for two standalone books were acquired by Ben Horslen at Penguin Random House Children’s from Ella Kahn at Diamond Kahn & Woods. This inclusive, high concept romance is perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Sex Education and is set to be released in May 2023. Seventeen-year-old… (read more)
We are delighted to announce that StormTide, the thrilling conclusion to Tom Huddleston’s FloodWorld Trilogy, is to be published on September 30th 2021. In StormTide, we are reunited with Kara and Joe as a world-ending storm approaches. In the ocean depths lies a deadly secret: an ancient machine with the power to wipe out all life on earth. Sailing at the head… (read more)
We’re delighted to announce that Ella has signed a new non-fiction client – Felicity Day! Formerly a solicitor, Felicity is now a journalist specialising in British history and heritage, in particular the life and times of Jane Austen. She is working on a fascinating project, Regency Romance, a social history of romance, courtship and marriage in the Regency era that will take readers behind the drawing room doors of Regency London’s… (read more)
Atlas Entertainment and Gal Gadot and Jaron Varsano’s production company Pilot Wave Motion Pictures have acquired the rights to Catriona Silvey’s debut novel, Meet Me in Another Life. Gal Gadot is set to star, while Gadot and Varsano will produce for Pilot Wave alongside Charles Roven and Richard Suckle for Atlas Entertainment. As reported by Deadline.com, Meet Me in Another Life “centers on a man and woman… (read more)
Head of Zeus are delighted to be publishing Emma Pass’s first novel for adults, Before the Dawn, an absolutely beautiful and emotional World War Two romance novel. Hannah Todd acquired World English rights for Before The Dawn and an untitled second book for Head of Zeus from Ella Kahn at DKW Literary Agency and will be published in hardback and ebook on 3rd March 2022. In Before the Dawn, we follow… (read more)