French rightsFilm rights to Natalie C. Anderson’s thriller, CITY OF SAINTS AND THIEVES, have gone to Universal Pictures. Read all about it here. Variously billed as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets Gone Girl or The Hunger Games meets The Thief Lord, this enthralling murder mystery sdet in Kenya will keep you on the edge of your seat…
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THE HUNTING ACCIDENT: Already Getting Great Reviews!
It was just published by First Second, and already THE HUNTING ACCIDENT is garnering excellent reviews/ The Hunting Accident: A True Story of Crime and Poetry by David L. Carlson and Landis Blair was featured in GQ Magazine online: “One of the Best True Crime Stories of 2017 Isn’t on TV (Yet)” https://www.gq.com/story/leopold-loeb-hunting-accident-true-crime The Hunting Accident was also…
PASHMINA Gets a Star from PW!
Nidhi Chanani’s first graphic novel, PASHMINA, is coming out in October from First Second, and Publishers Weekly has just given it a starred review! Read the review here. Italian rights have already gone to Il Castoro.
JERUSALEM Is Out in France Today!
And there’s some good media coverage already: Augustin Trapenard at France Inter (August 30) : https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/boomerang/boomerang-30-aout-2017 Antoine De Caunes at france inter (August 29) : https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/popopop/popopop-29-aout-2017 Le Monde (August 30) re: the webdocumentaries : http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2017/08/30/alan-moore-morceaux-choisis_5178406_4408996.html
Dans la Tête d’Alan Moore
Here is a link to watch all eight (5-minute) episodes of the documentary from Arte to celebrate the publication of Alan’s book, JERUSALEM, in French from Inculte on the 30th of August. The documentary is in English (French, Spanish, German, and Polish subtitles are available).
Do not miss JANE, UNLIMITED!
This fantastic review of Kristin Cashore’s upcoming new book, JANE, UNLIMITED, is just too good not to share! ” Jane, Unlimited isn’t just completely different from what Cashore has done before, it’s unlike anything I’ve read—mysterious, precise, and possessed of a pure, clear mood that stays intact even through the genre shifts. It’s a wild gift for…
THE LAST DAYS OF AVA LANGDON Makes the Miles Franklin Shortlist!
THE LAST DAYS OF AVA LANGDON by Mark O’Flynn (UQP) has made the shortlist for the most prestigious Australian literary prize, the Miles Franklin Award. Each of the shortlisted authors receives AU$5 000, and the winner will receive AU$ 60 000. The winner will be announced on 8 September.
Witi Ihimaera awarded prestigious French Order of Merit
Acclaimed Penguin Random House author Witi Ihimaera is among four New Zealanders who have been awarded France’s highest military and civil honour, Order of Arts and Letters. At the awards ceremony, New Zealand Ambassador Jeanblanc-Risler commended Ihimaera, “For your pivotal role in bringing Maori storytelling to the forefront and enabling its international recognition as a taonga from…
Erin McCahan Interview from PW
(Images from Publishers Weekly) Erin McCahan (LOVE AND OTHER FOREIGN WORDS) is interviewed in this week’s Publishers Weekly about her new book THE LAKE EFFECT. Read the interview here.
Lora Fountain Literary Agency 