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  • Story of Jumbo to Penguin

    14 May 2023

    Penguin have bought world rights in Jumbo: The Aircraft that Changed the World by Scott Bateman with Lynne Barrett-Lee.

  • The Holocaust Codes : Decrypting the Final Solution to Bonnier

    14 May 2023

    Bonnier have bought World English rights in Christian Jennings’ The Holocaust Codes : Decrypting the Final Solution

  • Fire of Dragon shortlisted for Orwell Prize

    14 May 2023

    Congratulations to Ian Williams whose The Fire of the Dragon: China’s new Cold War has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.

  • Dolphin Square nominated for C W A Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction.

    05 May 2023

    Congratulations to Simon Danczuk and Dan Smith whose Dolphin Square has been nominated for the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction.

  • Recent Foreign Rights sales

    05 May 2023

    Chinese rights in Kristofer Allerfeldt’s The Klan: An American History

    Ukrainian rights in Jeremy Dronfield’s The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz.

    Polish rights in Rebecca Myers’ s Inside Job: Treating Murderers and Sex Offenders. The Life of a Prison Psychologist.

    Korean rights in Geoff Roberts’ Stalin’s Library: A Dictator and His Books.

  • History of Pinkerton Detective Agency to Georgetown

    20 Apr 2023

    Georgetown University Press have bought World English rights in Allan Pinkerton and His Legacy, the story of the founding of the American detective agency.

  • Spy book to Yale

    20 Apr 2023

    Yale have bought World English rights in Helen Fry’s La Dame Blanche and Clarence, the history of the greatest SIS /MI6 intelligence networks behind enemy lines in World War One and World War Two.

  • Ninth week in top ten for Cathy Glass

    22 Mar 2023

    Congratulations to Cathy Glass whose memoir Unwanted is Number 4 this week, Its ninth week in top ten.

  • Recent Foreign Rights sales

    21 Mar 2023

    French rights for Kitty’s Salon by Urs Brunner, Nigel Jones and Julia Schrammel .

    Lithuanian rights for Cathy Glass’s A Terrible Secret .

    Korean rights for Angus Konstam’s Hunt the Bismarck.

  • Female travelers book to The History Press

    17 Mar 2023

    The History Press have bought World English rights in Sally Smith’s Wonderful Women and their Journeys Around the World.