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[email protected] Crime / Thriler Tracey Emerson SHE CHOSE ME

For fans of The Girl Before, Into the Water and The Couple Next Door.

‘This psychological thriller 'Not having a child can change your life as much as having one.' delivers on all levels’ Lesley Glaister Grace has returned to London after twenty years abroad to manage her dying mother’s affairs. When she receives a blank Mother’s Day ‘Kept me guessing until the card in the post, she is confused and unsettled. Who could have sent end…’ Cath Weeks it to her and why? She isn’t a mother.

‘Will hook you from the very Another Mother’s Day card arrives. Then come the silent phone calls. Haunted by disturbing flashbacks, Grace starts to unravel. Someone is first line’ Louise Dean out to get her. Someone who knows what she has done. Someone who 'Deserves to fly off the will make her face the past she has run from for so long. shelves’ Mel McGrath Emerson creates an intricate web in this intense psychological thriller whose high energy and fast-pace will have you racing towards the ‘I loved the brilliantly chilling climactic conclusion. Perfect for fans of The Girl Before. anti-heroine’ Sarah J. Naughton World English: Legend Press / Lauren Parsons Publication: October 2018; 316 pages ‘A compelling page-turner with a satisfying ending and a late twist that I didn’t see Before writing fiction, Tracey worked in theatre and community arts. coming’ Susan Elliot Wright As well as acting, she ran drama workshops in hospitals, focusing on adults with mental health issues. She has a PhD in Creative Writing from The University of Edinburgh and works as a literary consultant and writing tutor. She is also the Creative Director of The Bridge Awards, a philanthropic organisation that provides micro-funding for the arts. Her short stories have been published widely in anthologies and literary magazines. SHE CHOSE ME is a psychological thriller and her debut novel. Literary Fiction Kirstin Innes SCABBY QUEEN Scenes From A Life

Praise for Innes’ first novel, FISHNET, Winner of The Guardian Not The Booker Prize 2015: Three days before her fifty-first birthday, Clio Campbell – a one-hit- wonder, protest singer and activist – kills herself in the spare bedroom ‘Innes strikes sparks by rubbing of her friend Ruth’s cottage. a clandestine world (here, prostitution in Scotland) Ruth finds the body, and isn’t sure what she’s supposed to do. against the everyday. Meanwhile, Neil, a journalist who’s been in love with her since they Unsettling and seductive, this were teenagers protesting together, receives an email with her last tale of two sisters is moving, wishes: remember me wel. gripping and unforgettable.’ Stretching over four decades from the miners’ strikes to Brexit and The Independent, Top Ten beyond; hopping between a tiny Scottish island, a Brixton anarchist Debut Novels of 2015 squat, Britpop-era Camden, the poll tax riots and Top of the Pops, Scabby Queen is a portrait of a woman who refused to settle down, told ‘…an impressive debut… asks by her friends and lovers, enemies and fans, as well as through old difficult and brave questions. interviews in music magazines and on television. As Clio’s suicide Crucially, the novel works makes her a posthumous heroine for the #MeToo age, Neil and Ruth because it shows how these try to piece together what pushed Clio over the edge while other people’s accounts of her undercut everything they thought they questions matter to individual understood. Did either of them ever really know her at all? humans; because it’s so full of empathy… this is an important Reminiscent of Our Friends In The North, Jackie Kay’s Trumpet and book.’ The Guardian Rachel Cusk’s The Flamethrowers, this is a multifaceted look at a complex female character, an examination of the way we obsess over ‘Thoughtful, bruising, poignant and vilify female celebrities, and a political novel for our times. and poetic.’ Ian Rankin On submission; Autumn 2018

Kirstin Innes works as a journalist, copywriter and arts PR, as well as an author. She has written for The List, The Scotsman, The Herald, The Independent, and The Pool. She is involved in many spoken word festivals, and founded, programmed and presented the literary cabaret night Words Per Minute, which ran from 2010 to 2014. Kirstin Innes won a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award in 2008, and the Allen Wright Award for Excellence in Arts Journalism in 2007 and 2011. She was nominated for the PPA Feature Writer of the Year Award in 2007, 2008 and 2010. Memoir & Biography Brett Anderson COAL BLACK MORNINGS

‘A remarkable feat, utterly true. This decade's Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius’ Douglas A brilliant, beautifully written memoir from Suede founder and lead Coupland, author of singer Brett Anderson.

Generation X and Girlfriend in Brett Anderson came from a world impossibly distant from rock star a Coma success, and in COAL BLACK MORNINGS he traces the journey that took him from a childhood as 'a snotty, sniffy, slightly maudlin ‘Coal Black Mornings is a sort of boy raised on Salad Cream and milky tea and cheap meat' to triumph . . . a bracingly honest becoming founder and lead singer of Suede. work raised way above the Anderson grew up in Hayward's Heath on the grubby fringes of the celeb book fray by Home Counties. As a teenager he clashed with his eccentric taxi- Anderson's obvious talent for driving father (who would parade around their council house dressed writing . . . revelatory and as Lawrence of Arabia, air-conducting his favourite composers) and delivered with writerly adored his beautiful, artistic mother. He brilliantly evokes the panache’ Mojo seventies, the suffocating discomfort of a very English kind of poverty and the burning need for escape that it breeds. Anderson charts the ‘Fascinating . . . gorgeously shabby romance of creativity as he travelled the tube in search of written. On more than one inspiration, fuelled by Marmite and nicotine, and Suede's rise from occasion it made we well up . . rehearsals in bedrooms, squats and pubs. And he catalogues the . most certainly not just for the intense relationships that make and break bands as well as the devastating loss of his mother. fan club’ The Guardian COAL BLACK MORNINGS is profoundly moving, funny and ‘A rich, sad and honest tale’ intense - a book which stands alongside the most emotionally truthful GQ of personal stories.

‘An ineffably romantic coming-of-age story; a World Rights: Little, Brown / Richard Beswick beautiful reminder of the magic that happens round the Published; March 2018; 224 pages edges’ The Sunday Times Rights sold: Spain, Contra; China, Shanghai Elegant People Books Co; Finland, Sammakkon Kirjakauppa ‘Generous, funny, poignant’ The Financial Times Memoir & Biography Melanie Brown BRUTALLY HONEST

‘This book is for all women The revealing memoir from the loudest, proudest Spice Girl and the who have ever been truth behind the dramatic headlines. controlled, put down or cheated on. It’s about taking As one-fifth of the iconic Spice Girls and judge on The X Factor and America’s Got Talent, Melanie Brown, aka Scary Spice, has been an back your power, international star since the age of 19. Though she is loved by millions, rediscovering yourself, she has struggled to find true love for herself. Brutaly Honest tells of putting joy, happiness and how, in battling her many demons, she fell victim to drink, drugs, peace back into your life. And abuse and trauma. it’s about the hardest journey BRUTALLY HONEST lays bare the pain and self-loathing that hid a woman will ever make in behind the glamour and success. It tells a universal story that all her life – learning to love women will recognise. With deep personal insight, remarkable herself.’ frankness and Melanie’s trademark humour, the book strips away the façade of fame and reveals the very real mother, wife and daughter behind the Spice Girl everyone thinks they know.

World English: Hardie Grant / Susannah Otter

Publication: November 2018; 296 pages

Melanie Brown’s career began with the pop phenomenon, the Spice Girls. They became the biggest girl band in music history, selling more than 85 million records worldwide and becoming cultural icons around the globe. Their world tours grossed $800 million in just four years. Since they split in 2000, Melanie has become one of the most recognisable faces in television, fronting shows including Lip Sync UK, The X Factor in Britain and Australia, Dancing With The Stars in Australia and America’s Got Talent. She has also starred in a string of movies including The Seat Filer. She has appeared on Broadway in Rent and most recently as Roxie Hart in Chicago. Melanie now lives in Los Angeles with her three daughters, Phoenix, Angel and Madison. Memoir & Biography Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni AFTER ANDY

‘An endlessly quotable romp AFTER ANDY is Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni’s insider’s account of that captures the melancholy working in Andy Warhol’s studio and Interview magazine, and and magnificence of Warhol’s explores Warhol’s impact on the art world, pop culture, society, and final days and legacy…[After fashion—and how his iconic status gave rise to some of our most Andy] masterfully winds influential tastemakers today. through anecdotes, scenes Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni met Andy Warhol when she was sixteen, and interviews with scores of and then on and off over the years before landing in New York City at Warhol’s associates, the Andy Warhol Studio, or as she calls it, “Adventures in Warhol acquaintances and admirers. Land.” In this witty, page-turning account, she takes readers deep into It is breezy without ever the Pop artist’s world—as well as miles into the stratosphere of the socialites, fashion icons, film stars, rock legends, and art world feeling light, channeling powerhouses who could be found in his orbit—where she worked Warhol’s enigmatic presence.’ with Fred Hughes, Brigid Berlin, Vincent Fremont, and others who Rolling Stone were once part of the Factory clan. As the last person hired at the studio before Warhol died in 1987, Fraser-Cavassoni saw firsthand the ‘Natasha Fraser- end of an era and the establishment of a global phenomenon. From Cavassoni’s After Andy opens the behind-the-scenes disagreements and the assessment of his up a can of Pop art and estate, which included Interview magazine and his art inventory, to power.’ Vanity Fair the record-breaking auction of his belongings and the publication of his diaries, Fraser-Cavassoni examines the immediate aftermath of ‘In this superfun memoir, Warhol’s death and his ever-growing impact, which ranged from New Fraser-Cavassoni leads the York to Los Angeles and throughout Europe. Interviews with key reader on her adventures as a figures of the art world and dozens of Andy intimates make AFTER blossoming London “It” girl, ANDY and its subject more relevant than ever today. and her encounters with World English: Penguin Random House, Inc / Christine Ball movers and shakers from the Published; October 2017; 336 pages art, fashion and celebrity worlds orbiting Warhol, with the visionary Pop artist Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni is the author of Sam Spiegel, Tino Zervudachi, serving as the linking thread. Loulou de la Falaise, Monsieur Dior, BiYan and Vogue on Yves Saint …Many of the memoir’s Laurent. Fraser-Cavassoni was the European Editor for Harper’s Bazaar anecdotes…are laugh-out- from 1999-2004 after serving as a staff member and journalist at loud funny.’ Women’s Wear Women’s Wear Daily and W magazine. She lives in Paris with her two daughters. Daily General Non-fiction Stephen Bayley & Roger Mavity HOW TO STEAL FIRE The Myths of Creativity Exposed, The Truths of Creativity Explained

Praise for LIFE’S A PITCH: HOW TO STEAL FIRE is a guide to unleash your inner creative, more repressed in the digital era of constant email and social media noise than ever before. ‘This book isn't just about business. It's also about life. It’s for people who are bored by everyday tedium and dismayed by That's why you should read it.’ mediocrity. People who reject routine. People who think: “If everyone Sir John Hegarty is different, I want to be the same.” It’s a manifesto for those who want to zig when others zag. Or, perhaps as the Obamas did, go high when others go low.

‘One of the most honest It's about individuals reclaiming themselves and is a great deal of fun, books I’ve read in a long, long from a bestselling duo full of wit and insight. time. Maybe forever.’ Erik Stephen Bayley and Roger Mavity last collaborated on LIFE’S A Hansen, tompeters.com PITCH, which became a global bestseller.

World English: Transworld / Susanna Wadeson

Publication: March 2019 ‘Crammed with ideas and rich in the kind of quotations that have a way of giving you a jolt up the spine and lodging themselves in your brain.’ Time Out

Stephen Bayley is an author, critic, columnist, consultant, broadcaster, debater and curator. His books and journalism over the last thirty ‘If only I had read this book at years have changed the way the world thinks about design, and it was the beginning of my career, for him that the term design guru was coined. where would I be now? Every Roger Mavity’s first career was in advertising: he founded his own ambitious person should read agency and went on to handle clients such as Honda, Burberrys, it.’ Sir Terence Conran Minolta and Diageo. In 2002, he was made Chairman of Citigate PR and in 2006 he became Chief Executive of Terence Conran’s group of businesses. He left the Conran Group in 2013 to concentrate on writing and photography. General Non-fiction Roger Eatwell & Matthew Goodwin NATIONAL POPULISM The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy

A crucial new guide to one of the most important Across the West, there is a rising tide of people who feel excluded, phenomena of our time: the alienated from mainstream politics, and increasingly hostile towards rise of populism. minorities, immigrants and neo-liberal economics. Many of these voters are turning to national populist movements, which have begun From Trump and Brexit to to change the face of Western liberal democracy, from the United Marine le Pen and Victor States to France, Austria to the UK. Orbán: National populism is This radical turn, we are told, is a last howl of rage from an aging now a serious force in many electorate on the verge of extinction. Their leaders are fascistic and Western democracies and it is their politics anti-democratic; their existence a side-show to liberal here to stay. democracy. But this version of events, as Roger Eatwell and Matthew Goodwin show, could not be further from the truth. Eatwell and Goodwin argue that these movements are Written by two of the foremost experts on fascism and the rise of national populism, this lucid and deeply-researched book is a vital rooted in four deep and long- guide to our transformed political landscape. Challenging term trends that are reshaping conventional wisdoms, Eatwell and Goodwin make a compelling case politics in the West: Distrust, for serious, respectful engagement with the supporters and ideas of Destruction, Deprivation and national populism - not least because it is a tide that won't be De-Alignment. stemmed anytime soon.

While national-populist voters World English: Penguin Press / Thomas Penn are frequently caricatured in Publication: October 2018; 368 pages the media, the authors argue that serious, respectful engagement with the Roger Eatwell is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of supporters and ideas of Bath. He has published widely on fascism and populism, including Fascism: a History. national populism is vital for our democracy. Matthew J. Goodwin is Professor of Politics at the University of Kent and a Senior Fellow at Chatham House. He has published five books, including Brexit: Why Britain Voted to Leave the European Union and the Paddy Power Political Book of the Year 2015, Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain. He writes regularly for The New York Times, the Financial Times and Politico, and has worked with more than 200 organisations on issues relating to political volatility in the West. Popular Science Dr Giles Yeo GENE EATING The Science of Obesity and The Truth About Diets

Why are we all getting fatter? Drawing on the very latest science, and his own genetic research at Why are some people Cambridge University, Dr. Giles Yeo has written the seminal 'anti- hungrier than others? Why, diet' diet book. Exploring the history of our food, debunking despite all of the latest advice, marketing nonsense, detoxifying diet advice and confronting the is obesity on the rise? And advocates of clean eating, Giles translates his pioneering research into why don't diets work? an engaging, must-read study of the human appetite. In a post-truth world, GENE EATING cuts straight to the data- In an age of misinformation driven facts. Only by understanding the physiology of our bodies, and pseudo-science, the their hormonal functions and their caloric needs can we overcome the world is getting fatter and the misinformation of modern dieting trends, empower us to make better diet makers are getting richer. decisions, and achieve healthy relationships with food, our bodies and So how do we break this cycle our weight. that's literally killing us all? Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and fascinating detail, GENE EATING is an urgent and essential book that will change the way we eat.

World Rights: Orion / Amanda Harris

Rights sold: US, Pegasus; Russia AST

Publication: December 2018

Giles Yeo is a geneticist with over 20 years' experience dedicated to researching obesity and the brain control of food intake. He obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge and assisted the pioneering research that uncovered key pathways in how the brain controls food intake. His current research focuses on understanding how these pathways differ from person to person, and the influence of genetics in our relationship with food and eating habits. He is based at the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, where he is director of Genomics, and is a fellow and graduate tutor at Wolfson College. Giles also moonlights as science presenter for the BBC. He lives in Cambridge with his family. Health & Lifestyle Marte Marie Forsberg MY COTTAGE KITCHEN

Filled with rustic, simple and seasonal comfort dishes, MY COTTAGE KITCHEN is a visual feast that tells the tale of the author’s food journey in 100 recipes and 150 to 200 colour photographs. Raised in a log house beside a ford in Norway, the author learned to cook at her mother’s side.

After a few years of travelling the world, she found home in a charming thatched cottage in the English countryside, where she cooks savoury and sweet dishes that follow the seasons and her inspirations.

World English: Clarkson Potter / Doris Cooper

Published; 288 pages

Rights sold: Germany, Knesbeck

Marte Marie Forsberg is a visual storyteller and home cook who lives in the English countryside with her dog Mr. Whiskey. With 276,000 Instagram followers, Forsberg is a sought-after tastemaker who regularly shares stories about her life on her gorgeous blog, My Cottage Kitchen – mmforsberg.cm/blog Health & Lifestyle Kim-Julie Hansen VEGAN RESET The 28-Day Plan to Kickstart Your Healthy Lifestyle

‘A great way to eat a whole rainbow of veg.’ Jamie Oliver Jump-start healthier habits and reboot your lifestyle with this easy ‘Healthy, simple plant-based 28-day plan. recipes – we love this book.’ No matter what diet you practice or whether you’re a vegan, BOSH! vegetarian or meat-eater, a reset is a powerful tool to kickstart ‘With deliciously detailed meal healthier habits and get your body to a happier, more balances state. plans for breakfast, lunch and Here, blogger and Instagrammer Kim-Julie Hansen of Best of Vegan dinner, this books makes one and Brussels Vegan offers a practical and easy-to-follow program, laid of the hardest parts of going out day by day with meal plans, prep, shopping lists, recipes, and personal tips and inspiration. If you want to become a vegan and don't vegan - trying to figure out know where to start, this is the ultimate guide. But it's also invaluable what the heck to eat! - so easy. for anyone (vegan or not) looking to kick-start healthier habits, I wish Kim-Julie’s Vegan Reset whether to lose weight, become fitter, or simply cultivate a more had been around when I went balanced lifestyle. Kim-Julie introduces you to the benefits of a reset; guides you through the 28-day meal plan; and finishes with additional vegan years ago!’ Kate recipes to carry you beyond the reset--all brought to life with her Higgins, blogger and author of gorgeous photography throughout. With its emphasis on satisfying Chocolate-Covered Katie plant-based foods and its achievable 28-day plan, this program is a great way to meet your goals of health and well-being.

US: Harcourt / Stephanie Fletcher

UK: Bluebird / Carole Tonkinson

Publication: September 2018 Harcourt; December 2018 Bluebird; 288 pages

Kim-Julie Hansen is the blogger behind the brands Brussels Vegan (brusselsvegan.com), Best of Vegan (@bestofvegan - the most popular plant-based food-share account in the world) , and Vegan Reset (veganreset.com). She became an ethical vegan in 2011 and, in 2013, started sharing her passion online to show people how easy it can be to adopt a vegan lifestyle. While making veganism accessible to mainstream audiences is her number-one passion, she is also a certified yoga instructor and loves to travel. Originally from Brussels, Belgium, she now lives in New York City. Health & Lifestyle Laura Weir THE BOOK OF COSY

THE BOOK OF COSY will be a wonderful, comforting The British Art of Comfort and Joy. acknowledgement and True British cosiness is right under our noses – it’s down-to-earth, antidote to feeling simple, embedded in our culture and it’s time we celebrated its beauty overwhelmed in modern life - once and for all. a celebration of our quaint The language of cosy is part of the English lexicon – ‘cosy up’, ‘cosy and quirky traditions, habits down’, ‘tea cosy’, ‘cosy toes’; cosy is a concept intrinsically connected and loves, new and old and to Britain; it speaks to people who value security and tucking in, and an examination of why this never globally, have we been looking to feel more reassured. The Book zeitgeist is more relevant than of Cosy is a guide to living your cosiest life by the very talented Laura ever. Weir, Editor of ES Magazine and will encapsulate the perfect brew of light-hearted / warm / accessible and inviting. It feeds into all the right trends – from disconnecting, slowing down, appreciating the small things, not letting the world overwhelm you and will demonstrate as its very core, that we Brits know how to hanker down and have a cup of tea, when all else fails. Laura will decipher why it is that that the notion of cosiness is having a moment and how it can remind us what it is important in life; to feel lovely, safe, full and comforted.

This is an opportunity to capture our very own zeitgeist, to co-opt cosy, a lifestyle choice and belief system with millions more social media and Internet searches than Hygge and a British authenticity that is believable, emotional, inspiring and timeless unlike any others.

World Rights: Hodder / Lauren Whelan

Publication: November 2018

Laura Weir is editor of the Evening Standard’s ES Magazine. She was previously fashion features editor at Vogue and was the Sunday Times Style’s Wardrobe Mistress. B R O T H E R S T O N E Creative Management

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Rahaman Ali Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni Thomas Pavitte

Brett Anderson Louise Gannon Kay Plunkett-Hogge

Lope Ariyo The A.A. Gill Estate James Steen

Stephen Bayley Matthew Goodwin Anna Stothard

Will Bowlby Serena Guen Tom Vowler

Melanie Brown Gabrielle Halles John Williams, MBE

Caroline Byron Kim- Julie Hansen George The Poet

Nina Caplan Reiko Hashimoto Jim Ratcliffe

Caravan Restaurants Hawksmoor Restaurants The Ritz

Lady Carnarvon Kirstin Innes Jessie Ware

Clerkenwell Boy Marianna Leivaditaki Laura Weir

Natasha Corrett Simon Lister Ian Williamson

Tracey Emerson Eve Marleau Ben Wright

Tom Fletcher Roger Mavity Giles Yeo

Marte Marie Forsberg Elly McCausland