HarperVia Lands Sakamoto MemoirHarperVia editor
Alexa Frank and
Jud Laghi at the Jud Laghi Agency have acquired world English and audio rights to
Ryuichi Sakamoto’s memoir
Music Sets You Free, translated by
Sam Bett, from
Ken Mori at Tuttle-Mori Agency. Publication is slated for September 22.
Barbara Kingsolver Returns to Harper With New NovelJonathan Burnham, president and publisher of Harper, acquired USCOM rights to
Barbara Kingsolver’s
Partita, a “deeply moving novel about life and art,” from
Sam Stoloff of the Frances Goldin Literary Agency. Release is set for October 6.
From Plucky Little Girl to Global Icon
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Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window: The Sequel. Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s follow-up to her world record-breaking memoir is perfect for both teens and adults!
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More New Book Deals of NoteAmong this week’s offerings are
Welcome to the Club by
Ada Calhoun, about the author’s return to the “American tradition of joining social clubs” as a balm for loneliness;
Tea & Time Loops, a cozy fantasy novel by
Amanda Williams pitched as
Legends & Lattes meets
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches; and
New York Times television editor
Jeremy Egner’s
School of Rock: An Oral History, a behind-the-scenes look at the 2003 film.
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include
Cold Blood by
Aashna Avachat, a YA mystery in which an aspiring journalist is recruited to solve the murder of a wealthy patriarch of a reclusive family—before it happens; journalist
Amir Ahmadi Arian’s YA debut,
The Season of Wild Poppies, about 15-year-old Yashar, who makes that shocking discovery as Iraqi forces infiltrate his hometown of Ahvaz that his parents had a child before him who has never been discussed; and
Paper Ghosts by
Samantha Chong, a Malaysian YA fantasy about a paper effigy maker who buries herself in her work as a soul guide to cope with the aftermath of the spirit realm terrorizing her, only to be yanked out of her comfort zone when she is attacked by a vengeful ghost.
Flatiron Snags Adult Debut by YA Author Dhonielle Clayton
