Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre has unveiled the remainder of its 2024-2025 season, which will include the U.S. premiere of Haley McGee's Edinburgh Fringe hit Age is a Feeling.

Age is a Feeling, written and performed by McGee, is described as a celebration of "the glorious and melancholy unknowability of human life." The work was a Fringe First Award winner at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it premiered before playing two sold-out runs at London's SoHo Theatre. Mitchell Cushman will direct the U.S. premiere.

Performances will run September 11-October 13. Vineyard is presenting in association with Alchemation.

Georgina Laycock at John Murray has snapped up Uncommon People: Britpop and Beyond in 20 Songs by journalist Miranda Sawyer. To be published in October 2024.

A "fascinating pop history" exploration of the Britpop musical movement, Uncommon People explores 90s British music through 20 "key" songs, the "surprising stories behind them and their unlikely creators".

Miranda said: "I’m surprised at how much I have enjoyed delving back into my past! Back to a time when interesting outsiders in second-hand blouses, old sportswear and bovver boots used their fantastic tunes and considerable charm to smash into the centre of UK culture and completely change it.”

All rights with John Murray.

an accomplished novel that, in its very attention to the ordinary, is among the most unusual and refreshing debuts I have read this year -- Kieran Goddard ― Guardian

Out today with Profile Books, No Small Things is a beautiful generational novel set on a South London estate.

There's Livia, who has been running for long enough to think her past might never catch up with her. Then Mickey, with no other place to go, she needs the mother who abandoned her.And Summer, who left to roam, finds friends who are willing to give her the attention that Mickey won't. But are they as kind as she thinks they are?

This is a novel about the power and pain of mothering. It crackles with desire, burns with hope and sings in a voice as compelling as it is true.

Farshore will publish Serial Chillers, a spooky middle grade comedy-horror series from award-winning author Jennifer Killick. Sarah Levison, editorial director at Farshore, acquired world rights to three books from Kirsty McLachlan, founder of Morgan Green Creatives literary agency.

The first book in the Serial Chillers series is scheduled for April 2025, with book two due in February 2026 and book three in September 2026. Farshore said: "Serial Chillers is set in the town of Hazard, a place notorious for mysterious disappearances and unexplained disturbances. But to the children trying to grow up there, it’s just their weird and creepy home. As the young people of the town are thrown into a series of life-or-death situations, will they discover the truth behind the horrors of Hazard?"

Translation rights with Farshore.

Everyone in the family had a secret. Which one has proved deadly

When Mallory Dawson gets a call from a former colleague, Elsa, describing a strange scene, she initially thinks nothing of it. The teenage cleaner had gone into clean a holiday cottage in the forest to find a kettle boiling on the Aga, sandwiches half made and the family who were renting it gone.

A tense and atmospheric Welsh crime thriller. Perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Fiona Cummins.

The Vanishing Act is published by Canelo Crime, all rights represented by PFD.

Published today by Usborne, the new series by midgrade author, Clare Povey.

Meet Flo and Joseph Wanderday.

Their mum is one of the world's greatest explorers, but she's gone missing on her latest expedition. When a mysterious stranger appears, they discover the sinister reason for Mum's trip. Flo, Joseph and their friends Funmi and Isaac find a map and follow clues taking them to a secret island to save Mum and expose Titan's fishy plans...

An exciting watery adventure packed with brilliant baddies, bravery, friendship and real passion for protecting the natural world.

Congratulations, Roxanne!

'A gripping narrative of suffering, loss and survival, with music at its heart' Fiona Maddocks

All future, freedom and success lay ahead of young pianist Stephen de Bastion in 1930s Hungary. Life whirled headily around cocktails, romance, applause and the buzz of Budapest late into the night. Then, 1939. Stephen's world disintegrates and this becomes a story of his brutal descent, of his time in labour camps, of Mauthausen and Gunskirchen and the unimaginable horrors he endured during the Holocaust as a man of Jewish descent. Yet, this is also a tale of extraordinary escape ... and the piano, waiting for him. Told by his granddaughter, Roxanne de Bastion, this is an inspiring true story.

Published today by Robinson. All rights represented by PFD.

A novel on consent told in five acts over the course of one weekend.

Cloe and Gertrude and the Jenkins-Bell sisters, Mathilde and Sarah, have never met. They are strangers who share a city.It is Sunday morning. Cloe has woken-up in someone else’s home; Gertrude starts her shift in the pub kitchen, while Mathilde and Sarah are on their way to lunch.

Soon, these four women’s lives will overlap.

Published today by Simon & Schuster, all translation rights represented by PFD.

The first book in the series, Death Rites, follows archaeology Professor Carla James who takes a job at an elite college in New England. Immediately after starting, she is asked to represent the department at a murder site. Although she initially believes there is nothing interesting about the scattered debris that surrounds the body, there is more to the site than meets the eye. Can she uncover the truth before she becomes the next victim?

US and translation rights represented by PFD.

Penguin has signed Maria Ferguson’s “raw and powerful” new poetry collection Swell, to be published January 2025.

Eloquent and uncompromising, Swell explores the triumphs and hardships of the journey to new motherhood – through pregnancy, miscarriage, birth and beyond,. Maria Ferguson’s second poetry collection is a raw and powerful documentation of one woman’s experience of becoming a mother.

All rights with Penguin Books.

Did you know pom pom crabs wear sea anemones as boxing gloves to fight off enemies?And greater honeybirds guide humans to hidden beehives?And bats use pitcher plants as sleeping bags?

From ravens and wolves to trees and fungi, learn how these unlikely alliances are formed and find out all the incredible, funny, weird and disgusting reasons why these partnerships work.

Illustrated by Kerry Hyndman and written by Mike Hills. Published by Faber & Faber.

Published today by Faber, in collaboration with the National Trust, Simon Armitage’s new collection, Blossomise celebrates the ecstatic arrival of spring blossom just as it acknowledges, too, its melancholy disappearance. From a crashed Ford Capri wrapped around the immovable trunk of a cherry tree, to saplings flourishing among skyscrapers and urban sprawl, the fizz and froth of the annual blossom display is explored here both as an exuberant emblem of the natural world and a nervous marker of our vulnerable climate.

Angela Harding responds to the poems in wonderful accompanying illustrations.

‘This new documentary series ticks every box for history buffs, as it digs into some of the world’s biggest myths and mysteries – starting in ancient Egypt. Dr Fern Riddell and Dr Karen Bellinger blow minds as they attempt to tell all about the pyramids.’ The Guardian

The Truth Seekers is a Sky History series, which will look at some of the most iconic mysteries of the world. It will go back to the beginning to see how myths passed down through time have become some of the greatest mysteries we know today.

Fern is currently filming for series two.

'Clever, inventive and a cracking read' - Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl

A locked-room mystery packed with rooftop chases, hidden codes and mind-bending science, The Clockwork Conspiracy is a must for fans of the Adventures on Trains series and Sharna Jackson's High Rise mysteries.

Aspiring inventor Isaac Turner lives with his dad, the horologist in charge of Big Ben. But when his father vanishes from the belfry on the night the clocks go back, leaving behind only a smashed pocket watch and a cryptic message, Isaac determines to find him.

Published by Bloomsbury. All rights with Bloomsbury.

The Twitchers have one last mystery to solve – and this time it's a heist! The final unputdownable adventure in the bestselling birdwatching detective series from the internationally acclaimed author of Beetle Boy and Adventures on Trains, wildlife queen M.G. Leonard.

Out today with Walker Books.

Congratulations, Maya!

Nina Mingya Powles and Wayne Holloway-Smith have been announced as the judges of the Creative Future Writers’ Awards (CFWA) for underrepresented writers.

The prize fund, which will be shared by the winners, has also increased this year. It includes £23,000 worth of cash and writing development prizes supplied by publishers, authors and development agencies.

The award opens for submissions today (31st January 2024) with entries invited on the theme of "Reveal" in three categories, comprising fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry. The deadline for receipt of entries is the 9th May 2024, and the winners of The Creative Future Writers’ Awards will be announced in September 2024.

The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from Jennifer Killick. Out today with Farshore.

It’s Colette’s birthday and the friends are spending an evening at Neon Perch – an epic entertainment spot where they can eat pizza, play mini golf and – best of all – take part in Project Z – an epic new escape room experience. It’s going to be the best night ever! Or is it . . . ?

“Deliciously scary and hilarious comedy-horror, perfectly pitched for eight-plus.”

The Guardian

A bittersweet Northern Irish romance that takes a new look at teen pregnancy, the magic and mess of first relationships, and a young woman's right to choose her own future.

Beneath the New Year's Eve fireworks, shy science-nerd Mel and slacker songwriter Sid get pregnant on their first date. Any sixteen-year-olds would expect trouble – but this is Northern Ireland 2018, where abortion is still illegal. Mel's religious parents insist she must keep the baby, whilst Sid's feminist mum pushes for a termination.

Published today by Walker Books. Translation and US rights represented by PFD.

From the author of the award-winning Flying Tips for Flightless Birds.

"Kelly McCaughrain is one to watch" Susin Nielsen

We are delighted to announce that author and academic Ben Alderson-Day has won the 2023 British Psychological Society Book Award in their Popular Science Category for his book Presence: The strange science and true stories of the unseen other.

Ben Alderson-Day is an Associate Professor in Psychology and a Fellow of the Institute for Medical Humanities at Durham University. A specialist in atypical cognition and mental health, his work spans cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, philosophy, and child development.

The British Psychological Society Book Awards seek to recognise works of excellence in the literature of psychology.

All translation rights with PFD.

Kindle Entertainment (a Banijay Kids & Family company), today announces it has secured the adaptation rights to the popular children’s book series Adventures on Trains. Created by bestselling and award-winning authors M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, and published by Macmillan Children’s Books, Kindle Entertainment will transform the beloved books into a family film franchise. The deal was brokered by Morgan Green Creatives.

The first of the six-book series, The Highland Falcon Thief, was published in Jan 2020, and won multiple awards including Children’s Fiction Book of the Year in the British Book Awards. The series has now sold nearly 210,000 copies through TCM in the UK alone and has sold in twenty one languages since launch.