![]() PR and marketing will be carried out by freelance PR expert Catherine Alport. Michael O’Mara Books will sell and distribute the books in the UK and in the export markets and Sarah Pakenham of Scallywag Press, ex-rights director at Andersen Press, will sell translation rights. Pearson plans to build up the list to publish eight to 10 titles a year and is aiming to acquire world rights in all cases but is “open to other options for the right submission”. ![]() “My aim is for Guppy Books to be a responsive, inclusive and transparent publishing house, presenting the very best in original, ground-breaking and entertaining fiction for all ages, from both debut and established authors and illustrators.” “To be choosing, editing and producing books for children on my very own list is a dream come true,” said Pearson. Pearson will then in 2020 a debut MG series by Taylor Dolan and a YA by Beverley Birch. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pearson acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Moriarty’s book, excluding Australia and New Zealand, from Jill Grinberg. Guppy Books will launch in the autumn with two titles: Gloves Off, a YA novel about bullying, body image and boxing by Louisa Reid (world rights were acquired from Hilary Delamere at The Agency), and a MG adventure from Australian writer Jaclyn Moriarty, entitled The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone. Bella Pearson, the former publishing director at David Fickling Books, is launching her own company in Oxford, focusing on middle-grade (MG) and YA fiction. ![]()
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