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"Grange Hill" writer Phil Redmond is to pen a memoir and novel for Random House imprint Cornerstone.
M.d. Susan Sandon acquired world rights in the two books directly with Redmond, who is best known for creating three of Britain's longest-running drama programmes: "Grange Hill", "Brookside" and "Hollyoaks".
The as-yet-untitled memoir will be published in November 2012 to tie in with the 30th anniversaries of both "Brookside" and Channel 4, with an Arrow paperback to be released in 2013.
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Publishers are looking to make their mark with blockbuster titles from day one of release, as the most important day of autumn hardback releases, Super Thursday, looms this week.
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Cornerstone deputy marketing director Adam Humphrey has been appointed as marketing director for HarperFiction, Voyager and Blue Door.
An exact start date is to be confirmed but Humphrey will begin work in the autumn. He has been at Cornerstone for five years, working on authors including John Grisham, Karin Slaughter, Kathy Reichs, Robert Harris, Ben Kane and Ruth Rendell.
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Century and Arrow publisher Selina Walker has made her first acquistions for Cornerstone, snapping up two historical novels by journalist and author Vanora Bennett.
Walker acquired British Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, from Natasha Fairweather at A P Watt in a pre-emptive deal. Century will publish the first, as yet untitled, novel in spring 2013.
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Cornerstone has appointed Selina Walker, currently publishing director of Transworld's crime and thriller list, to the role of publisher for Century and Arrow.
Walker will begin her role in mid-July, following 11 years at Transworld where she worked with authors including Tess Gerritsen and Simon Sebag Montefiore.
At Century and Arrow, she steps into Kate Elton's shoes, who is moving to HarperCollins.
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The Random House Group has today released its first direct to digital fiction title, a short work which will also feature the opening chapter of Slaughter's next new book.
The Unremarkable Heart is available for £0.49, with the opening chapter of full-length thriller Fallen, to be published in hardback in July, also included. The publisher described it as "a gripping story that will chill you to the bone".
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