W&N News
Brackstone snaps up Jasper Gibson’s powerful novel in two-book deal for W&N
Lee Brackstone, who is setting up a new music imprint at Orion Books, has acquired his first fiction title for Weidenfeld & Nicolson, where he will be building a list of adventurous literary writers. Brackstone […]
Read MoreW&N acquires two books about William Blake by author John Higgs
In advance of the opening of a major William Blake exhibition at Tate Britain on 11 September, Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired two books about the visionary poet and painter by John Higgs. UK and […]
Read MoreW&N to publish dazzling biography of pioneering businesswoman Mildred Ransom
Jenny Lord, Publisher of Weidenfeld & Nicolson, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to MILDRED RANSOM’S BUREAU: SMOGS, SPIES, STRIKES AND THE STORY OF HOW WOMEN WENT TO WORK by Ruth Cowenfrom Will Francis at Janklow […]
Read MoreW&N to publish Sir Trevor McDonald’s autobiography: AN IMPROBABLE LIFE
Alan Samson, Chairman & Publisher, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada,from Robert Caskie at Caskie Mushens Ltd (in association with Anita Land Ltd) to the autobiography of Sir Trevor McDonald, […]
Read MoreW&N to publish Dame Julie Andrews memoir this autumn
Weidenfeld & Nicholson are honoured to announce that they are publishing Dame Julie Andrews’ HOME WORK: A MEMOIR OF MY HOLLYWOOD YEARS which will pick-up where her critically acclaimed 2008 bestselling book, Home, left off […]
Read MoreW&N acquire THE MIRROR AND THE PALETTE: 500 YEARS OF WOMEN’S SELF PORTRAITS, a major new art history from the editor of FRIEZE magazine Jennifer Higgie
Until the 20th century, art history was, in the main, written by white, western men who tended to write about other white, western men. The idea that women in the West have always made art […]
Read MoreW&N acquires novel based on ‘one of the greatest love stories of the 20th century’
Federico Andornino, Commissioning Editor at Weidenfeld & Nicolson, has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) in Christopher Castellani’s LEADING MEN, in a deal struck by Esmond Harmsworth at Aevitas Creative Management. Based on twenty […]
Read MoreW&N pre-empts debut literary crime novel set in the dark alleys of Buenos Aires
Federico Andornino, Commissioning Editor at Weidenfeld & Nicolson, has pre-empted World English language rights in Eloísa Díaz’s debut novel REPENTANCE, in a deal struck by Maria Cardona at Pontas Literary & Film Agency. French rights […]
Read MoreW&N acquires Australia’s literary star Charlotte Wood
Federico Andornino, Commissioning Editor at Weidenfeld & Nicolson, has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights (excluding Australia, New Zealand and Canada) in Charlotte Wood’s THE WEEKEND. Andornino bought rights at auction in a deal struck by […]
Read MoreW&N bags ‘astonishingly good debut’, EDITH AND JULIAN by Naoise Dolan in seven-publisher auction
W&N have acquired EDITH AND JULIAN, by Naoise Dolan, after a hotly-contested seven-way auction. Lettice Franklin, Commissioning Editor at Weidenfeld & Nicolson, has acquired UK & Commonwealth Rights in a two-book deal from Harriet […]
Read MoreW&N acquires OUT OF TOUCH by Haleh Agar, a powerful family story of intimacy and betrayal
Jennifer Kerslake, Editor at Weidenfeld & Nicolson, has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) for OUT OF TOUCH, a debut novel by Haleh Agar from Camilla Bolton at Darley Anderson. OUT OF TOUCH […]
Read MoreMeet the W&N Editorial Team
Welcome to the W&N website. Our passion for extraordinary writing dates back to our two founders, Lord Weidenfeld and Nigel Nicolson, who were responsible for introducing some of the twentieth-century’s most remarkable voices – Vladimir […]
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