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The Orion
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Spring Rights
Non-Fiction Highlights 2021
Artwork from Dinosaurs by Dr Dean Lomax, published by Seven Dials (p.15)
Non-Fiction | History
History
SIMON GARFIELD
Acclaimed author and international bestseller, Simon Garfield’s books include Just My Type, On the
Map and Mauve.
Dog’s Best Friend: A Brief History of an Unbreakable Bond
A wise and witty history of humanity through our dogs.
Dogs and humans: in the last 200 years no inter-species relationship has developed so fast nor come
so far. Dogs accompany us in every walk of life, usually three times a day. How and why did this
relationship begin? How has it changed over the centuries? And who's getting the upper hand?
“A witty celebration of the long-lasting dog/human relationship . . . There are some
extraordinary facts in this book” The Times
W&N | Editor: Jenny Lord | February 2021 | 320pp | Finished copies available
SubRights Available: Translation
Subrights Sold: Italian: Adriano Salani Editore | Portuguese: Bertrand Editora | Polish: Wydawnictwo Dolnoslaskie Publicat |
US: William Morrow & Company
JENNIFER HIGGIE
Jennifer Higgie is an artist, the editor-at-large of the frieze magazine and the presenter of Bow Down, a podcast about women in
art history.
The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience: 500
Years of Women’s Self-Portraits
A dazzlingly original work of art history about women who turned their back on convention and
lived lives of great resilience, creativity and bravery.
A ground-breaking book introducing us to extraordinary women artists from the 16th to the 20th
century, using their self-portraits as a springboard to examine how and why they became artists and
what their self-representation says about the times in which they lived. This is a book for readers of
biography and women’s history as well as art history and earmarked to be a perennial seller.
“I can't think of a more satisfying riposte to anyone who asks why there have been no great
women artists than to present them with this incandescent book.” Olivia Laing
W&N | Editor: Jenny Lord | March 2021 | 336pp| Finished copies available
SubRights Available: Translation
Subrights Sold: Dutch: Unieboek | US: Pegasus Books
GREG JENNER
Greg Jenner is a public historian, broadcaster, lecturer and author. He has written two previous books, A Million Years in a Day and
Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity.
Ask a Historian: 57 Things You Always Wanted to Know, But Didn’t Know
Who to Ask
DRAFT COVER
A roller coaster ride through history revealing the best facts, figures, stories and characters from
ancient times to today.
Through 57 crowd-sourced questions Greg takes you on an entertaining and informative delve into
the curiosity cabinet of history. Covering health & medicine, ideas & technology, fashion & beauty and
more, Greg will answer questions such as: Who was the richest person that ever lived? Why is Italy
called Italy? Why do Greek statues have small penises? And when were mirrors invented?
Let Greg tell you more about his book in this video here.
W&N | Editor: Maddy Price | October 2021 | 224pp | Manuscript due March 2021
Rights Available: World
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Non-Fiction | History SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB AND HELEN CARR Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is an award-winning historian, author, and broadcaster. She is the author of five books on the sixteenth century and has written and hosted historical documentaries for TV. What is History, Now? A groundbreaking collection of essays from Peter Frankopan, Simon Schama, Dan Jones, Bettany Hughes and others, addressing the burning issue of what history means today. Inspired by the influential text What Is History?, and published on its 60th anniversary, this is a groundbreaking new collection addressing the burning issue of how we interpret history today. What stories are told, and by whom, who should be celebrated, and what rewritten? What Is History, Now? covers topics such as the history of racism and anti-racism, queer history, the history of faith, the history of disability, environmental history, escaping imperial nostalgia, hearing women's voices and 'rewriting' the past. Featuring a diverse mix of writers, both bestselling names and emerging voices, this is the history book we need NOW. W&N | Editor: Maddy Price | September 2021 | 304pp| Manuscript due March 2021 Rights Available: World SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE Bestseller Simon Sebag Montefiore is the internationally bestselling author of a number of prize-winning books that have been published in forty-eight languages. The World A new epic history of the world by the internationally bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore The World by Simon Sebag Montefiore is a fresh new history of the world, told in the style of the author's most recent books Jerusalem: The Biography and The Romanovs: 1613-1918. It is the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, examining power, literature, war, art, science and daily life, and features the lives of a stunningly eclectic cast of the unknown and the great, each of whom are connected in a multitude of ways. Montefiore weaves a compelling narrative introducing the reader to the exuberance, ingenuity, idiosyncrasy, cruelty and misery of human experience, the variety of character and of culture, and presents the history of the world in all its complexity as no writer has done before. W&N | Editor: Maddy Price | March 2022 | 1232pp | Manuscript due June 2021 SubRights Available: Translation Subrights Sold: German: Klett Cotta | Portuguese: Planeta | Dutch: Unieboek | US: Alfred A Knopf VICTOR SEBESTYEN Victor Sebestyen is the acclaimed author of Twelve Days, Revolution 1989, 1946 and Lenin the Dictator. His books have been published in over sixteen languages. Budapest The dramatic story of Budapest from the bestselling author, Victor Sebestyen. Throughout history the centre of gravity in Budapest and among Hungarians has shifted between East and West - culturally, politically, emotionally. The shifts have sometimes been violent. Victor Sebestyen describes revolutions, bloody battles, the Uprising of 1956 and wars of conquest: some won, some lost. Others were more peaceful, although the repercussions were no less significant: for example, the fall of Soviet-style Communism. The story of Budapest is dramatic, and full of extraordinary, colourful personalities. This is history on the grand scale. W&N | Editor: Alan Samson | May 2022 | 320pp | Manuscript due May 2021 SubRights Available: World Subrights Sold: Dutch: Unieboek 13
Non-Fiction | Science MICHAEL VATIKIOTIS Michael Vatikiotis is a diplomat, journalist and author of two previous books on the politics of Southeast Asia. He is based in Singapore. Lives Between the Lines: A Journey in Search of the Lost Levant An intimate portrait of a critical period of Middle Eastern history (1869-1948), seen through the eyes of a single family The Middle East is understood today through the lens of unending conflict and violence. Yet it was not always this way. There was a time, in the last century, when Arabs and Jews rubbed shoulders in bazaars and teashops, worked and played together, intermarried and shared family histories. Michael Vatikiotis's parents and grandparents were a product of this forgotten pluralist tradition, which spanned almost a century from the mid-1800s to the end of the Second World War in 1945. This is the story of his family - consummate outsiders and people set adrift - who built new lives and prospered in holy lands, only to be caught up in conflict and tossed on the waves of a violent history. W&N | Editor: Alan Samson | August 2021 | 368pp| Manuscript available SubRights Available: World Science DR DEAN LOMAX Dr Dean Lomax is an internationally recognised multi-award-winning palaeontologist, author and science communicator. Dinosaurs: 10 Things You Should Know Travel back to the prehistoric world and discover the fascinating lives of Earth's most awe-inspiring creatures - the dinosaurs. Dr Dean Lomax brings these prehistoric creatures to life in ten bite-sized essays, written for people short on time but not curiosity. Making big ideas simple, Dean takes readers on a journey to uncover what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur, what dinosaurs ate, how they evolved, what caused them to go extinct, and more! Perfect for anyone fascinated by the dinosaur exhibits at museums, palaeontology and fans of Jurassic Park. Seven Dials | Editor: Ru Merritt | September 2021 | 128pp| Manuscript available SubRights Available: World COLIN STUART Colin Stuart is an astronomy author and speaker who has talked to half a million people about the universe. His books have sold more than 350,000 copies worldwide and been translated into 21 languages. Time: 10 Things You Should Know Uncover the ten things you must know about time and space in this captivating collection of short essays. As a subject, it has perplexed and fascinated generations of scientists, historians and more, and continues to spark the most intriguing questions being asked in science today. Can time be stopped? Is time travel possible? Does time even exist? In these ten bite-sized essays, Colin Stuart delves into these big questions and uncovers the most awe-inspiring and revealing things we should all know about time. Seven Dials | Editor: Ru Merritt | September 2021 | 128pp| Manuscript available SubRights Available: World 14
Non-Fiction | Science DR GILES YEO Giles Yeo is a geneticist with over 20 years' experience dedicated to researching obesity and the brain control of food intake. Why Calories Don’t Count: How we got the science of weight loss wrong What if everything you think you know about calories is wrong? For decades we have been told that weight loss is a simple matter of calories in vs calories out. If you burn more calories than you eat then you will lose weight – it’s scientific fact. Except it isn’t. We got the science of weight loss completely wrong, and our focus on calories has led to the obesity epidemic we are currently experiencing. Dr Giles Yeo, obesity researcher at Cambridge University, shows how all calories are not created equal, and corrects the weight loss myths that we have believed for too long. Orion Spring | Editor: Pippa Wright | June 2021 | 368pp| Manuscript available SubRights Available: Translation Subrights Sold: US: Pegasus Books ADAM RUTHERFORD Dr Adam Rutherford is a bestselling science writer and broadcaster who has been published in 20 territories. “Nobody deals with challenging subjects more interestingly and compellingly than Adam Rutherford.” Bestseller Bill Bryson How to Argue with a Racist (2020) A vital manifesto against the misuse of science to justify bigotry. A Sunday Times bestseller. The Book of Humans (2018) A thrilling examination of what sets us apart in the animal kingdom. A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived (2016) A dazzling tour of the latest genetic discoveries which are blurring the boundaries between science and history. A critical and commercial success with over 100K copies sold. Rights: Translation Sub Agents: China/Taiwan: Big Apple 15
Non-Fiction | Society and Culture Society and Culture AYISHAT AKANBI One of the most exciting thinkers and writers of her generation, Ayishat Akanbi is a fashion stylist, writer, cultural commentator and artist based in London. The Awokening: Clarity, Culture and Identity in the Web of Chaos A timely critique of wokeness which urges readers to unify in a time of polarisation. The digital age has birthed The Great Awokening. Grievances previously overlooked - mental illness, racism, gender identity, homophobia, the need for safe spaces - now occupy centre stage. But in its speed to declare our standing, often without pause for understanding, this present day 'wokeness' has in turn lead to polarisation rather than unification. The Awokening is an appeal to humanism and an inspiring reminder of the power of curiosity and the benefits of intellectual humility, such that we can become more socially aware - and aware of each other. W&N | Editor: Jenny Lord | August 2021 | 288pp | Manuscript due April 2021 SubRights Available: World NATALIE MORRIS Natalie Morris is a senior lifestyle writer whose work has appeared in newspapers and magazines including gal-dem and the Independent. Mixed/Other: Explorations of Multiraciality An insightful exploration of what it means to be mixed race today Despite the plethora of backgrounds that are encompassed by the term ‘mixed’, through the course of her work as a journalist it became clear to Natalie Morris that there is a collective identity; recurring themes and experiences that suggest a commonality of mixed-race existence. Natalie will explore themes such as identity struggles, the openness and closeness of family life, the complexities of dating, the feelings of cultural guilt and disconnect, and many more. Trapeze | Editor: Marleigh Price | April 2021 | 304pp | Manuscript available SubRights Available: World OLIVER SODEN Oliver Soden is a writer and broadcaster. He has the approval of the Noël Coward estate and in writing the book will have access to their extensive archives. The Lives of Noël Coward An unconventional biography of the multi-faceted twentieth-century playwright, wit, composer and spy. Noël Coward’s style was imitated everywhere in the jazz-mad, dance-crazy 1920s, as otherwise quite normal men donned dressing gowns, placed cigarettes in long holders and called each other ‘Dahling!’. His celebrity reached a peak in the 1930s with his great comic play ‘Private Lives’. By then he had become the highest earning author in the western world. With the onset of the second world war Coward redefined the spirit of the time with films such as In Which We Serve and Brief Encounter. In the post-war period of Angry Young Men he reinvented himself as a cabaret singer in Las Vegas. Written with the full co-operation of the Coward Estate, this is the first biography for more than 25 years, placing him as a great writer and a man who, in his time, played many parts. W&N | Editor: Alan Samson | September 2022 | 584pp | Manuscript due September 2021 SubRights Available: US Translation Rights: Sheil Land Associates 16
Non-Fiction | Music Music JENNIFER LUCY ALLAN Jennifer Lucy Allan is a writer, journalist and broadcaster with a PhD in foghorns. The Foghorn's Lament: The Disappearing Music of the Coast Part memoir, part travelogue, part history of the foghorn: a uniquely ambitious new kind of nature book. A foghorn sounds huge. It rattles. It rattles you. It is a booming, lonely sound echoing into the vastness of the sea. Within its sound is a maritime history of shipwrecks and lighthouse keepers, the story and science of our industrial past, and urban myths relaying tales of foghorns in speaker stacks, blasting out for coastal raves. The Foghorn’s Lament is an odyssey told through the people who battled the sea and the sound, who lived with it and loathed it, and one woman's intrepid voyage through the howling loneliness of nature. White Rabbit | Editor: Lee Brackstone | May 2021 | 304pp | Manuscript available SubRights Available: World Subrights Sold: German: Mare Verlag JOHN DORAN John Doran is the co-founder of The Quietus, a British online music and pop culture magazine. He also writes for publications like Vice and the Guardian. History of Heavy Metal An extraordinary homage to the history of heavy metal by true expert and metal veteran John Doran. Tracing its story back to its roots in the Birmingham blues scene and across the ocean to bands like Blue Cheer, Hendrix, The Stooges and even Beethoven, John Doran’s magisterial history of metal makes a case for it as truly radical modernist artform, often way ahead of its time both aurally and intellectually. Covering a bewildering and intoxicating range of sub-genres, this vast paean to heaviness covers the stories of legendary bands, and casts a light on the darkness with new research, new interviews, and the perspective of a true expert. White Rabbit | Editor: Lee Brackstone | June 2022 | 608pp | Manuscript due May 2022 SubRights Available: Translation Subrights Sold: German: Heyne; US: Hachette Books BOBBY GILLESPIE Bobby Gillespie is Scottish musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the lead singer, founding member, and primary lyricist of the alternative rock band Primal Scream. Tenement Kid The story, in his own words, of one of the most popular and influential British popstars of the past 30 years Bobby Gillespie is the lead singer and founding member of Primal Scream. He was born in Glasgow into a family with strong links to the socialist trade unions. He discovered punk, like many others, and became obsessed with music. This first volume of Bobby's memoirs will take us through his childhood in Glasgow, his time in Jesus & Mary Chain, the Primal Scream early days, right up until the release of Screamadelica. White Rabbit | Editor: Lee Brackstone | October 2021 | 304pp | Manuscript due March 2021 SubRights Available: World 17
Non-Fiction | Music
DYLAN JONES
New York Times bestselling author Dylan Jones has written over twenty books on subjects as diverse
as music and politics and fashion and photography.
Shiny and New: Ten Moments of Pop Genius that Defined the ‘80s
A future classic, this pop cultural history of the 80s is told through the ten defining singles of the
decade.
The Eighties were about big ideas writ large - new money, new style, gender fluidity, gay pride,
attritional politics, the 'special relationship', nuclear fear, AIDS, cocaine, ecstasy, tabloid royalty, the
rise of urban pop, and ultimately geopolitical chaos. Using a big narrative approach, Dylan Jones'
history of the decade in pop frames the decade through some of its most important and popular hits,
choosing records which either epitomised their time, or ushered in a new cultural shift.
White Rabbit | Editor: Lee Brackstone | July 2021 | 400pp | Manuscript available
SubRights Available: World
SIMON PRICE
Simon Price is a British music journalist who has been a main feature writer at Melody Maker and
senior Rock & Pop Critic for the Independent On Sunday. The alternative music of the 1980s is one of
his specialist areas.
Curepedia: An A-Z of The Cure
A playful literary biography of The Cure in the form of an A-Z of the band: for trainspotters and
casual fans alike.
The Cure are arguably the biggest alternative rock band in the world. Between 1985 and 2000 every
album they released went to at least Gold in the UK, the US or both. The book is an encyclopaedic A-Z
of The Cure examining and riffing on miscellaneous trivia, biographies of the band members past and
present, summaries of each album and selected songs, details of the band's various tours and films,
and essays on broader topics such as their image, their politics and their influences. Playful, eccentric DRAFT COVER
and irreverent - this comprehensive biography is true to the spirit of the band itself.
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White Rabbit | Editor: Lee Brackstone | September 2021 | 320pp | Manuscript due November 2021
SubRights Available: World
Subrights Sold: US: Dey Street |Spanish: Sexto Piso | German: Heyne
HARRY SWORD
Harry Sword is a Cambridge-based writer. He is a contributor to The Quietus, Vice, Record Collector,
Munchies and the Guardian. Monolithic Undertow is his first book.
Monolithic Undertow: In Search of Sonic Oblivion
The epic first ever history of Drone Music.
Monolithic Undertow alights a crooked path across musical, religious and subcultural frontiers. It
traces the line from ancient traditions to the modern underground, navigating archaeoacoustics,
ringing feedback, chest plate sub-bass, avant-garde eccentricity, sound weaponry and fervent
spiritualism. From Neolithic beginnings to bawdy medieval troubadours, Sufi mystics to Indian raga
masters, cone shattering dubwise bass, Hawkwind's Ladbroke Grove to the outer reaches of Faust
and Ash Ra Temple; the hash-fueled fug of The Theatre of Eternal Music to the cough syrup reverse
hardcore of Melvins and the many touch points in between, Monolithic Undertow explores the power
of the drone - an audio carrier vessel capable of evoking womb like warmth or cavernous dread alike.
“An inspired and intuitive navigation of the drone continuum...with a compass firmly set to new
and enlightening psychedelic truths” - Beck
White Rabbit | Editor: Lee Brackstone | February 2021 | 468pp | Finished copies available
SubRights Available: World
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Non-Fiction | Sport Sport GUILLEM BALAGUE Guillem Balague is a Spanish football journalist, prizewinning author and pundit, first for Sky Sports and now for BBC Radio 5 Live. Maradona: The Boy. The Rebel. The God. The dazzling life story of Diego Maradona, one of the greatest and most controversial footballers, by prize-winning biographer Guillem Balague. Diego Maradona is one of those rare individuals who has become a legend in his own lifetime. Yet despite his genius and skill his life was one of unflinching media attention and controversy, including tales of drug abuse and constant health issues. Guillem Balague relates the Maradona story as a succession of stories, some funny, some a parabola of his life, none of them ever fully told before. This journey of exploration takes Guillem to Argentina, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla, and finally to Dubai and Mexico. Based on first-hand stories, these vignettes form a timeline to the present, representing a psychological and sociological approach to the legend. W&N | Editor: Alan Samson | July 2021 | 320pp | Manuscript due March 2021 SubRights Available: World Subrights Sold: Dutch: Kosmos | Estonian: Tanapaev | Italian: Piemme | Polish: SQN PHIL HAY Phil Hay, as staff writer for the Athletic, is the voice of Leeds United and the trusted source of breaking club news for his 200,000-plus loyal Twitter followers. And it was Beautiful: Marcelo Bielsa and the Rebirth of Leeds United The exclusive behind-the-scenes story of how Marcelo Bielsa transformed Leeds United. Journalist Phil Hay documents the fortunes of Leeds United under manager Marcelo Bielsa during their return to the Premier League for the 2020/21 season after sixteen years. For Leeds United supporters, Bielsa is a god. Hay’s intimate affiliation with the club will allow him to pull back the curtain on Bielsa's innovative tactical methods, his relationship with owner Andrea Radrizzani and director of football Victor Orta, and his intensely loyal backroom team. The book will portray the extraordinary cultural impact Bielsa has had on the city of Leeds and beyond, as far as cult fanbases in the provinces of Argentina. Seven Dials | Editor: Shyam Kumar | August 2021 | 304pp | Manuscript due June 2021 SubRights Available: World 19
Non-Fiction | Practical and Gift Practical and Gift LINDA, PAUL, MARY, STELLA MCCARTNEY Linda McCartney believed in great-tasting, meat-free food. In this book, Paul McCartney and his daughters – Mary and Stella – share Linda’s passion for wholesome cooking with everyone. Linda McCartney’s Family Kitchen: 100 Plant-Based Recipes for All Occasions Plant-based cooking for a better world, inspired by Linda McCartney. Over thirty years ago, Linda McCartney first blazed the trail for meat-free cooking, and around the table of the family home in East Sussex she shared the pleasure that eating compassionately could bring. Now Paul, Mary and Stella bring Linda’s kitchen up to date, reinventing her best-loved recipes for the plant-based cook, alongside their favourite family stories and the dishes that they now eat at home. Complete with intimate family photos spanning three decades, Linda McCartney’s Family Kitchen is not only good for you, but for the planet too. Seven Dials | Editor: Anna Valentine | June 2021 | 224pp | Proofs available SubRights Available: Translation Subrights Sold: US: Little Brown VIV SCHWARZ AND KEVAN DAVIS Viviane was born in Germany, studied illustration in the UK, and is best known for her funny, boldly coloured lift-the-flap books. Kevan Davis is a designer of board, street, web and escape room games. Everything is a Game Screen-free fun for every occasion with classic games re-purposed, rebooted and remixed for the 21st Century. This will be the book you take with you, in the boot of the car, in the side pocket of your hand-luggage, to provide screen-free fun in any context. From remixing classic games like blind man’s buff and charades, or taking household objects and making up entirely new games, this will be the perfect way of having better-quality family time. Trapeze | Editor: Jamie Coleman | September 2021 | 192pp | Manuscript due April 2021 SubRights Available: World CECILIA KNAPP (EDITOR) Cecilia Knapp is a writer, poet and playwright. She is an ambassador for mental health charity, CALM, and will curate this poetry collection. Everything is Going to be All Right: Poems for When You Really Need Them A beautifully curated anthology from writers past and present, these poems will provide the perfect tonic for whatever ails you. A ready-made toolkit to reach for in times of need. Combining poems from literary classics to new, cutting-edge voices, this extraordinary collection proves that we are never alone in the suffering we endure and in our capacity to overcome it. Trapeze | Editor: Marleigh Price | June 2021 | 304pp | Manuscript due March 2021 SubRights Available: World 20
Non-Fiction | Wellbeing and Lifestyle Wellbeing and Lifestyle DR. HARRY BARRY Dr. Harry Barry is a highly respected Irish author and medic, specialising in mental health and suicide prevention. Embracing Change: How to build resilience and make change work for you Bestselling author Dr Harry Barry explores how to cope with change to live a fuller and happier life. Dr Harry Barry reveals his five-step plan for coping with any type of change, drawing on his experience as a doctor and real-life case studies. For anyone looking to boost their resilience, adapt to life’s challenges and reach calmer waters. Orion Spring | Editor: Pippa Wright | May 2021 | 304pp | Manuscript available SubRights Available: World LEONA NICHOLE BLACK Leona Nichole Black is a passionate educator, well-being advocate, and empathic Tarot Therapist. Tarot Therapy An easy-to-follow, practical guide to transforming your life through tarot. Learn how to use the wisdom of tarot to bring connection and purpose to your life. Established tarot therapist, Leona Nichole Black, guides readers through every aspect of our lives - from love and our relationships with others to our careers and social impact. Orion Spring | Editor: Ru Merritt | May 2022 | 224pp | Sample material due March 2021 DRAFT COVER SubRights Available: World DR. SABINA BRENNAN Dr. Sabina Brennan is a research psychologist and award-winning science communicator. She currently works as a Research Assistant Professor in the Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin. Beating Brain Fog: Your 30-Day Plan to Think Faster, Sharper, Better Understand your brain fog symptoms and feel better in just thirty days. We all recognise the symptoms of brain fog: fuzzy thinking, trouble concentrating, a sense of grasping for the right word, feeling like your brain is somehow slowed down. Brain fog is a sign that things aren’t right in your body. Dr Sabina Brennan offers a thirty-day plan to tackle the lifestyle factors that can cause brain fog, helping you think faster, sharper and better in just one month. Orion Spring | Editor: Pippa Wright | March 2021 | 304pp | Manuscript available SubRights Available: World Subrights Sold: German: Goldmann 21
Non-Fiction | Wellbeing and Lifestyle
ZACK GEORGE
Zack George is one of the world’s top CrossFit athletes, a fitness influencer and officially the UK’s
fittest man 2020. He has 167k followers on Instagram.
Start Where Others Stop
The nine strategies you need to build an unbreakable mindset and accomplish any goal, from the
UK’s fittest man.
Set goals. Overcome challenges. Achieve anything. As a child, Zack was severely overweight; now, he is
the UK’s fittest man and he achieved this by following his nine principles. Whether your goal is related
to work, fitness, relationships or another area of life, Start Where Others Stop will get you to the place
you want to be.
Orion Spring | Editor: Ru Merritt| April 2021 | 240pp | Manuscript available
SubRights Available: World
LOUISE GLAZEBROOK
Louise Glazebrook is one of the leading dog behaviourists and trainers in the UK whose friendly, fun,
no nonsense approach has made her a regular TV dog expert.
The Book Your Dog Wishes You Would Read
Why a happier, better-behaved dog starts with YOU, its owner.
We'd all love to know what our dog is thinking. The truth is that your dog is communicating with you
all the time, but unless you know the signs you aren't picking up on what your dog wants you to know.
While most dog trainers focus on the dog, Louise focuses on you, the owner, giving you the skills and
confidence to interpret your dog's needs and behaviour, making both you and your dog happier.
Orion Spring | Editor: Pippa Wright | September 2021 | 304pp | Manuscript due March 2021
SubRights Available: World DRAFT COVER
FRANCESCA WILKIN
Frankie Wilkin is more commonly known as Chaotic Witch Aunt by her 1 million Tik Tok followers.
She lives in America, runs a tarot reading business, and hosts classes on divination, protection, and
deity work.
Spells for Change: A Guide for Modern Witches
A guide blending witchcraft and wellbeing by one of the most popular witches on TikTok.
Francesca Wilkin is part of a thriving community of modern practitioners who use witchcraft to enrich
their lives day-to-day and improve the world around them. From justice spells and banishing unwanted
energy to spells to help you on the journey to self-love and self-prioritization, Francesca shows that,
at its heart, witchcraft is a force for good that is ultimately about refining your identity and reclaiming
your power.
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Orion Spring | Editor: Zoe Yang | October 2021 | 224pp | Manuscript due April 2021
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22Non-Fiction | Wellbeing and Lifestyle FEARNE COTTON Fearne Cotton is one of the UK’s most popular broadcasters and wellbeing authors. Her phenomenal bestselling book Happy, translated in seven territories, is now a hit podcast (over 30 million downloads) with guests including Jay Shetty and Hilary Clinton. Bestseller Happy, Calm, Quiet, Speak Your Truth A simple, friendly and bestselling series of guides to finding happiness, calm, peace, and your authentic voice. These titles are ongoing bestsellers - the mass market paperback of Happy enjoyed over three appearances in the bestseller charts in 2020 and Speak Your Truth debuted at #3 this January. With almost 900,000 copies sold, we are well on our way to selling 1 million copies of Fearne’s books. Orion Spring | Editor: Pippa Wright | 2017-2021 | Finished copies available SubRights Available: World To register interest in any of these titles please click here. 23
The Orion Publishing Group
Where Every Story Matters
The Orion Publishing Group is one of the UK’s leading publishers.
Our mission is to bring the best publishing to the greatest variety of people. Open, agile, passionate and innovative –
we believe that everyone will find something they love at Orion.
Founded in 1991, the Orion Publishing Group today publishes under ten imprints:
A heartland for brilliant commercial fiction from Francesca Main’s new imprint will be a destination
international brands to home-grown rising stars. for books that combine literary merit and commercial
potential. It will focus on literary fiction, book club
fiction and memoir characterised by voice, storytelling
and emotional resonance.
The UK’s No1 science fiction and fantasy imprint,
Gollancz.
Established in 1991, Laurence King Publishing is
recognised as one of the world’s leading publishers of
books and gifts, acclaimed for inventiveness, beautiful
Ground-breaking, award-winning, thought-provoking design and authoritative texts.
books since 1949. Weidenfeld & Nicolson is one of
the most prestigious and dynamic literary imprints in
British and international publishing.
For the very best commercial non-fiction, leading brands,
commercial bestsellers and beautiful cookbooks.
Commercial fiction and non-fiction that starts conver-
sations!
Orion Dash is a digital-first commercial fiction imprint
to “connect readers with stories, fast”.
Lee Brackstone’s imprint is dedicated to publishing
the most innovative books and voices in music and
literature, encompassing memoir, history, fiction,
translation, illustrated books and high-spec limited
editions.
Thousands of classic science fiction, fantasy and crime
titles, made available once more through the digital
Gateway platform.
Orion Spring is the home of wellbeing and health titles
written by passionate celebrities and world-renowned
experts.
24Orion Rights: Contact Details
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