"Slumdog Millionaire", the film based on Vikas Swarup's worldwide bestseller "Q&A", has been chosen to close the London Film Festival this autumn, following critical acclaim when it was screened at the Telluride Festival in the US, and the Toronto International  Festival where it won the People's Choice Prize. The film is scheduled for general release in the UK in January 2009.

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Meanwhile, film rights in Vikas Swarup's second novel, "Six Suspects" (published in July 2008) have just been optioned.

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Swedish and Turkish rights in S J Bolton's highly praised debut thriller "Sacrifice" have just been sold,  to add to existing sales of German, Italian, Dutch, French, Spanish, Russian, Norwegian, US and Danish rights . And film rights in "Sacrifice" have also been optioned.

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The paperback edition of Ivo Stourton's novel "The Night Climbers" has just been published, following excellent reviews for the hardback edition published last year.

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"Storybook Britain", a guide to the UK locations linked to favourite children's books by our new author Kerry Bailey , has been sold to Penguin Press for publication in 2010.

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Vanessa Curtis's new novel for 11-14-year-olds "Zelah Green: Queen of Clean" has already been longlisted for the 2009 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize - despite not being published till January!