Londubh Books, founded in 2010 by Jo O’Donoghue, has signed its first international rights deal.
Summersdale, the twenty year old UK independent based in Chichester, has acquired UK and Commonwealth, excluding Canada rights for, My Mother Always Used to Say, by Valerie Bowe, which hit the bestsellers’ list for Londubh in March 2010.
The book will be revised to make it suitable for the UK market. Valerie will submit a complete manuscript in autumn 2011 for publication Mother’s Day, 18 March 2012.
Jennifer Barclay, editorial and rights director at Summersdale, was the acquiring editor.
Valerie’s latest book, Stories of Hope, has just been released by Londubh and is in stores now.
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