· Web viewCurated, written and illustrated by American artist and ceramicist Molly Hatch, this beautifully produced book explores the intimate family stories and fascinating history

SPRING 2017 ILLUSTRATED HOTLIST

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LONDON BOOK FAIR – FIND US ON 11Q AND 12Q

DLA represents the foreign rights for September Publishing, who have a number of very successful illustrated titles on their list. For more information on September Publishing’s list please visit:

http://www.septemberpublishing.org/.

Here’s a round-up of new titles:

A Passion for China: A little book about the objects we eat from, live with and love by Molly Hatch

NEWSeptember Publishing.

Curated, written and illustrated by American artist and ceramicist Molly Hatch, this beautifully produced book explores the intimate family stories and fascinating history revealed by single, treasured pieces. If you loved The Hare with Amber Eyes then this is for you.

Molly takes inspiration from both her family and her years at the wheel as well as from the

pieces and patterns that have populated our family tables and shelves.

Each exquisite artwork is combined with the details and stories that make it special, whether it be a rescued milk jug or a Meissen platter. Drawn from kitchens across America, the UK, Europe and Asia, as well as her own, Molly evokes different cultures and past eras, as well as detailing the history behind ceramic traditions, individual potteries and patterns.

Throughout the pages there is a pervading joy and generosity; a love of gatherings and family, of patterns and china. A Passion for China is a book for anyone who has cherished their grandmother’s dinner service, admired cracked plates just for their pattern and memories, or asked for the story behind a beloved object.

Publication: October 2017Translation rights: DLAThe Confession Album by Eve Claxton and Emma Parry

Gift book. September Publishing. November 2017.

Readers of Vanity Fair will be familiar with The Proust Questionnaire – a parlour game popularised by the novelist who believed that we can reveal our true nature by answering a few simple questions – questions such as “What is your idea of perfect happiness?” and “What is your greatest fear?” In this illustrated gift book, Emma Parry and Eve Claxton, set out to challenge, provoke and reveal the reader and in the process help us understand ourselves and our ambitions better. This book will have widespread international appeal to all those women who know that now is the time to take control!Emma Parry is a literary agent with Janklow and Nesbit and Eve Claxton her co-author who has helped many extraordinary individuals write their own stories. Eve’s backlist include the New York Times bestseller He Wanted the Moon and she is editor of the award-winning Book of Life: An Anthology of Memoir Writing.

Manuscript available: June 2017All rights DLA

What My Girlfriends Told Me by Sonja Bajic

Gift book. September Publishing. Spring 2018.

Writer and illustrator Sonja Bajic lives and works in Paris though she was born in old Yugoslavia. This is a beautifully produced little book that is the perfect gift for women to give to their friends by way of encouragement or consolation when the going gets tough.

Each page contains a little watercolour portrait of women like us and wise advice such as “They’re not all jerks” to “There are no bad dates - only good stories”. Sample spreads and blad available by London Book Fair week.

Sample spreads: March 2016 (160 pages – full colour illustrations)All rights DLA

Brutal London: A Photographic Exploration of Post-War Modernist Architecture of London by Simon Phipps

Photography, Architecture.September Publishing.

Brutal London presents a new photographic look at a side of the capital which has been ignored for too long. The raw concrete and imposing mass of Brutalist architecture is undeniably part of the fabric of London’s landscape – both visual and social – and part of our urban history. Momentum is now growing to celebrate, reclaim and preserve buildings which were once written off or allowed to decay.

This collection of unique and evocative photography by Simon Phipps casts the city in a new light. Arranged by Inner London borough and with full information on all buildings featured, Brutal London takes in famous examples such as the Trellick Tower, the Brunswick Centre and the Alexandra Road Estate, as well as lesser known housing and municipal spaces. It serves as an introduction to buildings the reader may see every day, an invitation to look differently, a challenge to look up afresh, or to seek our celebrated Brutalism across the capital.

Publication: November 2016Translation rights: DLA

Creative Inspiration – Vincent Van Gogh, edited by Kelly Shetron

NEWSeptember Publishing.

We know Van Gogh for his paintings but in this beautiful gift book it is his writing and his pencil sketches that come to the fore. Each page has a pencil sketch and a brief quote from his letters to illuminate the work. The carefully chosen quotes reveal a sagacity often overlooked by popularists. Van Gogh writes about

how to have patience in one’s work, how to face

the daily challenge of uncertainty and how to learn and grow through persistent practice. Perfect gift for painters, writers and anyone engaged in creative practice or in search of inspiration.

Publication: April 2017Translation rights: DLA

Ways to See Great Britain: Overlooked Aspects & Little Known Corners of a Remarkable Country by Alice Stevenson

NEWSeptember Publishing.

After her first, much-loved book, Ways to Walk in London, Alice sets off beyond the capital with a clear eye and an open mind, to explore the UK’s lesser-known gems on foot.

There are local areas in grand cities, abandoned villages, urban seasides, strange follies and grottos, places of intense architectural contrast and cultural pilgrimages, which say much about Britain now and then. She also visits several purely lovely countryside landscapes that are often

missed for more famous counties.

With her artist’s eye, Alice reveals the real beauty, everyday eccentricity and historical curiosity of the UK.

Publication: May 2017M/s availableTranslation rights: DLA

London Perspectives Colouring Postcards by Alice Stevenson

Stationery.September Publishing.

A collection of beautiful and absorbingly intricate artist’s images of London to colour and enhance.

Featuring hidden doorways, decorated arches, trailing roses, animal sculptures and parkland paths, each postcard is a charming window through which to see a different London.

Taken from her successful unofficial walking guide Ways to Walk in London, here are twenty unique London perspectives from artist Alice Stevenson – for creatives to colour, keep or send.

Publication: February 2016Material availableTranslation rights: DLA

CONTACT DETAILS:For more information on these books or on the rest of our extensive foreign rights catalogue, please contact:

Rebecca Winfield: Chinese language rights (simplified and complex), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, South America inc Brazil, USA & [email protected]

Nick Walters: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, [email protected]

DLA FOREIGN RIGHTS SUB-AGENTS:

For any foreign rights queries relating to these territories, please contact David Luxton Associates in the first instance.

JAPANJapan Uni AgencyTokyo, Japanhttp://www.japanuni.co.jp/index.html

KOREAEric Yang Agency Seoul, Koreahttp://www.ericyangagency.co.kr/

BRAZIL & PORTUGALSeibel Publishing Serviceshttp://seibelpublishingservices.com/

POLANDBook/Lab Literary AgencyWarsaw, Poland

http://www.literatura.com.pl/

RUSSIAThe van Lear AgencyMoscow, Russiahttps://www.facebook.com/TheVanLearAgency/

CHINA (simplified / complex) &TAIWANArtemis AgencyTaipei City, Taiwanhttps://www.facebook.com/artemisagency

TURKEYNurcihan Kesim Literary AgencyIstanbul, Turkeyhttp://www.nkliteraryagency.com/