Acquisitions

Doyle and Webber reign supreme as newest jewels in the crown for Electric Monkey

Bestselling authors, Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber, have joined forces to write an utterly compelling romantic fantasy about twin princesses separated at birth. Award-winning YA imprint Electric Monkey was crowned the victor after a major pre-empt secured Twin Crowns from the two stars of the children’s and YA book world, and soon-to-be… Read More

Electric Monkey pre-empts a collaboration from six of the biggest stars of YA fiction

Electric Monkey, the Nibbie-shortlisted YA imprint of Farshore, has made a lightning-strike pre-empt to acquire Blackout, the blockbuster commercial romance of the summer and collaboration between six bestselling and award-winning Black authors: Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk and Nicola Yoon. Liz Bankes, Fiction Editorial… Read More

K-pop Icon Jessica Jung Shines in YA Debut

Jessica Jung, former lead singer of superstar group Girl’s Generation, is set to bring the hyper-colourful, hyper-competitive world of K-pop to life in her sparkling YA debut, in collaboration with Glasstown Entertainment. Read More

Electric Monkey acquires extraordinary, unflinching YA from Sera Milano

Defiance in the face of terror and hatred sears across Milano’s timely and heart-wrenching multi-protagonist YA debut. Read More

Electric Monkey signs LGBTQ romantic comedy from CWIP Prize Winner Laura Steven

Electric Monkey are delighted to announce that we have snapped up two more books from award-winning author Laura Steven, whose novel The Exact Opposite of Okay was a bestselling YA debut in 2018 and was awarded the inaugural Comedy Women in Print Prize (Published Author category) in 2019. Read More

Electric Monkey enrols in Chelsea High

Hot on the heels of her Romantic Novelist Association Awards shortlisting, Electric Monkey an imprint of Farshore has snapped up the rights for commercial women’s fiction bestseller, Jenny Oliver’s debut YA, Chelsea High. Read More

Great Illustrations: Jack Noel and Farshore transform tweet into middle-grade series

One year on from HarperCollins UK's acquisition of Egmont Books (formerly Egmont UK Ltd) from the Danish media group, Egmont, we are delighted to announce our new identity: Farshore. Egmont Publishing are thrilled to announce an exciting new acquisition based on a tweet from designer and illustrator Jack Noel. Read More

Pirates and girl power come together in Captain Sparklebeard

Best-selling author, Timothy Knapman, and award-winning illustrator, Sam Lloyd, have joined forces to create a pirate story with a twist: featuring a book-loving rebel who dares to be different! Read More

A Girl Called Shameless – announcing the next novel by Laura Steven

We are thrilled to reveal the cover for A Girl Called Shameless, the sequel to Laura Steven’s explosive debut novel, The Exact Opposite of Okay. In this special feature you can also feast your eyes on an exclusive extract from the upcoming book! Read More

Electric Monkey signs addictive crime thrillers from debut author Holly Jackson

One year on from HarperCollins UK's acquisition of Egmont Books (formerly Egmont UK Ltd) from the Danish media group, Egmont, we are delighted to announce our new identity: Farshore. Electric Monkey are delighted to announce a two-book deal from debut author Holly Jackson. Read More

Electric Monkey to release The Poet X – a YA novel in verse from slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo

One year on from HarperCollins UK's acquisition of Egmont Books (formerly Egmont UK Ltd) from the Danish media group, Egmont, we are delighted to announce our new identity: Farshore. Electric Monkey is delighted to announce the acquisition of The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. Read More

Little Miss Inventor joins the Mr. Men and Little Misses!

One year on from HarperCollins UK's acquisition of Egmont Books (formerly Egmont UK Ltd) from the Danish media group, Egmont, we are delighted to announce our new identity: Farshore. Egmont Publishing and Sanrio are thrilled to announce that they have added a new character to the Mr. Men Little Miss universe. Read More