Headline acquires new book from broadcaster Dan Walker

Headline will publish Remarkable People: A Celebration of Goodness, Kindness and Humanity by broadcaster Dan Walker.

Consultant sports publisher Jonathan Taylor acquired world English language rights from Jonny McWilliams of Crown Talent Group. Publication is scheduled for October 2020. 

Walker hosts the BBC1 programmes "Breakfast" and "Football Focus". Throughout his professional life, he has encountered "a stream of remarkable people with intriguing and uplifting stories." According to the synopsis, his new book will "highlight and celebrate altruism and self-sacrifice, typified by a deep concern for others and countless random acts of kindness".

Walker commented: "I am really excited about this book. My various jobs have given me the privilege of meeting and interviewing some remarkable people over the past 20 years. Time spent with them has had a lasting impact on me and I hope you will enjoy spending time with them too. I have learnt so much from them and, at an increasingly uncertain time, those lessons feel more important than ever."

Taylor added: "We are living through anxious and fragmented times, but in his wonderful new book Dan Walker is determined to shine a light on the kindliness, compassion and selflessness which continue to characterise so many people and their actions right across the country. It will be a much-needed tonic and an amazing antidote to the darkness and negativity of this challenging age."

Walker has published other sports titles including Magic, Mud and Maradona: Cup Football's Finest Tales (Simon & Schuster, 2016). 

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