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HQ has snapped up Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books, the new novel from Kirsten Miller, author of The Change (also HQ).
Publisher Manpreet Grewal acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) from Lucy Balfour at WME UK. Rachel Kahan at William Morrow acquired North American rights from Suzanne Gluck at WME New York. It will publish in June 2024.
Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books is set in the fictional small US town of Troy, which is in Georgia, and Lula Dean has decided to cleanse the town’s reading habits. All banned books have been removed from public spaces, and the townspeople are only allowed to read books Lula has deemed "appropriate". But a small group refuse to be told what they can and cannot read. And so, a revolution is coming to Troy…
Grewal said: “Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books is an inspiring and hopeful novel, one that will have you cheering on the townspeople of Troy as they stand up to censorship and the bullies who dare to think they can silence them.
"Funny, heart-breaking and honest in equal measure, if ever there was a novel for anyone who believes in the power of books and storytelling, this is it.”
Miller said: “Having worked with Manpreet and HQ on my last novel, The Change, I couldn’t imagine partnering with any other publisher to bring Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books to the UK. The HQ team has joined me once more on my ongoing mission to tackle serious social issues with empathy, humour and optimism.”