
Cal Kenny
@callummichaelk
Senior Commissioning Editor, Sphere fiction they/he Usually overaccessorised
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12-12-2011 21:21:39
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What an incredible crop of submissions we had for Grow Your Story, with Hachette Pride Network, The Future Bookshelf and David Higham Books, and we’re proud to announce the ten selected writers. There were so many talented applicants to choose from and I want to thank *everyone* who submitted. 🌈 📚


Introducing Medlock by B.P. Walter writing as S.G. Hartnell This atmospheric and disturbingly tense contemporary reimagining of #TheSecretGarden is coming October 2025. Pre-order now bit.ly/MedlockWTS #Medlock

Incredibly excited for readers to experience MEDLOCK by B.P. Walter next year. 'The world Hartnell has created is ostensibly the world of The Secret Garden, but so much darker, stranger and more frightening. This is not a retelling but a sinister reimagining.' OCTOBER 25


Thrilled to have these fabulous proofs in the office. Booksellers, authors, media moguls, let me know if you would like a copy of this atmospheric contemporary horror novel. MEDLOCK by S.G. Hartnell The Secret Garden as you’ve never dared imagine it Publishing October 2025 🩸


Thank you Cal Kenny and B.P. Walter for this STUNNER! Wow.. #TheSecretGarden was an all time childhood fave so this promises to be magic. #Medlock Little, Brown UK



Looking forward to being on the panel of ‘Writing for Page, Stage and Screen: Fiction and Script’ at Friends House on 29th March in partnership with Writers & Artists and The Open University.



.Sphere Books has signed The Final Six, a Japanese suspense novel by Akinari Asakura, after a six-figure pre-empt buff.ly/lRNfPEu (£)



SIX MONTHS TO GO! 🎃🍂💀📖 So excited for my gothic retelling of The Secret Garden to go out into the world this autumn. It’s available to pre-order from Waterstones here: waterstones.com/book/medlock/s…


BIG HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT VIBE THE SHARK by Emma Styles 🌊🪸🦈☀️🦘 Coming 2026 Blood in the water. A killer on the streets. But every monster has a weakness.

She’s baaaaaaack…….. #karenpirie Val McDermid