Affirm acquires ‘The Grandest Bookshop in the World’ prequel

Affirm Press has acquired world rights to The Bookseller’s Apprentice, the prequel to The Grandest Bookshop in the World, by Amelia Mellor. Set in 1871, The Bookseller’s Apprentice follows 12-year-old Billy Pyke who is the new apprentice bookseller at Cole’s Cheap Books in Paddy’s Market. When a sinister magician who...