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...Genres from fantasy novels — such as those written by Sarah J Maas and Samantha Shannon — to “cosy crime” that spans authors from Agatha Christie to Richard Osman, have underpinned booming sales....
...At just 16, Maas began writing her first book, Throne of Glass....
...“Sarah J Maas is a publishing phenomenon,” said chief executive Nigel Newton. “We are very fortunate to have signed her up with her first book 13 years ago.”...
...The company said sales were driven in part by the latest work of fantasy fiction author Sarah J Maas, which topped the charts across the UK, US and Australia, while also boosting demand for the previous...
...Maas’ books. The Harry Potter publisher posted a profit before tax of £31.1mn for the year ended on February 28, up 16 per cent from a year earlier. Its sales rose 15 per cent to £264.1mn....
...Maas and Samantha Shannon growing 79 per cent and 169 per cent in the period, and demand for Harry Potter, 26 years after publication, remaining strong....
...accessories that embrace the art of living”, I’d say there’s nowt Zen about the juxtaposition of the “Loewe Kageri knot stone with leather detail” (price £225) and the “Akatue leather and elephant grass Baby Maa...
...Melanie Maas-Brunner, the company’s chief technical officer who was also in the running for the top job, would not be renewing her contract beyond 2024, BASF said....
...The next Maas book, scheduled for January, has already received “staggering” pre-orders of 750,000 copies for the hardback edition, he said, underscoring the resurgence of the book-selling industry....
...recycled-sterling-silver Zion ring, £135 Joaquim Tenreiro 1947 wood and cane chaise longue, €95,000, chastel-marechal.com Guess Jeans wool-mix knit jumper, £110 Akatue leather and elephant grass Baby Maa...
...So was Sarah J Maas, whose series about a kingdom of sexually charged faerie warriors, A Court of Thorns and Roses, had been optioned by Hulu....
...Bloomsbury said on Wednesday that it had contracted US writer Maas, whose success is partly attributable to the BookTok social media trend on TikTok, for seven further books....
...Sales growth was boosted by the success of the series by fantasy author Sarah J Maas....
...I’m really fond of the Maastunnel, which goes underneath the Nieuwe Maas – the two buildings at either end are really beautiful....
...Later, from the age of 10, she swims in the Nieuwe Maas river, buoyed by the cold water and enjoying the silence, the depth and the lack of visibility as the mists roll in....
...Before the British made Nairobi a rail depot in 1899, the swampland that is now the Kenyan capital was known in the Maa language as “cool waters”....
...All of the furniture and decor will be for sale – from the Man Ray and Cartier-Bresson prints (from £900) on the wall of the snug, to the Angelo Mangiarotti table (£14,000) and Märta Måås-Fjetterström rug...
...This makes Maas exalted on BookTok, the literary corner of TikTok, where mostly young readers post video clips about the books that excite them....
...The salad of carrot, radish, mooli and turnip is the perfect level of vinegary, the malai tikka tender and crumbly, and the maa ki dal is creamy and hearty....
...Maas’ fantasy titles like Crescent City, which mingle romance with magic and adventure, grew 86 per cent last year. The video app TikTok has turbocharged sales....
...Maas’ new title, Crescent City: House of Sky and Breath, which was a global number one bestseller,” said chief executive Nigel Newton....
...She decanted the contents into giant urns and said something to a man in Maa, the Nilotic language the Samburu share with the Maasai of Kenya’s Mara — their more famous cousins....
...Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, spoke about it “very clearly” on a phone call with Putin, Maas said....
...Cohen said that Camden and MAA might be roughly equivalent to BREIT’s residential portfolio, but argued that it was more diversified and owned better regions, making them poor public-market proxies for BREIT...
...“We don’t want them to play us against each other,” Maas said....
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