Robert Weil, editor-in-chief and publishing director of Liveright & Co., has acquired two new works by novelist Allan Gurganus, author of the acclaimed and bestselling 1989 novel, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All.

Razorbill Nabs MacHale Trilogy, Lisa Scottoline signs a new deal, Tor Teen lands a new fantasy series, and more.

Hachette Book Group, which last August acquired rights to The Shack author W. Paul Young’s new novel, announced that its FaithWords imprint will release Cross Roads November 13 in hardcover. Audio, e-book, and foreign editions are also planned.

Tarttelin Goes ‘Golden’ for Atria and more

Morrow Gets Hitched with Choo and more

It wasn’t ash from an Icelandic volcano this time, but a cloud hung over the 2012 London Book Fair, fallout from the U.S. Department of Justice’s price-fixing suit against publishers, filed just days before the fair began. Unlike the eruption that stranded fairgoers two years ago, a busy show floor in the main hall as well as a noticeably large contingent from this year’s guest of honor, China, suggests the 2012 London Book Fair attendance may well exceed the 24,802 of last year, though final numbers won’t be released for weeks. And this year’s fair generated some buzz, with new books announced from big-name authors, a surprise seven-figure deal for a first-timer, and a few noteworthy trends emerging on the show floor and in the professional program.

As Harlequin expands more heavily into nonfiction, the publisher has announced a deal with the creators of the popular YouTube series, Sh*t Girls Say, Kyle Humphrey and Graydon Sheppard.

Bosch Moves to Dial and more

In a bit of creative deal-making, agents Peter McGuigan and Stephen Barbara, at Foundry Literary + Media, closed two deals—for an adult novel and a YA novel—for a debut thriller that was initially submitted as a standalone novel.

Scribner Nabs Gilmore and more