Comedian and musician to play loudmouth cocktail pianist in pilot for 88 Keys, which will also star Fonejacker's Kayvan NovakComedian and musician Tim Minchin will star in his first sitcom as a loudmouth cocktail pianist in 88 Keys for the BBC.Minchin will co-star with Fonejacker's Kayvan Novak... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new book recommendation website is aimed at helping children navigate away from the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan celebrated the relaunch of MyKindaBook.com, an online platform for teen and YA books,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A “store-in-store” is how Strand marketing manager Lilly Widen described the new book shop inside Club Monaco’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Company Pictures have optioned the TV rights to William McIlvanney's Laidlaw trilogy. Lisa... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Irish author Donal Ryan wins the 2013 Guardian First Book Award for his debut novel The Spinning Heart. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Founded in 2002, Paizo Publishing specializes in publishing tabletop role-playing games, or RPGs, in particular its flagship Pathfinder Role Playing Game, as well as magazines, books and a wide range of gaming accessories all designed for the fantasy game-playing marketplace. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book about Lanai majority owner and Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison’s pursuit of the America’s Cup yachting championship has received rave reviews from Forbes magazine’s editors and writers as one of the “most entertaining and illuminating nonfiction books of the year.” Author Julian... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are in a scramble with Amazon-owned Audible for rights previously handled by the now-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Harry Potter Alliance is a nonprofit coalition whose work so far has included creating a YouTube video titled 'The Hunger Games Are Real' which aims to raise awareness of poverty and hunger in the US. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Works’ buying director Andrea Bennett has criticised some publishers’ attitudes... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Daily Mail carries a piece today in which it apologises to the BBC's business editor, Robert Peston for having revealed that his late wife had cancer.In 2008, the paper reported on the illness of Peston's wife, Sian Busby, without giving the couple any advance warning or checking whether... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sprout Pictures, the independent film and TV company run by Stephen Fry, has optioned James... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Glyn Dillon’s graphic novel, The Nao of Brown (SelfMadeHero), has won the Best Book prize... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
An amnesiac on a journey of self-discovery in WWI makes an oddly listless character in bestselling author Anita Shreve's new novel.There's no doubt that public education has neglected World War I, with history teachers squeezing in a few lectures before launching into succeeding conflicts.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Harry Potter Alliance is a nonprofit coalition whose work so far has included creating a YouTube video titled 'The Hunger Games Are Real' which aims to raise awareness of poverty and hunger in the US. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Professor Stefan Buczacki has been presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Garden... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Free app allows ebook readers to share highlights and update to social media websitesPenguin UK has teamed up with the Berlin-based ebook app developer Readmill to bolster direct ebook sales.The app allows readers to share ebook highlights and to talk to each other while they're reading,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oneworld has acquired what could be the final novel from prominent US novelist Peter Matthiessen... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Donal Ryan’s The Spinning Heart (Doubleday Ireland) has tonight (28th November) been named... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]