Lars Kepler is the pen name of the Swedish husband-and-wife writing team of Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril, who move to Knopf from FSG amid much fanfare. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bonnier Zaffre has acquired two new thrillers from T M Logan whose debut Lies sold 300,000 copies across all editions according to the publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins imprint 4th Estate has snapped up the debut adult novel of Irish children’s author Darragh Martin. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
For 48 hours each weekend, C-SPAN’s BookTV gives readers nonstop access to authors appearing in public across the country. It's ramping up regional coverage too. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Saraband and Hodder have acquired two debut titles from authors originally published by troubled Scottish press Freight Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the award ceremony in Bangladesh this year, the DSC Prize this year goes to Anuk Arudpragasam for his debut novel, The Story of a Brief Marriage. The post DSC Prize in South Asian Literature Goes to Sri Lankan Author appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
In part for seeing publishers, authors as 'partners in the publishing process,' Tim Hely Hutchinson is praised as he retires from the helm of Hachette UK. The post ‘Author-Friendly Policies’: Toasting Hachette’s Tim Hely Hutchinson appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sam Missingham, founder of book website Lounge Books, is launching two new workshops for authors on audiobooks and getting published. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chris Riddell points out similarities between Moz the monster and a character from his 1986 picturebookA renowned writer and illustrator of children’s books has suggested John Lewis may have plagiarised one of his stories for its latest Christmas advert, which was launched to great fanfare last... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers including Kamila Shamsie and Madeleine Thien are taking part in PEN International's campaign The Day of the Imprisoned Writer, championing the cause of five imprisoned writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The explorer and writer Benedict Allen has gone missing while on an expedition in the jungle in Papua New Guinea. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Biographer and Irish Times journalist Fintan O'Toole is to research and write an authorised life of poet Seamus Heaney, Faber & Faber and the Seamus Heaney Estate have announced. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Allen & Unwin had cancelled plans to print Clive Hamilton’s Silent Invasion over fear of legal action by the Chinese governmentProminent Charles Sturt University author and ethicist Professor Clive Hamilton says his book exposing the Chinese Communist party’s activities in Australia will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ahead of the 2017 Montréal Book Fair, we look at 8 French Canadian publishers supporting local authors and bringing their books to the global stage. The post Eight French-Language Canadian Publishers Bringing Their Authors to the Global Stage appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors including James K.A. Smith, Tisa Wegner, and Curtis Freeman talk about their new books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Children’s Books is to publish "critically acclaimed" US author Renée Watson for the first time in the UK after buying world rights in five new titles from Bloomsbury Children’s Books US. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following an open call for submissions by Muslim writers held by a number of literary agents industry-wide earlier this year, the Borough Press has signed Layla AlAmmar's 'The Pact We Made,' to be published in spring 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Egmont will publish TV writer Marc Starbuck’s “side-splitting” debut children's picture book. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
There’s more work to be done in recognizing Indigenous authors in Canada, says Cherie Dimaline, a 2017 Governor General's Literary Award winner. The post Indigenous Writers in Canada: Interview with Author Cherie Dimaline appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors, poets, illustrators and actors are among the winners of the 2017 Governor General's Literary Awards for Canadian writing in French and English. The post Leading Canadian Writers: 2017 Winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards are Announced appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]