"Indie bookselling is back," Vivien Jennings, owner of Rainy Day Books in Fairway, Kan., proclaimed after a "wonderful" holiday season with sales up 11%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Trust is launching its first children’s book festival at Wray Castle in the Lake District in March. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Want to know when your favourite author has a new book published? When the awards are being dished out? What film adaptations are up-coming or get the low-down on festivals near you? Then check out our literary calendar for 2016Have we missed anything? Email us at [email protected]... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishing a children’s book in Russia is not a straightforward matter, as Anna Starobinets found when her detective stories set among woodland animals were deemed to be far too beastly for children I wrote my first children’s book, The Land of Good Girls, in 2009 for my then five-year-old... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
This lovely new cluster of seasonal picture books are all focused – in different ways – on the magnificent cold and white of winter. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan Children’s Books (MCB) will next year publish a children’s book by Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Flying Eye has bought the world rights to My Very Own Space, a picture book text by Pippa Goodhart about a rabbit who wants his own space, and his brothers and sisters, who keep invading it. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although retail sales over the Thanksgiving weekend often receive a lot of attention, the fourth quarter as a whole continues to be vital for independent bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The enduring popularity of coloring books for adults and a successful Small Business Saturday got the holiday season off to a strong start for independent booksellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
British startup has shipped to 160 countries, based on its mantra of being ‘a technology company that happens to make physical books’British startup Lost My Name has sold more than 1m of its personalised picture books for children since launching its first title two years ago.The company’s The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
China’s book market had a total value of 55bn RMB (£5.7bn) in 2014, with 18% of that (9.9bn RMB, £1.02bn) coming from by children’s book sales, according to Open Book, China’s book sales data company. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Check out the cover of Pope Francis' first children's book, 'Dear Pope Francis,' scheduled to be published by Loyola Press on March 1, 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
For parents who don’t want their kids sleeping all night, but rather staying up studying, Penguin Young Readers Group is publishing a parody of The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep early next year. 'The Rabbit Who Wants to Go to Harvard' hops into bookstores in February. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ahead of the Shanghai International Children's Book Fair, which runs November 13–15, the winners of the first Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award were announced today at the Baoshan International Folk Arts Exposition. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Trade journal Quill and Quire conducted a round-table discussion to ask: “Are we in a golden age of Canadian picture books?” The post Is This the “Golden Age” for Canadian Picture Books? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Almond introduces a gallery that opens doors into the stunning illustrated children’s books coming out of Iran including The Little Black Fish, a book that is beloved in Iran and now published in the UK for the first time Continue reading... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books by Michael Morpugo, Francesca Simon and Tony Ross have been shortlisted for this year's Children's Book Awards. The awards are divided into three categories: books for younger children, books for younger readers and books for older readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A theorem for coloring a large class of “perfect” mathematical networks could ease the way for a long-sought general coloring proof. The post What Coloring Books Have in Common With Networks and Nodes appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2015-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion Children’s Books has acquired the UK and Commonweath rights to The Bone Sparrow, a book about Rohingya refugees in Australia, by Zana Fraillon. The story is told through the eyes of Subhi, a young refugee who has spent his entire life living in a detention centre after his mother fled her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 'New York Times' has announced its Best Illustrated List for books published in 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]