Muhammad Khan and his editor Lucy Pearse have won this year’s Branford Boase Award for a debut novel for children or young people with I Am Thunder (Macmillan Children’s Books). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-27 15:50:48 UTC ]
Juliet Escoria’s “Juliet the Maniac” sees the life of a bipolar teenager in gut-wrenching fragments. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-06-24 09:00:07 UTC ]
Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired a magical middle-grade fantasy series by debut author L D Lapinski. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-19 18:47:30 UTC ]
Hachette Books Ireland has snapped up an "incredible" debut novel by Irish journalist Sophie White about the world of Instagram influencers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-17 14:38:06 UTC ]
Raymond Antrobus and 70-year-old debut novelist Anne Youngson are among the winners of this year's £100,000 Society of Authors' Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-17 02:12:28 UTC ]
Zaffre has bagged an "unbelievably timely" debut novel from Helly Acton, which has already been optioned for TV, in a two-book deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-14 12:23:54 UTC ]
Ocean Vuong reads from his stunning debut novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2019-06-14 12:00:01 UTC ]
The D.C.-based organization is looking for ways to keep up with demand for the books it's been putting into the hands of children in need since 1992. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Atlantic Books has pre-empted UK Commonwealth rights for The Cat and the City, the "disturbing, delightful" debut novel by Nick Bradley. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-31 03:16:40 UTC ]
De'Shawn Charles Winslow discusses "In West Mills," his novel following a woman struggling with alcoholism in the fictional town of West Mills, N.C. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-23 15:00:00 UTC ]
Debut author Kelly McCaughrain has won a trio of prizes at the Children’s Books Ireland awards—a first in the 29 year history of the prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-22 12:44:25 UTC ]
Bestselling author Heather Morris and 81-year-old debut novelist Norma MacMaster have been shortlisted for the Society of Authors' Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Picador has acquired the “deeply moving” debut novel from Jennifer Rosner about a young Jewish mother and her daughter hiding inside a barn in Nazi-occupied Poland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
DK has acquired the first book by Anthony Daniels, who played droid C-3PO in the Star Wars films, including the upcoming "Star Wars Episode IX". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bestselling author Tracy Chevalier will judge the inaugural £3,000 Curtis Brown First Novel Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Every year, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books brings some of the world's most acclaimed authors, artists and performers together for one unforgettable weekend. It's a chance for book-loving Angelenos to see, in the flesh, the writers who have educated and entertained them. This year's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scottish publisher Cranachan has signed debut author Joan Haig to its middle-grade imprint, Pokey Hat, for her first title Tiger Skin Rug. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bonnier adult fiction imprint Zaffre has signed debut authors Shirley Mann, Katie Hutton, and Gillie Holmes to its Memory Lane list of saga-writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
For nearly 20 years, Namwali Serpell has been writing “The Old Drift.” If you don’t find that fact alone to be staggering, consider this: The 576-page book blends English with a multitude of Bantu languages spoken in Zambia. Incorporating elements of historical fiction, sci-fi, magical realism,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has signed the “funny, warm and deeply human” debut novel by comedian Liam Williams, to be released first as an audiobook. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]