David Walliams’ November releases will be a novel about about an ice monster in Victorian times and a picture book about a baby penguin who wants to fly, HarperCollins Children’s Books has confirmed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 17th woman to win the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, Anna Burns has won for 'Milkman,' set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Her publisher, Faber & Faber, becomes the second biggest winner of Man Booker titles. The post Northern Ireland’s Anna Burns Wins 2018 Man Booker Prize for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books fell 2.7% in the week ended Oct. 6, 2018, compared to the similar week in 2017, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
With fiction sales falling in both the adult and juvenile segments, total sales of print units slipped 1% in the week ended Sept. 23, 2018, compared to the similar week in 2017, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Early signs suggest the market has moved on from psychological suspense novels and darker fiction, in favour of more uplifting, book-club titles and smart women’s fiction, publishers have told The Bookseller ahead of Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Québec and its long, dark winters have much in common with the Scandinavian environment that has proven such a fertile ground for authors in the ever-popular Nordic noir genre. W Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Essay collections from Québec may most often be written in French, but they feature a distinctly North American perspective on history, literature, and politics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bea Carvalho has been appointed general fiction buyer at Waterstones, replacing Chris White. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Ranging across space and time,' according to jury chair Kwame Anthony Appiah, the 2018 Man Booker Prize shortlist includes three authors from the UK, one from Canada, two from the United States. The post The Man Booker Prize for Fiction Names Its 2018 Shortlist appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 10 books longlisted by the National Book Foundation for the 2018 National Book Awards in fiction feature five titles from imprints of Penguin Random House and one each from Graywolf, McSweeney's, Soho Press, Workman, and Simon & Schuster. The post National Book Awards 2018 Longlist:... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ten books have named to each of the National Book Foundation's 2018 longlists in young people's literature and the widely welcomed new National Book Award in translated literature. The post National Book Awards 2018 Longlists: Nonfiction and Poetry appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The longlist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction was announced on Wednesday, with books on history and social issues making up the bulk of the nominations. Notable titles on this year's list include Steve Coll's "Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publishing group Oldcastle Books is launching a digital-only sister company, Verve Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scribe has commissioned three “fascinating forays into European non-fiction” as part of its “recommitment” to the genre. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
While the Children's market as a whole has plateaued in value since leaping 7% in 2016, with the full-year for 2017 posting a razor-thin 0.07% in growth, the Children's Non-Fiction category is booming in 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fourth Estate is to publish two works of fiction by poet and playwright Inua Ellams. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt (Picador) has swiped the Weekly E-Ranking number one spot for a third week on the trot, making the junior doctor memoir the longest-running non-fiction number one in the chart’s history. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kensington is renewing its dedication to nonfiction with an expanded list and books on a wider array of topics. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperNonFiction has acquired Challenge Accepted!, a "part-memoir, part-comedy routine, part-advice manual" by actor, writer, comedian Celeste Barber. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Puffin, a division of Penguin Random House Children’s, is strengthening its non-fiction and licensed publishing by promoting Ruth Knowles and hiring Jamie Coleman. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]