The new imprint will publish "commercial women’s fiction with a relationship element woven through,” Harelquin said. First titles are due out in September 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
An impressive array of fiction and nonfiction is on offer this year at Frankfurt Book Fair, as Canadian publishers' rights directors talk up their new books. The post Canadian Publishers’ Offers: New Fiction and Nonfiction at Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Best known for publishing nonfiction books in such areas as alternative medicine, the indie publisher is trying its hand at fiction after acquiring the rights to five novels by James Misko. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House is publishing British astronaut Tim Peake's non-fiction debut, Hello, is this planet Earth? in November. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kensington Publishing Corp. will begin publishing science fiction and fantasy ebooks this fall with the launch of Rebel Base Books, a digital-only imprint to be overseen by editor Martin Biro. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Clare Hey, editorial director at Simon & Schuster UK, is joining Orion Fiction as publishing director. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a major reorganization, Tyndale House Publishers combined its two nonfiction acquisitions and marketing teams into one group: Tyndale Momentum. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hercule Poirot and Miss Marples are among golden age sleuths giving new inspiration to a genre tired of alcoholic divorcees and goth hackersForget domestic noir and put down all those books with “Girl” in the title. Crime fiction is turning back the clock to its golden age with a host of books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
With two critically lauded novels under his belt, Irish author Donal Ryan returns with another scintillating tale, writes Alice O’Keeffe. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Children’s is launching a new range of colour fiction books after acquiring titles by Judd Winick, Victoria Jamieson and Terri Lebnenson. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors has taken over the administration of The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction from charity BookTrust. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
After several years of angst over falling sales and shrinking fiction output, all sides seem to be looking forward at the 2016 American Christian Fiction Writer’s conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actress-turned-author Lena Dunham is trying her hand at writing fiction as she prepares to release a collection of short stories next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Beth Moore, the author of bestsellers ‘So Long, Insecurity’ and ‘Audacious,’ is breaking into Christian fiction with ‘The Undoing of Saint Silvanus.’ Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
There are novels that try to transport you, that in the words of Neil Gaiman act as “a dream that you hold in your hand.” If the dream succeeds, you forget the physical book you are holding and travel to Tralfamadore, Wuthering Heights, Wonderland, wherever; you live life through the eyes of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The author took to Twitter today to give an explanation for how to increase diversity in science fiction. It starts with publishing more writers of color. The post N.K. Jemisin Has a Plan for Diversity in Science Fiction appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2016-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fireside Fiction’s report, #BlackSpecFic, finds less than 2% of SF stories published in 2015 were by black writers The world of speculative fiction publishing is plagued by “structural, institutional, personal, universal” racism, according to a new report that found less than 2% of more than... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has signed a deal to publish children’s non-fiction with the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Four independent publishers have come together to form the Northern Fiction Alliance, a cohort assembled to showcase the output of northern indie presses to the international market in an attempt to “level the playing field” and promote regional diversity in publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
No adult fiction title released in the January-through-June period managed to make the top 20 print bestsellers list in the first half of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]