Contrary to Sam Leith’s complaints last week, commercial publishers continue to take risks, and put out great and original workIn his article last week, Sam Leith deplored the state of mainstream trade publishing, saying it was “getting dumber by the day”, in contrast to the university presses... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Emily Robertson has been appointed as editor for non-fiction at Viking. Robertson, who was previously at Hodder, will be acquiring across narrative and illustrated non-fiction at the Penguin General imprint. She will report to Viking publisher Joel Rickett. Viking said Robertson would help... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
When it comes to high-calibre non-fiction, risk-averse trade publishing houses are producing too many copycat ‘smart thinking’ books that promise more than they deliver. But praise should be given to the university pressesAmid the ambient wails of doom about the publishing industry, I’d like to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walker Books has acquired a children’s non-fiction series that helps children explore science, maths, politics and geography through football. The books are written by Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton and the first, The Football Academy, will be published in hardback in September 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Galley Beggar Press (GBP) will launch a non-fiction list in early 2016 with a memoir by novelist Toby Litt and a title from début writer Megan Dunn. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new non-fiction book club on Claudia Winkleman's weekly BBC Radio 2 "Arts Show" is to launch this autumn, as part of The Reading Agency partnership with the station. The book club follows on from the Radio 2 Book Club on Simon Mayo's show, and a children's writing competition called 500 Words... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate has signed a new work of non-fiction from Man Booker Prize-shortlisted and Orange Prize-winning author Kate Grenville. Editorial director of fiction Louisa Joyner signed UK rights in One Life from Michael Heyward at Text Publishing. The book tells the story of Grenville's mother... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
September Publishing has acquired a book by Sharon Blackie on Celtic woman and empowerment. Publisher Hannah MacDonald (pictured) acquired world English language rights to If Women Rose Rooted, Like Tress from Kirsty McLachlan at DGA Ltd. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin is to release a new non-fiction series of classics for the “discerning reader”. The first 10 books in the Penguin Classics’ Pocketbooks series will be released on 6th November, and include Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, Friedrich Neitzche’s Beyond Good and Evil, and Sigmund... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oneworld has signed two non-fiction titles for publication next year and 2016. Senior... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Natalie Jerome has been promoted to non-fiction publisher at HarperCollins, taking on the role... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year is set to be a strong one for children’s non-fiction, with retailers reporting... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chatto & Windus has acquired a “genre-blending non-fiction” book by Lauren Elkin... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Veteran author Christian Jennings offers tips, techniques and strategies on how to write a good non-fiction proposal for submission. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Igloo Books aims to up its adult non-fiction output by 40% over the course of 2014. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Aurum Publishing Group has appointed Rachel Williams as publisher of a new non-fiction imprint,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Lucy Hughes-Hallett has won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for The Pike, her biography of philandering Italian poet and politician Gabriele D'Annunzio. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hairy Bikers Dave Myers and Si King's new weight-loss tome, The Hairy Dieters: Eat for Life (... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
While a high-calibre jury of writers and critics ponders the nominees for this year's Children's Book Awards, we have asked the true experts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2013-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan US is to launch a new, stand-alone division specialising in non-fiction, with Macmillan... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]