The young-adult novel Handbook for Mortals by Lani Sarem pulled off the impressive feat of debuting at No. 1 on the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover best-seller chart. It then pulled off the equally impressive feat of getting yanked almost immediately for what a Times rep told Vulture were... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Charlotte Wilson asks what publishers are doing to reach non-YA readers, and suggests how to attract new readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some movie stars come to New Zealand for the adventure, others for the spectacular scenery. Not Timothy Spall. First thing he does when he's here for work is take advantage of our cheap underwear. Speaking for the first time about his time in Christchurch last Spring making an adaptation of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2017-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following the cult success on YouTube of the vlog-series ‘Carmilla,’ a book deal has been struck between Toronto’s Kids Can Press and Shaftesbury films. 0″ height=”276″ /> Poster artwork for the coming film treatment of ‘Carmilla’[/caption] n a statement from the Los Angeles presentation of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hello readers! I’m books editor Carolyn Kellogg, back after taking a newsletter break for Memorial Day Weekend. THE BIG ESSAY This week, critic at large Adriana E. Ramírez takes a look at “The Hate U Give.” The young adult novel is something of a phenomenon, selling like gangbusters since its... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Patrice Lawrence has won The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize 2017 for her “accomplished” and “page-turning” début novel, contemporary urban thriller Orangeboy (Hodder Children’s Books). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder Children’s Books, part of the Hachette Children’s Group, has acquired Moxie, a "timely and empowering" feminist YA novel from US author Jennifer Mathieu. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hot Key Books has acquired two standalone YA novels from Robert Muchamore, author of bestselling YA series Cherub. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three début authors are up against children’s book heavyweights Malorie Blackman and Francesca Simon on the 10-strong YA Book Prize 2017 shortlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The University of East London is launching a new literary fiction prize for young adults, the CityLife Prize for Fiction for Young Writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
News from the Sharjah Book Fair: as the Publishing City rises in Sharjah, nearby Dubai gets a smaller Kinokuniya bookstore. And UAE libraries contemplate drone deliveries. The post In the UAE: Sharjah Publishing City, Kinokuniya Bookstores, Library Drones appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hitting shelves next week are a picture book tribute to the creator of Peter Rabbit, a middle grade novel featuring two pranksters, and a YA novel centering on the romance of two teens from different worlds. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan Children’s Books has bought the UK and Commonwealth rights to two novels by US YA writer Jennifer E Smith. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
When We Was Fierce by eE Charlton-Trujillo uses invented street dialect slammed by one reviewer as ‘rife with insult and lack of awareness’The publication of young adult novel When We Was Fierce has been postponed by its author and publisher following harsh criticism of the “deeply offensive”... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The ebook-soundtrack company Booktrack announces an arrangement with Little, Brown on novellas for young people, following years of work in 'Booktrack Classroom.' The post Booktrack and Little, Brown Partner on YA Novellas appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sarah Crossan’s free verse novel One (Bloomsbury Children’s Books) has won The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walker Books has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to The Cruelty, a YA thriller by Scott Bergstrom. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publishers Bloomsbury Children’s and David Fickling Books are leading the shortlist for this year’s Bookseller’s YA Book Prize, run in association with book printer Clays. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Usborne has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to a debut YA novel about a transgender teenager. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among the popular children's and YA titles at the Havana Book Fair was a book about child slaves, an amusing collection about being different, and a cookbook for kids. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]