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 ]
Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison, the authors of Lobsters and Never Evers, are writing a new YA novel about the first year of university. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) implemented new BISAC subject headings for young adult titles, providing new opportunities for sales, awards tracking, and understanding the audience for these titles. The post BISG Implements New Subject Headings for Young Adult Books appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has acquired two new YA/adult crossover novels from Lauren Oliver. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Glyndebourne will next year stage an opera based on Nothing, a YA novel by Danish author Janne Teller released in the UK by Scottish independent publisher Strident. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]