A new literary competition that celebrates science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) is offering the winner a worldwide publishing contract with Chicken House and a £10,000 royalty advance. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-30 10:30:48 UTC ]
Chicken House will publish Melissa Harrison's debut children's novel, By Ash, Oak and Thorn, as well as a sequel, By Rowan and Yew. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-10 20:47:46 UTC ]
Naomi Gibson’s debut YA novel has been pre-empted in Germany and Russia, two weeks after being sent out by Chicken House. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-17 04:24:57 UTC ]
Chicken House will publish I, Henry, a romantic psychological thriller about artificial Intelligence by debut YA author Naomi Gibson. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-13 17:17:02 UTC ]
Chicken House has struck a three-book deal with debut author Holly Rivers for her middle-grade mystery series, Demelza and the Spectre Detectors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-08 23:08:40 UTC ]
Chicken House has pre-empted the YA novel Unpregnant by debut authors Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-05 12:03:55 UTC ]
Chicken House has snapped up rights to The House on Hoarder Hill by debut writing duo Mikki Lish and Kelly Ngai, in a deal done between Chicken House publisher Barry Cunningham and Oliver Latsch of LatschLit. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-02 15:46:10 UTC ]
Ben Oliver, the debut author of YA trilogy The Loop, has signed a publishing deal with Chicken House and a TV development deal with Lime Pictures. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House has four titles shortlisted for the inaugural STEAM prize for books that highlight the importance of STEAM subjects (science, technology, engineering, arts, maths). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House has signed a "gripping" and "funny" account of a post-apocalyptic world in which a group of teenagers are trapped on a giant jellyfish. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books published by Usborne, Kelpies and Chicken House are in the running for the 2019 Scottish Teenage Book Prize, which celebrates teen titles written by Scottish authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House has signed the English language rights to two middle-grade books by Chinese author Chen Jiatong. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House has acquired world publishing rights to a middle grade fantasy, which is also in development for film adaptation with Altitude Films, by Benjamin Read and Laura Trinder (Trindles & Read). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Maze Runner author James Dashner has been dropped by his UK publishers, Chicken House and Sweet Cherry Publishing, following allegations of sexual harassment. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House’s Barry Cunningham has won the Branford Boase Award for the third time for his editorial work on Beetle Boy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House has signed an “exclusive deal” with one of China’s largest publishing houses, Liaoning Publishing Group, which will publish all the forthcoming prize-winners of the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House has accepted a blind pre-empt from Spanish publisher Roco for Witchborn, a teen fantasy novel by first-time author Nicholas Bowling. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
A “high-concept, genre-flipping YA fantasy adventure” debut has become Chicken House’s fastest ever selling international rights title, with 12 territories buying the rights within four weeks of submission. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House is "joyous" to be reuniting with fantasy author Cornelia Funke on two titles, following a split in 2015 over an editorial disagreement. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Titles from independents Faber, Peepal Tree Press, Chicken House and Jacaranda feature on the inaugural shortlist for the Jhalak Prize for a Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour, alongside works from PRH's Harvill Secker and Pan Macmillan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]