Chicken House has signed three more titles from Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink & Stars. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House m.d. Barry Cunningham, the man who acquired the manuscript for J K Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in the late 1990s, is selling his unique edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard at Sotheby’s. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House has acquired a debut novel, The Elephant Thief, by Jane Kerr following a three-way auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House has confirmed it is breaking with Cornelia Funke over the Mirrorworld series, but will still publish the backlist and hopes to work with the author in the future. The German author and illustrator is launching her own publishing house after disagreeing with her editors in the UK... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House and production company Altitude Film Entertainment have jointly acquired Moondust by debut writer Gemma Fowler. Chicken House will publish the novel in autumn 2016 and Chicken House and Altitude will develop a film script based on the book. Rights were acquired from film agent... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House and Altitude, a film production company, are teaming up to develop book and film projects simultaneously. “Instead of waiting for a final book to take into movie production, we will find scripts or treatments together and develop them at the same time,” said Barry Cunningham, m.d.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House has acquired Moth and the Nightingale, a middle-grade children’s novel from debut author Lucinda Martin. The book, described as a “subtle and surprisingly modern interpretation of the lonely, bookish child”, tells the story of Henry, a young girl whose life changes when she meets... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House has acquired a young adult title by 15-year-old Jade Ngengi. Publisher Barry... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]