There comes a time in every parent’s life when they briefly think, “Wow, I bet I could easily write and publish a really great children’s book and make a lot of money.” Thankfully, most do not even try… Not so Jeff Bridges, who has illustrated his daughter’s new book, Daddy Daughter Day, which... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-02-18 15:32:11 UTC ]
ReedPop announced the author lineup for BookExpo’s 2020 Children’s Book & Author Breakfast, which will be held on Friday, May 29, at the Javits Center in New York City, and hosted and moderated by renowned children's author Judy Blume. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
Tuesday 10 March Omar Ghobash in Conversation with Philippe Sands11.45-12.15, English PEN Literary Salon (3E90), OlympiaOmar Ghobash is a former diplomat and the author of Letters to a Young Muslim (Picador 2018), an exploration of the complexities of life as a modern Muslim, written as a... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2020-02-17 10:55:59 UTC ]
November may seem far away, but political titles for young readers are already hitting shelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
Bookselling Without Borders is a global partnership of independent publishers that supports travel to international book fairs and residencies for booksellers. It is currently accepting applications for 2020 fellowships. BWB connects booksellers to the international book community through... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-02-12 09:46:49 UTC ]
Children’s book publisher Lee & Low Books, a minority-owned company that focuses on multicultural literature, recently released the results of a survey geared towards finding out one thing: What do the numbers say about the widely perceived lack of diversity in the publishing world? The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-01-29 21:40:46 UTC ]
This is a sad and simple human gesture in the face of death. Within hours of learning Kobe Bryant had died in a helicopter crash, novelist Paulo Coelho—most famous in the US for his 1988 novel The Alchemist—deleted the draft of a children’s book he had been working on with Bryant. As Coelho to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-01-28 16:12:50 UTC ]
Jerry Craft’s story exploring ‘friendship, race, class and bullying in a fresh manner’ is the first graphic novel to win the long-running American children’s awardFor the first time, a graphic novel has won the Newbery Medal, the oldest and most prestigious children’s book award in the US. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-01-28 16:03:46 UTC ]
Alchemist author says basketball player’s death in helicopter crash means book has ‘lost its reason’Author Paulo Coelho has deleted the draft of a children’s book he was working on with Kobe Bryant, saying that without the basketball player’s contribution, “this book has lost its reason”.The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-01-28 10:57:21 UTC ]
In “Sunnyside Plaza,” Simon’s funny, observant protagonist solves a mystery. She also has developmental disabilities. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-01-21 14:45:40 UTC ]
The Scholastic Corporation has revealed a 7% rise in operating income in the second quarter of the fiscal year, as c.e.o. Richard Robinson said the firm "continued to stand out as the world’s leading children’s book publisher and distributor". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-23 08:45:28 UTC ]
Magazine and newspaper executives may beg to differ, but our love affair with print media has been surprisingly resilient in the digital era. E-book sales have flattened, and physical book sales continue to outstrip the “disruptors” by a wide margin. In fact, as our annual review of “Books for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2019-12-18 21:53:27 UTC ]
Can the iconic brand rediscover what made it a cultural phenomenon and financial success in the 1990s? In 1990, when I was in first grade, a children’s book author named Valerie Tripp visited my school. She was there to talk about a new series she had written for a four-year-old startup... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-12-17 07:00:46 UTC ]
Raymond AntrobusWho/ What inspired you to start writing? I never started writing poetry with the intention of writing books until publishers approached me. I was happy to write poems and travel and read the poems for audiences. I live poem by poem. The idea of a book of poems doesn’t really... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2019-12-05 12:09:15 UTC ]
"It’s like the children’s book version of a president crime-ing his way to being impeached," said the MSNBC host. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2019-12-04 08:44:14 UTC ]
Organizers of the 2019 China Shanghai International Children's Book Fair say that 1,498 rights trade agreements were made during the fair. The post China’s Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair Reports 16,145 Trade Visitors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-12-03 08:30:46 UTC ]
Walker has acquired a middle grade adventure story set in Cornwall from the Sunday Times chief travel writer Chris Haslam, writing as C J Haslam. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-28 02:47:59 UTC ]
Nearly 200 participants, including a distinguished roster of children’s book authors, gathered on November 16 in Manhattan to discuss how faith and art inform each other, during "Walking on Water: The Madeleine L'Engle Conference." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
Peter Spier’s take on The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night is full of mischief and beauty. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2019-11-21 12:30:01 UTC ]
John Lewis' Christmas advert has come under fire as author and former bookseller Jen Campbell highlighted the similarities between the advert and her children’s book Franklin’s Flying Bookshop (Thames & Hudson). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-18 10:24:18 UTC ]