British-American author Patrick Ness talks about Burn, his latest novel, adapting Lord of the Flies for the big screen and the forthcoming film of his Chaos Walking series. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-03-06 12:03:38 UTC ]
The stage adaptation of Patrick Ness’ award-winning YA novel A Monster Calls has won an Olivier award in the ‘Best Family and Entertainment’ category. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walker Books is to publish a new novel from Patrick Ness in September 2018, entitled And The Ocean Was Our Sky. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Established names such as Patrick Ness, Katherine Rundell and Jim Kay are longlisted for the 2018 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new novel by Patrick Ness, entitled Release, will be published by Walker Books in May 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Patrick Ness and Lewis MacDougall, the actor playing the lead role in the upcoming film adaptation of Ness' A Monster Calls, will be appearing at this year’s Young Adult Literature Convention (YALC). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Patrick Ness is in the running to become the first author to win three CILIP Carnegie medals, whilst Chris Riddell, Anthony Browne and Helen Oxenbury are all up for their third CILIP Kate Greenaway award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
American-born English author Patrick Ness's fundraising appeal for Save the Children, instigated last week with his offer to match up to £10,000, has now raised more than half a million pounds. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette and Penguin Random House have become the first of the big publishers to donate to Patrick Ness’ fundraising effort for Syrian refugees. Penguin Random House is giving £15,000, while Hachette has donated £10,000, with another £10,000 pledged when the public total for the fundraiser... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than £10,000 has been raised today (Thursday) by fans of Patrick Ness to help victims of the refugee crisis after the author pledged to match donations of up to £10,000 – and now YA writer John Green is pledging to match the next £10,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walker is printing exclusive editions of Patrick Ness’ new novel, The Rest of Us Just Live Here, as part of its sales and marketing campaign. The special editions (priced £12.99) are case-bound and hardback, and come with a special print. The first 1,000 copies can be pre-ordered through... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
YA authors Aaron Hartzler, Ellen Hopkins, Patrick Ness, Lynn Weingarten, and Cammie McGovern came together on May 29 at BEA for a panel discussion titled Talking to Teens About Tough Topics, moderated by Margot Wood of Epic Reads. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
On a Saturday BookCon panel, Ellen Hopkins, Patrick Ness, Lauren Oliver, and Jason Reynolds discussed the relationships, characters, themes, and settings of their latest YA novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
US author Judy Blume is taking part in this year’s Young Adult Literature Convention (YALC), which is taking place 17-19th July at Olympia, London. Blume will be interviewed by Patrick Ness on the 18th July to mark 40 years since her coming-of-age novel, Forever, was first published. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leading YA authors such as Cassandra Clare, Malorie Blackman and Patrick Ness are taking part in this year’s Young Adult Literature Convention (YALC), which will run alongside the London Film and Comic Con (LFCC) in July. The line-up for this year’s event, announced today (12th March) by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walker Books is the publisher with the most books on the longlists for this year’s CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway awards, with four books listed for the Carnegie and six for the Kate Greenaway (full longlist below). Walker’s Buffalo Soldier by Tanya Landman, Hello Darkness by Anthony... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has acquired North American rights to Patrick Ness’s 'The Rest of Us Just Live Here,' a YA novel due out in fall 2015, and a second, stand-alone novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House Children’s Publishers (RHCP) will next year publish a collection of YA love stories edited by children’s laureate Malorie Blackman. Love Hurts is a mixture of new stories and extracts from published books. Contributing authors include Melvin Burgess, James Dawson, Laura Dockrill,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Patrick Ness has warned against writing “adjective novels” while giving the inaugural... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The next book from YA author Patrick Ness, The Rest of Us Just Live Here, will be published by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]