The Story of Sex, a witty account that embraces everything from the earliest humans to the age of cybersex, has already been a hit in FranceRanging from Cleopatra’s invention of the vibrator to a Dutch shopkeeper’s accidental discovery of the existence of sperm, a comic book detailing the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pentagram partner Angus Hyland, whose publishing clients include Laurence King and Penguin Press, tells Danny Arter about the benefits of making the case for design, and how publishing can be like open-heart surgery. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Press has acquired a "spectacularly interesting" history debut about modern Japan from historian and BBC "New Generation Thinker" Christopher Harding. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Press is to publish the first solo book from Henry Eliot, the editor-at-large of Penguin Classics and co-author of Curiocity (Particular Books). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Press is to publish building conservationist Tom Nancollas’ debut Seashaken Houses. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has appointed Alexis Kirschbaum, currently editorial director at Penguin Press, as publishing director for fiction and non-fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fourth Estate has signed a satirical novel by Elizabeth McKenzie for publication in January 2016. Commissioning editor Anna Kelly signed UK and Commonwealth rights to The Portable Veblen in a deal with Anthony Goff at David Higham Associates, on behalf of Emily Forland at Brandt & Hochman.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two Roads has acquired two novels by actress and ex-"Blue Peter" presenter Janet Ellis in a deal done just before the London Book Fair. Meanwhile Chatto & Windus, Hodder & Stoughton, Serpent's Tail and Penguin Press are among the other publishers announcing pre-LBF deals. Lisa Highton,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Press is reviving a Penguin Poetry list, headed up by a full time poetry editor. Donald Futers, who joined Penguin in 2012, will become editor of the list, with Claudia Rankine's Citizen: An American Lyric becoming his first acquisition. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin has acquired the memoir of young transgender activist Paris Lees. The book, which is as yet untitled, is “an original literary endeavour throwing light on feminism, sexuality, upbringing and class”, said the publisher. Helen Conford, publishing director at Penguin Press, acquired the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Press is launching a new series of books about Britain’s kings and queens. The 45 books in the Penguin Monarchs series will be released in groups of five over the next four years, with the first batch published on 4th December (£10.99 hardbacks). Penguin has brought together some of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Press has signed its first instructional books, called The Trainable Cat: How to Make... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Colin Dickerman, formerly executive editor at The Penguin Press, has been named as editorial... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Axelrod, former senior advisor to President Obama, is joining the list of one-time Obama administration officials who will be penning memoirs next year, Penguin Press has announced. David Axelrod, former senior advisor to President Obama, is joining the list of one-time Obama... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Press has snapped up a title by two professors that deals with the relationship between... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Press has signed a new book from comedian and mathematician Matt Parker after a nine-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
To say that Eamon Dolan is glad to be back at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is a bit of an understatement: “I suppose I might seem cooler if I kept my heart off my sleeve, but I am compelled to state my exact emotions: it feels simply wonderful to be back home—better even than I’d imagined.” Dolan... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Press will be publishing a new title by former children's laureate Philip Pullman... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 25/10/2011 - 08:00 Penguin has pre-empted a novel set in contemporary San Francisco, with Penguin Press also to publish in the US following a 10-way auction there. Viking commissioning editor Will Hammond acquired UK and Commonwealth rights... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]