Stormzy’s Penguin Random House imprint is set to expand, with Lemara Lindsay-Prince appointed to the newly created role of commissioning editor for #Merky Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-25 01:15:20 UTC ]
Chantal Noel has been appointed group rights director for Penguin Random House UK, after 11 years as rights director for Penguin. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 20:57:31 UTC ]
A novel featuring a 110-year-old character has won the £20,000 Daily Mail and Penguin Random House First Novel Competition, now in its fourth year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-18 05:17:36 UTC ]
The following excerpt is from David Heatley’s graphic memoir, Qualification. * __________________________________ Excerpted from Qualification by David Heatley. Copyright © 2019 David Heatley. Excerpted by permission of Pantheon, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-10-16 08:47:15 UTC ]
YouTuber and bestselling novelist Zoe Sugg and Young Adult author and editor Amy McCulloch are collaborating on a new YA fiction project for Penguin Random House Children’s. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 11:00:45 UTC ]
Here are the 25 finalists up for the National Book Awards in of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature: Finalists for Fiction: Susan Choi, Trust Exercise Henry Holt and Company / Macmillan Publishers Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina: Stories... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-10-08 14:40:58 UTC ]
HarperCollins UK has unveiled new initiatives as part of its ongoing support for The Literacy Project and has joined Penguin Random House UK in a ranking of employers in 2019 who have taken the most action on social mobility in the workplace. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-08 08:59:21 UTC ]
Boris Pasternak’s great-niece Anna claims Lara Prescott’s The Secrets We Kept copied her biography of Pasternak’s loverPublisher Penguin Random House has dismissed claims that Lara Prescott, a debut novelist who received a $2m (£1.6m) advance for her novel about the publication of Boris... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-10-01 15:39:25 UTC ]
Penguin Random House says claims by Boris Pasternak’s great niece that parts of Lara Prescott’s debut novel plagiarise her work are “unfounded” and will be “robustly defended”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-01 13:11:52 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Children’s head of marketing Vicky Photiou has joined Michael Joseph as marketing director, replacing Louise Jones who moves to Ebury. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 12:36:32 UTC ]
The following cartoons are from Liana Finck’s new book, Excuse Me, which compiles hundreds of her drawings from Instagram and The New Yorker over the last few years. * __________________________________ From the book Excuse Me by Liana Finck. Copyright © 2019 by Liana Finck. Published by Random... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-09-24 08:48:06 UTC ]
Margaret Atwood's The Testaments has sold a record-breaking 125,000 copies in all combined formats in the US in its first week on sale, according to Penguin Random House US. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-15 23:13:54 UTC ]
Penguin Random House UK Children’s has scooped a 'subversive YA' modern-day reimagining of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina (Penguin Classics). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-13 02:57:34 UTC ]
Penguin Random House imprint Century has snapped up boxing champion Tyson Fury’s "warts and all" autobiography. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-11 00:37:46 UTC ]
Penguin Random House has announced a star-studded cast including "Fleabag" and "Game of Thrones" actors to narrate a new series of 50 Penguin Classics audiobooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-10 22:34:58 UTC ]
A highly anticipated new book. A broken embargo. A cluster of angry booksellers. Penguin Random House has reacted to the fact that Amazon seems to have shipped copies of Margaret Atwood's 'The Testaments' in spite of the fact that it's on-sale-date is nearly a week away. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Driven by a number of acquisitions and hundreds of bestselling books, profits at Penguin Random House jumped 33.0% in the first half of 2019 over the comparable period in 2018 and revenue rose 11.3%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
A Big Green Bookshop crowdfunder to get copy of climate activist Greta Thunberg's book into schools across the UK has raised more than £11,000 in a month, with Penguin Random House matching copies raised and creating an accompanying classroom pack. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-27 01:46:04 UTC ]
Orion scooped two prizes at The Book Marketing Society’s latest seasonal awards, with wins for Penguin Random House and Pan Macmillan too. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-23 01:57:04 UTC ]
The latest stage in Wattpad's rapid expansion, its own new line of books is to be published in the UK market by Penguin Random House UK. The post Penguin Random House Children’s Books to Publish Wattpad Books in UK appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-08 09:05:12 UTC ]