With bidding still open, fundraiser whose lots include the chance to appear in books by Lenny Henry and Peter James and lunch with Jeremy Bowen has raised £37,000An auction of signed books, experiences and mentoring sessions from the British literary community to raise money for Ukraine has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-03-14 16:18:23 UTC ]
TV hosts Ant & Dec, a.k.a. Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, are releasing their debut children's book next year to raise money for the NSPCC. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-09 13:59:39 UTC ]
Author Liz Pichon is spearheading an auction to raise money for the National Literacy Trust, as part of her latest book launch. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-14 15:05:27 UTC ]
Children's authors and sports stars are to take part in a series of book-themed sporting challenges to raise money for the National Literacy Trust. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-17 05:01:34 UTC ]
Crime fiction writers, including Lee Child, Martina Cole and Ian Rankin, are participating in an online festival to raise money for the food bank charity Trussel Trust. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-07 14:34:19 UTC ]
Little Tiger is to publish a picture book celebrating the work of key workers, to raise money for the NHS during Independent Bookshop week. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-26 01:38:15 UTC ]
On March 27 we decided it was important to end each week on a much needed high note, so we published the first edition of 4 Shout-Outs. Seven weeks later, and we continue to see publishers—small and large—find unique ways to support their communities, despite facing difficult times of their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-05-08 16:34:59 UTC ]
We continue to be inspired by all of the thoughtful acts of kindness around the publishing industry. Collectively, our industry is coming together and using our compassion and creativity to help others. To date, we have given 24 shout-outs that have no doubt made an impact on several thousands... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-05-01 15:53:27 UTC ]
The photography community is fighting back with print sales to raise money for struggling artists during the COVID-19 recession. As the coronavirus pandemic forces us to embrace living remotely, often limiting our connection to the outside world to digital platforms and images, professional... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2020-04-18 12:31:45 UTC ]
San Francisco’s iconic City Lights bookstore, which has been an anchor of the city’s literary world since Lawrence Ferlinghetti founded it in 1953, is asking for help to stay financially afloat as its doors remain closed. The store launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for staff and to pay... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-04-10 16:03:18 UTC ]
Scottish YA author Claire McFall is releasing an e-book title, Making Turquoise, to raise money for food banks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-08 05:38:55 UTC ]
A crowdfunder set up by the trade to raise money for booksellers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic has increased its target to £100,000 after Penguin Random House and the Booksellers Association pledged support. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-25 19:31:47 UTC ]
Daunt Books, Waterstones and Foyles are raising money for The Passage, a charity that supports people who are homeless, by selling a book of short stories by AS Byatt, Lennie James and Michael Morpurgo. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Viking will be selling copies of Michelle Obama’s upcoming autobiography, Becoming, to PRH UK staff for £5-apiece on publication day to raise money for the Advocacy Academy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Paula Hawkins, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman and Robert Webb are among the authors donating thousands of books to Oxfam in a bid to boost sales in the charity's shops and raise money for its work. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Members of the book trade are supporting author Charles Sprawson with a fundraising iniative to raise money for care fees, as Vintage prepares to reissue his “cult swimming classic” Haunts of the Black Masseur. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion's Tom Noble and Alice Commins are among book trade figures running in Sunday’s Virgin London Marathon to raise money for charity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book fair, which begins on October 11 this year, is holding a "Buchmesse Kickoff Run" to raise money for literacy. The 5K is scheduled for October 8. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Caren Lissner’s young adult novel Carrie Pilby was released in January 2003, the person who would eventually play her on-screen, Bel Powley, was just about to turn 11 years old. And while the title character of Lissner’s book was a prodigy of sorts—a young British woman who graduated... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2017-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sotheby’s will next week auction artwork by illustrators Chris Riddell and Quentin Blake, as well as celebrities like Eric Clapton, Brian Eno and Peter Capaldi, to raise money for the House of Illustration, according to the Guardian. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]