OWN IT! has signed a "very special debut" by poet J J Bola entitled No Place to Call Home following a "keenly and closely contested" auction. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Collins has acquired another book from the author of The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu, Charlie English, about a psychiatrist whose collection of mental patients’ art inspired the Modernist movement. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Wang, a London-based literary translator and British Museum curator has been recognised on the international stage for her “special contribution” to children’s literature at the 2017 Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Awards in Shanghai. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Margaret Atwood is back on top of the Apple charts, knocking John Grisham's latest, 'The Rooster Bar,' off the throne after a single week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont will publish TV writer Marc Starbuck’s “side-splitting” debut children's picture book. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With its intricate structure and 600-plus page length, Brian Selznick's "Wonderstruck" is not the easiest Young Adult novel to bring to the screen, and filmmaker Todd Haynes is not the likeliest director to take on any YA book, easy or not. Yet, working beautifully together with a major assist... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Every era has its own fairy tales—fables that teach children what a princess looks like, and what monsters they should fear. According to the short stories in Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado’s exhilarating debut collection, a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction, our... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A cuddly antidote to worrying times, ‘pet lit’ has become a publishing phenomenon. But isn’t it all a bit twee?Picture the scene: it’s the end of a long day. You’re tired, you’re cold, you need to curl up with a cup of tea and something comforting to read. But wait! You also love animals. What... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has bought three books from crime writer Adam Baron, including his middle-grade debut, following a “significant pre-emptive” deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV series "The Handmaid's Tale", based on Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel of the same name, has scooped five gongs at this year's Emmy Awards, including for best drama series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Handmaid’s Tale has become the first ebook since Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train to top the Monthly E-Book Ranking in consecutive months. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson has revealed the first four books in its Hometown Tales series, which aims to promote regional diversity by publishing voices from across the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Size matters this fall season, as books shrink across the major publications. The post Tale of the Tape: Weighing In the Fall Fashion Issues appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"I was sitting in a taxi, wondering if I had overdressed for the evening, when I looked out the window and saw Mom rooting through a Dumpster." That's the unnerving first sentence of Jeannette Walls' 2005 memoir, "The Glass Castle," and its audacious combination of candor, unsentimentality and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a short, but deeply-sourced policy paper released this week, the American Library Association pushes back against a key talking point in the recent bid to make the Register of Copyrights a presidential appointee. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S UK has signed up to the Society of Authors seven-point plan to ensure special sales do not affect writers’ earnings or damage the publishing market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Handmaid’s Tale has leapfrogged Paula Hawkins’ Into the Water to claim the Monthly E-Book Ranking top spot for June. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Society of Authors chief executive Nicola Solomon has called on publishers to adhere to a seven-step plan to ensure that special sales or “ultra-high” discounted sales do not damage authors’ overall earnings or the market for full-price sales. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In an open letter, chief executive of the Society of Authors Nicola Solomon urges publishers to adhere to a seven-step plan to ensure that special sales do not damage authors’ earnings or lead to a cannibalisation of full-price editions. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Usborne has snapped up a Russian folklore-inspired middle grade fantasy following a “hotly contested four-way auction”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stories from award-winning writers including Jeanette Winterson, Max Porter and Sarah Perry are to feature in a new collection of ghost stories from English Heritage and September Publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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