Hercule Poirot and Miss Marples are among golden age sleuths giving new inspiration to a genre tired of alcoholic divorcees and goth hackersForget domestic noir and put down all those books with “Girl” in the title. Crime fiction is turning back the clock to its golden age with a host of books that pay homage to the genre’s grande dame, Agatha Christie, either intentionally or in spirit.Last week saw the publication of Closed Casket, Sophie Hannah’s second Hercule Poirot book, which “continues” the great sleuth’s life of solving crimes. The book has been published to coincide with what would have been the author’s birthday and to commemorate 100 years since she wrote her first published novel. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2016-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sunday Times literary editor Andrew Holgate has said it is "worth thinking about" introducing a Young Adult bestseller chart into the paper, after taking the decision to make vlogger Oli White's Generation Next (Hodder & Stoughton) number one on the upcoming Sunday Times adult fiction... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan's graphic novel imprint has published 160 titles to date, including the Gene Luen Yang's National Book Award finalist, 'American Born Chinese.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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L S Hilton, the author of Bonnier Zaffre lead title Maestra, has been named Glamour magazine’s 2016 Writer of the Year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lisa McInerney has won the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her debut The Glorious Heresies (John Murray). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Not to say that it's something in the water, it's often noticed by international observers that the two major publishing markets have different entertainment-genre priorities. The Americans love love. For the Brits, good literature is murder. The post Crime Pays in the UK: Could It Have to do... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Investigation Discovery channel has been taking notes on Comic Con. The marketing convention held at the Jacob Javits Center every fall allows comic book fans from around the world a chance to... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2016-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline Publishing Group is planning a "bumper year" for Neil Gaiman with eight titles publishing in 2016, plus a live broadcast event scheduled in London for the publication of The View from the Cheap Seats. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Refugee" has been revealed as Children’s Word of the Year, after Oxford University Press reviewed children's entries to Radio 2’s Chris Evans Breakfast Show’s "500 Words" short story writing competition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan non-fiction is expanding its business and pop-science list with two "major" acquisitions. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder and Stoughton has acquired four new novels by Julian Stockwin featuring his Napoleonic-era naval hero, Thomas Kydd. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carnegie Medal and YA Book Prize-shortlisted author Sarah Crossan has won the 26th CBI Book of the Year Award - making her the fourth author ever to win both the Book of the Year Award and the Children’s Choice award with her title One (Bloomsbury Childrens). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the early 17th-century, cartographer William Hole illustrated strange, anthropomorphised maps of England and Wales, left uncoloured for nobles to fill in. Soon to be republished by Unicorn Press in Albion’s Glorious Ile, Hole’s maps are regarded as one of the earliest known examples of a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For magazine publishers looking to recoup lost print dollars, live events are becoming increasingly important as independent revenue streams. Over the past several years, titles like Cosmopolitan, Sports Illustrated and Essence (to name a few) have joined live event veterans like The Atlantic... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pricing pressure and the shifting genre tastes of readers are two big issues for publishers of Christian fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jennifer Doyle, currently deputy marketing director at Cornerstone, will become fiction publishing director for Headline and Headline Review, marking an "exciting new phase in Headline’s evolution". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Publishing reported an 11% increase in both sales and profits in the fiscal year ended February 28, 2016. It also announced that it was accelerating its plan to shift its focus from the consumer to non-consumer area. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Easthampton, Mass., press is preparing to release an English language edition of what it is calling the world's first science fiction novel, 'The Chemical Wedding,' written in German in 1616. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When it comes to filling their worlds with characters positioned along the spectrum of good and evil, Veronica Roth, Melissa de la Cruz, Lauren Oliver, and relative newcomer Sabaa Tahir have it down. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For Kami Garcia, 2016 is a year of firsts. That may seem like an odd thing for a YA author whose previous books—the Beautiful Creatures and Dangerous Creatures (co-written with Margaret Stohl) and the Legion series—are New York Times bestsellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adult colouring book craze and 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland helped revival in traditional publishing last yearSales of printed books have grown for the first time in four years, lifted by the adult colouring book craze and 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland, as ebooks suffered... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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