Nancy Johnson’s debut novel “The Kindest Lie” is a well-crafted exploration of class, race, and culture; of motherhood; and of family ties. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
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Booksellers are preparing for another blockbuster summer of sales, with a second successive year of “event publishing” shoring up the industry in the sunny season, and one retailer declaring “we feel like we are winning again”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Norwegian folklore, a Nix is a spirit of the water, usually depicted as a horrible ogre, but sometimes as a beautiful white horse. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lee Child’s Make Me (Bantam) has held the number one spot for a second consecutive week, selling 36,697 copies for £138,058, according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard and Judy hope their new 'Search for a Bestseller' competition will help a debut writer break through a "flooded" and "highly competitive market". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bluebird has signed up a “smart-thinking” parenting book by child psychiatrist Dr Holan Liang. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Good's memoir explores the difficult marriage of his father, a student of cultural anthropology, to his mother, a young Yanomami native. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lee Child has claimed his 14th number one as Make Me (Bantam), the 20th Jack Reacher novel, swiped the top spot from Joe Wicks’ Lean in 15 (Bluebird). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walking can double as both a physical exercise and a workout for the soul, according to three new titles coming from religion and spirituality publishers in the months to come. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers need to do a “much better job of catering to underrepresented groups” as they have a responsibility to “represent the experiences of their broad readership”, Elsevier chariman Youngsuk Chi has told the IPG Conference. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of Frances Hardinge’s YA novel The Lie Tree (Macmillan Children’s Books) have increased 353% in volume terms since winning the Costa Book of the Year, according to Nielsen BookScan data. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YALLWest is coming, and if that doesn't mean anything to you, you're not a teen reader. Now in its second year, YALLWest is a book festival targeted at teens -- although it won't turn away grownups who like YA books, and younger readers are invited too. Set for Santa Monica April 30-May 1,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The world’s biggest online retailer wants to invade the high street. What’s in it for them?In December, Amazon US released its 2015 in-house all-format all-category bestseller list, and then the newspaper USA Today came out with its own industry-wide all-sources version. What was the difference?... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The script from the forthcoming Harry Potter play leaps to the top of the book bestseller list, a day after its July release was announced. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' comes out in book form on July 31, after debuting on the London stage on July 30. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author JK Rowling has announced a new book which will follow the next generation as they set off for Hogwarts. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book retailer The Book People has confirmed it will no longer run the Queen of Teen award, saying the prize does not form part of its “ongoing plans”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers that are scouring for more readers are digging into the audiences of rival sites. Through what some people call "social syndication," The Daily Dot, Bustle, Mental Floss and others are partnering up to cross-post articles in each other's Facebook pages. Often, this means teaming up... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Federal authorities say an Ohio seminary student has been arrested in California on suspicion of intending to travel to Mexico to have sex with a toddler or baby. See more of our top stories on Facebook >> Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement that 23-year-old Joel Wright... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the second time in its history, the Costa Awards has chosen a children's book as its book of the year: The Lie Tree by Francis Hardinge. The post Hardinge’s ‘Lie Tree’ Wins Costa’s Second Big Nod to Children’s Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge, published by Macmillan Children's Books, has been crowned the winner of the £30,000 2015 Costa Book of the Year: the first children's book to claim the prize in more than a decade. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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