Arrow has bagged a novel about a young British Iranian woman living in London and navigating love, family and friendship from PRH Children's editor Sara Jafari, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-24 19:50:12 UTC ]
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Essay To mark the upcoming 2020 Neustadt Lit Fest and the announcement of the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature, here is an excerpt featuring the children’s and young adult books selection from 100 Essential Books by Iranian Writers,... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2020-09-30 13:21:42 UTC ]
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Charlie Mackesy will narrate the audiobook of his bestseller The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse, with a musical score and real wildlife sounds helping bring it to life. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 07:56:33 UTC ]
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Wilson, previously executive director and publisher of the Feminist Press, has been named v-p and executive editor at Random House effective January 4. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group will publish The Girls I’ve Been, a psychological YA thriller from US author Tess Sharpe. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 01:46:37 UTC ]
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Brit Bennett, Dara McAnulty, Kiley Reid and Rutger Bregman are among the authors shortlisted by booksellers for this year's Books Are My Bag Readers Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 00:27:03 UTC ]
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Interviews Randy Ribay was born in the Philippines and raised in the Midwest. He’s the author of After the Shot Drops and An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes. His latest book, Patron Saints of Nothing, is a powerful coming-of-age story about... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2020-09-29 13:14:12 UTC ]
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Children’s publishers grew readerships during lockdown across subject areas, extending to renewed interest in their backlists as well as in their online educational resources, delegates heard at The Bookseller’s Children’s Conference this week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 06:08:42 UTC ]
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I always loved giving my son a picture book rich in detail and watching him get lost in it, thereby gaining a few moments of peace and grown-up solitude—but now science is telling me I may have made him dumber.* According to a very cruel study at Carnegie Mellon University, in which researchers... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-28 13:51:06 UTC ]
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Young Adult books saw a huge 43% rise in post-lockdown sales by value as the children's sector as a whole swelled to 33% of the market once shops reopened. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 00:01:16 UTC ]
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The US children's market has seen huge growth this year with increasing focus on books by people of colour and by celebrities, Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children's Books in the US, has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-27 21:41:42 UTC ]
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Interviews Adib Khorram is an author, graphic designer, and tea enthusiast. Iranian American, he was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. A theater kid in high school, he went on to study design and technical theater at Southern Illinois... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2020-09-25 11:55:24 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has acquired Bone Music from David Almond, described as "a masterpiece that speaks to a modern audience about the ancient past and contemporary struggles." Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-25 02:03:24 UTC ]
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Children's books have seen a boom during coronavirus-hit 2020 with non-fiction heading for a record year, according to Nielsen. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-24 11:31:27 UTC ]
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Legendary British-American media figure was behind major investigations including exposure of thalidomide scandalSir Harold Evans, the legendary editor whose 70-year career as a hard-driving investigative journalist, magazine founder, book publisher and author made him one of the most... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-09-24 04:24:29 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children's Books has triumphed in a multi-publisher auction for 'beautiful' middle grade novel The Last Bear by debut children’s author Hannah Gold. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 18:38:42 UTC ]
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Natalie Portman knows a thing or two about fairy tales. Portman’s turn as a dancer whose life goes awry in Black Swan (2010) was, famously, a brooding take on Pyotr Tchaikovksy’s most famous ballet. Swan Lake itself was likely inspired by Russian and German folktales like Johann Karl August... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-23 16:54:30 UTC ]
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UK staffers at Penguin Random House have already been told they should again work from home if they can, following the step-change in government guidance as coronavirus infection rates rise. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 00:00:21 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House launches The Conversation, a hub of content collections 'to combat racism and end racial inequities'—meant for families, educators, and businesses. The post PRH Opens ‘The Conversation’ To ‘Sustain Antiracist Engagement’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-09-22 19:17:06 UTC ]
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Following a slew of press coverage and prize successes—including scooping last week’s Branford Boase Award—Pushkin Children’s Books is looking to grow its list. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-18 09:11:35 UTC ]
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