Arrow bags novel from PRH Children's editor Sara Jafari

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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Arcadia Publishing Forms Children's Division

Arcadia Publishing has formed a children’s division and appointed former DK editorial director Nancy Ellwood to head it. The first books from Arcadia Children’s Books are expected to be released in fiscal 2021, which begins next April. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury bags neuroscientist's headache book

Bloomsbury has acquired a book on headaches, Splitting, by neuroscientist Amanda Ellison. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-12 10:41:03 UTC ]
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Seven Dials bags family cookbook in four-publisher auction

Seven Dials has snapped up Feed Your Family For £20 a Week by Lorna Cooper within 24 hours of submission, following a whirlwind four-publisher auction with multiple pre-empt attempts. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-12 00:40:31 UTC ]
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Ready to rock out at bedtime? Metallica is releasing a children’s book

Surely the book missing from every child’s bedtime routine is an alphabetical retrospective of Metallica. No? Well, we’re getting one, anyway. The heavy-metal band is filling that presumed void by releasing an illustrated children’s book titled “The ABCs of Metallica” this fall — introducing... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-07-11 17:25:00 UTC ]
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The dad-rock book tie-in we’ve all been waiting for: a Metallica children’s book.

God, Metallica is getting dangerously close to grandad-rock* (Lars Ulrich is 55), but it’s obviously a very rock and roll thing to keep fathering kids until you die (what’s up Rod Stewart). And look, everyone knows that parenthood does weird things to your brain, like making you think your... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-11 15:22:05 UTC ]
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PRH acquires novelisation of Netflix film The Prom

Penguin Random House has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to the novelisation of ‘The Prom’, a musical and film that launches on Netflix next year, written by Saundra Mitchell. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-09 10:57:52 UTC ]
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Cressida Cowell selected as new Children’s Laureate

Cressida Cowell, author and illustrator of the How to Train Your Dragon series and the Emily Brown picture books, has been crowned the Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2019-2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-09 08:31:07 UTC ]
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Bonnier bags books from Button and Woffinden in motor sport double

Bonnier Books UK has scooped books by Formula One star Jenson Button and speedway world champion Tai Woffinden in a sporting double. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-08 14:05:40 UTC ]
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S&S Children’s to publish Greta Thunberg biography

Simon & Schuster Children’s UK will publish a biography of climate change activist Greta Thunberg next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-08 04:38:10 UTC ]
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HQ snaps up Elle deputy editor's take on 'womanhood and blackness'

HarperCollins will publish the debut of Elle UK deputy editor Kenya Hunt entitled GIRL, billed as a "celebration of womanhood, blackness and the possibilities that both contain". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-04 18:16:56 UTC ]
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Blink bags Eminem biography from Bozza

Blink Publishing has signed a new biography of Eminem from Anthony Bozza, who was given unprecedented access to chronicle the rapper’s last 15 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-03 15:25:22 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s signs three more from Blake and Chichester Clark

HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired three more books by Quentin Blake and Emma Chichester Clark, including a follow-up to their picture book Three Little Monkeys.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-03 08:55:50 UTC ]
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PRH unveils new events business Penguin Connect

Penguin Random House UK has launched a new business, Penguin Connect, connecting companies and authors to “inspire personal and professional growth” through bespoke events such as workshops and keynote speeches.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-03 05:50:45 UTC ]
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Century pre-empts S K Barnett thriller as DreamWorks bags film rights

A dark psychological thriller written under the pseudonym 'S K Barnett' has been sold in a pre-empt to Century and optioned for film by DreamWorks. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-03 00:39:40 UTC ]
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The Poetry Archive launches children’s poetry website

The Poetry Archive, a charity set up by Sir Andrew Motion to preserve digital recordings of poets reading their own work, has set up a website of children’s poems. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-02 22:39:54 UTC ]
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SoA launches £5,000 prize for illustrated children’s books

The Society of Authors has launched a £5,000 book prize for ‘quirky’ illustrated books for children aged 0-7. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-01 18:13:35 UTC ]
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SPCK bags 'gripping' Tim Farron memoir on politics and faith

SPCK has signed ex-Lib Dem leader Tim Farron’s “gripping” autobiography, detailing how he balanced being a Christian and a Liberal during his political career. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-01 12:23:42 UTC ]
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Padraig Kenny moves to Macmillan Children’s Books

Macmillan Children’s Books (MCB) has acquired two novels by Padraig Kenny at auction.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-01 11:47:38 UTC ]
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Children’s Institute Rises to New Heights

At the American Booksellers Association’s seventh Children’s Institute, one thing was clear: the annual conference has become the most important event of its kind in America today. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Beijing International Book Fair To Emphasize Children’s Books Again

Featuring a parallel children's division for a second year, the Beijing International Book Fair again expects some 2,500 exhibitors and 300,000 visitors. The post Beijing International Book Fair To Emphasize Children’s Books Again appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-06-28 05:30:44 UTC ]
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