Cressida Cowell, author of the How to Train Your Dragon book series, and Greg Childs, former executive producer for CBBC & Cbeebies, discuss the re-introduction of classic children's TV. Continue reading at 'BBC News'
[ BBC News | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Annapurna Television has optioned the rights to The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons, to be produced as an epic fantasy television series by Ali Krug and Sue Naegle. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ben Oliver, the debut author of YA trilogy The Loop, has signed a publishing deal with Chicken House and a TV development deal with Lime Pictures. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Using data scraping, network analysis, and machine learning, the Science Fiction Concept Corpus includes more than 2,600 books written since 1900. Here's what we found. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2019-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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StudioCanal, Nickelodeon and award-winning producer David Heyman today announced a global deal for a brand-new Paddington-inspired television series for pre-schoolers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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V V James’ fantasy novel Sanctuary (Gollancz) will be adapted by Entertainment 360, the television studio responsible for “Game of Thrones". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber is reissuing the celebrated fiction of Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard after nearly 20 years out of print to commemorate the 30th anniversary of his death. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week is a big one for streaming platforms, as Amazon premieres its documentary series uncovering the truth surrounding Lorena Bobbitt, and Netflix presents the first season of its comic book adaptation The Umbrella Academy. For gamers, Crackdown... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible is bringing the novels and short stories of A.S. Byatt to audio for the first time this month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Late children’s author Mal Peet's final book, The Murdstone Trilogy (David Fickling Books), will be adapted for TV by the dramatist behind Hilary Mantel’s "Wolf Hall" for a newly formed production company. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House (PRH) Children’s is celebrating the fifth anniversary of Robin Stevens’ Murder Most Unladylike with a signed hardback edition of the first book. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones is to split its centralised buying functions into two roles, aimed at resolving the disconnect between what is ordered by the chain and what is then sold through. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three novels and one nonfiction audiobook provide inspiration and hope as we ease into 2019. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vice Media is laying off 10 percent of its staff, marking the latest example of digital publishing's struggle to compete with Facebook and Google for advertisers' money.On Friday, Vice confirmed that it would cut around 250 of its 2,500-person work force, a move that was first reported by The... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon’s Audible subsidiary has dominated the downloadable audiobook market for more than a decade, but a Seattle-based rival is starting to challenge that dominance. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan is marking three decades of publishing Ken Follett and his series The Pillars of the Earth by releasing new editions of 17 backlist titles and previously unseen archive material. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bart van Es' biography The Cut Out Girl (Fig Tree) has won the £30,000 Costa Book of the Year award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Academic Emilie Pine’s “vivid and powerful” Notes to Self (Hamish Hamilton) has won the An Post Irish Book of the Year 2018 following a public vote. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bart van Es wrote about a Jewish girl who was sheltered by his grandparents during World War Two. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Costa Book of the Year prize goes to its biography category winner, a tale of the Dutch Nazi resistance by Bart van Es. The post Bart van Es’ Biography ‘The Cut Out Girl’ Named Costa Book of the Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print sales are up, but should the industry be concerned? Are publishers embracing innovation enough to remain relevant to readers and staff? Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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