BBC Arts launches 'ambitious' new season celebrating the novel

BBC Arts is launching an "ambitious new season" across BBC TV and radio this autumn, with a year-long festival celebrating the novel and a series on how novels have shaped the world.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-27 15:33:06 UTC ]
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Square Peg snaps up celebration of the Queen’s style by Sali Hughes

Vintage imprint Square Peg has bagged the rights to Our Rainbow Queen, celebrating the Queen’s style through a "stunning collection of irresistible vintage photographs" with commentary by journalist Sali Hughes. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Avon joins forces with Big Issue to launch crime writing competition

HarperCollins imprint Avon is partnering with the Big Issue magazine to find a new crime writer in a competition launching in March. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fairfax’s Daylen Williams emerges from father’s shadow with sensational senior season

“Is that John Williams?” Startled fans have the same reaction seemingly every time he walks into a gym. At 6 feet 8 and somewhere close to 300 pounds, he’s a giant, literally and figuratively. Those who played high school basketball against him in the early 1980s in Los Angeles or watched him... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Westchester Publishing Services Celebrates 50 Years

The leading provider of publishing services celebrates 50 years of delivering excellence to the publishing industry. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Centennial ends Fairfax's near-perfect season with 76-75 regional playoff win

Fairfax High’s basketball team was so close to perfection this season. Unfortunately for the Lions, they could never figure out how to defeat Corona Centennial. Centennial ended the Lions’ season Wednesday night with a 76-75 victory at Fairfax in the opening game of the Open Division Southern... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Classics to launch London pop-up bookshop

Penguin Classics will launch its first ever pop-up bookshop next month with a series of events and workshops planned. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Octopus launches new narrative non-fiction imprint Endeavour

Hachette's Octopus Publishing Group is launching a new narrative non-fiction imprint aiming to become "a home for new ideas, inspiring stories and fresh takes on the world". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LAW and Factual Management launch The Soho Agency

Literary agents Lucas Alexander Whitley and Factual Management have merged their staff together to form the Soho Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OWN IT! launches membership scheme

Multimedia publisher OWN IT! has announced a yearly membership subscription via their newly launched website. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will Smith launches ‘Fresh Princess’ kids' books, flipping the script on his ’90s show

Will Smith is bringing his most iconic character back, but with a significant makeover. Smith announced that he's launching a children's book series featuring a character called the "Fresh Princess," a re-imagining of his character from the television series "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,"... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comma Press launches podcast

Indie publisher Comma Press has launched the first series of The Comma Press Podcast to coincide with the anniversary of the Section 28 march in Manchester. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Book Foundation’s Spring ‘NBF Presents’ Season: Expanded Programming

With support from the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the National Book Foundation's 'NBF Presents' expands its events and widens its outreach. The post National Book Foundation’s Spring ‘NBF Presents’ Season: Expanded Programming appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador lands 'magnificent' Wood novel set in Bauhaus art school

Picador has acquired a “magnificent” new novel by Naomi Wood set in Germany’s Bauhaus art school. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thames & Hudson children's art book wins Bologna award

Thames & Hudson has won the New Horizons award at this year’s Bolognaragazzi Awards with its book about the history of pictures for children. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Proud Taranaki mum organises book launch for daughter's first novel

When Brandy Scott released her first novel, her mum was so proud she organised a launch event for it on Brandy's birthday. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2019-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson reveals launch titles for new indie Guppy Books

Bella Pearson talks to Charlotte Eyre about setting up her own children's publisher, Guppy Books, and its launch titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Verso Books launches 'bold' fiction imprint

Radical publisher Verso Books is launching its own fiction imprint this September, promising a string of "politically astute" novels. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller and WBD launch bookshop competition

The Bookseller is teaming up with World Book Day to launch a competition for bookshops. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seven Dials acquires first book by I'm A Celebrity star Emily Atack

Seven Dials has acquired the “big-hearted and empowering” first book by "I'm A Celebrity" campmate Emily Atack. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barbour Launches Christian Fiction Series Based on True Crimes

The Christian publisher’s six-book series, True Colors, features fictional characters in stories that are based on real murders and other crimes in American history. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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