Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 12/07/2011 - 12:16 BBC Worldwide has written down £33.8m off the value of Lonely Planet, blaming the strong Australian dollar and challenges to the travel sector. The broadcaster bought 75% of the business in 2007 for £89m and paid a further £42m for the remaining shares earlier this year. However, in parent BBC Worldwide's (BBCW) annual report, published today, it revealed the write down. The Lonely Planet business is based in Australia and BBCW blamed the strength of the Australian dollar for £20.7m of the total write down. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrator Sarah McIntyre calls on the BBC to allow physical copies of children's books on its programmes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-01 12:36:28 UTC ]
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Welsh writer Jo Lloyd has unanimously won the £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University 2019 for her story inspired by a real-life 18th century woman who claimed to be friends with an invisible family living in an invisible mansion. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 18:57:26 UTC ]
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Emotional connection and reconciliation feature in the all-female shortlist for the 2019 BBC Young Writers’ Award, run in association with literacy charity First Story and Cambridge University. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-22 07:04:04 UTC ]
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BBC Radio 4 series "Front Row" has announced Booker Prize-shortlisted authors will meet its listeners as part of new plans to cover the award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 07:33:32 UTC ]
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“Fleabag” actor Andrew Scott has joined the cast for the BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-21 01:32:35 UTC ]
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The BBC has commissioned acclaimed screenwriter Steven Knight to adapt Ben Macintyre’s bestselling book SAS: Rogue Heroes (Viking). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-19 07:33:17 UTC ]
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The BBC has revealed plans for a special 2D animated adaptation of Sir Michael Morpurgo’s children’s book Mimi and the Mountain Dragon. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-18 15:46:37 UTC ]
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The BBC is to host a year-long celebration of literature with new programming across BBC TV, Radio and online, including a “landmark” BBC2 series “The Novels That Shaped Our World”, to be broadcast this autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-08 18:20:23 UTC ]
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Author, screenwriter and columnist Juno Dawson has joined the panel for the BBC’s The Novels That Shaped Our World. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-24 22:29:55 UTC ]
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They joke about airport security and overindulging over Ramadan. Meet the creators of Muzlamic, the trailblazing comedy exploring the contradictions of modern Muslim lifeAs Ali Shahalom and Aatif Nawaz scan the faces on the walls of the boardroom we’re in, their faces light up. “The BBC have put... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-07-18 13:28:25 UTC ]
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BBC News newsreader and debut novelist George Alagiah will give the annual Noirwich Lecture in anticipation of his forthcoming crime novel The Burning Land (Canongate). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-17 00:06:54 UTC ]
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Filming has started on a four-part BBC One dramatisation of Us by David Nicholls (Hodder & Stoughton), starring Tom Hollander and adapted by the author himself. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-16 16:27:10 UTC ]
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David Szalay’s novel connects a dozen stories about people linked by air travel. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-15 15:35:38 UTC ]
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Penguin Life has signed a major three-book deal with TV doctor and author Dr Rangan Chatterjee, focusing on how small changes can make a difference to lifestyle. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-10 02:38:18 UTC ]
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Wildfire has scooped a book based on the "endlessly amusing" and hugely popular Instagram comic Strange Planet by Nathan Pyle. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-30 12:17:03 UTC ]
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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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Welsh publisher Graffeg has acquired four picture books by Jason Korsner, a BBC broadcaster, film critic and photographer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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REVIEW: The Everything But the Girl singer's tale about growing up in suburban London is a book you'll adore. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2019-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton imprint Two Roads has landed BBC news anchor Babita Sharma’s “unique” debut memoir delving into the British corner shop’s cultural history. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Books will publish novelisations of two "iconic" Doctor Who adventures by Eric Saward, one of the show’s longest serving script editors, later this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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