Bologna 2016: Agents Talk Children's and YA Trends

We spoke with a number of Bologna-bound literary agents about the trends they’re seeing and the books they’re selling. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pirates, Pigeons, Dogs, Oh My!: Children's Books at NCIBA

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Jeffers, Walliams and Blackman on Red House Children's Book Awards shortlists

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Bringing Back the Family Dinner: PW Talks with the Pollans

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Four Questions for...Finnish Agent Elina Ahlback

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Authors vie for children's award

David Walliams, Malorie Blackman and Debi Gliori are among the authors on this year's shortlist for the Red House Children's book prize. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tiny Owl to publish 'Iran's most famous children's book'

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot Book Trends from the Göteborg Book Fair

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Floris acquires children’s titles from MacPhail family

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown acquires Wheatle’s first YA title

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Kinsella YA Novel Coming

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Mining a Rich Backlist: PW Talks with Joyce Meyer

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Feiwel and Friends to Publish Cecelia Ahern YA Novels

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LIMA report reveals top children's brands

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Four Questions for...Taiwanese Agent Gray Tan

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Hachette Launches Author & Agent Portal

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