'Bravery manifesto' from girls' coding activist to HQ

HQ has bought "an empowering manifesto that enables women to rewire themselves for bravery", Brave Not Perfect, from the founder of the Girls Who Code initiative. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Bravery made Penguin General art director

Richard Bravery has been promoted with immediate effect to art director at Penguin General. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-02 20:42:44 UTC ]
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Rebel Girls chapter book series launches

The company behind the Rebel Girls titles is launching a series of chapter books this autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-26 01:57:35 UTC ]
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HQ's Mursell promoted to senior commissioning editor

HQ has promoted Charlotte Mursell to senior commissioning editor for both fiction and non-fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-25 09:12:00 UTC ]
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Bell's 'Instagram love story' snapped up by HQ

HarperCollins has bought We Just Clicked, described as "a love story for the Instagram generation", and a second novel from romantic comedy author Anna Bell. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-20 23:59:03 UTC ]
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Environmental activists arrested after protests in Cannes

A group of roughly 20 protesters from the environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion were arrested Thursday after they jumped from a raft off the shore of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and tried to swim to the beach. This comes one day after 14 of their members... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-20 13:15:19 UTC ]
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HQ authors present at tropical-themed fiction showcase

Almost 50 journalists and bloggers gathered to hear from authors such as Adele Parks and Felicity Everett at a tropical-themed ‘Destination HQ’ showcase, offering a first look at its fiction releases over the next nine months. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-17 17:22:31 UTC ]
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HQ signs Humble the Poet's two empowerment books

HQ has acquired two books by Canadian-born rapper, spoken word artist, poet, blogger and social media influencer Kanwer Singh also known as Humble the Poet. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-13 14:44:24 UTC ]
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In Elizabeth Gilbert’s ‘City of Girls,’ a young woman discovers the joys of sex

The novel argues for the right to sexual relations without the frisson of sexual relations. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-06-03 15:15:03 UTC ]
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Warrior Girls (shelftalker)

A bookseller reflects on the new crop of weapon-wielding heroines on book jackets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-14 12:13:52 UTC ]
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HQ partners with East 15 Acting School on Goldie's debut audiobook

HarperCollins has teamed up with London-based East 15 Acting School to create the audiobook for Costa Short Story award winner Luan Goldie's debut novel, Nightingale Point. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Castellucci to Publish Graphic Memoir ‘Girl on Film’ in November

Noted YA novelist and comics writer Cecil Castellucci will team with Boom! Studios to publish Girl on Film, a graphic memoir, in November 2019 Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Extinction Rebellion rushes activists' handbook This Is Not a Drill into print

With contributions from Rowan Williams and Green MP Caroline Lucas, the book is being given an ‘emergency’ release by PenguinFormer archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas are among the contributors to a forthcoming handbook about how to become an Extinction... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ lands 'poignant' homeless novel from former midwife

HQ has bought a "gorgeously written" debut novel by Canterbury Christ Church University creative writing student and former midwife Jessica Ryn, about a homeless woman searching for sanctuary. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ad-Free, Print-Only and Profitable, Kazoo Is Pushing Girls to Think Bigger

As is very often the case with great ideas, it was first inspired among the bookshelves. Browsing Barnes & Noble one day in the Spring of 2016, Erin Bried—an industry vet whose lengthy Condé Nast career had come to a layoff-induced end just months earlier—was disappointed by the retailer's... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Get 'Coding All-in-One for Dummies' ($17 value) FREE for a limited time

Whether you need to learn how coding works to build a web page or an application, or see how coding drives the data revolution, Coding All-in-One for Dummies introduces the languages and processes you'll need to know. The demand for people with coding know-how exceeds the number of people who... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2019-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Icon to publish ‘feminist, 21st-century visual culture manifesto’

Icon Books has acquired rights to art historian Catherine McCormack’s book, Women in the Picture, a “feminist, 21st-century visual culture manifesto”, for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ethan Anderson, Hayley Berfield are honored as City Section boys and girls basketball players of the year

Ethan Anderson of Fairfax and Hayley Berfield of Granada Hills have been selected City Section players of the year for boys and girls basketball, respectively. Both led their respective teams to Open Division championships. On the boys’ All-City team are Kaelen Allen and Jordan Brinson of... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bluebird lands Cambridge Code guide to the subconscious

Bluebird has acquired a guide to tapping into the subconscious by psychotherapist Dr Emma Loveridge and Dr Curly Moloney. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago goes for Syrian activist Mrie’s memoir

Virago has pre-empted an "astounding" memoir by Syrian activist Loubna Mrie, who took on the Assad regime and her own abusive father. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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