Bringing the magic of Harry Potter to life

Acting children's editor and Harry Potter fan Caroline Carpenter gives her verdict on the British Library's new Harry Potter exhibition. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Souvenir Press picks up 'new framework for family life' from Oster

Souvenir Press will publish The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years by Emily Oster. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-21 19:56:26 UTC ]
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Their Publishing Imprint Closed. Now They’re Bringing It Back.

In a literary landscape dominated by the biggest players, Cindy Spiegel and Julie Grau are among the executives rejecting the corporate publishing model and instead starting their own companies. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-12-18 10:00:29 UTC ]
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Donaldson set to light up Christmas 2021 with 'magical' picture book

A new Julia Donaldson picture book, The Christmas Pine, will be published by Alison Green Books in autumn 2021.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-18 03:31:45 UTC ]
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Puffin scoops ''magical' Stachera debut

Puffin has scooped The Ice Whisperers, a "haunting and magical" debut novel from Helenka Stachera, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 14:35:34 UTC ]
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Child brings back Clarice Bean for 'Christmas classic' with HCCB

Lauren Child is bringing back Clarice Bean in a “spectacularly cinematic Christmas classic” for HarperCollins Children's Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 02:21:05 UTC ]
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Jay-Z Brings Roc 101 Imprint to Random House

Jay-Z's entertainment company, Roc Nation, has created an imprint at Random House called Roc Lit 101. The new imprint will be overseen by Chris Jackson, publisher and editor-in-chief of One World, and Roc Nation's executive v-p Jana Fleishman. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeremy O. Harris is donating a collection of plays by Black writers to libraries across the country.

On Late Night with Seth Meyers this week, Slave Play and Daddy playwright Jeremy O. Harris announced he is donating a collection of 15 plays by Black playwrights to 53 libraries and community centers across the United States—and is donating one such collection to Northwestern University in Seth... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-09 17:29:54 UTC ]
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André Gregory’s ‘This Is Not My Memoir’ is a free-form monologue about his quest for meaning in life and art

The boundary-smashing theater director turns an exuberant flow of reminiscences into a relatively coherent roller-coaster of narrative. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-09 12:59:55 UTC ]
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A gift guide for the fans of science fiction, fantasy and horror books in your life

Anthologies like “The Big Book of Modern Fantasy” cover a lot of ground. Illustrated books like “Flyway” offer something special. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-07 14:00:00 UTC ]
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The magic of mending

As a librarian, I've seen it all; broken spines, torn pages, even whole books ripped in two. Books are cheap. Books are plentiful. Books are there to be handled, carried, shared. They are not museum objects or fragile decorations; accumulating war wounds is part of their job. And even if we do... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-07 09:01:47 UTC ]
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The Magic World of Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum

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[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-12-02 22:35:05 UTC ]
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If The Job Fits: Magical Careers in Manga

Might be time to update the ol' resume! The magical gigs in these manga might make you want to ditch that nine-to-five. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-11-30 11:39:00 UTC ]
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Life Isn’t a Narrative: A Conversation with JoAnn Wypijewski

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[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-11-26 18:00:16 UTC ]
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The Libraries of My Life

My library is a response to the void of my parents’ house: there are traces of all the public libraries I’ve visited since childhood. Continue reading at The Paris Review

[ The Paris Review | 2020-11-25 15:50:04 UTC ]
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Penguin to publish sequel to Peterson's 12 Rules for Life in March

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-24 01:21:52 UTC ]
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S&S bags Kamala Harris biography

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-20 12:02:47 UTC ]
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V2 by Robert Harris, Read by David Rintoul

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[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-17 17:16:17 UTC ]
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How Steve Martin and illustrator Harry Bliss ended up working on the ‘upbeat book’ we all need right now

The actor-writer-musician and illustrator teamed up on the new book “A Wealth of Pigeons.” Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-11-16 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Kamala Harris added to line-up for Little People, Big Dreams series

The Quarto Group's Frances Lincoln Children’s Books imprint has added US vice-president-elect Kamala Harris to its Little People, Big Dreams list for 2021.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-15 14:59:22 UTC ]
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[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-12 09:48:20 UTC ]
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