Fay Evans alleged similarity between the 2019 Excitable Edgar TV campaign and her self-published book A self-published author who sued John Lewis over its 2019 Christmas advert about a trouble-making dragon has lost her case.Fay Evans brought a case for copyright infringement, alleging that there was a “striking similarity” between her picture book, Fred the Fire-Sneezing Dragon, and John Lewis’s now almost four-year-old ad featuring Edgar. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2023-04-03 12:29:46 UTC ]
Judith Kerr’s next picture book, Mummy Time, will be published by HarperCollins Children’s Books in the UK in September. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OUP has bought a new picture book by Mike Brownlow, author of Orchard Books’ Ten Little... series, while selling Harriet Muncaster’s Isadora Moon series into three languages Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder Children’s Books has bought the world English rights (excluding the ANZ region and North America) to a new picture book by Shaun Tan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oneworld will make its first foray into picture books with the début children’s title from Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Díaz. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rep. John Lewis’ graphic memoir series for young readers, “March,” about his civil rights work with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was supposed to be a trilogy. But a new book, “Run,” is coming, and more are on the way. Lewis, a civil rights hero, won the National Book Award for “March: Book... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In August 2018 Abrams ComicArts will publish 'Run: Book One,' a sequel to Rep. John Lewis' National Book Award-winning civil rights graphic memoir, 'March.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The author and illustrator begins a bumper year of publishing with a new picture book that promises colour, collusion and chaos. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV presenter and pop star Rochelle Humes will publish a picture book with Kings Road Publishing's Studio Press later this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ehsan Abdollahi, the illustrator who hit the headlines after being refused a visa to visit the Edinburgh International Book Festival, is teaming up with Jackie Morris on a picture book. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thames & Hudson is publishing a children’s book by bestselling author Allan Ahlberg and illustrator Bruce Ingman about a picture book "going wrong". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent publisher Pikku is hoping to remind children about the importance of libraries with a new picture book about Andrew Carnegie, who funded more than 600 libraries in the UK and Ireland. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orchard Books, part of Hachette Children’s Group, will this July publish I Really Want That Unicorn, a new picture book by Fabi Santiago. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Created in a hybrid format that shifts between being a picture book and a longform graphic novel, Sean Rubin's 'Bolivar' is the story of an urbane dinosaur who lives in a city so busy no one seems to notice him. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chris Riddell points out similarities between Moz the monster and a character from his 1986 picturebookA renowned writer and illustrator of children’s books has suggested John Lewis may have plagiarised one of his stories for its latest Christmas advert, which was launched to great fanfare last... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Publishing imprint Templar Books and author Duncan Beedie have entered into a partnership with food bank organisation The Trussell Trust to publish Beedie’s third picture book. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow has created a children’s picture book based on this year’s John Lewis Christmas advert: Moz The Monster, which is published today to coincide with the ad's launch. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Twin Peaks' co-creator Mark Frost lands at #4 in hardcover fiction with damn fine sales for ‘Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier. Plus a B&N promotion boost sales of Katy Hudson’s new picture book, and ‘Dilbert’ cartoonist Scott Adams puts the ‘politics’ in ‘office politics.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont will publish TV writer Marc Starbuck’s “side-splitting” debut children's picture book. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Walliams has revealed his fifth picture book with illustrator Tony Ross will be called Boogie Bear. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Culture secretary says internet firms may have legal status changed amid concerns about copyright and extremist materialKaren Bradley, the culture secretary, has said the government is considering changing the legal status of Google, Facebook and other internet companies amid growing concerns... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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