Ebury Publishing’s WH Allen imprint is to publish the official biography of broadcaster Sir David Frost, who died last year, titled Frost on Frost. WH Allen acquired world English rights in the book from the Frost family and Simon Fuller at XIX Management. Author Neil Hegarty has been commissioned to write Frost on Frost, with the full collaboration of Frost's widow and three sons. The book will also include unpublished writings from Frost and Hegarty will have access to the television presenter’s archive as well as to people who knew him. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Biographies of religious and spiritual figures are enduringly popular, and readers have many new and forthcoming choices. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Camp is in session! Writer and graphic novelist Mariko Tam-aki and illustrator Brooklyn Allen are at BookCon to discuss their chapter book series based on the Lumberjanes comics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children's Books is to bring out its first brand extension publishing for kids' favourite David Walliams, with The World of David Walliams: Book of Stuff, illustrated by Tony Ross. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Controversy has dogged the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) since David Fenza, its longtime executive director, was fired on March 11. While the AWP board has not offered any explanation for Fenza's termination, former AWP president Rita Dove claims she was told a hostile work... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribe UK's publisher-at-large Philip Gwyn Jones has pre-emptively acquired world all-languages rights in what he calls an "exceptional" novel from Elizabeth Cook. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Journalist and historian Giles Tremlett has won the 2018 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography for his work Isabella of Castile: Europe’s First Great Queen (Bloomsbury). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arcadia is the first purchase in what the two former publishing CEOs see as a series of acquisitions. The purchases will be funded by Lezen Acquisition LLC, an investment group formed by Lynton and his sister Lili. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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World-renowned neuroscientist and bestselling author David Eagleman has published a lot of books on the brain. But a little work of fiction he wrote almost a decade ago influenced readers' minds in a way scientific texts never could. Ahead of his appearance at the Auckland Writers Festival, he... Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s author David Almond has donated his archive to Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children’s Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane and Yale University Press (YUP) both have two books apiece on the £40,000 Wolfson History Prize 2018 shortlist, which recognises and celebrates books which combine excellence in historical research with readability for a general audience. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A forthcoming biography of Formula 1 driver Kimi Räikkönen from Siltala Publishing in Finland is generating big buzz—and big deals—at the London Book Fair. The post Finland’s Biggest Rights Deal Ever? Literary Sports Biography Generates Buzz at LBF appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profile Books has acquired the biography of Churchill’s cook from food historian and broadcaster Annie Gray. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Blake Publishing, part of Bonnier Publishing UK, is releasing a "definitive" biography of Prince Harry by journalist and author Angela Levin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has commissioned Lucy Worsley to write a "major" new biography of Queen Victoria to celebrate the 200th anniversary of her birth. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Inman, who manages Quarto's distribution services and international publishing partnerships, is leaving the company at the end of February. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After five years as managing director of Quarto Partners, a division of the U.K. illustrated book publisher the Quarto Group, David Inman plans to leave the company at the end of February. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Messenger has come a long way since vice president of messaging products David Marcus left his post as president of PayPal to join the social network in June 2014. Marcus shared six trends that he believes will emerge for the messaging application in 2018 in a note published on Facebook... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adam Kay has been shortlisted for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2017 for his junior doctor diaries, This Is Going to Hurt (Picador). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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