Five contend for £5,000 Oscar's Book Prize

Five picture books published by Hodder Children’s Books, Egmont, Flying Eye Books, HarperCollins Children’s Books and Nosy Crow are in the running for this year’s £5,000 Oscar’s Book Prize, organised by the Evening Standard. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Nosy Crow snaps up Bath Spa graduate's debut

Nosy Crow has bought two books from a Bath Spa University MA graduate in a pre-empt providing “cross company excitement and a clear publishing vision” within 48 hours of submission. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Todd and Haddad among Polari shortlistees

Matthew Todd, Bantam author and award-winning editorial director of gay magazine Attitude, is among the six authors shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize, awarded annually to a writer whose first book (whether poetry, prose, fiction or non-fiction) explores what it is to be LGBT.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: Italy’s PubCoder 3 Is in Beta; HarperCollins Children’s Is in Deal With Wattpad

Italy's PubCoder announces a beta edition of its third iteration, while HarperCollins Children's Books looks to Canada's Wattpad for new content and talent. The post Industry Notes: Italy’s PubCoder 3 Is in Beta; HarperCollins Children’s Is in Deal With Wattpad appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow snaps up two novels from teacher

Nosy Crow has acquired two standalone middle-grade novels from London teacher Cath Howe. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette makes a splash with Higgins' teen romance

Hodder Children’s Group has bought a “gripping and topical teen romance” from middle-grade, Cornwall-based author Chris Higgins. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twelve 'whizzy, crazy, hilarious' titles on Lollies shortlist

Hodder Children's Books has two titles among the 12 "whizzy, crazy, hilarious" stories in the running for the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Awards, aka the Lollies. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow snaps up Usborne's Stowell in four book deal

Nosy Crow is to publish two new series of books by Usborne editor Louie Stowell. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins unveils Baddiel's Birthday Boy

HarperCollins Children's Books is to publish the fourth children's novel by writer and comedian David Baddiel, entitled Birthday Boy, in September. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Koala Who Could wins Oscar's Book Prize

The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright and Jim Field has been named the winner of Oscar’s Book Prize 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow hires Clare Hall-Craggs

Nosy Crow has recruited Clare Hall-Craggs as senior PR and media relations manager.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amy Poehler buys film rights to Hodder's feminist YA novel

Hodder Children’s Books, part of the Hachette Children’s Group, has acquired Moxie, a "timely and empowering" feminist YA novel from US author Jennifer Mathieu. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic claims two on Oscar's Book Prize shortlist

Scholastic has claimed two titles out of the five shortlisted for Oscar’s Book Prize, which honours the best book published for children under five years old. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HCCB and Vivendi strike six-year Paddington deal

HarperCollins Children’s Books (HCCB) has inked a six-year deal with French firm Vivendi for world publishing rights (including audiobook and ebook) to the Paddington brand. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Sky's the limit for Hodder Children's

Hodder Children’s Books (HCB) has inked a two-book deal with YA author Rebecca Sky. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Millwood Hargrave's 'mesmerising' debut wins Waterstones Children's Book Prize

Poet and playwright Kiran Millwood Hargrave has been named the winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2017 for her debut novel The Girl of Ink and Stars (Chicken House). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's Laureate Chris Riddell up for book prize

Children's Laureate Chris Riddell could win the Kate Greenaway illustration medal for a fourth time. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder Children's snaps up YA from Nikesh Shukla

Hodder Children’s Books has secured a two-book deal with award-winning author Nikesh Shukla, after a “hotly contested” auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Morpurgo pens Wizard of Oz retelling for HarperCollins

HarperCollins Children’s Books is publishing a retelling of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo, with illustrations by Emma Chichester Clark. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nicholls joins Helquist for 'time-slip adventure' series with Nosy Crow

Children’s author Sally Nicholls and A Series of Unfortunate Events illustrator Brett Helquist are joining forces on a new series with Nosy Crow. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children's Books partners with Hopster

HarperCollins Children's Books has partnered with Hopster, an "edutainment" subscription app that helps kids under six to learn through stories. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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