Fun, fantasy and feminism forecast for 2018

Editors and agents are predicting a continued focus on empowering female-led narratives and diverse voices in children’s and YA books in 2018. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Bad Paper': The book about debt collection is 'fascinating' and 'unexpectedly fun'

Halpern's upcoming book on rogue debt collecting is earning praise for bringing 'unexpected literary heft' to the topic and writing a 'colorful and chilling' story. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French Booksellers Find Fun in Failing to Stock Bestseller

French booksellers have found an amusing way to apologize to their customers for not stocking Valerie Treirweiller’s bestselling tell-all, political revenge memoir. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Asus Transformer Pad TF103C review: This hybrid is better for fun than work

I enjoyed the Windows-based Transformer Book T100 I tested a few months ago, so I was excited to see how its Android-powered sibling would stack up. The engineers at Asus engineers have now proven themselves to be pros at designing 2-in-1 tablet/laptop hybrids running in both Windows and Android... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orchard acquires YA fantasy series

Orchard Books has acquired a new YA fantasy series from Melissa de la Cruz, author of the Blue... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comics and Cavepeople: Nom Nom Paleo Is Having Fun with Food

For Michelle Tam, what started as a lifestyle change has turned into a popular blog and app, a bestselling cookbook—and an action figure. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-books to outsell print by 2018

Printed books will be outsold by ebooks by 2018, a new report by Pricewaterhouse Coopers suggests. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebooks on course to outsell printed editions in UK by 2018

Consumer ebook market set to almost triple over next four years while PwC predicts sales of printed editions will fallThe ebook will overtake the paperback and hardback as Britons' preferred format for reading their favourite novels by 2018, according to a report. The UK consumer ebook market... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Lev Grossman and Deborah Harkness: Magical Flights of Fantasy

As Lev Grossman celebrates the August release of The Magician’s Land, the final volume in his Magicians trilogy, and Deborah Harkness celebrates the July release of The Book of Life, the final volume in her All Souls trilogy, the two credit the zeitgeist, as well as the skills they honed in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: More Interactive Fun Ahead: Matthew Van Fleet

Author-artist Matthew Van Fleet has spent some two decades putting innovative spins on novelty elements in picture and board books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Teen authors' dystopian approach to feminism

Dystopia in teen fiction can be a vehicle to help teenagers explore feminism, according to three... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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RHCP acquires YA fantasy

Random House Children’s Publishers has acquired Daughter of the Dragon, the first in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Children’s buys animal fantasy

Simon & Schuster Children’s Books has acquired a new animal fantasy story for readers... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tor buys Truthwitch fantasy series

Tor in the UK and US have acquired a “thrilling” YA/adult fantasy adventure series.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Feminism, Meet Fiction

Is there lingering sexism in the world of books and art galleries? Many female novelists have ardently argued that their novels haven’t received the laurels and attention of Great Male Novelists, but they have not been able to deftly, subtly attack the larger problem the way Siri Hustvedt does... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2014-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alison Bechdel's memoir 'Fun Home' runs into trouble with the South Carolina House of Representatives

After the College of Charleston assigned the graphic memoir 'Fun Home' as summer reading, members of the South Carolina House of Representatives voted to cut funding to the school. The budget will be decided on by the general assembly in March. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Georgia to be Guest of Honor at Frankfurt 2018

Representatives from the book fair and Georgia came together for a signing in Berlin on February 27. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bechdel Reacts to 'Fun Home' Controversy in So. Carolina

Alison Bechdel responds to the cutting of government funding to a South Carolina college that assigned her graphic memoir, "Fun Home," calling the move "sad and absurd." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HMH Adds SF & Fantasy to 'Best American' Series

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's popular, long-running Best American Series is adding a volume on science fiction and fantasy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Sci Fi, Fantasy Imprint Gets Name, Logo

The newly dubbed Saga Press will be headed up by Justin Chanda as publisher, working with executive editor Joe Monti and editor Navah Wolfe. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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House of Fun by Simon Hoggart – review

A fitting salute to the Guardian's late parliamentary sketch writerI thought it unnecessary, and perhaps ethically dubious, to cover this book when its first edition came out in 2012; but now, following Simon Hoggart's death earlier this month, and the addition of a selection from a year's worth... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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