HarperCollins UK has teamed up with George R R Martin and digital product studio Reason to produce a new Game of Thrones app. Released today (30th July), the free app is designed as a "bridge product" for fans of the TV series who have not yet read the books. The app asks users where they are in the storyline and then offers them a spoiler-free selection of over 40 extracts from across the books, along with maps and introductions from the very first battle of the series to the infamous "Red Wedding" scenes. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Alex Beecroft, formerly HarperCollins UK’s director of corporate development, has been appointed m.d. of Collins Learning. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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HarperCollins UK and Simon & Schuster have joined the rest of the Big Five publishers in announcing they are not attending the London Book Fair following the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Game of Thrones went out in a blaze of glory, and it did so on social platforms, as well, as Nielsen Social Content Ratings pegged it as the most social primetime TV series of 2019. The HBO drama blew away the competition with an average of 5.329 million social interactions per episode,... Continue reading at AdWeek
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Scholastic Entertainment is debuting a brand-new 'Clifford the Big Red Dog' TV series, based on the Norman Bridwell books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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I have no idea how one goes about adapting a poetry collection into a TV series, but it looks like I’ll find out soon—AMC Studios is creating an Afrofuturistic anthology series based on Eve L. Ewing’s debut collection Electric Arches. According to Shadow and Act, “The Electric Arches anthology... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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"Newsnight" broadcaster Emily Maitlis' book Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News (Michael Joseph) will be adapted into a TV series to give viewers a glimpse of “what making news is really like.” Continue reading at The Bookseller
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HarperCollins UK has unveiled new initiatives as part of its ongoing support for The Literacy Project and has joined Penguin Random House UK in a ranking of employers in 2019 who have taken the most action on social mobility in the workplace. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Ann Cleeves' latest book The Long Call (Pan Macmillan) has been snapped up for a television series by Silverprint Pictures. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Allie Reynolds’ sought after thriller Shiver (Headline) has been snapped up by Firebird Pictures for adaptation into a TV series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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James Gould-Bourn’s debut novel Keeping Mum (Trapeze) has been optioned for a TV series by triple Emmy-winners Lime Pictures. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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HarperCollins UK c.e.o. Charlie Redmayne celebrated Judith Kerr and paid tribute to Bob Bradford at the publisher's annual summer party last night. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Hodder & Stoughton has recommissioned cook Donal Skehan for a new book called Super Food in Minutes to accompany his upcoming 10-part TV series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Headline non-fiction editor Richard Roper’s debut Something to Live For (Orion) has been optioned for TV by Expectation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Samantha Shannon’s international bestseller The Bone Season will be adapted into a "major" TV series by producer Harriet Hammond of Lunar Park. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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With Fever Pitch, About a Boy, and High Fidelity, Nick Hornby created a niche penning romantic comedies from the male perspective and launching the crush-worthy careers of Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, and John Cusack on both sides of the pond. Then he went on to prove that he can deftly embody a... Continue reading at Slate
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Annapurna Television has optioned the rights to The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons, to be produced as an epic fantasy television series by Ali Krug and Sue Naegle. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Remember Madonna’s 'Sex,' the 1992 succès de scandale that shook the publishing world? Or the Miss Spider books, TV series, and app? Both, and more, are the brainchildren of Nicholas Callaway, founder and CEO of Callaway Arts & Entertainment, which turns 40 this year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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HarperCollins UK has insisted Dan Mallory was a "highly valued" editor, after a lengthy article in the New Yorker accused Mallory of fictionalising his past and lying about having cancer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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HarperCollins UK c.e.o. Charlie Redmayne used his keynote speech at yesterday’s The Markets Conference in Frankurt to robustly defend HC’s global publishing policy, call on publishers to ramp up consumer insight and urge publishers to work better with existing retail channels. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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