Hachette Children's lands 'feminist Indiana Jones' tales from Bracken

Hachette Children's Group has acquired three titles from YA author Alexandra Bracken, with Quercus Children’s Books to publish a new duology starring a "feminist Indiana Jones" and one other standalone title. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-11 02:50:13 UTC ]
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Hodder lands Pottery Throwdown star's memoir

Hodder & Stoughton has landed a memoir by Keith Brymer Jones, star judge of Channel Four’s “The Great Pottery Throwdown”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-23 20:55:02 UTC ]
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The post-apocalyptic world of Joy Williams’s ‘Harrow’ reads like a cautionary tale

Williams’s urgent novel takes place on the shore of a rotting lake, where a group of eco-warriors has gathered. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-09-23 13:46:54 UTC ]
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S&S Children's launches Stickley and O'Neill picture book partnership

Simon & Schuster Children’s Books is launching a new picture book partnership between author Frances Stickley and debut illustrator Eamonn O’Neill, signing two books from the pair. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-23 10:52:10 UTC ]
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Books with inspirational themes continue to drive children's book market

Confidence-building titles are continuing to boom across the children’s market as TikTok drives YA, The Bookseller’s Children’s Conference has heard. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-22 10:13:53 UTC ]
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“Write the tale that scares you . . . I dare you.” Michaela Coel has some writing advice for us.

On Sunday night, I May Destroy You showrunner Michaela Coel won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. In the context of yet another melanin-deficient awards show that had people tweeting #EmmysSoWhite, it was refreshing (and simultaneously frustrating) that... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-09-20 16:39:44 UTC ]
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Non-fiction and TikTok-boosted YA help children’s book market surge

The children’s book market has increased by more than 11% this year, boosted by picture books, non-fiction and a remarkable 61% growth in YA sales. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-20 01:05:47 UTC ]
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Monoray lands Vasquez-Lavado's memoir ahead of Selena Gomez movie

Monoray has secured a deal for In the Shadow of the Mountain, the “heart-breaking and empowering” memoir from climber Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, which will soon be adapted into a film starring Selena Gomez. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-17 20:43:04 UTC ]
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After 22 Years, Gayl Jones Returns

“Palmares” — her first novel since 1999’s “Mosquito” — is an emancipation story set in 17th-century Brazil. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-09-14 09:00:08 UTC ]
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Non-fiction and children’s outstrip fiction in Ireland as sales fillip continues

After encouraging sales despite bookshops’ closures in the first lockdown, the market in Ireland has responded remarkably well since, with sales of Non-Fiction and Children’s titles particularly solid. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-10 13:31:14 UTC ]
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BBC Books lands Match of the Day Top 10 book

BBC Books is releasing Match of the Day: Top 10 of Everything by Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, and Micah Richards, to accompany a new 30-episode series of the hit BBC Sounds podcast. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-10 02:05:35 UTC ]
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Great Ormond Street Hospital launches children's literature ‘Play' hub

Adam & Eve/DDB collaborated with the children’s hospital to create a resource to help children recover from anxiety, loneliness and fear of the unknown. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2021-09-08 10:55:23 UTC ]
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Hanks appointed new publisher at Quarto Children's Books

Jo Hanks has been appointed as the new publisher at Quarto Children's Books, the list for children's illustrated non-fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-08 02:44:40 UTC ]
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Eddie Jones book on leadership scored by Pan Mac

Pan Macmillan has acquired Leadership, the second book by England Rugby Union head coach Eddie Jones. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-07 17:06:53 UTC ]
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How the First Children’s Book About Copywriting Came About

There is a job in which smart people are paid to think, create and dream but it's not taught in schools where children are told to follow rules and do what they're told to the extreme. The world of advertising is perhaps still a mystery to most of the planet as it rarely makes an... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2021-09-07 13:36:49 UTC ]
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Children's Institute 9: Indie Bookselling in a Post-Pandemic World

Booksellers focused on the nuts-and-bolts of indie bookselling in a post-pandemic world, with Wednesday roundtables on gift bundles and boxes and hosting virtual events especially well attended by Ci9 booksellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Flashing blades, secret passages, mistaken identities: ‘A Gentleman of France’ is a classic adventure tale

Stanley J. Weyman’s 1893 novel is right up there with Alexandre Dumas’ “The Three Musketeers.” Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-09-01 16:04:55 UTC ]
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15 Must-Read September Children’s Book Releases

Check out some of the amazing children’s book releases hitting shelves in September, including My Two Border Towns by David Bowles & Erika Meza. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-09-01 10:37:00 UTC ]
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