Hachette Children's signs Inky Willis series

Hachette Children’s Group has signed three books in a new series aimed at seven to nine-year-olds called Scribble Witch, by Inky Willis. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-25 05:48:20 UTC ]

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Louise Adler appointed publisher-at-large at Hachette Australia

New role comes seven months after publisher’s controversial resignation from Melbourne University PublishingLouise Adler has been appointed to a new role at Hachette Australia, seven months after her controversial resignation from Melbourne University Publishing.Adler takes up the new role at... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-09-04 01:58:53 UTC ]
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Matthew Syed follow-up goes to Wren & Rook

Matthew Syed's follow-up to his Nibbie award-winning book You Are Awesome has been snapped up by Hachette Children's Group imprint Wren & Rook.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-21 11:22:40 UTC ]
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Giraffes Can't Dance heads to stage

A production of Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees’s Giraffes Can’t Dance (Orchard) is coming to the stage this Christmas, in association with Hachette Children’s Group. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-07 10:00:57 UTC ]
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Hachette, Pan Mac and PRH join ERIC Fest publishing careers fair

Hachette UK, Pan Mac and PRH are supporting a free careers fair for those aged 16 to 25 who may not have considered entering publishing before. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-07 05:26:22 UTC ]
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Hachette makes string of appointments from outside publishing in HR shake-up

Hachette has announced seven people are leaving its HR department to be replaced by new appointments, mainly from outside the publishing world, in a major shake-up. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-01 14:50:21 UTC ]
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Hachette's Emerson resigns due to 'personal issues'

Hachette UK’s c.o.o. Chris Emerson has resigned and left the company, it has been announced. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-30 08:15:51 UTC ]
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HCG signs two book deal with Rikin Parekh

Rikin Parekh has signed his first author-illustrator deal with Hachette Children’s Group (HCG).  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 06:33:32 UTC ]
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Tributes paid after Hachette sales executive Melvyn Munyua dies on holiday

Hachette has paid tribute to its “incredibly charming and generous” international sales executive Melvyn Munyua, who has died in a drowning accident. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-23 07:22:33 UTC ]
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Should books include credits like films?

Books are generally presented as the work of one person, but almost 60 others worked on mine. But will readers care enough to read about them?We writers lead a necessarily solitary life – at least, that’s what we like to think. Though the act of writing can involve lots of lonesome glaring at an... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-07-19 06:01:08 UTC ]
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Pictures of the week

It's the battle of the summer parties in this week's pictures round-up, while Hachette holds its inaugural Pride in Writing event. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-04 23:30:57 UTC ]
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HCG snaps up graphic novel adaptation of Speak

Hachette Children's Group has snapped up rights to a graphic novel adaptation of  Laurie Halse Anderson's critically acclaimed Speak, about a high school sexual assault. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-24 00:08:47 UTC ]
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Phillips moves to HCG as Egmont promotes Clark

Egmont rights director Tracy Phillips is moving to Hachette Children's Group (HCG) to replace Andrew Sharp, who is leaving publishing to train as a teacher. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-23 16:42:05 UTC ]
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The Week in Libraries: June 21, 2019

Among the week's headlines: the 2019 ALA Annual Conference kicks off in Washington DC; Librarians cry foul over Hachette's new digital terms for libraries; and the DPLA wins a major grant. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s signs MG series by debut author L D Lapinski

Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired a magical middle-grade fantasy series by debut author L D Lapinski. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-19 18:47:30 UTC ]
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Kiran Millwood Hargrave signs six-figure deal with HCG

Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired four middle-grade novels from Kiran Millwood Hargrave for a six-figure sum. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-17 16:26:13 UTC ]
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HCG signs three new books in Townsend’s Nevermoor series

Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired three more novels in Jessica Townsend’s Nevermoor series, bringing the total to six. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-02 09:55:07 UTC ]
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HCG signs Ben Brooks’ debut fiction

Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired The Impossible Boy, the debut children’s fiction title from Ben Brooks, who wrote Stories For Boys Who Dare To Be Different for Quercus. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-28 04:12:17 UTC ]
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CILIP launches magazine to promote diversity in children’s publishing

CILIP, the library and information association, is going to promote diverse and inclusive children’s literature via a new magazine, Pen&inc. The first edition of Pen&inc launches today (2nd May) with information about 450 titles, submitted by publishers ranging from Egmont and Hachette... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Georgia Page wins HCG’s Carmelite illustration prize

Aspiring illustrator Georgia Page has won this year’s £1,000 Carmelite Picture Book Prize, organised by Hachette Children’s Group, for her interpretation of a story by Kes Gray. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Price joins The Roald Dahl Story Company

The Roald Dahl Story Company has hired Katie Price, currently director of licensing at Hachette Children’s Group, as its new head of books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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