Hodder signs three projects from Walker-Brown

Hodder studio has signed two books and a six-part podcast series from producer Hana Walker-Brown. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 18:25:44 UTC ]
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Avon signs #PitMad pitch in two book deal

Avon Books has acquired world all language rights (including dramatic) to The Family Tree and one other thriller by authors Steph Mullin and Nicole Mabry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 18:36:13 UTC ]
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Walker to publish guide to becoming 'actively anti-racist' for teens

Walker Books will publish The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph on 7th January 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 07:03:26 UTC ]
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NBCC Asks Members to Sign Criticism Equity Pledge

The National Book Critics Circle has asked members to sign a Criticism Equity Pledge, which asks them to dedicate 30% of assignments to books by BIPOC authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's authors sign open letter protesting outcome of school meals vote

More than 200 children's authors and illustrators, including Malorie Blackman, Philip Pullman and Cressida Cowell, have signed a letter condemning the government’s vote rejecting the extension of its free school meal scheme over the holidays. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 00:51:58 UTC ]
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Hodder gets 'Who Dares Wins' host Billingham's debut novel

Hodder & Stoughton is to publish "Who Dares Wins" host Mark "Billy" Billingham’s debut novel, after triumphing in a multi-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-25 21:34:49 UTC ]
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Malcolm Turnbull signs Kevin Rudd's petition challenging News Corp media dominance

Former prime ministers urge others to join push for royal commission into lack of media diversity in AustraliaFormer Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has signed Kevin Rudd’s petition calling for a royal commission into News Corp’s dominance of the Australian media.Rudd, also a former... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-10-25 05:42:32 UTC ]
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Penguin launches project to boost diversity in GCSE reading lists

Lit in Colour, the publisher’s partnership with the Runnymede Trust, hopes to redress imbalances in English literature coursesThe book publisher Penguin Random House has teamed up with the thinktank the Runnymede Trust to boost diversity in reading lists in schools.The partnership – Lit in... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-10-24 16:11:09 UTC ]
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Abraham Lincoln and John Brown: Imperfect heroes of the fight to end slavery

H.W. Brands critiques the wildly different paths the two men took toward the same goal. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-23 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Summersdale signs Dr Kaye's cancer diary

Summersdale has signed Doctors Get Cancer Too: A Doctor’s Diary of Life and Recovery from Cancer by Dr Philippa Kaye, featuring a foreword by broadcaster Sara Cox. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-22 15:49:35 UTC ]
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Faber signs all four FAB finalists

Faber has announced the winners, and signed up all four finalists, of this year's Faber & Andlyn (FAB) Prize for new writers and illustrators from under-represented backgrounds. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-22 11:14:35 UTC ]
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Oppenheimer's volcano research to erupt with Hodder

Hodder & Stoughton will publish a book by Clive Oppenheimer, a documentary filmmaker and professor of volcanology at the University of Cambridge. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-22 02:51:14 UTC ]
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Dalrymple, Brown and Townsend named $75k Cundill History Prize finalists

William Dalrymple, Vincent Brown and Camilla Townsend have been announced as the 2020 finalists for the $75,000 (£58,000) Cundill History Prize, the highest value non-fiction award in the world. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-20 15:27:01 UTC ]
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Hodder pays tribute to Jill Paton Walsh

Hodder & Stoughton has paid tribute to Jill Paton Walsh, following the author's death at the age of 83. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-20 12:23:56 UTC ]
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Headline signs professional autograph dealer's memoir

Headline will publish Two Hitlers and a Marilyn by Adam Andrusier in July 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-19 12:19:03 UTC ]
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Publishers splash the cash at virtual FBF, as Garmus and Brown take centre stage

Deals for big-issue books were still being struck for substantial sums, despite the Frankfurt Book Fair taking place virtually as a result of the pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-15 16:05:23 UTC ]
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Arrow signs Ainsworth's 'moving' adult debut

Cornerstone imprint Arrow has acquired the debut adult novel from Carnegie-nominated children's author Eve Ainsworth. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-12 22:48:23 UTC ]
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HQ lands Brown's third Prison Doctor title

HQ will publish The Prison Doctor: Foreign Bodies, the third title in Dr Amanda Brown's Prison Doctor series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-12 08:31:32 UTC ]
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Roxane Gay, Margaret Atwood sign open letter supporting trans and nonbinary people

Between 1,500 and 2,000 members of the North American literary world signed an open letter offering support to trans and nonbinary communities. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-10-09 21:31:58 UTC ]
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