Hot Key cherry-picks Italian YA début

Hot Key has acquired The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree by Italian débutant Paola Peretti. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent Publishers Bet on Hot Audiobook Market

The thriving digital audiobook market is adding to small and medium-sized publishers' bottom lines. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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International Hot Book Properties, Week of May 23, 2016

A Finnish crime series just nominated for a literary prize continues to sell around the globe, and a French novel about a translator draws interest. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Film adaptation for Nordic YA Snow White Trilogy

Nordic young adult series, The Snow White Trilogy by Salla Simukka (Hot Keys Books) is to be adapted for the silver screen by Zero Gravity Management in association with Elina Ahlback Literary Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Behind the Italian Bestseller, 'The Physics of Love'

'The Physics of Love,' about a woman who finds herself torn between her husband and another man has been a mainstay on the local bestseller list since its March release. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Staff Pick: ‘Literary Publishing in the Twenty-First Century’ edited by Kurowski, Miller and Prufer

PW's digital director recommends an anthology of essays about the changing landscape of literary publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kit de Waal: Interview

First-time author Kit de Waal tells Caroline Carpenter why her strongly backed début novel, My Name is Leon, is true to life.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 23, 2016

This week: the latest from Nobel winner Svetlana Alexievich, plus the world's most coveted fish. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown to release YA version of The Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown is set to release an abridged version of his hit book The Da Vinci Code aimed at the Young Adult market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Morrison-Burke named inaugural Kit de Waal scholar

Former Birmingham poet laureate Stephen Morrison-Burke has been selected for the inaugural Kit de Waal scholarship which offers a budding writer from a low-income household or a marginalised background a place on Birkbeck's creative writing MA. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bath Spa graduate wins Stripes YA short story prize

Tracy Darnton, a graduate of the Bath Spa MA in writing for young people, has won this year’s Stripes YA Short Story Prize, run in partnership with The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YA take on Da Vinci Code to be released

An abridged version of Dan Brown's best-selling book The Da Vinci Code is to be published for young adults, his publisher announces. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookCon 2016: YA Authors Take Center Stage at Literary Fan Fest

YA authors who were most feted at the annual mashup of literature and popular culture, which took place in Chicago on May 14. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore Sales Continue Hot Start

Boosted by a 10.7% increase in March, bookstore sales for the first quarter of 2016 were up 6.2% over the comparable period in 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: Shining a Light on Good and Evil in YA Fiction

When it comes to filling their worlds with characters positioned along the spectrum of good and evil, Veronica Roth, Melissa de la Cruz, Lauren Oliver, and relative newcomer Sabaa Tahir have it down. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: Reeling In Readers: Three YA Authors Tell How It’s Done

If there’s one characteristic that fans of Sarah Maas’s Throne of Glass series, Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen series, and Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke & Bone series share, it’s this: they can’t read each installment fast enough. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 16, 2016

This week: solving true crime puzzles, plus Siddhartha Mukherjee's history of the gene. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Staff Pick: 'Siracusa' by Delia Ephron

Reviews director Louisa Ermelino recommends 'Siracusa' by Delia Ephron, a novel following two married couples and on a vacation in Italy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: Catch the Buzz from YA Editors

A select handful of children’s book editors have arrived at BEA eager to spread word of forthcoming first novels for which they have have high expectations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: Discovering Italian Writers

Despite the popularity of bestselling Italian author Elena Ferrante, who was recently named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people, the flow of translations between the U.S. and Italy continues to be one-sided. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: Melissa de la Cruz: A Banner Year

Since her Blue Bloods series with Disney-Hyperion debuted a decade ago, Melissa de la Cruz has published a steady stream of bestselling novels and become a luminary in the YA universe. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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