Michael Joseph has signed a memoir from Dr Peter Scott-Morgan, whose life story is the subject of a documentary "Peter: The Human Cyborg", airing this evening (26th August) on Channel 4. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-25 16:55:47 UTC ]
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Penguin and the National Literacy Trust (NLT) have created a free teaching resource based on Michelle Obama’s memoir Becoming. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Adam Hamdy, Ali Land and James Swallow were among the speakers addressing school children and their teachers about how to get into publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Covered: Influential music site Pitchfork, which was acquired by publishing conglomerate Cond Nast in 2015, flexed its cultural muscle last night by hosting a party to celebrate its first digital cover, featuring singer-songwriter-model-actress Sky Ferreira. The animated coverone is planned each... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For nearly 20 years, Namwali Serpell has been writing “The Old Drift.” If you don’t find that fact alone to be staggering, consider this: The 576-page book blends English with a multitude of Bantu languages spoken in Zambia. Incorporating elements of historical fiction, sci-fi, magical realism,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has acquired a picture book inspired by the refugee crisis in Syria by Rachel Ip and Anneli Bray. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viz Media announced plans to launch Viz Originals, a new imprint that will publish original graphic novels by artists inspired by manga and anime. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For Li Xin, vice president and general editor of the children’s book division at Thinkingdom Children’s Books, Leo Lionni’s 'Swimmy' is that book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ahead of the London Book Fair, PW caught up with Marcos Pereira, President of the Brazilian Publishers Association (SNEL) and Publisher of Editora Sextante, one of the largest trade publishers in Brazil. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape will publish Salman Rushdie’s new Don Quixote-inspired novel, Quichotte, in August. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph has acquired a new cookbook from Nadiya Hussain to tie-in with her upcoming BBC series, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury UK and US have both pre-empted on the first novel by award-winning short fiction writer L Annette Binder, inspired by her own family’s experience under the Third Reich. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ahead of this year’s London Book Fair, at which Indonesia will be the Market Focus country, the nation’s burgeoning book trade already looks to have plenty of potential for further growth. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Collection of short pieces, which has been in the works for more than a decade, takes stock of The Snowman author’s lifeRaymond Briggs is one of the UK’s most beloved children’s authors, the creator of characters from The Snowman to Fungus the Bogeyman. But in his forthcoming book Time for... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Prosecutors send letters to publishers, editors and reporters at News Corp, the ABC and others• Follow live updates on the reaction to Cardinal George Pell’s conviction • Full report: Pell found guilty of child sexual assault• Five times guilty: how Pell’s past caught up with himAs many as 100... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hilde Lysiak filmed the encounter with an Arizona marshal, demanding to know what crime she was being accused ofIt sounds like something from children’s fiction: a 12-year-old intrepid journalist who fights off threats from the mob and local police to self-publish the truth about her local area... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Get ready for Round 3 in the annual Fairfax-Westchester basketball rivalry, except the next game is for more than just bragging rights. It will be for the City Section Open Division championship next Saturday at L.A. Southwest College. Top-seeded Fairfax (26-1), the best team during the regular... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Many popular time travel tales hinge on the idea that the past can be changed. The particular breed of time travel in Kate Mascarenhas’ debut novel, “The Psychology of Time Travel,” may sound limiting — its characters can’t voyage to any era before the time machine’s invention in the 1960s, and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline imprint Tinder Press will publish a new novel by Maggie O'Farrell in April 2020, inspired by William Shakespeare's son, as the author celebrates her 20-year career. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper Inspire has acquired a fictional re-telling of one of the most famous love stories set in the world of books – the love affair between the US writer and poet Joy Davidman and C S Lewis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some of New Zealand's best-known authors are in the running for the country's most prestigious literary awards. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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