Isla Fisher pens children’s fiction series

Piccadilly Press has acquired world rights, excluding North America, to a children’s fiction series by actress Isla Fisher. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Donal Ryan | 'Fiction is always a series of guesses'

With two critically lauded novels under his belt, Irish author Donal Ryan returns with another scintillating tale, writes Alice O’Keeffe. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Colour fiction titles 'next big trend' for PRH Children's

Penguin Random House Children’s is launching a new range of colour fiction books after acquiring titles by Judd Winick, Victoria Jamieson and Terri Lebnenson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Isla Fisher interviewed by child about her first kids' book

Actress Isla Fisher talks to six-year-old Ottilie about writing her first children's book, dressing chickens and her favourite roles. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2016-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emoji story series from PRH Children's

Penguin Random House (PRH) Children’s is creating a series of books based on popular emojis, including one based on the poo symbol.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackman longlisted for Guardian children's fiction prize

Malorie Blackman’s latest novel is among those longlisted for the Guardian children’s fiction prize, alongside titles from Alex Wheatle and Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ehrlin pens second book to send children to sleep

Swedish author Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin, the author of The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep (Penguin Random House Children’s), has written a second book aimed at helping parents get their children to sleep. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Radio 1 DJs pen children’s book

Bloomsbury Children’s Books has acquired a children’s novel by Radio 1 DJs Greg James and Chris Smith. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber Children’s acquires fantasy series

Faber Children’s has bought a middle-grade fantasy series by Kieran Larwood, the author of Freaks (Chicken House). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Graham Norton pens 'darkly funny' fiction debut

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired Graham Norton's "darkly funny" fiction debut. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Montefiore duo pen first children’s book

Simon & Schuster Children’s Books has acquired The Royal Rabbits of London, the first children’s book by Santa and Simon Sebag Montefiore. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sky News editor pens non-fiction debut on British identity

Jonathan Cape is publishing BRIT(ish): Getting Under the Skin of Britain’s Race Problem by Afua Hirsch, social affairs editor for Sky News. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DK launches braille series for children

DK, a division of Penguin Random House UK, will next month launch a series of braille books for children. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kaite Welsh pens 'feminist' Victorian crime series

Headline has acquired a "feminist" Victorian crime series by journalist Kaite Welsh, about a "trailblazing" female doctor-turned-detective. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: Costa winner: 'Explore children's fiction'

A children's book which judges said would grip readers of all ages is named Costa Book of the Year. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Clare Balding pens first children's book

Penguin Random House is to publish The Racehorse Who Wouldn’t Gallop, the first children’s book from broadcaster Clare Balding. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lady Victoria Hervey pens series for Totally Entwined

Finch Books, a new YA imprint of the Totally Entwined Group, has signed a three-book deal with Lady Victoria Hervey. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Festive series fiction hits the shelves

Key festive titles from publishers are now on bookshop shelves, including a number of new titles from big-name authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Almond Wins Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2015

The winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2015 is David Almond for 'A Song for Ella Grey.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macfarlane pens nature book for children

Nature writer Robert Macfarlane has teamed up with artist Jackie Morris to create a picture book based on “lost” nature words. Macfarlane was one of several writers who wrote a letter of complaint to the Oxford University Press (OUP) after they cut nature words from the Oxford Junior Dictionary. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kerr pens first children’s novel since 1978

HarperCollins Children’s Books will publish Judith Kerr’s Mister Cleghorn’s Seal this September, her first children’s novel since 1978’s A Small Person Far Away.  Mister Cleghorn’s Seal, which HarperCollins is fast-tracking for publication in September, is inspired by the author’s father, who... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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