Keira Knightley is latest star to publish a children’s book, but some say trend pushes aside genuine writers and makes it harder to find great children’s fiction“A modern classic by Keira Knightley” reads the provisional cover of the actor’s debut children’s book, I Love You Just the Same. Set to be published next October, the 80-page volume, written and illustrated by Knightley, is about a girl navigating the changing dynamics that come with the arrival of a sibling.The Pirates of the Caribbean star is the latest in a long list of celebrities to have turned to writing children’s books. McFly’s Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter have been hovering at the top of the bestseller chart since the publication last month of their latest book The Dinosaur that Pooped Halloween!. Earlier in the year, David Walliams dominated with his newest book Astrochimp. The entertainer has sold 25m copies of his children’s titles in the UK alone, according to Nielsen BookData. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2024-10-20 13:00:48 UTC ]
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Hodder and Stoughton has acquired a "boundary-pushing, darkly suspenseful" new thriller: The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Refugee" has been revealed as Children’s Word of the Year, after Oxford University Press reviewed children's entries to Radio 2’s Chris Evans Breakfast Show’s "500 Words" short story writing competition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder and Stoughton is publishing The Great British Bake Off: Children's Party Cakes & Bakes at the end of June. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For author and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, it all started with a bedtime story. And like a bedtime story, DiTerlizzi's latest adventure – as a museum curator – has "a beginning, a middle, and an end," though he didn't know that at first. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ruth Alltimes is moving from HarperCollins to become m.d publisher of three arms of the Hachette Children’s Group to help spearhead the company’s “ambitious plans for growth”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling children’s author Philip Ardagh has penned an open letter to Simon Cowell recommending he enlist the services of a librarian in discovering good children’s books after he called them all “boring”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shame is a hot topic in the religion and spirituality world, and three new books share not only the subject, but their titles, as well. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Saturday, which also happened to be National Readathon Day, the Minneapolis nonprofit Little Free Library hosted its first-ever Little Free Library Festival, featuring book swaps and the building of 100 little free libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carnegie Medal and YA Book Prize-shortlisted author Sarah Crossan has won the 26th CBI Book of the Year Award - making her the fourth author ever to win both the Book of the Year Award and the Children’s Choice award with her title One (Bloomsbury Childrens). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fazal Sheikh has won the Kraszna-Krausz Best Photography Book of the Year award for The Erasure Trilogy (Steidl). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Sheldon Blau has filed a class action suit alleging that the publisher is paying improper royalty rates on digital sales. But S&S says they have never published a digital edition of Blau's title. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate is to publish Penguin Bloom: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family by Cameron Bloom and Trevor Bradley Greive on Super Thursday (6th October). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hurst Publishers has signed The Mayor of Mogadishu: The Story of Chaos and Redemption in the Ruins of Somalia by Andrew Harding, a former BBC Africa correspondent. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The L.A.-based indie has already gone to press twice with the novel 'I Hate the Internet,' after it received a sales boost from a 'New York Times' review. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus, the British publisher of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series, has announced a fifth book in the bestselling line, set for a 2017 release. Knopf will publish the book in the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Folio:'s Top Women in Media to take center stage June 9th. The post Celebrating the Accomplishments of Female Magazine-Media Pros appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its pop-culture classic Valley of the Dolls in June by bringing out a new, pink-paged anniversary edition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Across the country, bookstores and librarians hosted authors, story times, and engaged young readers in activities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of JK Rowling’s much-loved books jump 133%, boosted by illustrated edition, contributing to 8% profit rise at publisherHarry Potter is still working his magic for the publisher Bloomsbury after nearly 20 years, with sales more than doubling over the past year thanks to a new illustrated... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent publishers are "leading the field" in the latest round of the PEN Translates awards with Orenda Books, Arc Publications and Tilted Axis Press among the 16 publishers picking up accolades for their titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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