David Fickling Books (DFB) has acquired world English rights to Furious Thing, a YA on the theme of women’s rage by Jenny Downham. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has acquired a YA novel tackling teen mental illness and toxic masculinity by debut author and mechanic James Goodhand. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emily Barrett, commissioning editor at Seven Dials and Orion Spring, has acquired world rights including dramatisation rights to a book about life inside a women’s prison by a former prison art teacher. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House (PRH) Children’s has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to Frankly in Love, the debut YA by David Yoon that was at the centre of a 10-strong publisher auction in the US. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DC Entertainment will this spring launch DC Ink and DC Zoom – imprints for YA and MG graphic novels – in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has bought the UK rights to Slay by US debut author Brittney Morris, who was inspired to write after watching the Marvel blockbuster "Black Panther". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SCBWI has opened a new work-in-progress grant program for translators, and GLLI soon will name its first Translated YA Book Prize. The post New Translated YA Book Shortlist from GLLI; New Translators’ Grants From SCBWI appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quadrille will publish an exploration of the female relationship with the internet, Mixed Feelings, by Refinery29 editor Sarah Raphael and campaigner Naomi Shimada. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actress and campaigner Emma Watson has selected an anthology dispelling myths about Muslim women, The Things I Would Tell You (Saqi Books) as the next read for her feminist book club. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4th Estate’s Jordan Mulligan has made his first acquisition, Scabby Queen, by Scottish author Kirstin Innes, billed as a “state-of-the-nation novel” about the silencing of women’s voices and the celebrity machine. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperFiction is joining forces with the Comedy Women in Print Prize, with the publisher offering the winner a publishing contract and £5,000 advance. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Woman’s Hour presenter Jenni Murray is publishing a book called Fat Cow, Fat Chance with Transworld, investigating the science, social history and psychology of women and weight. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The annual list of the industry’s most powerful, influential and admired features a record number of women, a fractionally improved BAME turnout, and a familiar figure as The Bookseller 101st. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US sales of children's Spanish-language books rose 6 percent over the past year, while overall Spanish-language books rose 15 percent. As America's demographics continue to change, business-savvy bilingual mothers are creating bilingual books, apps, and videos. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women writers have excelled at the An Post Irish Book Awards, taking home the majority of awards for the first time, with authors such as Sally Rooney, Liz Nugent and Emilie Pine among the winning authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A former top National Enquirer editor is writing a book about President Donald Trump’s love life. Barry Levine, who was executive editor of the tabloid until he left in 2016, is writing the book about “Trump and his women” for Hachette, reveals the New York Post’s Page Six. It remains an open... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2018-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the annual meetings of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature in Denver, Colo., held Nov. 17-21, hot topics included diversity, immigration, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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During her 2014 book tour for her self-help tome, #Girlboss, Sophia Amoruso noticed that while they waited to get their books signed, women in line would strike up conversations with one another and exchange business cards. "That was something that seemed even more important to them than the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cranachan Publishing has signed debut Scottish YA author Caroline Logan to its new YA fiction imprint, Gob Stopper. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2019 Women’s Prize’s judging panel has been unveiled, featuring author and historian Kate Williams, writer Dolly Alderton, and Unbound’s Arifa Akbar among others. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global TV production company Fremantle has become a sponsor of the Women’s Prize for Fiction for 2019, as the award transforms into a charity. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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