Brian Selznick's bestselling book "Wonderstruck" is headed to movie screens, and Julianne Moore has signed on to the project, Deadline reports. Selznick's hefty illustrated children's books have earned him an adoring fan following. "Wonderstruck," published in 2011, followed 2007's "The Invention... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Like every digital publisher, Hearst Magazines has had to adapt to creating content in an all-remote world. "My motto is 'enter smiling,' and I believe there is opportunity in everything," CCO Kate Lewis said on the inaugural episode of The New Normal, a weekly interactive discussion show where... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2020-04-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The best-selling author and co-owner of Books Are Magic discusses how her store is weathering the crisis while supporting writers, staff, and other bookstores. For years, independent bookstores fought to stay in business in the face of big box stores and Amazon’s unstoppable growth. Now, they... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2020-04-10 10:30:03 UTC ]
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The creator's latest graphic title tells the story of a young sitcom actor in the 1980s. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Georgina Moore, director of books and publishing at Midas, has said she will continue to use virtual events for book publicity after the present lockdown ends, arguing that they have maintained the profile of books and authors during this period, but are also good for reaching new audiences . Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-08 09:28:39 UTC ]
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The 69-nation International Publishers Association joins the #LearningNeverStops coalition led by UNESCO to respond to the education crisis. The post Coronavirus: UNESCO #LearningNeverStops Signs IPA to New Coalition appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-04-03 17:16:45 UTC ]
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Walker Books has bought Concrete Rose, the “hard-hitting” third novel from The Hate U Give (Walker) author Angie Thomas. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-02 19:40:20 UTC ]
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Century has snapped up a third volume of autobiography by Sir David Jason, called A Del of a Life: Lessons I’ve Learned. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-01 20:49:31 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow has signed up journalist and cookery writer Ella Risbridger to write her first children’s books, which will include two middle-grade novels and a poetry anthology. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-01 16:28:18 UTC ]
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HarperCollins division Avon Books has re-signed author Sue Moorcroft in a three-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-26 17:41:45 UTC ]
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“Are Snakes Necessary?” is exactly what you’d expect from a maestro of violent sexploitation. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-24 19:16:42 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing imprint Little A has signed a memoir from author Amanda Prowse and her son, Josiah Hartley, about coping with depression within a family. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-24 18:02:02 UTC ]
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Bookstores and indie publishers have been scrambling as state-mandated closures expanded along the West Coast late last week and the new coronavirus outbreak worsened. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion Fiction has acquired two more novels from Chris McGeorge, whose stories have been described as "Agatha Christie meets 'Jonathan Creek'". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-23 19:30:00 UTC ]
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Good news for fans of layered, literary, female-led dramedies: SMILF creator Frankie Shaw is set to direct a feature film adaptation of T Kira Madden’s acclaimed 2019 memoir Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls. “T Kira’s story is a lesson in radical self-acceptance, an open-hearted love... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-23 14:43:01 UTC ]
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William Collins has signed a “bold and sweeping” history of the concept of woman from Oxford University associate professor Merve Emre. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 22:15:07 UTC ]
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Simon Beckett, who has published with Bantam since his 2007 debut, The Chemistry of Death, is moving to Trapeze in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 16:12:19 UTC ]
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The new coronavirus is causing unprecedented disruption for independent publishers, but despite those challenges more than half a dozen indies said this week that they were managing to make a somewhat smooth transition to remote work while rallying in support of independent booksellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Zaffre is publishing Caroline Day's debut novel, Hope Nicely’s Lessons for Life, next spring. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-15 23:32:06 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication by Alexander Larman. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-13 03:06:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Children’s Books has signed illustrator David Tazzyman to its list for his debut middle-grade fiction series and a new picture book. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-11 16:24:51 UTC ]
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