LBF: More support needed for children's poetry

Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 12/04/2011 - 15:36 Publishers called for more retail and library support for children's poetry as Chris Holifield, director of the Poetry Book Society, warned that children's poetry "faced extinction" during a seminar about children's poetry at the London Book Fair. Kate Paice, commissioning editor at A&C Black, said, "A lot of bookshops seem quite scared of poetry. They don't know how to shelve it or how to sell it and if we can't reach our market through bookshops, then we can't sell to our market." read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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