Headline has bought a series of four novels by a librarian from the West Midlands. Publishing director Mari Evans acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to the books by G X Todd in a pre-empt from Camilla Wray at the Darley Anderson agency. The first novel, Defender, “transports readers immediately to a world in which society has been decimated and those who remain must fight to survive”. The book follows Pilgrim, who is haunted by a Voice in his head who tells him to help Lacey, a teenage girl arms with her grandmother’s gun and a spiky attitude. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired two more volumes in Alice Oseman’s graphic novel series, Heartstopper. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has recruited a glitzy crew of Hollywood stars for its animated superhero show Invincible, based on the eponymous comic book co-created by The Walking Dead scribe Robert Kirkman. Leading the voice cast is TV's The Walking Dead alum Steven Yuen... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“My name doesn’t matter,” proclaims the narrator of Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s debut novel, “We Cast a Shadow.” “All you need to know is that I’m a phantom, a figment ….” The first words of Ruffin’s book seem to be a tribute to the opening of Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man,” which begins, “I am in... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Advocacy, technology, and the future of ALA will be prominent themes at the 2019 ALA Midwinter Meeting, which runs from January 25-29. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The list of basketball players who have participated in a Fairfax-Westchester rivalry game reads like a who’s who of distinguished former high school, college and NBA players from City Section history. From Fairfax, there’s Solomon Hill, Josh and Jerren Shipp, Craig Smith, Evan Burns, Jamal... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The nonprofit organization PEN America announced the finalists for their annual literary awards on Thursday, with books by Ada Limón, Richard Powers, Tommy Orange and Ling Ma among the nominees. Powers' novel "The Overstory" and Limón's poetry collection "The Carrying" made the shortlist for the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than career guides, these narrative portraits of professional lives let readers try on their dream jobs. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When ALA introduced its successful Libraries Transform campaign in 2015, it was meant to build on our foundational principles. What’s more foundational to libraries than books? If we envision 2019 as the year of the book, imagine the transformation we might lead. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto's non-fiction trade imprint, White Lion Publishing, is collaborating with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew on a new series of illustrated, "giftable and practical" gardening companions launching in spring 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus has won at auction three books in a new Yorkshire-set "cosy crime" series by author Helen Cox. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired a series about a character called Adventure Duck by Steve Cole, illustrated by Aleksei Bitskoff. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Usborne is marking the 20th anniversary of the ‘That’s Not My…’ baby books with partnerships with organisations such as the National Literacy Trust and The Creation Station. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group will this year publish the first series for young readers by Shane Hegarty, author of Darkmouth (HarperCollins Children’s Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline has acquired a new memoir from musician Frank Turner, Try This At Home. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The House of Representatives on December 19 passed the Museum and Library Services Act (MLSA), paving the way for the Institute of Museum and Library Services to continue distributing federal library funding to the states. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline has acquired two new novels by women's fiction writer Erin Green, the first of which centres on three strangers on holiday. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sourcebooks has acquired most of the assets of Poisoned Pen Press and said that the mystery publisher will become Sourcebooks' mystery imprint. In addition, most of the PP staff, including editor-in-chief Barbara Peters and founder Robert Rosenwold, will become Sourcebooks employees. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eleanor Dryden, currently publishing director at Bonnier Zaffre, is joining Headline Review in April to head up its commercial fiction team. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Edtech startup KalamTech has created an app series about great thinkers from history, voiced by Stephen Fry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to Ben Clanton’s Narwhal and Jelly series of graphic novels after a “hotly contested” multi-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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