Little, Brown Book Group has acquired the first YA title from adult novelist Alex Wheatle. Liccle Bit is told from the perspective of Lemar, a boy growing up on an inner city estate. Over the course of the book he has to contend with his feelings for the hottest girl in school, as well as the interest of South Crongton’s notorious gang leader. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus will publish C J Carey's Widowland, a feminist dystopian novel set in a 1950s Nazi-ruled Britain. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-01 21:18:02 UTC ]
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Interviews Monica Brown is the author of the Lola Levine chapter book series, Sarai chapter book series, and many award-winning picture books, including Waiting for the Biblioburro (illus. John Parra), Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match / Marisol McDonald... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2020-10-01 15:44:23 UTC ]
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Bookshops are gearing up for another bumper Super Thursday with around 355 new trade hardback books hitting the shelves today (1st October), with some warning of a "creaking" supply chain. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-01 00:12:40 UTC ]
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Essay To mark the upcoming 2020 Neustadt Lit Fest and the announcement of the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature, here is an excerpt featuring the children’s and young adult books selection from 100 Essential Books by Iranian Writers,... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2020-09-30 13:21:42 UTC ]
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An awesome daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-09-30 10:30:00 UTC ]
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Serpent’s Tail will publish Oana Aristide's debut novel Under the Blue as a lead title in March 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 02:17:21 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group will publish The Girls I’ve Been, a psychological YA thriller from US author Tess Sharpe. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 01:46:37 UTC ]
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Thread, Bookouture's non-fiction imprint, will publish Coconut, a memoir of "belonging, identity and finding home" by debut author Florence Olajide. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 21:34:05 UTC ]
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The YA Book Prize, which aims to recognise the best Young Adult fiction from the UK and Ireland, has re-opened for submissions. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 14:33:44 UTC ]
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Transworld Publishers has acquired How to Master Your Monkey Mind: Overcome Anxiety, Increase Confidence and Regain Control of Your Life by mind coach Don Macpherson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 13:23:49 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus has acquired Untraceable by Russian author Sergei Lebedev, as well as three other titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 03:28:12 UTC ]
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Hot Key has acquired crime writer Chris Whitaker's YA debut The Forevers – a book in which the world is on a collision course with a giant asteroid and a group of teens make a pact to rewrite their future. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 23:38:35 UTC ]
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Authors of colour made up 19.6% of Young Adult writers published in 2019, a huge leap on previous years, according to new research. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 14:25:59 UTC ]
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Sphere has acquired The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13¾ from stand-up comedian Tez Ilyas. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 11:30:14 UTC ]
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Barrington Stoke will publish The Humiliations of Welton Blake, a new teen novella from Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize winner Alex Wheatle. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 09:36:51 UTC ]
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Young Adult books saw a huge 43% rise in post-lockdown sales by value as the children's sector as a whole swelled to 33% of the market once shops reopened. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 00:01:16 UTC ]
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John Murray has acquired Emily Layden's debut novel All Girls, already optioned by HBO, exploring assault, consent and "what it means to be a young female in today’s world". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-24 22:43:02 UTC ]
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Coronet has acquired the debut novel of Kate Sawyer examining life after near global extinction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-24 19:02:14 UTC ]
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Fairlight Books has acquired Richard Smyth’s novel The Woodcock, a literary period drama set on the north-east coast of England. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 17:56:34 UTC ]
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Basic Books UK, John Murray Press' new imprint, has acquired Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Power by Ijeoma Oluo to publish as its first title in 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-22 20:18:01 UTC ]
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