'Major' new Holly Smale series to HarperCollins

HarperCollins Children’s Books is to publish Happy Girl Lucky, the first book in The Valentines series – described as a "major" new launch from Holly Smale. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK Illustrator Luke Pearson’s Series ‘Hilda’ Beats a Path to Netflix

In a new series directed by Andy Coyle–with illustrator Luke Pearson as one of its executive producers–the five-book 'Hilda' series of graphic novels from Nobrow's Flying Eye Books is to premiere on Netflix in Septermber. The post UK Illustrator Luke Pearson’s Series ‘Hilda’ Beats a Path to... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins signs 'SAS' star Ant Middleton

HarperCollins has acquired world rights for two books by Ant Middleton, ex-special forces sniper and star of Channel 4’s hit show "SAS: Who Dares Wins". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder Children’s acquires new Taran Matharu series

Hodder Children’s Books, part of Hachette Children’s Group (HCG), has bought the UK and Commonwealth rights to a new series by YA author Taran Matharu. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walliams helps HarperCollins to second quarter revenue rise

Sales of David Walliams’ Bad Dad helped revenue at HarperCollins grow by $3 million year-on-year in the second quarter to $469 million. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins' group sales director Wright leaves

HarperCollins’ group sales director Oliver Wright has left the company with immediate effect. In a short statement issued on Friday (9th February), a spokesperson for the publisher said Wright had departed to “pursue other opportunities”. The sales team will report to HarperCollins c.e.o.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon and Virgin Media back sci-fi series of The Feed

Nick Clark Windo's The Feed (Headline) is being turned into a high-end sci-fi TV drama by Amazon and Virgin Media. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins to celebrate 50 years of 'Tiger Who Came to Tea'

HarperCollins Children’s Books will mark this year’s 50th anniversary of Judith Kerr’s classic picture book The Tiger Who Came to Tea with new publishing and a series of events. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zephyr buys Sally Gardner series

Zephyr, the new children's imprint at Head of Zeus, has bought a young fiction series by Carnegie Medal winning author Sally Gardner. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S UK launch monthly podcast series

Simon & Schuster UK has launched a new podcast offering interviews, insights, discussions and ideas as well as exclusive essays from authors, on the world of books, culture and society. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago Modern Classics marks 40 years with anniversary series

Virago is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its Modern Classics series with the publication of 13 "deluxe" illustrated paperbacks, showcasing authors such as Muriel Spark, Angela Carter and Patricia Highsmith. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Morrison Leaving HarperCollins

Michael Morrison, president and publisher of HarperCollins’s U.S. General Books Group, will be leaving the company at the end of the month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperAudio Goes Retro with New Vinyl Audiobook Series

Following successful vinyl record releases by Amy Poehler and others, HarperAudio plans to produce a series of spoken word vinyl audiobook titles (with accompanying digital editions) in 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Europe's major publishing markets all grew in 2016

Europe's major markets - the UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy - all experienced growth in turnover in 2016, according to a Federation of European Publishers' report. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Operation You,’ an AR and VR-Enhanced Children’s Book Series, Exhibits at CES

At the start of the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show week, California-based Quantum Storey Company exhibits the first title in its 'Operation You' series of children's books that come with augmented and virtual reality enhancements.  The post ‘Operation You,’ an AR and VR-Enhanced Children’s Book... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Code-cracking children's series optioned for TV

Helen Dennis’ middle-grade series Secret Breakers (Hodder Children’s Group) has been optioned for TV. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alexander's hat-trick of 'major' Doubleday US deals

Clare Alexander of Alexander Aitken Associates has pulled off a hat-trick of "major" deals with Doubleday in America, including for authors Pat Barker and Mark Haddon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine Media’s Year in Review: A Series of Interesting Choices

From Playboy to Vanity Fair, several key decisions made this year will have profound repercussions in the years ahead—for better or worse. The post Magazine Media’s Year in Review: A Series of Interesting Choices appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2017-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Good Agency wins major grant to boost diversity in publishing

The £580,000 Arts Council England funding will support new initiative to find and develop black and minority ethnic, disabled and LGBTQ writersA new literary agency, which aims to discover “the next generation of diverse writers” and “blow open the pipeline” for them, is being launched by the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Henn's first fiction series to HC

HarperCollins Children’s Books has snapped up World Book Day illustrator Sophy Henn’s first fiction series as part of a three-book contract in a “significant pre-emptive deal”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Irish Bridget Jones' series gets six-figure deal

Gill Books has struck a six-figure two-book deal with journalists Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen to continue their series about stereotypical Irish girl Aisling, hailed as Ireland's answer to Bridget Jones.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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