Manchester becomes Spider-Man film set

Starring Jared Leto and Matt Smith, Morbius - based on a comic book - is set for release next summer. Continue reading at 'BBC News'

[ BBC News | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blogger Zoe Sugg sets new record for fastest-selling debut novel

Sugg's debut book, 'Girl Online,' now holds the record for the highest sales in its first week for a new writer in the UK.  Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Exclusive Knausgaard box set for Waterstones

Vintage has released an exclusive box set of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s My Struggle series with Waterstones this week. The set comprises paperback editions of the first three books in the series, A Death in the Family, A Man in Love and Boyhood Island, priced at £19.99. Chris White, fiction buyer... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Franzen novel set for September 2015 release

Fourth Estate will publish a new novel by Jonathan Franzen next year, titled Purity. The HarperCollins imprint confirmed it would publish simultaneously with US publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux, which plans to release Purity in September next year. Nicholas Pearson, publishing director at... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Deal Struck, Amazon Lets Hachette Set Its Own E-Book Prices

Amazon and Hachette Book Group have resolved their dispute over ebook prices and physical book sales with a multiyear agreement in the U.S., ending a standoff that cut off availability of some of the publisher's books by the online retailer and stirred up ugly PR for Amazon.The deal will take... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Film deal for Caitlin Moran novel

Newly formed production company Monumental Pictures has acquired the film rights to Caitlin Moran’s novel How to Build a Girl (Ebury Press). Moran and John Niven will adapt the book for the big screen, with Film 4 backing the project. Moran’s debut novel follows teenager Johanna Morrigan, who... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Manning moves to Sphere for historical novels

Sarra Manning is to move from Transworld to Little, Brown’s Sphere for her next two adult novels. Manning’s move brings her  adult publishing into the same house as her most recent YA publishing – her last two YA novels The Worst Girlfriend in the World and Adorkable were published by Atom,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marvel unveils huge new slate of superhero films

 Marvel has unveiled plans for a slate of new superhero films, expanding its already wildly successful comic book universe — and breaking ground with its first solo black and female hero movies. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Memorial Set for Consortium’s Jane Queller

A memorial for Jane Queller, former Barnes & Noble national accounts manager for Consortium, who passed away on October 12, will take place on Sunday, December 21 at 11 a.m at JCC of Manhattan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rylance to play BFG in Spielberg film

Actor Mark Rylance will play the title role in The BFG, Steven Spielberg's film of Roald Dahl's much-loved children's book about a "Big Friendly Giant". Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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C&R's Rippon to set up Rippon Publishing Management

Jon Rippon is leaving Constable & Robinson (C&R) to set up a back-office support business for publishers. Rippon, C&R's group finance director, is the final board-level manager to leave C&R following its sale to Little, Brown Book Group earlier this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Film and TV deal for Smith's Desert God

Anna Lena Films has acquired the film and TV rights for Wilbur Smith’s novel Desert God, published by HarperCollins.   The rights were bought from Kevin Conroy Scott at Tibor Jones Management. The deal also includes film and TV rights to River God and The Seventh Scroll, also from the Epic... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harry Potter film spin-off to be a trilogy

J K Rowling’s Harry Potter film spin-off, inspired by Hogwarts textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, will be a trilogy.   Warner Bros has announced that the three films, which will follow Fantastic Beasts author Newt Scamander and are written by Rowling herself, will have release... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australia’s Richard Flanagan Wins Man Booker Prize

Though this was the first year that Americans competed, the Man Booker Prize was awarded to an Australian, for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North. The post Australia’s Richard Flanagan Wins Man Booker Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Flanagan takes the Man Booker Prize, National Book Awards finalists are announced

Flanagan took the Man Booker Prize for his book 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North,' while works such as 'All the Light We Cannot See,' by Anthony Doerr and 'Age of Ambition,' by Evan Osnos made the cut for the National Book Award shortlists. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing, Memory and the Man Booker Prize

Publishing novels like 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' by Richard Flanagan, which won the Man Booker Prize, helps keep memories alive. The post Publishing, Memory and the Man Booker Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Flanagan Wins 2014 Man Booker Prize

Australian writer Richard Flanagan was awarded the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel, 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North,' at a ceremony at London's Guildhall on Tuesday evening. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Manchester Literature Festival 2014: Emma Jane Unsworth at Canongate Lates

No one chronicles a Manuncian night out like her, says Helen Pidd (who also enjoyed Zoe Pilger, Anneliese Mackintosh and Karima Francis at the book fest)I loved Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth so much that I read it twice in a week.Picking it up for the first time over the summer, I binged on it,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Low, Hudson, Ling Set for Diversity Discusson

Alvina Ling, executive editorial director, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Cheryl Willis Hudson, v-p and editorial director, Just Us Books; and Jason Low, publisher, Lea & Low Books will be the featured speakers at PW's panel discussion on industry diversity set for October 16. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French Fair Set for Hunter College

Looking to take advantage of the growing interest in French dual-language programs (DLP), the first Bilingual Education Fair of New York is set to be held this weekend at New York City’s Hunter College. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Sets Sights on Continental Europe

At the Frankfurt Book Fair's CEO Talk, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray spoke about the company's acquisition of Harlequin and its expansion into Germany. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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