Mindshapes to launch virtual world for picturebooks

Interactive learning company Mindshapes is to launch Magic Town, a virtual world for picture... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Image Comics Staff Launches Effort to Unionize

In an unprecedented effort at labor organizing in the comics industry, a group of 10 staffers at Image Comics, a major independent comics publisher, have announced plans to launch a union. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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What do we owe animals? New books reevaluate our relationship to the natural world.

A spate of new books wrestle with complex questions about what humans seek from nature and what we should give back. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-01 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Saraband launches 'green book bundle' for environmental charities

Manchester-based indie publisher Saraband is launching a "green book bundle" option on its website, in support of two environmental charities. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-01 09:10:41 UTC ]
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The Most Haunted Bookstores and Libraries Around the World

It turns out ghosts like their books just as much as the living! Learn all about the most haunted bookstores and libraries in the US and abroad... if you dare. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-10-29 10:36:00 UTC ]
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W F Howes and HoZ partner on audio launch for In Every Mirror She’s Black

Audiobook firm W F Howes has teamed up with publisher Head of Zeus on the audio launch for Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström’s debut novel In Every Mirror She’s Black. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-29 01:40:29 UTC ]
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Creative Access launches bursary as financial obstacles put off publishing hopefuls

Creative Access is launching a career development bursary with McLaren Racing following research showing 70% of people interested in a publishing job have not applied because of financial obstacles. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-27 01:54:56 UTC ]
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The IPA’s Al Qasimi at Frankfurt: A Voice in the World’s Development Dialogue

The International Publishers Association's officers were engaged at Frankfurt Book Fair, Bodour Al Qasimi leading activities and messaging. The post The IPA’s Al Qasimi at Frankfurt: A Voice in the World’s Development Dialogue appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-10-26 15:41:40 UTC ]
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A World of Wonder: Close-up on Amal Karzai

The winner of the 2020 U.S. Key Colors Illustrators Competition chats about her evolution as an artist. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Arvon appoints Long as first virtual writer in residence

Creative writing charity Arvon has appointed Rachel Long as its first virtual writer in residence for its online programme, Arvon at Home. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-26 00:33:48 UTC ]
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Saqi Books launches marketing campaign to reach non-traditional readers

Publisher Saqi Books is working with the Reading Agency to provide samples of its new title, Rise, to less confident and reluctant readers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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‘Dune’ has long divided the science fiction world. The new film won’t change that.

Frank Herbert’s magnum opus: masterful or clumsy? Denis Villeneuve’s movie continues the debate. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-21 13:13:42 UTC ]
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Mosse launches YouTube channel and book club

Kate Mosse is launching a YouTube channel, including a book club featuring two non-fiction titles and a pair of fiction titles each month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-20 03:44:21 UTC ]
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In ‘The Swank Hotel,’ a family falls apart, and so does the world

Lucy Corin’s discursive family drama is set against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crisis. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-19 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Jessica Kingsley launches children's mental health podcast

Jessica Kingsley Publishers (JKP) is launching a new podcast supporting the mental health of children and teens called "Our Kids in Mind". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-18 23:02:32 UTC ]
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Bluemoose launches non-fiction list

Bluemoose Books is launching a non-fiction list, starting with a book by Stu Hennigan which exposes "the abject poverty of an inner city trying to cope with the onset of the pandemic". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-18 15:13:06 UTC ]
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Trellis Literary Management Launches

Agents Michelle Brower, Stephanie Delman, and Allison Hunter have announced the launch and begun hiring a team. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta launches hunts for Best of Young British Novelists

Granta Magazine has opened submissions for the fifth edition of its Best of Young British Novelists list, to be released in spring 2023. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-13 08:19:00 UTC ]
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Hyo-eun wins at World Illustration Awards

Korean author Kim Hyo-eun has won the Professional Children’s Publishing category of the World Illustration Awards 2021, with her book I Am the Subway, translated by Deborah Smith and published in the UK by Scribble. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-13 05:13:06 UTC ]
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The World (Is a Book) According to Peter LaSalle, by Ellie Simon

Book Reviews Photo by andy lapham / Flickr Whether he is recounting his nighttime drive with a late colleague and poet around the beltway of the pulsing and vibrant São Paulo—a city so full of people and culture that it seems to have its own... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2021-10-11 20:56:08 UTC ]
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