The National Literacy Trust (NLT) has raised £75,000 for its work in improving child literacy at a charity auction held yesterday (12th February) in London. Guests at the auction, which was hosted by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop, bid for items including a signed pair of Frank Lampard’s football boots, original artwork from The Gruffalo, and a writing workshop with Anthony Horowitz. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Non-profit organisation We Need Diverse Books has kicked off its campaign to launch a UK branch to improve diversity and representation in children’s books, as Knights Of co-founder Aimée Felone said the project needs industry-wide support. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-30 15:42:06 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has signed a licensing agreement to make 14,000 of its academic books available through digital textbook platform Classoos. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-25 06:50:05 UTC ]
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Bluemoose Books has sold Ronan Hession’s debut Leonard and Hungry Paul to Melville House in America following a three-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-24 14:13:37 UTC ]
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Viking has won a nine-way auction to publish Brixton-based youth worker Ciaran Thapar’s non-fiction debut, billed as "the first book to explore the youth violence epidemic". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-21 12:18:01 UTC ]
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News and Events WLT From left to right: Top: Emmanuel Carrère, Jorie Graham, Jessica Hagedorn. Middle: Eduardo Halfón, Ismail Kadare, Sahar Khalifeh. Bottom: Abdellatif Laâbi, Lee Maracle, Hoa Nguyen. World Literature Today, the University of... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2019-07-19 14:45:14 UTC ]
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Orion has secured a thriller by Brighton-based journalist Catherine Quinn through a “significant six-figure” deal following a seven-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-18 08:50:31 UTC ]
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The former Lord Mayor of Sheffield Magid Magid’s first book, a personal “manifesto for change”, will be published by Bonnier Books UK following a six-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-18 02:14:46 UTC ]
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The author paints alternate realities to explore, obliquely, what it means to be alive today. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-16 13:15:03 UTC ]
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Seven Dials has snapped up Feed Your Family For £20 a Week by Lorna Cooper within 24 hours of submission, following a whirlwind four-publisher auction with multiple pre-empt attempts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-12 00:40:31 UTC ]
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Nigerian author Lesley Nneka Arimah has won the 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story ‘Skinned’. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-09 03:36:33 UTC ]
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Expanding its partnership with Book Aid International during its 140th year, the Blackwell's bookstore chain is auctioning four signed editions. The post Book Aid International Benefits from Blackwell’s Auction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-07-08 05:30:25 UTC ]
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Europa Editions UK has secured Karen Powell's "extraordinary" debut novel at auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-03 08:02:49 UTC ]
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The Society of Authors has launched a £5,000 book prize for ‘quirky’ illustrated books for children aged 0-7. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-01 18:13:35 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster imprint Scribner has triumphed in a four-way auction for US editor Megha Majumdar's debut novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-01 16:44:32 UTC ]
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Following a “highly competitive” seven-way bidding war, Atlantic Books has acquired a prison diary by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Chris Atkins from his time at HMP Wandsworth. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-27 02:41:09 UTC ]
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Scribner has landed Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by South Korean novelist Cho Nam-Joo following a four-way bidding war. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-26 20:50:56 UTC ]
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Writers including Tara Guha, Adam Bennett-Lea and James Harris are amongst the winners of this year’s Northern Writers’ Awards, administered by New Writing North. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-26 19:17:21 UTC ]
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Writers say a lack of funding and cuts to libraries mean children from disadvantaged backgrounds are missing out when it comes to school visits, after a new report shows that independent schools are far more likely to have welcomed an author in the past year than state schools. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-26 04:33:29 UTC ]
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Honolulu-based Nalu Scientific has been awarded a $200,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a camera that could make physics research more affordable for the DOE and individual researchers. Nalu Scientific plans to commercialize the ultrafast pixel array camera, which would... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-06-26 00:54:45 UTC ]
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Little, Brown imprint Orbit has won a three-publisher auction for a new epic fantasy series from author Mike Brooks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-23 21:58:45 UTC ]
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