Octopus and GQ partner on 'handbook for the modern man'

Mitchell Beazley has acquired a book by the senior commissioning editor of British GQ, Charlie Burton, pitched as "the definitive handbook of skills for the modern man". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker Prize unaffected by Tesco-Booker merger

The Man Booker Prize is unaffected by Tesco’s merger with The Booker Group, its organisers have clarified. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Bailey’s mother felt ‘uneasy’ about partner

Helen Bailey’s mother was uneasy about the author’s partner, who is on trial for murder, a court has heard. Bailey’s partner Ian Stewart is accused of murdering the writer and dumping her body in the grounds of her home in Hertfordshire. He denies the charges. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yale Publishing Course Partners with Yale School of Management

The Yale Publishing Course has partnered with the Yale School of Management for its next installment, to be held this July 23-28. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Manning leaves UTA to join the Bent Agency

Sarah Manning, formerly an agent at United Talent Agency, is joining the Bent Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hoopla Touts Growth, Announces New Partners

For digital library platform Hoopla Digital, 2016 was a very a good year—and 2017 looks to be off to a strong start. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Hall and Colin Thubron among 2017 Man Booker judges

Novelist Sarah Hall is to judge the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Fiction alongside travel writer Colin Thubron, literary critic Lila Azam Zanganeh, and artist Tom Phillips. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Academic Book Week to reveal 'books that shaped modern Britain'

A list of "Academic Books that Shaped Modern Britain", events organised by Blackwell's, Springer Nature, Cambridge University Press and many others, and the unveiling of the Academic Bookshop of the Year award will mark Academic Book Week. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Goosebumps Author R.L. Stine to Write Series of Marvel's Man-Thing Comics

Stine is achieving a "lifelong dream" by writing the comics, a five-issue series that debuts in February and will feature plenty of interdimensional weirdness. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: A Hit In 'No Man's Land'

David Baldacci's 'No Man's Land' pulls back up to the top of the iBooks bestseller list this week, sending James Patterson's 'Cross the Line' tumbling down to #4. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baroness Lola Young to chair Man Booker Prize 2017

Baroness Lola Young OBE will chair the judges for the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Julian Barnes: opening up Man Booker to US authors is 'daft'

Julian Barnes has reignited the debate over the Man Booker Prize rule changes, calling the decision to allow American authors to compete "straightforwardly daft". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Louise Parker's The Cookbook to Octopus

Mitchell Beazley, part of the Octopus Publishing Group, has acquired The Louise Parker Method Lean for Life: The Cookbook, the follow up to Lean For Life from body-transformation expert Louise Parker. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles to partner with Green Carnation Prize for third year

The Green Carnation Prize, an award recognising lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) writers, is partnering with Foyles for a third year.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Climbing Out of 'No Man's Land'

David Baldacci's latest installment in the John Puller series, 'No Man's Land,' reaches the peak of the iBooks bestseller list this week, with John Grisham's 'The Whistler' dropping to #2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oneworld: the tiny publisher behind the last two Man Booker winners

It started as a kitchen-table project in Cyprus, and 30 years later has grown into a distinctive brand. Oneworld founders Juliet Mabey and Novin Doostdar talk about their instinct for successJuliet Mabey is listing some of the topics covered by the novels she’s published. There’s Majok Tulba’s... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Story of The Songaminute Man to HQ

HQ has snapped up rights to The Songaminute Man, an "inspirational" memoir of entertainer and "viral sensation", 80-year-old Ted McDermott, told by his son Simon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paul Beatty: First American author to win Man Booker Prize

Paul Beatty's book 'Sellout' tells the story of an African-American who attempts to bring back segregation and slavery. The novel had previously won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paul Beatty is the First American to Win the Man Booker Prize

Concerning to some UK observers of the Man Booker Prize: a US author has won the prestigious literary award: Paul Beatty's 'The Sellout' is widely hailed. The post Paul Beatty is the First American to Win the Man Booker Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US novelist Paul Beatty wins Man Booker Prize 2016

Paul Beatty, author of The Sellout, is the first American winner of the Man Booker Prize in its 48-year history, giving Oneworld its second consecutive win of the award. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker: bookies back Thien, while Macrae Burnet is 'people's favourite'

Independent booksellers are backing Graeme Macrae Burnet’s His Bloody Project (Contraband) to win the Man Booker Prize, following strong sales. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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