OUP bags Boxtrolls film tie-ins

Oxford University Press is publishing a range of titles this autumn to tie-in with "The... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]

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OUP becomes latest publisher to announce US Read and Publish deal

Oxford University Press has announced its first Read and Publish deal with a US institution, with Iowa State University Library. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-03 04:45:41 UTC ]
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Avon bags 'glorious' Doyle debut in two-book deal

Avon Books has bagged the "glorious" debut from Liverpool actress and writer Hayley Doyle in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-26 02:53:15 UTC ]
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Idris Elba snares Derek Owusu's book for film and TV

Idris Elba's production company Green Door Pictures has secured film and TV rights to #Merky Books' forthcoming title Teaching My Brother To Read by Derek Owusu. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-25 07:05:06 UTC ]
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On Dennis Cooper’s Elegant Jump to Film

It’s rare for novelists to make the leap to becoming filmmakers, but Dennis Cooper has not only made the transition, his latest movie Permanent Green Light is one of the year’s best. It reworks his longtime themes of young people, intimacy, and violence to create an affecting story of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-11-18 09:47:50 UTC ]
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An ambitious lawyer, a stepfather with mob ties and the death of Jimmy Hoffa

Jack Goldsmith digs into the union leader’s disappearance, in which his stepfather was a leading suspect. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-11-14 21:32:46 UTC ]
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Did This Iconic 1962 Short Film Show Us Our Dark Future?

This past summer, I stumbled across a link on social media to Chris Marker’s 1962 science fiction film La Jetée. For those who don’t know it, Marker’s miniature masterpiece—its running time is 28 minutes—mixes black-and-white stills with narration to tell the story of a man who circles back in... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-11-07 09:49:34 UTC ]
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Myriad bags graphic novels from Williams and Slattery as it launches debut author contest

Myriad Editions has bagged a pair of "graphic medicine" books from Ian Williams and Zara Slattery, as the publisher launches its 2020 Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-07 01:44:47 UTC ]
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Marshall's YA thriller optioned for film and TV

The team who launched the "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games" franchises have acquired the film and TV rights to Rules for Vanishing (Walker) by Kate Alice Marshall. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-06 02:34:37 UTC ]
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HarperCollins bags WAGatha Christie homage to Rooney

HarperCollins has bagged Lucien Young's homage to "WAGatha Christie" Coleen Rooney’s sleuthing skills and the moment she sent the internet into meltdown. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-04 03:15:10 UTC ]
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Masterchef champion Tzortzoglou's debut cookbook bagged by Headline

Headline Home has bagged the "stunning" debut cookbook from 2019 Masterchef champion Irini Tzortzoglou. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-30 16:50:55 UTC ]
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OUP lands BBC Sports reporter’s debut children’s novel in two-book deal

Oxford University Press has snapped up the stand-alone debut children’s novel from BBC Sports reporter Joe Wilson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-24 19:41:15 UTC ]
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What happened to the film career of Preston Sturges? His son investigates.

In a new book, Tom Sturges explores his father’s life in Hollywood — and at home. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-24 19:00:00 UTC ]
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Legend bags 'warm and poignant' Morrall debut

Legend Press has bagged a “warm and poignant” debut novel exploring identity, race and mental illness by writer and painter Alex Morrall. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-22 16:25:02 UTC ]
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Price bags feminist medical history for W&N

Maddy Price has made her first acquisition for W&N: a book tracing womankind's "frustrating and complex" journey through medical history. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-17 17:49:10 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Kids bags diverse series trio

Bloomsbury Children’s has made three acquisitions centred around diversity which will "up-end the content stereotypes of series for young readers". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 18:04:27 UTC ]
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Blumhouse bags screen deal for Black Widows

Blumhouse Screen Productions has option optioned film and TV rights to Catherine Quinn’s Black Widows (Orion, 2020) for a "significant five-figure" sum. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 17:45:38 UTC ]
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Trapeze bags Accidentally Wes Anderson book

Trapeze has bagged a book from the hugely popular Accidentally Wes Anderson Instagram account, authorised by the director himself. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 15:42:15 UTC ]
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In Rare Tie, the 2019 Booker Prize Will Be Shared

Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood and British author Bernadine Evaristo won the 2019 Booker Prize and will splite the prize money. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-10-15 11:38:46 UTC ]
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