OUP snaps up The Night Zookeeper

Oxford University Press (OUP) Children’s has acquired a fiction series from the BAFTA-nominated creators of The Night Zookeeper, a digital platform which promotes children’s writing. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador snaps up Scottish author Armstrong's 'blistering' debut

Picador has snapped up a "blistering" debut novel about youth culture, violence and gang life in Scotland by Graeme Armstrong. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-11 13:33:42 UTC ]
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No damage to 'Sunday Night Football' ratings as Pats mangle Steelers

Given the savagery with which New England Patriots dispatched the Pittsburgh Steelers, NBC executives would have been forgiven for thinking that last night’s “Sunday Night Football” opener would disappoint on the ratings front. And while viewers began tuning out once Tom Brady and Co. had... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-09 22:50:19 UTC ]
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Liz Cross departs in OUP Children's restructure

Four roles, including that of head of children’s publishing Liz Cross, have gone in a restructure of Oxford University Press’ children’s trade publishing team. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 22:49:00 UTC ]
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Headline Review bags Holsinger novel as Universal snaps up TV rights

Headline Review has scooped Bruce Holsinger's "electrifying" novel, The Gifted School, while rights for a TV version have been secured by Universal Television. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 04:08:06 UTC ]
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Canongate snaps up Patience Agbabi's first children's series

Poet Patience Agbabi has branched out into children’s fiction with a time-travelling middle grade series with Canongate. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-03 01:24:07 UTC ]
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Chicken House snaps up debut by Lish and Ngai

Chicken House has snapped up rights to The House on Hoarder Hill by debut writing duo Mikki Lish and Kelly Ngai, in a deal done between Chicken House publisher Barry Cunningham and Oliver Latsch of LatschLit. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-02 15:46:10 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury snaps up female incontinence book

Bloomsbury imprint Green Tree will publish a “heartfelt” book about female incontinence by writer Luce Brett entitled PMSL: Or How I Literally Pissed Myself Laughing and Survived the Last Taboo to Tell the Tale. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-29 01:52:50 UTC ]
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Canongate snaps up noir thriller by janitor

Canongate has acquired a noir thriller by Buenos Aires-based janitor and author K Ferrari. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 18:47:30 UTC ]
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New Ann Cleeves novel snapped up for TV series

Ann Cleeves' latest book The Long Call (Pan Macmillan) has been snapped up for a television series by Silverprint Pictures. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-27 07:15:07 UTC ]
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Hutchinson snaps up Instagrammer Shelby Lorman's debut

Hutchinson will publish the debut of New York comedian Shelby Lorman, creator of the viral Instagram feed ‘Awards for Good Boys’. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-21 02:04:26 UTC ]
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Shrine Bell snaps up Dyu's children's debut

Vertebrate children’s imprint Shrine Bell has snapped up Lily Dyu’s debut children's book. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-15 13:02:33 UTC ]
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Egmont snaps up two more from McLachlan

Egmont has snapped up two more middle-grade novels from The Land of Roar author Jenny McLachlan.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-15 04:07:08 UTC ]
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Arrow snaps up playwright Harnetiaux's debut thriller

Arrow will publish playwright Trish Harnetiaux's debut novel, a psychological thriller about a Christmas party that turns deadly, later this year.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-14 21:21:49 UTC ]
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8 Creepy Short Stories to Keep You Up at Night

These are some of the best creepy short stories that I've assigned (or WOULD assign) to keep my students intrigued (and terrified). Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-08-14 10:34:44 UTC ]
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Mensch snaps up Waldegrave's 'clear-eyed analysis' of post-Brexit referendum Britain

Indie publisher Mensch will publish William Waldegrave's analysis of post-Brexit referendum Britain next month.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-13 09:41:25 UTC ]
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William Collins snaps up Letters to the Earth

William Collins has acquired a collection of letters from contributors including Yoko Ono, Mark Rylance and Green MP Caroline Lucas urgently responding to the climate crisis.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-12 13:23:26 UTC ]
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Walker snaps up Malamander sequel in six-figure deal

Walker Books has triumphed in an eight-way auction to publish the follow up to Malamander by Thomas Taylor in a six-figure deal.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-12 07:54:33 UTC ]
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Firebird Pictures snaps up TV rights for Reynolds debut Shiver

Allie Reynolds’ sought after thriller Shiver (Headline) has been snapped up by Firebird Pictures for adaptation into a TV series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-09 13:20:31 UTC ]
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Lee Child's Night School named UK's most borrowed library book

Night School by Lee Child (Bantam Press) was the most borrowed library book of 2017/18, according to new statistics. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-07 09:43:10 UTC ]
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Hotly-tipped Fleabag scripts snapped up by Sceptre in eight-way auction

Sceptre has triumphed in an eight-way bidding war to win the highly anticipated Fleabag: Scriptures, the book of the BBC comedy series by its creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge, The Bookseller can reveal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-06 15:22:55 UTC ]
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