Oxford University Press Lays Off Two Teams

OUP has laid off its U.S./North America design team and U.S. content transformation and standards team, per a release from OUP USA Guild, which added that the layoffs included 13 members of its bargaining unit. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Puffin nets Mante's Dream Team girls' football series

Puffin has netted The Dream Team, a football-themed middle-grade series from Priscilla Mante, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-24 00:18:30 UTC ]
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Mueller revisionism, and the culpability of the press

Under a presidency that, perhaps more than any in recent memory, tends to be rendered in starkly moralistic terms, there is perhaps no better case study of the rise-and-fall character arc than Robert Mueller. Where the right always hated Mueller’s probe into Trump, Russia, and the 2016 campaign,... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-09-23 12:32:09 UTC ]
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Dalrymple, Beaton and Lay among Cundill History Prize contenders

Books from Penguin, Bloomsbury, Wildfire, Profile Books and Head of Zeus, on subjects including the Israel-Palestine conflict from a Palestinian perspective and the "lost" decade of Oliver Cromwell's rule, have made the Cundill History Prize's 10-strong shortlist spotlighting "history that... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-22 18:41:08 UTC ]
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DC to Launch DC Universe Infinite Comics Subscription Service

DC Comics announced that DC Universe, a video on demand streaming service offering DC films, TV shows, comics, and online community, will be transformed into a digital comics subscription service in January 2021. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Lilliput Press acquires Neil Jordan's revolutionary tale

Dublin-based indie Lilliput Press will publish The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small by Neil Jordan, a novel inspired by the life of Irish aristocrat and revolutionary Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 12:57:12 UTC ]
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Walliams teams up with Stower for monstrous new picture book

David Walliams has announced his “monstrously funny” next picture book for HarperCollins Children's Books, Little Monsters, with new illustrator Adam Stower. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 05:46:06 UTC ]
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James Kellow and Hardie Grant launch Ultimo Press

Former HarperCollins Australia c.e.o. James Kellow and Hardie Grant chief executive Hardie Grant have launched Sydney-based Ultimo Press, described as "an independent press backed by Hardie Grant" press.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 05:18:00 UTC ]
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Italian Publishers: Small-Press Aid From Rome, Solidarity With Frankfurt

The Italian Publishers Association expresses support for Frankfurt's decision on a physical exhibition and cheers funding for small presses. The post Italian Publishers: Small-Press Aid From Rome, Solidarity With Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-09-10 18:48:13 UTC ]
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Walker and Kids in Museums team up for Where's Wally? Hallowe'en partnership

Walker Books has launched a Where's Wally? title as part of a Halloween event to be run in UK museums, in partnership with charity Kids in Museums.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-08 04:03:16 UTC ]
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Blackstock to direct Grove Press UK

Peter Blackstock has been appointed to the role of publisher at Atlantic Books imprint Grove Press UK.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-08 02:25:26 UTC ]
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Borough Press nets Charlotte Philby's Cambridge spy novel

The Borough Press has acquired two more books from "powerhouse" thriller writer Charlotte Philby, including a novelisation of the life of her grandfather, Cambridge spy Kim Philby. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-07 21:14:12 UTC ]
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Tinder Press pre-empts Mahfouz's 'personal and political' look at British Empire

Tinder has acquired These Bodies of Water: Navigating Britain's Imprint on the Middle East by Sabrina Mahfouz, a "powerful meditation" on the influence of the British Empire.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-07 13:05:17 UTC ]
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PA teams up with Northern Fiction Alliance for autumn workshop series

The Northern Fiction Alliance and Publishers Association have joined forces to launch a series of online workshops, designed to "upskill and inspire" small publishers this autumn.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-06 21:09:07 UTC ]
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Climate activists accused of ‘attacking free press’ by blockading print works

Extinction Rebellion protests at News Corp sites condemned by Society of Editors as ‘attempt to silence other voices’Ministers and MPs from all parts of the political spectrum have condemned Extinction Rebellion for blocking the delivery of newspapers across the UK on Saturday.Four national... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-09-05 17:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze and Ordnance Survey team up for a treasure hunt

Trapeze and Ordnance Survey will publish their third puzzle book together, The Ordnance Survey Great British Treasure Hunt, in November.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-19 20:42:14 UTC ]
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Daly named O'Brien Press Bookseller of the Year

Antonia Daly has won The O’Brien Press Bookseller of the Year Award, commended for personifying prized qualities including knowledge, passion, courage and an ability to find the right book for customers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-19 07:20:10 UTC ]
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Sandstone Press partners with anti-slavery charity Unseen

Sandstone Press has announced a partnership with anti-slavery charity Unseen, as it prepares to publish Stolen Lives: Human Trafficking and Slavery in Britain Today by Louise Hulland. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-17 01:32:28 UTC ]
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Bette Midler and Michiko Kakutani are teaming up for a children’s book about the hot duck.

Remember 2018, when things were definitely really bad but we could still touch people who didn’t live with us? It was a simpler (but—make no mistake—still terrible) time, when the House was flipped, everyone was in their feelings, and the city of New York was captivated by a very attractive... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-13 14:41:38 UTC ]
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Indie Hajar Press launches 'to tackle racism in publishing'

A new independent political press, run by and for people of colour, is to focus on tackling institutional racism in the industry.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-10 00:55:40 UTC ]
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Bright and Aujla team up for #BookswithBreakfast campaign

Author and illustrator Rachel Bright and medical doctor and cookery writer Rupy Aujla are collaborating on a social media project, pairing healthy recipes and picture book recommendations.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-09 21:53:02 UTC ]
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