Penned in the Margins bags Acts of Resistance

Independent publisher Penned in the Margins has acquired an "inspirational" creative non-fiction book by writer and arts professional Amber Massie-Blomfield. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Kiely and Scheffler design totes for this year’s Books Are My Bag

Irish fashion designer Orla Kiely and The Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler have designed the adult and children’s tote bags respectively for this year’s Books Are My Bag (BAMB) campaign. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Did Marginally Better in 2016

Four of the five large publicly held trade publishers managed to improve their operating margins in 2016 over 2015, despite generally weak revenue performances. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NEH Funds Digitization of PEN International Archives at UT Austin

The politically beleaguered National Endowment for the Humanities has granted $195,000 to the Ransom Center at the University of Texas to catalog and digitize the archives of free speech organization PEN International. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nadiya Hussain pens festive cookbook for Hachette Children's

Hachette Children’s Group is publishing a second cookbook and storybook compilation by "Great British Bake Off" winner and author Nadiya Hussain, Nadiya's Bake Me a Festive Story, this October. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At PEN Awards, A Scaled-Up Atmosphere and Political Bent

PEN America hosted its annual literary awards on March 27 in a scaled-up ceremony that saw its biggest honors of the year bestowed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adventurer Alastair Humphreys pens children's book for Big Picture Press

Author adventurer Alastair Humphreys, who recently became the pioneer of "microadventures" - a movement encouraging people to seek out short local adventures - has signed a two-book deal with Big Picture Press, an imprint of Templar. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cape bags 'international sensation' The Altruists

Jonathan Cape has acquired debut novel The Altruists by 25-year-old Andrew Ridker.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Morpurgo pens Wizard of Oz retelling for HarperCollins

HarperCollins Children’s Books is publishing a retelling of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo, with illustrations by Emma Chichester Clark. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cool story, bro: Head of Zeus bags Dukaj's Ice

Head of Zeus has acquired world English-language rights to Polish author Jacek Dukaj’s prize-winning Ice. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blink bags real-life tale of mother’s hunt for kids

Bonnier imprint Blink Reality has acquired a “shocking true story” of a woman whose three babies were stolen from her. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robert Peston pens WTF for Hodder

Robert Peston, political editor of ITV News, is publishing WTF, subtitled What the F---Happened and What Happens Next?, with Hodder - a book exploring the politics of the last year and what it means for the future.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot Key bags new YA books from Robert Muchamore

Hot Key Books has acquired two standalone YA novels from Robert Muchamore, author of bestselling YA series Cherub. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fearne Cotton pens children's book for Andersen Press

Fearne Cotton will write her first children’s book for Andersen Press which encourages toddlers to copy the characters' yoga poses. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PEN America Announces 2017 Literary Award Winners

PEN America has announced the winners of the majority of its 2017 Literary Awards, which include novelist, essayist, and critic Aleksandar Hemon and novelist Helen Oyeyemi. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom Fletcher pens 'highly inventive' picture book for PRH

Tom Fletcher is set to publish another picture book with Penguin Random House Children's. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Breaking Bad's Krysten Ritter pens psychological thriller for Hutchinson

Actress, producer, and writer Krysten Ritter is publishing a debut psychological suspense novel, Bonfire, with Hutchinson this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Val McDermid writes apocalyptic Radio 4 drama about antibiotic resistance

Val McDermid has written an apocalyptic science thriller on the failure of antibiotics for BBC Radio 4, entitled "Resistance". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AWP 2017: Keynoter Azar Nafisi Urges Writers to Resist Tyranny

AWP 2017's keynote speaker, Azar Nafisi, the author of 'Reading Lolita in Tehran,' blasted President Trump in a fiery presentation and urged writers to use their imaginations to resist the tyranny of the Trump administration. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boris Johnson's dad Stanley pens 'political thriller' on Brexit vote

Stanley Johnson, Boris Johnson's father, has penned a political thriller about the “skullduggery” which might have gone on behind the scenes in the run up to the European Union referendum. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Ardagh to pen guide to The Moomins

Macmillan Children’s Books is set to publish what it describes as the first official "guide” to the Moomins this October. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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