Penned in the Margins buys Anaxagorou collection

Indie Penned in the Margins has acquired what it is calling the "breakthrough" collection from Hackney-based poet Anthony Anaxagorou, After the Formalities. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]

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PRH Children’s buys Soviet spy novel in translation

PRH Children’s has acquired one of the winning titles from last year’s In Other Words programme, organised by BookTrust to promote children’s literature from outside the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PEN Brings the Resistance to Its 2018 World Voices Festival

The theme of this year's PEN World Voices Festival, "Resist and Reimagine," brings writers including Colson Whitehead, Roxane Gay, Eileen Myles, Jhumpa Lahiri, Dave Eggers, and Masha Gessen together in New York for six days in April. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chatto acquires debut poetry collection exploring Grenfell fire

Chatto & Windus has acquired a "powerful" debut poetry collection exploring the New Cross massacre of 1981 and the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Miriama Kamo pens children's book

Miriama Kamo waited 10 years before sending a children's book she had penned to a publisher. But the wait paid off – well sort of. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comma collects Travel Ban troupe

Independent publisher Comma Press bands together with US firm Deep Vellum to publish an anthology of seven stories by writers affected by the US’ recent Travel Ban. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marvel’s Spider-Man Widens His Web in Russia: Eksmo-AST Buys Into Comics

Some 10 publishers in Russia have licenses to produce Marvel-branded content, but the comics publisher Kofilmo is counting on the size of Eksmo-AST to help it vanquish all foes. The post Marvel’s Spider-Man Widens His Web in Russia: Eksmo-AST Buys Into Comics appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zephyr buys Sally Gardner series

Zephyr, the new children's imprint at Head of Zeus, has bought a young fiction series by Carnegie Medal winning author Sally Gardner. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury buys two more from Charman and Sharratt

Bloomsbury Children’s Books has acquired two new picture books written by Katrina Charman and illustrated by Nick Sharratt. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen King, Carolyn Reidy to Be Honored at PEN Gala

PEN America will award Stephen King with the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award and celebrate S&S president and CEO Carolyn Reidy as its Publisher Honoree at its annual Literary Gala on May 22 in New York. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House buys Rodale Books

Penguin Random House has purchased the trade book publishing assets of US wellness publisher Rodale Books from Hearst. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ahlberg pens publisher's 'dream book'

Thames & Hudson is publishing a children’s book by bestselling author Allan Ahlberg and illustrator Bruce Ingman about a picture book "going wrong". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Buys Rodale Books Assets

Following Hearst's purchase of Rodale Inc. last week, the company quickly turned around and sold Rodale Books' more than 2,100 titles to Penguin Random House. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orchard buys second Santiago picture book

Orchard Books, part of Hachette Children’s Group, will this July publish I Really Want That Unicorn, a new picture book by Fabi Santiago. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philippe Sands to take on English PEN Presidency

Prominent human rights lawyer Philippe Sands QC is to be the new president of English PEN, taking over from Maureen Freely. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Businesses asked to buy 'literacy toolkits' for schools

The National Literacy Trust and Walker Books have created a Literacy Toolkit for businesses to donate to primary schools and community groups. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hutchinson to release first Dunmore short story collection in 20 years

Hutchinson has revealed it is publishing a posthumous collection of "powerful" short stories by Helen Dunmore, a day after the late author was given the Costa Award for Poetry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trends in UK, US Holiday Book Sales: Late Buys and E-Commerce

The 2017 year-end holiday season book sales patterns reported in both major English-language markets looked good at the end, but getting there wasn't a lot of fun. And what lies ahead may be rougher for bookstores. The post Trends in UK, US Holiday Book Sales: Late Buys and E-Commerce appeared... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Dunmore wins posthumous Costa award for collection Inside the Wave

Dunmore wins poetry category, while Jon McGregor takes best novel prize for Reservoir 13 and Gail Honeyman’s bestselling debut Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine lands first novel awardThe poet Helen Dunmore is in the running to become the second posthumous winner of the Costa book of the year... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Working class writers band together for collective, and Unbound anthology

A working class writers’ collective has formed in response to author Kit de Waal’s “powerful call to arms” to see more such voices represented in literature, with Carmen Marcus and Kerry Hudson among its members. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Private equity firm Aurelius buys Connect Books

Private equity firm Aurelius has bought wholesaler and distributor Connect Books from distribution company the Connect Group for £11.6m. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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