Written in 2004 and auctioned for charity, Serpentine sees an adult Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon revisit Trollesund in search of secretsA previously unseen His Dark Materials story about a teenage Lyra, written by Philip Pullman over a decade ago and that he never intended to publish, will be released this autumn.Serpentine, out in October, follows Lyra Silvertongue as she returns to Trollesund, the remote town where she first met the armoured bear Iorek Byrnison and aeronaut Lee Scoresby in Northern Lights. A novella, it is set after the end of the trilogy His Dark Materials, but before the start of Pullman’s recent book, The Secret Commonwealth. The story sees Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon “older and a little wiser, and in search of an answer to a shocking, secret condition – their ability to separate – from the witch-consul, Dr Lanselius”, revealed the publisher, Penguin Random House Children’s. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2020-07-08 23:01:46 UTC ]
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The first volume of Barack Obama's presidential memoirs, A Promised Land, will be published in November by Viking, it has been announced. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 00:02:39 UTC ]
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Bonnier Books UK has acquired an "intensely creepy" serial killer thriller debut, The Art of Death by David Fennell, to publish under the Zaffre imprint in February 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 05:09:04 UTC ]
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Faber has released Tsitsi Dangarembga's This Mournable Body as a paperback edition this week, after it was announced the novel has made the Booker Prize shortlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 01:29:28 UTC ]
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National Poetry Day is holding a mass 24-hour "share-a-poem" festival alongside hundreds of mini events to celebrate poetry on Thursday 1st October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 10:46:22 UTC ]
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Our own Thomas Beckwith takes a look at the notable books publishing this week. The post Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Clarke, Akhtar, Nemerever, and More appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2020-09-15 09:59:58 UTC ]
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A new diversity and inclusion progress report from Hachette Book Group details internal and external commitments, including goals to increase the number of people of color employed by the company as well as make “measurable improvements” to company culture and community service. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Children's Books is releasing two new editions of Black and British, the book by historian and broadcaster Professor David Olusoga which was originally published by Macmillan’s adult publishing arm in 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-14 06:58:49 UTC ]
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Faber is to release two special editions of Kazuo Ishiguro's lastest novel, Klara and the Sun, which will be published next spring, tailored for Waterstones and for independent bookshops. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-09 12:17:42 UTC ]
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An internal report on workforce demographics at Penguin Random House shows that 78% of PRH non-warehouse employees are white. In addressing the report, PRH U.S. CEO Madeline McIntosh said the company is determined to make its workforce "reflect the demographics of American society.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Erin Morgenstern’s “The Starless Sea” and Jill Biden’s memoir are among the top picks. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-26 12:00:00 UTC ]
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"ReBoot: Books, Business and Reading," a virtual conference aimed at preparing the publishing industry for 2021, has been set for October 13. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Comixology Originals, Amazon’s digital-first original comics publishing platform, has reached an agreement with Dark Horse Comics to publish and distribute print editions of four new Comixology Original graphic novels. The four titles will be released in March 2021. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Early yesterday morning, Steve Bannon, the former head of Breitbart and the Trump campaign, was drinking coffee on the deck of a $35-million yacht off the coast of Connecticut—as populist rabble-rousers are wont to do—when federal agents came on board and arrested him. Bannon stands accused of... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-08-21 12:31:00 UTC ]
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Pearson pulled its BTEC results last night (19th August), the evening before they were to be released, saying it is regrading them in line with GCSEs and A-Levels. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-20 00:37:53 UTC ]
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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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Simon & Schuster has revealed details about what publisher Jonathan Karp is calling its most important book of the year: a new account by journalist Bob Woodward of Donald Trump’s presidency, titled Rage, which comes out Sept. 15. After ignoring interview requests for Woodward’s 2018 book... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-13 15:21:10 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press is publishing a new translation of Émile Zola’s Doctor Pascal, marking the first time that the English translation of his complete 20-book Les Rougon-Macquart series has been in print under one publisher. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-13 10:21:05 UTC ]
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Apple Daily founder and pro-democracy activist returns to office following arrest under national security lawThe Hong Kong pro-democracy figure and media mogul Jimmy Lai received a hero’s welcome as he returned to his newspaper after being arrested on allegations of foreign collusion, while... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-08-12 09:31:31 UTC ]
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Penguin is to release a series of audio study guides to accompany key English literature A-level texts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 19:08:23 UTC ]
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Our own Thomas Beckwith takes quick look at some notable books publishing this week. The post Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Gabbert, Manne, Marshall, and More appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2020-08-11 09:59:32 UTC ]
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