Quercus makes redundancies following buyout

More than half the Quercus staff have left the company following its buyout by Hodder &... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Are bookstores essential businesses? In France, they’re making the case.

As Europe goes back into pandemic lockdown French bookstores are making the case to remain open, despite the fact bars and restaurants will be closing. Citing fears of increasing “cultural isolation” bookstore associations are joining with publishers to demand classification as essential... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-10-29 16:15:27 UTC ]
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How to Make a Children’s Book Museum COVID-Compliant

A reader visited the Story Museum in Oxford, England to learn how the space modified its "interactive" exhibits for COVID-19 compliance. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-10-28 10:36:00 UTC ]
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Three bookshops make Britain's Best Small Shop 2020 shortlist

Indie stores Mr B's, Books At The Dragon's Garden and Griffin Books (pictured) are in the running to be crowned Britain's Best Small Shop 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-22 09:29:05 UTC ]
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In ‘150 Glimpses of the Beatles,’ bits and pieces make up a poignant portrait

Craig Brown’s biographical method — combining fragments, lists, excerpts, quotes and flights of whimsy — is executed brilliantly. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-15 12:00:00 UTC ]
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#Merky Books makes Diversity in Advertising Award shortlist

PRH imprint #Merky Books is in the running to win £1m of Channel 4 airtime after making the six-strong shortlist for the broadcaster's Diversity in Advertising Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-14 20:10:57 UTC ]
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Guo and Pierre make Goldsmiths Prize shortlist

Xiaolu Guo and D B C Pierre are among the writers shortlisted for this year's £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize, recognising the best in experimental fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-14 15:31:39 UTC ]
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W&N signs Clark on history-making Tudor ladies-in-waiting

Weidenfeld & Nicolson is publishing a narrative history of Tudor ladies-in-waiting, the "oft-overlooked yet hugely influential figures of the Tudor court", by Dr Nicola Clark Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-07 09:15:33 UTC ]
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Layfield makes first acquisition in Manchester-based role

Emma Layfield, Hachette Children's Group picture book development director (North), has acquired three picture books from spoken-word poet Tony Walsh as her first acquisition in her new role in Hachette's Manchester office.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-05 02:22:05 UTC ]
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Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson, Read by Sisi Aisha Johnson

Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens. Narrator Sisi Aisha Johnson embodies all of the joy and light of fourth grader Ryan Hart in... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-10-02 09:13:44 UTC ]
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Quercus acquires 'alternative post-war history' from C J Carey

Quercus will publish C J Carey's Widowland, a feminist dystopian novel set in a 1950s Nazi-ruled Britain. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-01 21:18:02 UTC ]
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Ahem: Here is a poem about J.J. Abrams making a Dr. Seuss movie.

Congratulations! Today is your day! You’re off to great places! Like a galaxy far, far away! J.J. Abrams of Star Wars fame has arrived. And he is bringing you a big surprise! Oh, The Places You’ll Go! is coming to the screen! A stranger sight you’ve never seen. He’s working with Warner Bros on... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-10-01 20:19:08 UTC ]
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John Steinbeck and biographer William Souder make a perfect pair

“Mad at the World” captures Steinbeck in the kind of nuanced and unshowy prose that suits its subject. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-01 12:33:21 UTC ]
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Network to make children's publishing less London-centric, say CBN founders

The founders of Children's Book North have advised industry staffers in the north to network as they look to reduce publishing's London focus.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 20:38:57 UTC ]
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When book storage is limited, people get desperate. Don’t make the mistakes I did.

I suppose I knew a greenhouse wasn’t the ideal place for some of my most treasured possessions. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-30 06:36:07 UTC ]
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Are the illustrations in children’s books making kids… dumber?                            

I always loved giving my son a picture book rich in detail and watching him get lost in it, thereby gaining a few moments of peace and grown-up solitude—but now science is telling me I may have made him dumber.* According to a very cruel study at Carnegie Mellon University, in which researchers... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-28 13:51:06 UTC ]
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Pro cyclist Geraint Thomas' favourite mountain climbs to Quercus

Quercus is publishing a new book by cycling pro Geraint Thomas, Mountains According to G, described as a love letter to the sportsman's favourite climbs. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 06:51:27 UTC ]
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Inside the Washington Post newsroom: History-making moments and good gossip

Former editor Leonard Downie Jr. offers a behind-the-scenes account of his 44 years at the newspaper. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-18 12:00:00 UTC ]
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How to make the most of your internship

Michela Pea shares insights from her own experience of going from interning for children's publisher Nosy Crow to being named its senior rights manager within a couple of years⁠.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 09:47:28 UTC ]
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'Hogwarts Legacy' will make you a wizard in 2021

The long-rumored Harry Potter open-world game finally has a release date. Hogwarts Legacy will come out sometime in 2021. Sony shared a lengthy cinematic trailer during its PlayStation 5 showcase detailing what you’ll do the game. You’ll play as a wi... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2020-09-16 20:27:10 UTC ]
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Al Murray takes a look at the 20th century with Quercus

Quercus will publish Al Murray's look at 20th-century British history, The Last 100 Years (Give or Take) And All That. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-13 18:04:25 UTC ]
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