In his memoir 'Children of the Land,' poet Marcelo Hernandez Castillo writes of border journeys, family separation and crossing a 'threshold of invisibility.' Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-01-29 15:00:08 UTC ]
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Jacob Dalborg, CEO of Bonnier, was the featured speaker during the CEO panel where he talked about the plans the Swedish publisher has for the future. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The cartoonist Riad Sattouf; the second volume of his graphic memoir has just been published. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2016-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beren and Lúthien, a story of the perilous romance between a man and an elf, is one of a number of texts by the author brought ‘together for the first time’JRR Tolkien’s legend of the mortal man Beren and the immortal elf Lúthien – a story that meant so much to the Lord of the Rings author that... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s has pre-empted the world rights to Twelve Nights, the debut children’s book by Andrew Zurcher, director of studies in English at Queen’s College Cambridge. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Twin Cities is gaining another indie children's bookstore this spring with the opening of Babycake's Book Stack. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lenovo's super-bendable, highly adaptable new device has a really interesting design. But it isn't always usable. The post Review: Lenovo Yoga Book appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2016-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lenovo’s Yoga Book is for people who have never been content with just a keyboard and mouse to express their ideas. People who prefer to scribble on notepads or napkins. Who draw pictures to illustrate ideas or create art. The $550 Yoga Book facilitates those practices by helping users produce... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired the debut novel from literary journalist and scout Anna James in a “hotly contested” auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chatto & Windus is to publish Gun Love, a "powerful and heartbreaking" story of a mother and daughter by novelist and PEN International president Jennifer Clement. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What this year's Heartland Fall Forum lacked in terms of bookseller attendance, it made up for in enthusiasm, especially when it came to children's books and authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan imprint Mantle is to publish The Amazing Adventures of Freddie Whitemouse, a children's book by the late novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard, in November. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After producing award-winning works in music, musical theater and comics, Vivek Tiwary is now writing an illustrated YA novel and working to turn Dave Roman's children's graphic novel 'Astronaut Academy' into a TV series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Orion Children’s m.d. Fiona Kennedy is joining Head of Zeus to manage its new children’s imprint, Zephyr. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s has struck a three-year publishing with Arklu, the creator of the “realistic” Lottie Dolls. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Owl Field has created a children’s audio production using 3D (binaural) audio, thanks to The National Lottery’s Creative Scotland Open Project Funding. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The firing pistol for the annual rights frenzy ahead of the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) has sounded, with publishers battling it out to find the next The Girl on the Train as the psychological thriller phenomenon shows little sign of slowing down. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze has acquired "heartbreaking yet life-affirming" debut We Own the Sky by Luke Allnutt in a five-way auction. Sam Eades, senior commissioning editor at Trapeze, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to the debut, which was discovered on the slush pile by Juliet Mushens at UTA, for a figure... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Girl on the Train (Transworld) has once again chugged straight into the Monthly E-Book Sales Ranking number one spot for August—shifting 41,335 copies to usurp Jojo Moyes’ After You (Michael Joseph). The top three— the aforementioned two, along with After You’s predecessor Me Before You,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virgin Books has acquired The Airbnb Story, the first "definitive" book about the $25.5bn-valued company, to publish in spring 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YA fantasy author Taran Matharu has signed a four-book, six-figure deal with his publisher, Hodder Children’s Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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