Sarah Hughes joins HarperCollins Children’s

HarperCollins Children’s Books has hired Sarah Hughes, currently publishing director at Egmont, as its fiction publisher. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Ted Hughes' widow withdraws biography support

Ted Hughes' widow Carol has withdrawn her co-operation on a biography of the poet by academic... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why are booksellers afraid of children's poetry?

Teachers, parents and poets alike know how children thirst for poetry. Now it's up to booksellers and publishers to save it from extinctionChildren dive into poetry with the same natural ease as swimmers into water, climbers into trees and sleepers into dreams. I've seen this alchemy at work on... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fox joins Phaidon as c.e.o.

Phaidon Press has appointed Keith Fox as its new c.e.o. Fox joins Phaidon from McGraw Hill... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comcast joins Time Warner Cable in Consumer Reports' doghouse

The merger partners are two of America's least favorite cable companies, according to the magazine's new survey.Merger partners Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc. are two of America's least favorite cable companies, according to a new survey from Consumer Reports.     Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Silverberg to Join Open Road

Ira Silverberg will join Open Road Media April 22 as a strategic adviser for author brands. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Silverberg joins Open Road

Ira Silverberg, former literature director of the National Endowment for the Arts in the US, is... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rush Limbaugh: rightwing talkshow host to bestselling children's author

He's no friend of those on the political left, but he knows how to woo kids. He's been named as one of four finalists for book of the year at the Children's and Teen Choice Book AwardsName: Rush Limbaugh.Age: 63.Appearance: Angry face drawn on a pink dish.Occupation: Radio talkshow host,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week in Children's Apps: March 20, 2014

This week in children's apps, we usher in spring with new apps featuring familiar faces – Little Critter and Dr. Seuss. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picture book debut to HarperCollins

HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired three books by debut picture book author Rob... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Diversity in children's books: colouring in required

There are growing calls for young people's reading to broaden its picture of society from what is currently a depressingly monochrome viewRead Tanya Byrne's top 10 black characters in children's booksAfter a study in the US showed that of 3,200 children's books published in 2013, just 93 were... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Should UK Children’s Books Be Non Gender-Specific?

The Guardian reports that “a UK campaign to stop children’s books being labeled as ‘for boys’ or ‘for girls’ is gaining support in the publishing community. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NCAC, ACLU Join Fray in So. Carolina Lit Controversy

The National Coalition Against Censorship and the American Civil Liberties Union have joined together to urge the South Carolina state senate's finance committee to retain state funding of two university reading programs under fire for assigning controversial books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New data says less than 3 percent of children's books surveyed in 2013 were about black people

The Cooperative Children's Book Center of the University of Wisconsin – Madison found that of the new children's books they received at their center, less than 3 percent focused on black people and even fewer were by black authors (about 2 percent, according to the CCBC.) Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Join PW's Cookbook Webcast

This Friday, March 21, panelists will discuss the surprising places where cookbooks are selling. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge Rules for HarperCollins in Open Road E-Book Dispute

A New York court has held that ebook publisher Open Road infringed HarperCollins’ copyright with its ebook edition of Jean Craighead George’s 1973 bestselling children’s book "Julie of the Wolves." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Campaign to end gender-specific children's books gathers high-profile publishing support

Waterstones, children's laureate Malorie Blackman, poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and Phillip Pullman among supportersA national campaign to stop children's books being labelled as "for boys" or "for girls" has won the support of Britain's largest specialist bookseller Waterstones, as well as... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jane Lynch will co-write a children's book on bullying

Lynch, who stars on the TV series 'Glee,' will co-write a story about a little girl who enjoys bullying others until someone takes her on. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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North Korean dictators: also successful children's book authors?

North Korean dictators Kim Jong-Il and Kim Il-Sung were credited with writing children's books featuring thinly veiled metaphors for North Korean political theory. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Keith Richards will release a children's book this fall

The book is said to focus on the relationship between Richards and his grandfather, who got him interested in music. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week in Children's Apps: March 13, 2014

This week in children's apps, we feature two new Berenstain Bears apps, a noisy Little Critter app, and another app that takes users on a prehistoric adventure. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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