Sphere joins with blogger Wallace on parenting novel

Sphere has partnered with blogger Kathryn Wallace to create a comic novel about parenting, working and school gate politics “for anyone who has ever shared a #fml moment on Facebook”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Leah Woodburn joins Daniela Schlingmann

Leah Woodburn has joined Daniela Schlingmann Literary Scouting as publishing consultant, the organisation has announced.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-13 22:24:43 UTC ]
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Duchess of Cornwall launches NLT platforms for parents and teachers

The Duchess of Cornwall has helped launch two National Literacy Trust digital platforms for parents and teachers to support children affected by the Covid-19 crisis. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-13 17:12:24 UTC ]
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A chilling memoir of troubled parents

Even when the ice recedes, writes Vicki Laveau-Harvie, it still shapes the landscape Continue reading at The Economist

[ The Economist | 2020-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A chilling memoir of troubled parents

Even when the ice recedes, writes Vicki Laveau-Harvie, it still shapes the landscape Continue reading at The Economist

[ The Economist | 2020-09-10 14:56:44 UTC ]
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Sphere acquires two books from PRH's Rob Waddington

Sphere has won a multiple-publisher auction to publish Twelve Secrets, the first in a crime series by Rob Gold — a pseudonym for PRH Group sales director Rob Waddington.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-10 10:36:26 UTC ]
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Rhiannon Carroll joins Midas

Rhiannon Carroll will be joining Midas PR as account director, it has been confirmed.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-08 06:19:57 UTC ]
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Gebremedhin Joins Doubleday; Puopolo Promoted

Doubleday has announced several editorial promotions, in addition to a new executive hire. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Lucy Pearse joins S&S Children's as editorial director for fiction

Lucy Pearse is to join Simon & Schuster Children's as editorial director for fiction this autumn.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-02 03:18:25 UTC ]
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Joelle Owusu-Sekyere joins Coronet as commissioning editor

Joelle Owusu-Sekyere is set to join Hodder & Stoughton imprint Coronet in the role of commissioning editor.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-01 20:32:37 UTC ]
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PA and Pearson join Creative Industries Trade Advisory Group

The Publishers Association and Pearson are to sit in on the Creative Industries Advisory Group, to assist in steering "ongoing and upcoming trade negotiations" in the UK.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-01 06:08:05 UTC ]
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Sports stars join authors for NLT's #FitforLit Challenge

Children's authors and sports stars are to take part in a series of book-themed sporting challenges to raise money for the National Literacy Trust. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-17 05:01:34 UTC ]
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Hale joins Pan in new publisher role

Lucy Hale, previously of Hachette UK, has been appointed to the newly created role of publisher for Pan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-13 00:00:01 UTC ]
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Trade invited to join 2021's Working Class Writers' Festival

The artistic director for The Working Class Writers' Festival is issuing a call-out to publishers, agents and booksellers to get involved in next year's event.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-10 22:51:27 UTC ]
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Baduza, Wood and Wilson join stars reading Penguin Classics

Penguin Random House is launching a new collection of audiobooks from the Penguin Classics list this September, featuring acting stars from "Noughts + Crosses", "Sex Education" and "His Dark Materials" as narrators. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-10 21:44:19 UTC ]
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Hodder acquires 'hopeful' memoir on choosing to parent alone

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired Liv's Alone by Liv Thorne, an "honest and hopeful memoir that captures the joy and the challenge that is parenting alone by choice". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-09 12:38:16 UTC ]
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Movie animal trainer Tottman pens series for Sphere

Movie animal trainer Julie Tottman has signed with Sphere to author two books, about two of the deserving animals she has rescued, loved and trained to appear in films over the past 20 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 21:16:42 UTC ]
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Norton, Trollope and Hussain join Henley Literary Festival

Graham Norton, Joanna Trollope and Nadiya Hussain are among the speakers joining Henley Literary Festival's online event this autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-05 01:02:31 UTC ]
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Profile Books joins Facebook boycott

Independent publisher Profile Books, including imprints Serpent’s Tail, Viper Books and Souvenir Press, has joined the global Facebook advertising boycott led by by the advocacy group Stop Hate for Profit, withdrawing all Facebook and Instagram advertising with immediate effect. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 21:25:31 UTC ]
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The Reading List Behind ‘Nice White Parents’

Everyone wants what’s best for their children’s education. But who gets to decide what’s best? The reporter behind our new podcast from Serial shares the books that helped her answer that question. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-07-30 13:43:33 UTC ]
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World's Worst Parents scores hat-trick in the charts top spot

David Walliams and Tony Ross' The World's Worst Parents (HarperCollins) has topped the UK Official Top 50 for a third week running, selling 32,013 copies. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-21 02:42:45 UTC ]
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