Fungus the Bogeyman and Stick Man are latest book characters to go on the boxAdaptations of children’s and young adult literature are big news right now, both in film and, increasingly, on television. Mockingjay – Part 2, the climax of Lionsgate’s big screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games books, arrives in UK cinemas this week, the BBC has just announced a small screen take on Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, a new series of Jill Murphy’s much-loved Worst Witch books is in production and Christmas will see several children’s favourites on TV, from the BBC’s version of Julia Donaldson’s Stick Man to Sky1’s Fungus The Bogeyman, a series inspired by Raymond Briggs’s classic tale.Yet with this host of adaptations comes an array of questions. Does TV allow more time to tell the story? Does film’s bigger budget make for a more involving tale? Are some tales intrinsically more suited to film than TV, and vice versa? Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Lyra Silvertongue, the heroine of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, will return as an adult in The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two, which will be released on 3rd October this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Scottish Book Trust will distribute 800,000 titles by authors such as David Melling, Joseph Coelho and Julia Donaldson to toddlers across Scotland as part of the Bookbug initiative. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Mega church pastor Andy Stanley is taking a closer look at the foundation of the Christian faith, reminding readers that the Bible is the product of the church, and not vice versa. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Philip Pullman, Kamila Shamsie, Carol Ann Duffy, and Tara Westover are some of the authors whose books have been shortlisted by bookshops for 2018's Books Are My Bag Readers Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Dame Kelly Holmes has joined The Book Fairies in dropping 200 copies of Philip Pullman’s La Belle Sauvage in public places all around the UK, to mark the publication of its paperback edition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Thermochromic (or thermochromatic) printing is not new. Using inks that change color with heat, from colorless to colored, or vice versa, is fun, interesting, and appealing. Naturally, such application is popular in packaging and commercial printing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Plans to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of Raymond Briggs' classic The Snowman are gearing up, with partnerships with Backyard Cinema, The Royal Mint and Waterstones among them. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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David Walliams, Philip Pullman and Children’s Laureate Lauren Child are just some of the authors and illustrators lined up to take part in this year’s Bath Children’s Literature Festival, which is gearing up to be the event’s best year yet, according to artistic director John McLay. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Philip Pullman and David Fickling will talk about the author/editor relationship at this year’s The Bookseller Children’s Conference, which is taking place in London this September. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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One of many memorable covers in the long history of MIT Technology Review's various iterations arrived in October of 2012 in the form of a close-up portrait of Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin above the tagline, "You promised me Mars colonies. Instead, I got Facebook." Six years later, we still... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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David Fickling Books is to publish the first children’s novel by Chris Wormell, the illustator of the covers for Philip Pullman's La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust – Volume One. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Philip Pullman and Eleanor Oliphant author Gail Honeyman are honoured at the British Book Awards. Continue reading at BBC News
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Philip Pullman is to judge a new 500-word short story competition which is being launched ahead of the 2018 Liverpool Literary Festival. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Penguin Random House Children’s will this autumn release a middle-grade novelisation of Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman, written by Michael Morpurgo. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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His Dark Materials author condemns way book industry ‘allows corporate profits to be so high at a time when author earnings are markedly falling’Philip Pullman has called on publishers to stop damaging “the ecology of the book world” and start giving authors a fairer share of the money their... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Philip Pullman is in the running for the YA Book Prize 2018 alongside previous winners Sarah Crossan and Patrice Lawrence, and début author M A Bennett. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Roughly 60 Specsaver Bestsellers were fêted overnight (January 25) at London's May Fair Hotel, with Nielsen Book determining which titles sold 250,000, 500,000, and 1 million units in 2017. The post UK: Specsavers Awards, Based on Sales, Honor Paula Hawkins, Philip Pullman, More appeared first... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Ali Smith’s seasonal novel Winter (Hamish Hamilton), Sally Rooney’s "perfectly observed" début Conversations with Friends (Faber) and the eagerly anticipated first instalment of Philip Pullman’s Book of Dust trilogy, La Belle Sauvage (Penguin/David Fickling Books), were among the critics’... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The similarly titled labor of love that was Raymond Briggs’ 1999 graphic novel about the warmly rendered lives of his parents, takes on a beautifully animated life of its own in “Ethel & Ernest.” Peppered with knowing insights surrounding the British working class, the film creates a richly... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Just in time for the holiday season, three new books from religion and spirituality publishers are examining how faith can change eating habits, and vice versa. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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