The biggest-ever children’s book deal is for a fantasy series about bloodthirsty unicorns.

The murderous unicorns are coming! A 28-year-old lawyer and debut children’s book author from England, Annabel Steadman, has landed what is reportedly the largest children’s book deal ever—a healthy seven figures—for a fantasy adventure series, Skandar and the Unicorn Thief. The series is set in a universe where the unicorns are absolutely out of their minds […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-16 16:36:23 UTC ]

Other news stories related to: "The biggest-ever children’s book deal is for a fantasy series about bloodthirsty unicorns."

Mog the Cat, and the Mysteries of Animal Subjectivity

Naomi Fry writes about Judith Ker’s children’s book “Mog the Forgetful Cat,” and also about “The Tiger Who Came to Tea.” Continue reading at New Yorker

[ New Yorker | 2019-06-20 09:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this

HarperCollins Children’s signs French and Reed for young fiction series

HarperCollins Children’s Books will this October start publishing a young fiction series set in a magical werewolf world. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-20 00:29:34 UTC ]
More news stories like this

Salsa and Sympathy (shelftalker)

Children’s booksellers “out in public” encounter their young customers everywhere. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-19 12:00:26 UTC ]
More news stories like this

Zaffre bags 'timely' reality show novel from debut author Acton

Zaffre has bagged an "unbelievably timely" debut novel from Helly Acton, which has already been optioned for TV, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-14 12:23:54 UTC ]
More news stories like this

CI7: Authors and Illustrators to Meet

Close to 70 children’s book creators will be in Pittsburgh to meet with booksellers at educational sessions, signings, and receptions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this

CI7: Children’s Institute Heads to Pittsburgh

ABA’s premier children’s bookselling event is on track to be the largest yet as it heads to the City of Bridges for Quidditch and education. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this

CI7: Children’s Book Cancelations

Booksellers weigh in on the controversial issue of publishers postponing and pulling books in response to criticism. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this

“The Westing Game,” a Tribute to Labor That Became a Dark Comedy of American Capitalism

Jia Tolentino writes about the children’s book “The Westing Game,” by Ellen Raskin. Continue reading at New Yorker

[ New Yorker | 2019-06-13 16:15:43 UTC ]
More news stories like this

Ex-Baltimore Mayor Pugh fulfilled final 'Healthy Holly' deal, attorney says — but unclear where the books went

An attorney for former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh said she has now fulfilled her end of a 2017 deal in which the University of Maryland Medical System paid her $100,000 for 20,000 copies of her self-published “Healthy Holly” children’s books. Pugh “has 100 percent performed her... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-06-11 09:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this

New film and TV deal for Stroud’s Bartimaeus Sequence

Start Media has optioned the film and TV rights to Jonathan Stroud’s fantasy series The Bartimaeus Sequence, according to Deadline. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-02 10:41:06 UTC ]
More news stories like this

HCG signs Ben Brooks’ debut fiction

Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired The Impossible Boy, the debut children’s fiction title from Ben Brooks, who wrote Stories For Boys Who Dare To Be Different for Quercus. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-28 04:12:17 UTC ]
More news stories like this

Donald Trump Jr.'s Book Deal Inspires Mocking Twitter Hashtag

The MAGA-themed tome "is going to be the top selling book in the Beyond-Help section of Barnes & Noble," cracked one wag. Continue reading at HuffPost

[ HuffPost | 2019-05-22 13:55:58 UTC ]
More news stories like this

Religion Book Deals: April 24, 2019

The Iowa farmers behind the blog The Gingham Apron landed a book deal with Revell, Brazos signs an unconventional biography of a retiring clergyman, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this

John Oliver skewers Baltimore Mayor Pugh's Healthy Holly scandal on 'Last Week Tonight'

British comedian John Oliver skewered Mayor Catherine Pugh over the scandal surrounding her self-published Healthy Holly books, and he joined the ranks of people calling for her resignation during a segment of his HBO show Sunday night. On "Last Week Tonight," Oliver slammed Pugh for the... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-08 13:15:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this

John Oliver skewers Baltimore Mayor Pugh's Healthy Holly scandal on 'Last Week Tonight'

British comedian John Oliver skewered Mayor Catherine Pugh over the scandal surrounding her self-published Healthy Holly books, and he joined the ranks of people calling for her resignation during a segment of his HBO show Sunday night. On "Last Week Tonight," Oliver slammed Pugh for the book... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this

Acting UMMS chief: Baltimore Mayor Pugh approached medical system for book deal

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh solicited a lucrative no-bid arrangement to sell copies of her self-published children’s books to the University of Maryland Medical System in “direct conversations” with the hospital network’s CEO, a top system official testified Saturday in Annapolis. Acting CEO... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this

Baltimore Mayor Pugh to take leave of absence in midst of 'Healthy Holly' book controversy

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, facing a call by Gov. Larry Hogan for a criminal investigation into the book deal that paid her hundreds of thousands of dollars, announced Monday that she will take an indefinite leave of absence because of her health. The Democratic mayor’s office issued a... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this

Bologna 2019: Bart Moeyaert Wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

Flemish author Bart Moeyaert is the winner of the 2019 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s largest children’s book prize. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this

Baltimore Mayor Pugh apologizes for 'Healthy Holly' deal but admits some books being delivered only now

Mayor Catherine Pugh apologized Thursday for upsetting the people of Baltimore over a book deal with the University of Maryland Medical System, as she for the first time produced evidence that 60,000 of her “Healthy Holly” children’s books have been printed and distributed. But she also said that... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this

I was paid £12,500 to write my book – and here's why I'm telling you | Alex Holder

The more we know about what other people earn, the more we can understand our own circumstancesI was paid a £12,500 advance to write my book, Open Up. Sharing this publicly, even as the author of a book about our emotional relationship with money, was initially petrifying, but I ended up... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this