Helen Thomas will this July join Orion Children’s Books as editorial director. Thomas, who is currently fiction editorial director at Scholastic, will acquire titles across the Orion Children’s and Indigo YA lists, and will report to m.d. and publisher Fiona Kennedy. “We’re delighted to welcome Helen to the Orion Children’s team as our editorial director and look forward to working with her,” said Kennedy. “Her experience and keen eye for the very best books will make a great contribution to our list.” Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A groundbreaking children’s book based on an equally groundbreaking sports hero comes out today: Fauja Singh Keeps Going by Simran Jeet Singh, featuring the story of the first centenarian marathon runner, is also the first children’s book from a major publisher that features a Sikh main... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-25 16:06:55 UTC ]
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There has been an outpouring of support for former HarperCollins creative director Ben North, following his revelation on social media last week that he has entered palliative care following treatment for brain tumours. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-25 01:07:20 UTC ]
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Little Island Books will publish the debut children’s book of Booker-longlisted novelist Sam Thompson in 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-24 12:43:48 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has acquired two YA novels-in-verse from Dean Atta, including a "must-read queer romance" publishing in 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-24 01:40:21 UTC ]
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In August 2019, The Bookseller reported that children's books accounted for just 4.9% of review space, despite making up a third of the market. Latest figures from Books in the Media shows that this figure has dropped to 4.3%, when looking at reviews from the past 12 months. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-24 01:05:09 UTC ]
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Welbeck Children’s has scooped Be More Vegan by food blogger, chef and author Niki Webster – a "young person’s guide to being more plant-based". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-23 20:03:38 UTC ]
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In “I Promise,” LeBron James and the illustrator Nina Mata give hope to kids when they need it most. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-08-20 09:00:01 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Children's Books is to publish middle-grade adventure Alfie Miller, Lightning Catcher by debut author Clare Weze. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-19 13:19:12 UTC ]
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Norton Young Readers, the children's imprint of W W Norton, will publish Every Night Is Pizza Night, a debut children's book from J Kenji López-Alt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-13 17:21:41 UTC ]
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Remember 2018, when things were definitely really bad but we could still touch people who didn’t live with us? It was a simpler (but—make no mistake—still terrible) time, when the House was flipped, everyone was in their feelings, and the city of New York was captivated by a very attractive... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-13 14:41:38 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK's major office move has now taken place, with Transworld leaving its site in Ealing while other divisions have departed the offices formerly held on the Strand. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-12 01:42:47 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s has won a 15-way auction to publish a "genre-defying, time-travelling" YA thriller, The Upper World by Femi Fadugba. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 13:52:13 UTC ]
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Hodder Children's Books will publish Brittney Morris's YA title The Cost of Knowing in March 2021, the second title in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 09:13:29 UTC ]
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Faliveno is an excellent essayist, expertly braiding seemingly disparate threads into engrossing tales. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-10 16:47:00 UTC ]
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Deep Vellum Books, Europa Editions, and Transit Books—three independent publishing houses best known for their fiction in translation—are upping their nonfiction game. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A prolific writer, she published more than 75 books, including a Best Seller and a National Book Award finalist, all while encouraging aspiring authors. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-08-05 21:52:08 UTC ]
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Publisher and lifestyle brand OWN IT! is to release Sam Conniff's How to Be More Pirate, a follow-up to his debut with Penguin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-03 18:21:43 UTC ]
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Analysis: Murdoch was considered a dissenting voice at the rightwing company. Now his brother Lachlan could see his influence growJames Murdoch’s resignation from the board of News Corp confirms divisive splits in the publishing arm of his family’s media empire and removes a powerful dissenting... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-08-01 18:24:26 UTC ]
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Orion Spring is publishing a new book from Fearne Cotton in January 2021, called Speak Your Truth. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-26 14:09:31 UTC ]
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The Day faced legal action from author after implying that her comments on gender harmed trans peopleA news website aimed at British schoolchildren has agreed to pay an unsubstantiated amount after it implied that JK Rowling’s comments on gender caused harm to trans people.The Day, which is... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-07-23 16:33:19 UTC ]
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