Two nods for Horslen on Branford Boase shortlist

Penguin Random House Children's publisher Ben Horslen has two nods on the shortlist for this year’s Branford Boase award for debut children’s writing. The shortlist also includes books from HarperCollins Children’s Books, David Fickling Books, Firefly Press and Nosy Crow. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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HC and Bloomsbury on Irish children's award shortlist

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Search Press and Nosy Crow triumph at IPG Awards

Search Press and Nosy Crow were both double winners at the Independent Publishers Guild Independent Publishing Awards 2015. Winners of the 13 categories were announced at a gala dinner hosted by author and publisher John Mitchinson at the IPG spring conference last night (5th March). Search... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC Children’s acquires Derek Landy trilogy

HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired a YA trilogy from Derek Landy, the author of the Skuldugerry Pleasant series. The first book, Demon Road, is about a 16-year-old teenager called Amber and her friend Milo who undertake an epic road trip, encountering killer cars, vampires, undead... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Funny books win at Blue Peter awards

Humorous titles published by Nosy Crow and Bloomsbury have won prizes at Blue Peter Book Awards 2015, voted for by hundreds of schoolchildren. Nosy Crow’s The Spy Who Loved School Dinners, written by Pamela Butchart and illustrated by Thomas Flintham, won the best story award, while... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins signs new Roth titles

HarperCollins has acquired two new titles by bestselling YA author Veronica Roth. Katherine Tegen, vice president andpublisher of her eponymous imprint at HarperCollins Children’s Books in the US, acquired the world English rights from Joanna Volpe of New Leaf Literary. In the UK, the books... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Roberts joins HC Children’s as art director

HarperCollins Children’s Books has hired Nia Roberts as art director, where she will be responsible for the cross portfolio design strategy. She will also develop the picture book list. Roberts is currently art director at Simon & Schuster where she has worked with authors and illustrators... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury, Edward Elgar and Nosy Crow lead IPG Awards shortlists

Bloomsbury, Edward Elgar Publishing and Nosy Crow have three shortlistings each at the ninth annual Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) awards. The IPG Awards today (18th February) revealed its 12 category shortlists. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner on Thursday 5th March as part... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hegarty's 'Darkmouth' gets film deal

Alcon Entertainment has acquired the film rights to Darkmouth, the newly released children’s fantasy novel by Irish author Shane Hegarty, for a "very high" six-figure dollar sum. The book, published today (29th January) by HarperCollins Children’s Books, is the first in a monster-hunting... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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'Varied' 18 on Branford Boase longlist

The judges of the 2015 Branford Boase have longlisted 18 "very varied" books for this year’s award, including the YA Book Prize-shortlisted Trouble by Non Pratt (Walker Books) and Half Bad by Sally Green (Penguin). The Branford Boase is given every year to the author and editor of a debut... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow creates in-house sales and marketing department

Nosy Crow is to create a new in-house sales and marketing department, appointing Catherine Stokes as head of sales and marketing. Since 2011 Nosy Crow has outsourced its selling to Bounce Sales and Marketing, but from the beginning of 2015, the children’s publisher will create an in-house sales... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow, Profile and PRH among FutureBook's innovation winners

Nosy Crow m.d. Kate Wilson has been named most inspiring digital publishing person at the FutureBook Innovation Awards. Wilson was named as the winner at a ceremony held at the FutureBook Conference in central London this afternoon (14th November), beating a shortlist that also included Unbound... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow turns apps into picture books

Nosy Crow will next year turn its fairy tale apps, including recent addition Jack and the Beanstalk, into picture books. Digital manager Tom Bonnick told The Bookseller the decision was a “no-brainer” because of all the “fantastic artwork” he had from animator and illustrator Ed Bryan. “We... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unicef to distribute free board books in Scotland

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Live event to mark final Skulduggery book

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Shortlist revealed for Oscar's First Book Prize

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Picture book debut to HarperCollins

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Usborne, Nosy Crow, Summersdale winners at Independent Publishing Awards

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HarperCollins Children's signs debut trilogy

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Industry luminaries scry the spins ahead in the helter skelter revolution at the centre of their businessAnna Rafferty, Penguin digital managing director"I predict more digital for publishers in 2014. I'm not being (completely) facetious, I mean more digitalness in all parts of the industry,... Continue reading at The Guardian

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