Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 23/11/2011 - 08:00 Usborne has acquired a new crime series for young adults by BAFTA-winning screenwriter Chris Ould. Fiction director Rebecca Hill bought world rights, all languages, from Stephanie Thwaites of Curtis Brown. The first book of the series, Street Duty, will be published on 1st October 2012. The series is set on the fictitious Cadogan Estate in London and focused on Holly Blades who is 16 and a trainee police officer, part of a team of teenagers recruited early and fast-tracked into the police force. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Moreno Valley man wanted by police in connection with a double homicide in Nevada and a shooting in Southern California was arrested Wednesday after a chase and shootout with deputies that he livestreamed on Facebook. San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene of a shooting... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired a three-book fantasy set on the high seas by debut author Bex Hogan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audiobooks took centre stage at the Frankfurt Book Fair with speakers from across the industry talking up the market, one describing it as "the only growth sector" in the consumer books business. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s is tapping into the trend for non-fiction books about historical figures with a new Extraordinary Lives series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tyndale House Publishers is launching Wander, an imprint for young adult books housed within the Tyndale Kids division. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Georgia Fancett from Bath has picked up a £20,000 publishing contract with Century for her "hard-hitting" police procedural The Fifth Girl. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A plan announced by the Frankfurt Book Fair to relocate its rights and licenses business in 2019 while the Messe undergoes a lengthy structural revamp is understood to be causing deep concern among agents and publishers, with one protesting that the plan "just isn't feasible". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yuval Noah Harari is addressing 300 schoolchildren this month on pressing issues facing their generation at a free event hosted by Russell Brand. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The YA scene in Québec today, says literary translator Arielle Aaronson, is grounded in strong characters and good old-fashioned storytelling. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadian children’s book publisher Kids Can Press will see two of its book properties transformed into television shows next fall: Ashley Spires’ graphic novels about Binky the Space Cat and a picture-book series by Geneviève Côté. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @porter_anderson... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. What people are talking about today: Gawker, the gossip site, is staging... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adam Miller is the new president and CEO of Joseph-Beth Booksellers. He comes to the company from Ricoh and plans to focus on improving online sales and expanding into smaller locations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic has signed a global world rights deal for a "heady new YA sensation" that will be a lead title for Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books is to publish Happy Girl Lucky, the first book in The Valentines series – described as a "major" new launch from Holly Smale. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Young, who is shortlisted for Scottish Book Trust’s Teenage Book Prize, is cycling around Scotland for the book tour of his novel Farewell Tour of a Terminal Optimist (Kelpies). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thames & Hudson is to launch a Big Ideas series on 6th September, with titles investigating capitalism, democracy, gender and space. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter Usborne and his daughter and deputy m.d., Nicola Usborne, are speaking at this year’s The Bookseller Children’s Conference on 24th September. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books published by Usborne, Kelpies and Chicken House are in the running for the 2019 Scottish Teenage Book Prize, which celebrates teen titles written by Scottish authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gollancz has acquired Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean, a debut YA fantasy set in a world inspired by ancient Japan, in which women with the ability to shift into monsters train to steal men’s fortunes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Gwen Cooper has teamed up with BenBella Books to launch a subscription series of Cooper’s cat-centric short stories that will culminate with BenBella publishing a print edition of the collection in November. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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