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'
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Usborne has acquired Theatrical by Maggie Harcourt, a novel about a teenager's aspirations to work in theatre behind the scenes, and the real backstage drama that ensues when those dreams are realised. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Macmillan Children's Books has acquired a “unique collaborative novel” from seven UK Young Adult authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Social media star and comedian, Arron Crascall, is publishing See Ya Later with Trapeze, in which an older and wiser Crascall will dish out advice to his 13-year-old self. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Swedish publishers Norstedts has revealed the title for the fifth instalment in the Millennium series created by Stieg Larsson as The Man Who Hunted/Chased His Shadow (Mannen Som Sökte Sin Sugga). Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Faber Children's will publish a YA verse novel about American gun crime from author Jason Reynolds. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A set of books have been written to teach children about the Treaty of Waitangi. Continue reading at Stuff
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Twenty-two years after the release of the first book in His Dark Materials trilogy, Philip Pullman is set to release a new three-part series to stand “beside it” called The Book of Dust, with the charter of Lyra “at the centre of the story”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Historian Alison Weir is launching an "ambitious" new series this autumn exploring the lives of England’s queens over four centuries "long neglected by historians". Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Lyons Press is partnering with A+E Networks to publish a series of illustrated titles based on the History channel’s 'Breaking History' programs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Michael Connelly is to begin a new series with Orion this year, as well as publishing a further Harry Bosch novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Edinburgh-based independent Black & White Publishing is naming its new YA imprint ‘Ink Road’. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Oxford University Press Children's has bought three young fiction titles by author and illustrator Elys Dolan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired a four-book fiction series about pirates by Amy Sparkes and Ben Cort. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Faber is launching new educational editions of its books for students at GCSE, IGCSE and A Level in close collaboration with authors Kazuo Ishiguro, Alan Bennett and Michael Frayn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Scholastic set to publish a YA novel set in a deadly circus, where the children of immigrants are forced to perform in a travelling circus. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Buster Books, the children’s imprint of Michael O’Mara Books, is launching a reference series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Prince Charles has written a book on climate change as part of a new Ladybird Expert series, set to be published later this month. His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has written The Ladybird Expert Book on Climate Change, outlining its challenges and possible solutions, along with former... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A 36-year-old kids' fantasy novel comes to UK and US screens this month. 'Ronya, the Robber's Daughter' is by Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking. The post An English Translation of a Japanese TV Series Based on a Swedish Book appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Piatkus has acquired three books from paranormal romance author Lindsay J Pryor, including two books in a spin-off series called Lowdown to her dystopian Blackthorn series published by Bookouture. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Vintage is launching a new series, Vintage Minis, designed to celebrate the publisher’s extensive backlist by turning snippets from great contemporary and classic writers into small but compelling titles on "big" subjects, such as death, eating and love. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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