Walker launches third children's sports writing competition

Walker Books is launching its third Young Sportswriter of the Year competition, in partnership with the Guardian and the Football School series of books. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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BBC and Booktrust launch teen story competition

Booktrust and the BBC have launched a short story competition for teenagers. The ‘BBC Young Writers’ Award with Booktrust’ is for teen writers (aged 14-18) of short stories, on any topic, of up to a 1,000 words. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First News competition for Pushkin Children's

Pushkin Children’s Books is launching a competition with children’s newspaper First News to promote a new "winter" edition of The Letter of the King by Tonke Dragt. Originally published in Dutch in 1962, The Letter for the King was published by Pushkin Children’s Books in an English... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Keane and Doyle to speak at London's sports writing festival

Roy Keane and Roddy Doyle will be among the big names appearing at the second London Sports Writing Festival, taking place next week at Lord's Cricket Ground. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Akashic Books Launches Lefty Sports Imprint

Akashic Books is teaming with 'The Nation' sports writer David Zirin, to launch Edge of Sports Books, a new imprint devoted to sports titles with a progressive political slant. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon launches children's books KDP programme

Amazon has launched a dedicated self-publishing service for children's books, KDP Kids.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Freshman Fifteens, Wattpad Launch Teen Writing, Mentoring Contest

The Freshman Fifteens, a group of 15 authors with debut Young Adult novels in 2015, are teaming with the online writing community Wattpad to organize The Common Room Teen Mentoring Contest, a writing and mentoring contest that opens for entries on June 30. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NLT and Bloomsbury Children's launch unpublished authors prize

The National Literacy Trust (NLT) and Bloomsbury Children’s Books are launching a prize to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder Children’s launches e-only sci-fi classics list

Hodder Children’s Books plans to reach new audiences with HodderSilver, a digital-only list... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jane Lynch will co-write a children's book on bullying

Lynch, who stars on the TV series 'Glee,' will co-write a story about a little girl who enjoys bullying others until someone takes her on. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster launches children’s vertical, signs Disney deal

US ebooks subscription start-up Oyster is rolling out a new children’s vertical this week... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Children's launches YA community

Simon and Schuster Children’s Books has launched a new YA community, Hashtag Reads, aimed... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House launches creative writing course

Random House Enterprises is to launch its first interactive online creative writing course. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kent apologises for children’s writing slur

The University of Kent has apologised for a statement on its website that seemingly belittled... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Myriad launches graphic novel competition

Novelist Meg Rosoff is among the judges for the 2014 First Fictions First Graphic Novel... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baldacci to write children's fantasy novel

Thriller writer David Baldacci is to publish fantasy novel The Finisher with Pan Macmillan... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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San Diego Reader Launches eBook Publishing Program to Re-Introduce Great Writing to New Readers

The San Diego Reader is mining gold from its rich archives and releasing the treasures as a collection of six eBooks, the first installment of a series that will showcase the literary quality and historic value of a collection spanning more than 40 y ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House Launches SF/Fantasy Writing Community

Suvudu, Random House's online destination for science fiction and fantasy fans, launched Suvudu Universe, an online community for SF and fantasy bloggers. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital writing bursary launched

The Literary Platform and Bath Spa University have partnered on a new bursary for partnering... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK’s Pushkin Press Launches International Children’s Imprint

Pushkin Press is launching a children’s imprint, Pushkin Children's Books, for publishing works that have had success overseas but have not found a publisher in the UK. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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