Walliams’ The Boy in the Dress to be BBC film

BBC1 is to adapt David Walliams’ first book for children, The Boy in the Dress (... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]

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BBC teams up with Litfest

Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Fri, 04/03/2011 - 10:12 BBC4 and The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival are to link up for a fourth time, with a dedicated weekend of events, including a tribute to Harold Pinter. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three BBC live broadcasts to form part of WBN

Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Mon, 28/02/2011 - 17:17 Three live broadcasts, plus coverage on Radio 4 and Radio 7 have been confirmed as part of the pan-BBC coverage for World Book Night. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wheelers exit Lonely Planet as BBC assumes full control

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 18/02/2011 - 16:55 Lonely Planet founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler have ended their ties with Lonely Planet, the guidebook publisher they founded in 1973. BBC Worldwide acquired 75% of the publisher in 2007 for £89m, and has now paid a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titan acquires Giamatti film title

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 16/02/2011 - 14:03 Titan has bought UK and Commonwealth rights to a horror book that is currently being adapted into a movie starring "Sideways" star Paul Giamatti. Editor Cath Trechman paid a five-figure sum for rights to John Dies at the End by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macintyre to chair BBC Samuel Johnson Prize

Publication Date: Tue, 15/02/2011 - 09:47 Operation Mincemeat author Ben Macintyre is to chair the judging panel for this year's BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. The panel also comprises historian, writer and broadcaster Amanda Vickery, Prospect's editor-at-large David Goodhart,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst walks away from BBC Magazines deal

Hearst Corporation, parent to the National Magazine Company, has confirmed for the first time it is no longer in talks to buy BBC Magazines following its Lagardère move. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2011-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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