William Sutcliffe: 'You can't get away with anything pretentious with YA'

William Sutcliffe answers our questions about his satirical novel The Gifted, the Talented and Me (Bloomsbury), which has been shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2020.   Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-07 16:45:11 UTC ]
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William Morris Endeavor Acquires RWSG

William Morris Endeavor has acquired the L.A.-based boutique literary agency Rabineau Wachter Sanford & Gillett (RWSG). Through the deal, principal RWSG agents, Sylvie Rabineau and Jill Holwager Gillett, will join WME's Book to Film/TV division as co-heads. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Juno Dawson pens historical YA romance

Juno Dawson’s next YA novel will be a historical romance set partly in the 1940s. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookseller Barter's YA debut snapped up

Andersen Press has acquired a YA novel by debut author and bookseller Catherine Barter. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Netflix to adapt YA thriller 13 Minutes

Netflix has acquired film rights to Sarah Pinborough’s psychological YA thriller, 13 Minutes (Gollancz), bringing Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the creators of "Gossip Girl", on board to write. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carty-Williams to join Vintage

Fourth Estate's marketing executive Candice Carty-Williams is to join Vintage in September as senior marketing executive. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher delays YA novel amid row over invented black 'street dialect'

When We Was Fierce by eE Charlton-Trujillo uses invented street dialect slammed by one reviewer as ‘rife with insult and lack of awareness’The publication of young adult novel When We Was Fierce has been postponed by its author and publisher following harsh criticism of the “deeply offensive”... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Children's, YA Comics and Imprints Debut at Comic-Con 2016

From Comic-Con guests like Cece Bell and Noelle Stevenson to the debut of new series and new imprints, children's and YA graphic novels continue to have a strong presence at the mammoth pop culture festival. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booktrack and Little, Brown Partner on YA Novellas

The ebook-soundtrack company Booktrack announces an arrangement with Little, Brown on novellas for young people, following years of work in 'Booktrack Classroom.' The post Booktrack and Little, Brown Partner on YA Novellas appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH unveils rejacketed YA classics

A fresh look at a number of classics of the Young Adult genre presented a number of challenges to the design team at Penguin, who were tasked with balancing a broad commercial appeal with a timeless aesthetic.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's, YA Graphic Novels Get Expanded BISAC Codes

In a move that will help publishers, retailers and librarians to more precisely describe and categorize children's and YA graphic novels, BISG will offer an expanded number of BISAC codes and subject headings for the category beginning in January 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Katherine Flynn Named Partner At Kneerim & Williams

Kneerim & Williams has named Katherine Flynn the group’s newest partner, based in its Boston office. She will continue to represent authors of fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crossan wins YA Book Prize 2016

Sarah Crossan’s free verse novel One (Bloomsbury Children’s Books) has won The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YA author Amy Engel's adult debut to Hodder

Hodder and Stoughton has acquired a "boundary-pushing, darkly suspenseful" new thriller: The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Film adaptation for Nordic YA Snow White Trilogy

Nordic young adult series, The Snow White Trilogy by Salla Simukka (Hot Keys Books) is to be adapted for the silver screen by Zero Gravity Management in association with Elina Ahlback Literary Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown to release YA version of The Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown is set to release an abridged version of his hit book The Da Vinci Code aimed at the Young Adult market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bath Spa graduate wins Stripes YA short story prize

Tracy Darnton, a graduate of the Bath Spa MA in writing for young people, has won this year’s Stripes YA Short Story Prize, run in partnership with The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YA take on Da Vinci Code to be released

An abridged version of Dan Brown's best-selling book The Da Vinci Code is to be published for young adults, his publisher announces. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookCon 2016: YA Authors Take Center Stage at Literary Fan Fest

YA authors who were most feted at the annual mashup of literature and popular culture, which took place in Chicago on May 14. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: Shining a Light on Good and Evil in YA Fiction

When it comes to filling their worlds with characters positioned along the spectrum of good and evil, Veronica Roth, Melissa de la Cruz, Lauren Oliver, and relative newcomer Sabaa Tahir have it down. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: Reeling In Readers: Three YA Authors Tell How It’s Done

If there’s one characteristic that fans of Sarah Maas’s Throne of Glass series, Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen series, and Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke & Bone series share, it’s this: they can’t read each installment fast enough. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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