Wilson’s Faraway Tree continuation tale marks 80th anniversary of Blyton series

Jacqueline Wilson’s sequel to Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree books is to launch in May, with publisher Hachette Children’s Books making big plans to celebrate the series’ 80th year. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-22 17:59:02 UTC ]
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Little Tiger scoops mother and daughter middle-grade series

Little Tiger is to publish "a fresh take on the witch school genre" middle-grade series by mother and daughter partnership Honor and Perdita Cargill.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-24 21:22:22 UTC ]
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Puffin nets Mante's Dream Team girls' football series

Puffin has netted The Dream Team, a football-themed middle-grade series from Priscilla Mante, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-24 00:18:30 UTC ]
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Fairlight acquires 1920s tale through open submissions programme

Fairlight Books has acquired Richard Smyth’s novel The Woodcock, a literary period drama set on the north-east coast of England. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 17:56:34 UTC ]
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Natalie Portman’s upcoming children’s book is a collection of “gender-safe” fairy tales.

Natalie Portman knows a thing or two about fairy tales. Portman’s turn as a dancer whose life goes awry in Black Swan (2010) was, famously, a brooding take on Pyotr Tchaikovksy’s most famous ballet. Swan Lake itself was likely inspired by Russian and German folktales like Johann Karl August... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-23 16:54:30 UTC ]
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Grushin's subversive fairy tale The Charmed Wife to Hodder

Hodder has acquired The Charmed Wife by Olga Grushin, "a sophisticated literary fairy tale for the 21st century" in which Cinderella decides 13 years after her happy ending that she wants her Prince Charming dead. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 11:12:41 UTC ]
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S&S scoops Nadia Shireen's 'game-changing' middle-grade series

Simon & Schuster Children's is to publish Nadia Shireen's first middle-grade series, Grimwood, after winning a heated six-publisher auction.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 07:15:06 UTC ]
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Garnons-Williams appointed Fig Tree publishing director

Helen Garnons-Williams is leaving HarperCollins to join Penguin General as publishing director for Fig Tree. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-22 14:02:50 UTC ]
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‘A Girl Is a Body of Water’ is a poignant coming-of-age tale about women’s hard-won wisdom

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s Uganda-set novel follows a girl caught between tradition and her rebellious urges. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-22 08:24:52 UTC ]
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Triumph Books, Sports Illustrated Partner to Launch Sports Book Series

Sports book publisher Triumph Books is partnering with Authentic Brands Group, owner of the Sports Illustrated brand, to produce a series of frontlist titles based around the venerable sports magazine and its associated properties. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Zephyr lands eight-book series on extinction from scientist Ben Garrod

Head of Zeus children's imprint Zephyr will publish Extinct, a new eight-book series from TV scientist and author Professor Ben Garrod.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-18 05:31:36 UTC ]
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Stanley Tucci food memoir pre-empted by Fig Tree

Penguin General imprint Fig Tree has bought a food memoir by actor and author Stanley Tucci in a 24-hour pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 13:32:25 UTC ]
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The Lilliput Press acquires Neil Jordan's revolutionary tale

Dublin-based indie Lilliput Press will publish The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small by Neil Jordan, a novel inspired by the life of Irish aristocrat and revolutionary Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 12:57:12 UTC ]
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The biggest-ever children’s book deal is for a fantasy series about bloodthirsty unicorns.

The murderous unicorns are coming! A 28-year-old lawyer and debut children’s book author from England, Annabel Steadman, has landed what is reportedly the largest children’s book deal ever—a healthy seven figures—for a fantasy adventure series, Skandar and the Unicorn Thief. The series is set in... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-16 16:36:23 UTC ]
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Berenstain Bears Get a New Faith-Based Series

Random House Children’s Books is expanding the Berenstain Bears franchise with Gifts of the Spirit, a new series of faith-based picture books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Filming starts on ITV Roy Grace series

Filming has started on ITV drama series “Grace”, an adaptation of Peter James' novels starring John Simm as tenacious detective Roy Grace. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-14 12:12:45 UTC ]
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M G Leonard moves to Walker Books for new series

Walker Books has signed M G Leonard's new middle-grade series, launching with Twitch in June 2021.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-14 04:55:35 UTC ]
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S&S Children's wins debut fantasy series in 'momentous' seven-figure deal

Simon & Schuster Children's UK and US have won a hotly contested multi-publisher auction for debut author A F Steadman's fantasy adventure series, Skandar and the Unicorn Thief, in a seven-figure (sterling) co-publication deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-14 04:30:23 UTC ]
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Community-based providers push to continue behavioral health reforms

Plus: EmblemHealth, Somos ink value-based deal Northwell's Feinstein Institutes designated key aging-research center, gets $1.7M to fund pilots Covid-19 challenges Montefiore's... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2020-09-10 09:30:00 UTC ]
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In ‘Not a Novel,’ Jenny Erpenbeck continues to evolve

The celebrated author of “Go, Went, Gone” has delivered a captivating “memoir in pieces.” Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-08 15:55:51 UTC ]
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PA teams up with Northern Fiction Alliance for autumn workshop series

The Northern Fiction Alliance and Publishers Association have joined forces to launch a series of online workshops, designed to "upskill and inspire" small publishers this autumn.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-06 21:09:07 UTC ]
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