Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic

The V&A's Emma Laws examines A A Milne's creative partnership with illustrator E H Shephard as the V&A's "Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic" exhibition opens. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Classic George Plimpton Titles Reissued, Go Digital For First Time

Little, Brown's reissue of seven classic George Plimpton sports titles sees them appear in digital format for the first time. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Exploring the Role and Craft of Translation at London Book Fair

"Reflecting the sector's growing significance," translation and the work of translators have a strong presence in 2016 London Book Fair programming. The post Exploring the Role and Craft of Translation at London Book Fair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury to re-publish cycling classic The Rider

Bloomsbury Publishing is to re-publish Dutch author Tim Krabbé’s cycling classic The Rider in June, with the aim of bringing it to a "whole new audience". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld to reissue Crumley's cult crime classic

Transworld is to republish 1970s crime classic The Last Good Kiss by the late James Crumley, with a new introduction by Ian Rankin. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH launches new classics range Pocket Penguins

Penguin is bringing out a new series of classic titles in a "compact, jewel-like format" called Pocket Penguins. The series - dubbed "the future of Penguin Classics" - will launch in May 2016, featuring titles such as Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, priced... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin packages Classics for schoolchildren

A package of 100 titles drawn from Penguin's Black Classics series is being aimed at secondary school children, with schools minister Nick Gibb offering his support to the venture. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Classics to offer schools sets of 100 books at £1 per title

Publisher responds to challenge from the schools minister to provide schoolchildren with affordable access to great books From Solomon Northrup’s 19th-century memoir about his years in captivity, Twelve Years a Slave, to classic novels such as Gulliver’s Travels and Madame Bovary, schools... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'To Kill a Mockingbird': Aaron Sorkin will adapt the classic novel for Broadway

A new stage adaptation of Harper Lee's novel 'Mockingbird' will reportedly be written by Sorkin. 'Mockingbird' was adapted as an Oscar-winning film in 1962 starring Gregory Peck. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Books reissues seven Doctor Who 'classics'

BBC Books has reissued seven classic Doctor Who novelisations from the original range by Target Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: Costa winner: 'Explore children's fiction'

A children's book which judges said would grip readers of all ages is named Costa Book of the Year. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac launches pocket-sized classics imprint

Pan Macmillan has launched a new hardback classics imprint: Macmillan Collector’s Library. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Classic Book Covers Get Charming Redesigns for the E-Book Age

750 artists redesigned the covers of classic books. Now 50 of them are going on tour. The post Classic Book Covers Get Charming Redesigns for the E-Book Age appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Yearling to become Virago Modern Classic

The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings will become a Virago Modern Classic in September 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Survey: Which Publishing Markets Do You Want to Explore in 2016?

Ahead of The Markets: Global Publishing Summit in 2016, we want to hear from you: which publishing markets are you most excited to explore this year? The post Survey: Which Publishing Markets Do You Want to Explore in 2016? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers answer minister's call to offer schools cheap classics

Major imprints ‘confident’ they can meet schools minister Nick Gibb’s challenge to inspire children with sets of canonical novels at ‘minimal cost’Classic novels such as Great Expectations, Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre should be available in secondary schools for all pupils to read,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Strangeness in My Mind' explores Istanbul with the eyes of an amiable Everyman

Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk has written about his native city many times, most recently in the memoir "Istanbul" and a 2008 novel, "The Museum of Innocence." He always seems to have more to say, however, and he taps into a new vein of tenderness in "A Strangeness in My Mind," the story of a dreamy... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder to republish 1970s 'classic'

Hodder & Stoughton is to republish its 1970 bestseller The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst by Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall, to coincide with the film adaptation to be released in 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yellow Kite to explore young people's mental health

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired A Beginner’s Guide to Losing Your Mind by Emily Reynolds, to be published under the Yelllow Kite imprint in 2017.  Assistant editor Maddy Price acquired UK and commonwealth rights in a pre-emptive deal from Robyn Drury at Diane Banks Associates. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Exploring C. S. Lewis’s Lasting Popularity—52 Years After His Death

The 'Narnia' author's appeal is stronger than ever with five new books by and about him slated to publish in the months to come. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Classic children's books on coding reprogrammed for a new generation

Author Lisa Watts, who helped to teach a generation of children about computers a quarter of a century ago, hopes new books will inspire tomorrow’s programmers“Back in the 1980s, the big question was: what are we going to do with these computers? We were empowered – we had a ZX81 or a BBC Micro... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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