Take a peek at a trend in YA book covers: realistic illustrated covers! We've rounded up a bunch of gorgeous designs from recent years and launching 2020. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2019-11-08 11:35:04 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury illustrators discussed the challenges of conveying important themes about feminism and gender identity in children’s books at an event last night (13th June). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Diversity is not a "marketing trend” and publishers should not "dehumanise" readers or black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) authors, Nikesh Shukla told delegates to The Bookseller's Marketing and Publicity Conference. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To find the right cover image for a book inspired by a popular 'Modern Love' essay, art director Jackie Seow returned to the source. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) takes place in Los Angeles June 13 through 15, and as the excitement builds, Facebook revealed the top trending video games and publishers on its platform leading into the show. The top trending publishers and video games were those that experienced the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hello readers! I’m books editor Carolyn Kellogg, back after taking a newsletter break for Memorial Day Weekend. THE BIG ESSAY This week, critic at large Adriana E. Ramírez takes a look at “The Hate U Give.” The young adult novel is something of a phenomenon, selling like gangbusters since its... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Patrice Lawrence has won The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize 2017 for her “accomplished” and “page-turning” début novel, contemporary urban thriller Orangeboy (Hodder Children’s Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five young adult book editors emphasized that the magic of books can change young people’s lives, even save the world, during this year’s YA book buzz panel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's author Joy Cowley and illustrator Philip Webb have worked on dozens of books together since 1980. Joy, 81, who lives in the Wairarapa, and Philip, 64, who lives in Wellington, have two new offerings out this month. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Thursday, June 1, from 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. stop by the PW BookExpo Librarians’ Lounge (Booth 875) to the bestselling authors, courtesy of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The shortlist of the second Klaus Flugge Prize reveals a global line-up of American and British publishers with illustrators also from Korea and Italy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Octopus imprint Cassell Illustrated has acquired in a "hotly contested" auction the first book from The Festival of the Spoken Nerd, a show that celebrates science, comedy and "unashamed geekiness" with live experiments and audience participation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Children’s Books has acquired two Young Adult titles from William Sutcliffe. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gollancz has pre-empted a debut YA fantasy, The Girl King by Mimi Yu, inspired by East and North Asian histories. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Feature film rights for M A Bennett’s debut YA novel S.T.A.G.S have been bought by Chernin Entertainment, ahead of its UK publication. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among May's cover design highlights are a trio of titles designed by Jo Walker, a slew of new and incredibly colourful children's publications, and a couple of strikingly lettered, comically titled books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont has signed up award-winning artist Rob Biddulph to re-illustrate the classic series, Flat Stanley. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder Children’s Books, part of the Hachette Children’s Group, has acquired Moxie, a "timely and empowering" feminist YA novel from US author Jennifer Mathieu. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Part of the reason Stranger Things hit Netflix like an atom bomb last year is because it was an aggressive assault of 1980s nostalgia. Homages to John Carpenter and Steven Spielberg lay just around every spooky corner. Perhaps the most specific nod the show made to that era, however, was the big... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Folio Society has published 1,000 limited editions of Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban with illustrations by Sir Quentin Blake and a postscript from the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I keep a photograph of my family, circa 1972, on my fireplace mantle. Taken when I was 11 by a professional photographer in a studio at a mini-mall in Wilmington, Del., it’s the kind of stilted portrait many families sat for before we all started snapping candid selfies at family gatherings. The... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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