Carnegie Medal-nominated YA author Laura Jarratt is swapping children’s books for adults, and has struck a deal with Trapeze. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From the mannered opening sequence of “The Sea” to its anticlimactic conclusion, the movie’s capital-L literary provenance couldn’t be more evident. Though handsomely photographed and featuring a compelling cast, the Ireland-set memory piece — adapted by John Banville from his Man Booker... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hilary Mantel has revealed it is “increasingly unlikely” that her next novel will be published by next summer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow has acquired two standalone middle-grade novels from London teacher Cath Howe. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What were people reading during the days of grunge rock and the Clinton presidency? What was the highest number of bestsellers by Stephen King on a single list? Remember the Gone with the Wind sequel? Take a trip down memory lane with PW's annual bestselling adult books list from 1990-2013, our... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Italian investigative journalist and writer Roberto Saviano is returning to Pan Macmillan to publish his first two novels, about children's gangs patrolling the streets of Naples for the mafia. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following the cult success on YouTube of the vlog-series ‘Carmilla,’ a book deal has been struck between Toronto’s Kids Can Press and Shaftesbury films. 0″ height=”276″ /> Poster artwork for the coming film treatment of ‘Carmilla’[/caption] n a statement from the Los Angeles presentation of... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Borough Press has acquired two novels with an "international focus": The Nine-Chambered Heart by Indian author Janice Pariat and Stephen Florida by Publishers Weekly fiction reviews editor Gabe Habash. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Graphic novels have a significant presence this year at ALA 2017 and are in demand by librarians looking to offer their patrons a wide variety of stories encompassing race, gender and sexual identity and nonwestern cultures. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Parker called Stephanie Powell Watts’ debut novel 'No One Is Coming to Save Us' “deeply compelling and richly satisfying," and described it as a “brilliant examination of the American dream among African-Americans in a struggling community in the contemporary South.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six years after his huge hit The Fault in Our Stars, author John Green will bring out a new novel, Turtles All the Way Down, in October. Penguin Random House Children’s UK and PRH imprint Dutton Books in the US will publish the book simultaneously on October 10th, in a global English language... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lack of copyright has filled a nation of very keen readers with multiple versions of foreign books – doing artistic as well as financial damage to writersIf JD Salinger could see what was on the shelves in Iranian bookshops, he would turn in his grave. The Inverted Forest, a 1947 novella that he... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins division William Collins has acquired world rights to Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture by Joshua Levine. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Could comic books be the way future Kiwi teens learn about their country's past? Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins imprint 4th Estate has bought a novel and a non-fiction “companion piece” by Mexican author Valeria Luiselli. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions' testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing regarding the Russia probe on Tuesday took a brief turn toward the literary, with Sessions and a Republican senator referencing the work of several spy novelists. Sessions appeared before the committee to deny that... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales rose 1.8% in April, over the same period in 2016, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Bookstore revenue was $714 million for the month, compared to $701 for the same period a year ago. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The book business’ Rising Stars of 2017 are a class apart in more ways than one, with signs that the trade is opening its doors to new voices... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agent to everyone from David Cameron to Nigella Lawson, Eric Clapton to Lily Cole, Victor was colourful and well-connected, and dearly loved a partyEd Victor, agent to the great and the good of the literary and political worlds on both sides of the Atlantic, has died at the age of 77, his agency... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century is publishing the debut of Rich McCor, aka Instagram star Paperboyo, called Around the World in Cut-Outs. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The pixel-perfect web is dead. The days of positioning elements on a web page and expecting them to always display exactly how we wanted are a distant memory; we now cope with the constant barrage of new and varied devices that our designs need to look fantastic on. Responsive web design is no... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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