Hungarian rights to Speaking From Among the Bones and The Dead in their Vaulted Arches, the fifth and sixth books in Alan Bradley’s Flavia de Luce mystery series, have been sold to Maxim. The deal ... Read More »
December 21, 2015
Oprah follows in the footsteps of Gwyneth Paltrow in securing her own book imprint. (USA Today) More details announced for Harry Potter play, J.K. Rowling admires casting choices. (Entertainment Weekly) The Martian author Andy Weir ... Read More »
December 21, 2015 | Filed under: Book links
A number of presences – both large and small – in the Canadian book industry have launched initiatives to aid Syrian refugees. The Canadian arm of the International Board on Books for Young People recently partnered with ... Read More »
December 17, 2015
Self-Counsel Press, the Vancouver-based press specializing in self-help, legal, and personal reference titles, has hired Linda L. Richards as its new publisher and senior editor. Richards replaces Kirk LaPointe, the former newspaper editor and CBC ... Read More »
December 17, 2015
Effective Jan. 1, U.K. press Black Dog Publishing, formerly represented by Ampersand ... Read More »
December 17, 2015
Thomas Allen and Son has announced that, effective immediately, it will no longer serve as distributor for U.S.-based audiobook publisher HighBridge Audio. All returns and other inquiries should be directed to Recorded Books Inc. Also, ... Read More »
December 17, 2015
Australia cuts $52.5-million in arts funding, shuttering national book council. (The Sydney Morning Herald) U.K. librarians – supported by Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and other authors – take to the streets to protest library closures. ... Read More »
December 17, 2015 | Filed under: Book links
Westwood Creative Artists has the following new deals to report: Italian rights to Life of Pi author Yann Martel’s forthcoming novel, The High Mlountains of Portugal, have been sold to Frassinelli in a deal arranged ... Read More »
December 16, 2015
CBC has announced the longlist for next year's Canada Reads, its annual debate in which panelists each champion a Canadian title as the best of a particular theme or category. The 2016 faceoff will feature ... Read More »
Toronto comic-book, novel, and graphic-novel publisher Joe Books has the following staffing changes to announce: Deanna McFadden has been hired as associate publisher, responsible for publishing and business operations as well as editorial and digital ... Read More »
December 16, 2015
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