Tuesday 9 April 2019

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Latest headlines for the book industry
We've championed eight unrepresented illustrators across two days of #BCBF19. Find out more here
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The Bookseller


April 03, 2019
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BCBF
Middle Grade (MG) titles have been the hottest properties at this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair, though some publishers and agents have reported spikes in picture book sales and green shoots for the Young Adult (YA) market.
Women's Prize for Fiction
The Women's Prize for Fiction has said it is working on a policy around gender fluid, transgender and transgender non-binary writers after featuring non-binary author Akwaeke Emezi on its latest longlist.
Pinch of Nom
Kay Featherstone and Kate Allinson’s record-breaking cookbook Pinch of Nom (Bluebird) has rustled up a second week in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 122,073 copies in its first seven days on sale.
Monty Bhatia
Little Tiger Group is hoping to increase staff numbers rather than cut jobs after its recent buyout by Penguin Random House US, c.e.o. Monty Bhatia told The Bookseller.
HarperCollins
HarperCollins’ gender pay gap has remained broadly static with the publisher saying it is "confident" of change long term after introducing initiatives including enhanced parental leave, balanced shortlists for senior roles and a blind recruitment process.
Hodder Education
Hodder Education Group has bought the TeeJay Publishers’ list of 90 titles for the Scottish mathematics market.

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Books International
US-based Books International has acquired UK distributors Marston and its subsidiary Orca Book Services. 
Laura Bates
Laura Bates, founder of The Everyday Sexism Project, has written a "modern feminist retelling of Lord of the Flies", which will explore issues surrounding sexual assault and gender stereotyping, for Simon & Schuster UK Children’s with the US rights going for a six-figure sum.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press has made small reductions to its mean and median gender pay gaps—but its bonus pay gaps have skyrocketed in the latest filing.
Lia Louis
Romcom Dear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis has led to a global “rights storm” with the biggest German deal of her agent Juliet Mushens' career.
Blackwell's
Blackwell’s has revealed a gender pay gap of 1.4% in favour of men, a fraction lower than last year’s 1.8% and still less than the national average of 17.9%. 
Wibke Brueggemann
Rachel Mann of the Jo Unwin Literary Agency has struck deals with Macmillan Children’s Books and Walker Books for Bath Spa MA graduates Wibke Brueggemann and Lucy Cuthew.
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The Bookseller at Bologna Children's Book Fair


 


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Penguin Random House Children’s UK has acquired Hana Tooke’s début Middle Grade title in a "significant" six-figure deal, with the manuscript selling in pre-empts in Italy, France, Spain and Norway.
 
 
 
 

Bloomsbury Children’s is to publish a picture book by Disney art director Andy Harkness on both sides of the Atlantic in winter 2021.
 
 
 
 

Stripes Publishing has struck a brace of deals at this year’s fair, inking a wild swimming adventure for teens and its first book in translation.
 
 
 
 

Sweet Cherry has bought the publishing rights to a trio of licences: Aardman Studios’ Shaun the Sheep, nostalgia brand Rainbow, and CBBC reality TV-style show "The Next Step", which centres around a dancing studio.
 
 
 
 


Click here to read more Bologna Children's Book Fair news and if you're at the fair visit us at Hall 25, stand B84.

 

 


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In today's daily:

* Global children's charts

* Q&A's with Scribe and Sweet Cherry

* Donaldson and Scheffler muse on two decades of The Gruffalo

* Illustrator Showcase

* Horace Bent at Bologna

* My BCBF: Natasha Farrant
 
 
 
 

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Latest headlines for the book industry
The shortlists for The British Book Awards 2019 have been revealed. See them in full here
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April 02, 2019
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James Daunt
Waterstones managing director James Daunt has warned that the company's future is not yet secure.
Kereen Getten
Diversity and inclusion is high on the agenda at this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair, with US and UK publishers keen to snap up stories by authors from backgrounds which have previously been underrepresented in publishing.

Wellbeck Publishing Group
Publishers Mark Smith and Marcus Leaver have set up a new publishing group and acquired Carlton Books.
The Walt Scott Prize
A “dazzling” six-book shortlist has been announced for the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.
Angelina Jolie
Hollywood A-lister Angelina Jolie and Amnesty International have announced at Bologna Children’s Book Fair that they will collaborate on a children’s book, with themes based around the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
The Desmond Elliott Prize
Bookseller Samuel Fisher’s debut novel The Chameleon is one of two Salt titles longlisted for the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize, with HarperCollins imprint Fourth Estate also boasting two contenders.

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The Secret of Platform 13
Macmillan Children’s Books (MCB) is to publish a 25th anniversary follow-up to Eva Ibbotson’s classic The Secret of Platform 13, written by Witch Wars author Sibéal Pounder.
The Dylan Thomas Prize
Debuts dominate the shortlist in this year’s £30,000 Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize for young writers.
The Wonkey Donkey
Scholastic will this autumn publish a new picture book by the creators of The Wonky Donkey, which hit the bestseller lists after a video of a Scottish grandmother reading the book went viral.
Michael Leventhal
British indie publisher Greenhill Books is to make its first foray into children’s with Green Bean Books, a new imprint of Jewish-interest titles.
Naomi Ishiguro
Tinder Press has snapped up the "exuberantly original" debut short story collection from Naomi Ishiguro.
Mitchell Beazley
Mitchell Beazley has acquired the first home decorating book by Chrissie Rucker and her retail firm the White Company.
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The shortlists for The British Book Awards 2019 have been revealed. See them in full here
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April 01, 2019
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The Publishers Association has called for a longer extension to Article 50 after Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal agreement was voted down for the third time by MPs.
Enthuse
Enthuse Group, a specialist international publishing firm, has announced the acquisition of a 51% stake in AA Media Ltd.
Amazon
Amazon UK’s gender pay gap has reported no median gender pay gap, with women earning the same as men, in comparison to the UK average of 17.9% in favour of men.
Scholastic
Children’s publisher Scholastic has revealed a median gender pay gap of 8.8%, a fraction up on last year’s 8.5% but still less half the national average of 17.9%.
David Attenborough
HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired exclusive global rights to publish children’s books based on "Our Planet", a TV show narrated by Sir David Attenborough that will launch on Netflix this autumn.
Emily Gravett
Bloomsbury Children’s Books has commissioned author and artist Emily Gravett to create images for an illustrated edition of J K Rowling’s Quidditch Through the Ages.

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Sage
SAGE's latest gender pay gap disclosures show deeper divisions between men and women's pay than in last year's inaugural report.
CWIP
Gail Honeyman, A J Pearce and Gill Sims are some of the authors longlisted for the inaugural Comedy Women in Print Prize, with HarperCollins taking five of the 12 nominated titles.
Billy Billingham
Simon & Schuster UK has won a “heated auction” to publish SAS expert Billy Billingham’s memoir The Hard Way: Adapt, Survive and Win for "a significant" six-figure sum.
Kit de Waal
New literary event the Primadonna festival will give "prominence to work by women”, with support from author Kit de Waal and Curtis Brown agent Cathryn Summerhayes.
EUnicorn
As Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2019 kicks off, children’s publishers are preparing for a bus load of Brexit-inspired characters to hit bookshelves—though publication dates are proving tricky.
Rough Guides
Rough Guides is offering readers a free e-book version when they buy printed travel guides, as the company tries to grow its digital business.
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March 28, 2019
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Monty Bhatia
Penguin Random House has acquired 30-year-old children's indie Little Tiger Group for an undisclosed sum.
Natalie Jerome
Bonnier Books acquisitions director and publisher Natalie Jerome has parted ways with the company after two years.
James Daunt
Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has warned the business cannot afford to pay the real living wage to its most junior staff and increase the pay of its most experienced booksellers, as nearly 8,000 people backed the campaign calling for the rise. 
Sophie Kinsella
It has been announced that Sophie Kinsella will return to her bestselling Shopaholic series with her first festive title, Christmas Shopaholic, to be published in October 2019.
The Curse of the School Rabbit
HarperCollins Children’s Books will present a new fiction title from Judith Kerr, entitled The Curse of the School Rabbit, at next week’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
Elsevier
Elsevier has reported a median pay gap of 39.4%, slightly down from last year's 40.4%, but still over twice the current national average which the Office of National Statistics currently puts at 17.9%.

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Alaa al-Aswany
Novelist Alaa al–Aswany says he is being sued in the Egyptian military court for "insulting the president, the Armed Forces, and judicial institutions", sparking concern from his UK publisher Faber.
Stacey Halls
Zaffre has bought two new novels from Stacey Halls as TV rights for her debut, The Familiars, have been snapped up.
Ben Macintyre
Viking has signed two new books from author Ben Macintyre, with the first revealing unpublished intelligence sources about the 20th century's "greatest woman spy" Ursula Kuczynski.
The Bright Agency
Children’s literary agency The Bright Agency is launching a literary list, led by director Arabella Stein.
Royal Society of Literature
The 20-book longlist for this year’s £10,000 Royal Society of Literature (RSL) Ondaatje Prize has been revealed.
The Feminist Library has hit its crowdfunding target for a move to south London after thriller writer Harriet Tyce made a crucial £5,000 donation.
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Walker has pre-empted a début YA novel billed as "‘Stranger Things’ meets ‘Sabrina The Teenage Witch’" in a six-figure deal.
 
 
 
 

Penguin Random House UK Children’s has notched up its 20th deal for Sabina Radeva’s originally crowdfunded reimagining of Charles Darwin’s On the Origins of Species.
 
 
 
 
 

C J Daugherty is to return to YA writing with a series of spy thrillers focused around the daughter of a British Prime Minister.
 
 
 
 

Usborne has snapped up a Middle Grade standalone from The Cogheart Adventures author Peter Bunzl, inspired by the true story of a feral child brought to London by George I and raised at Kensington Palace.
 
 
 
 


Click here to read more Bologna Children's Book Fair news and if you're at the fair visit us at Hall 25, stand B84.

 

 


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In today's daily:

* Global children's charts

* Feminist fairytales

* Horrid Henry turns 25

* Illustrator Showcase

* Horace Bent at Bologna

* My BCBF: Catherine Bell
 
 
 
 

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We have had an incredibly busy month here at The Bookseller. It was a pleasure to see so many of you at our stand at the London Book Fair. We hope you had great success and have now fully recovered!

This coming April, our subscribers again have a lot to look forward to. We will provide all of our usual great features, analysis and insight, plus the Bologna Children's Book Fair Dailies.

Here's what subscribers can expect from The Bookseller in April:
  • Bologna Children's Book Fair Dailies – Whether you are attending the Bologna Children's Book Fair next month or not, you will be able to download our special Bologna Book Fair Dailies during the event (2nd & 3rd April), so you won't miss the breaking news from the fair.
     
  • Category Spotlight: Food & Drink (May 2019 - April 2020) – Next month, we'll take a look at the Food & Drink category in our 19th April issue. If you specialise in Food & Drink books, you won't want to miss this spotlight – subscribe before 10th April to get your hands on this issue!
     
  • New titles in Fiction and Non-Fiction (July 2019) – Caroline Sanderson and Alice O'Keeffe preview the books coming out in July.
     
  • Children’s and Paperback Previews (July 2019) – Fiona Noble looks at upcoming children’s books and Alison Flood previews what’s to come in paperback.


What you can also expect next month:
  • The Bookseller Podcast! – Hosted by Cathy Rentzenbrink, the fifth episode of this monthly podcast will feature a special author interview, reading recommendations from The Book Doctors, the latest book news, reviews, events and much more. Catch up on March's Episode Four and keep an eye out for Episode Five online here.
     
  • Weekly charts & analysis – Every Friday our subscribers receive the weekly Top-50 Wallchart by email, plus other specialist charts (12 of them!), verified by Nielsen, are available to view online each week. Premium subscribers can also read expert trends analysis in weekly print magazine.
     
  • The very latest book news will constantly be updated on thebookseller.com throughout the month, including special subscriber-only content!


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March 27, 2019
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Pinch of Nom
Kay Featherstone and Kate Allinson’s slimming cookbook Pinch of Nom (Bluebird), based on the authors’ food blog, has become the fastest-selling non-fiction title of the Nielsen BookScan era, selling a gastronomical 210,506 copies through the Total Consumer Market.
European Union
The European Parliament has passed the EU's new law on copyright as trade bodies hail the first major revamp of copyright rules in 18 years. 
Alice Lloyd
Orion has announced Alice Lloyd is joining the publisher in a new role of commissioning editor for audio and podcasts.
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press' latest UK gender pay gap details, covering the year ending March 2018, show a small increase in the median figure from 12.6% last year to 13.4% in 2017/18.
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A new platform for underrepresented writers, Untitled, has launched with its first free salon taking place next month in London.
Faminist Library
The Feminist Library is only £5,000 short of its crowdfunding target for its move to Peckham with just days left to go.

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Val McDermid
Crime author Val McDermid has launched the Blether campaign, searching for real-life stories from the people of Scotland, to be published on the Scottish Book Trust’s website.
English Pen
English PEN has named its new director as Daniel Gorman, current executive director of the Shubbak Festival.
Tim Glister
Oneworld has bought two novels from former Janklow & Nesbit agent Tim Glister.
Claire Johnson-Creek
Bonnier adult fiction imprint Zaffre has signed debut authors Shirley Mann, Katie Hutton, and Gillie Holmes to its Memory Lane list of saga-writing.
Samantha Baines
Knights Of has acquired Harriet!, a book about a girl who finds out her hearing aid can help her understand aliens from across the universe, by comedian Samantha Baines.
Thirteen Reasons Why
The US Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and the group’s executive director Lin Oliver are seeking to have a defamation suit filed against them by children's author author Jay Asher thrown out.
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