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Doubleday has acquired debut novel The Flames about four
women "muses" who inspired artist Egon
Schiele, in a "major" six-figure pre-empt. |
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Pan Mac authors will embark on a 10-day virtual tour of
high street bookshops this month with writers including Kate Mosse, Ann
Cleeves and Prue Leith focusing on stores that mean something to them
personally. |
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Oxford University Press, the original publisher of Astrid
Lindgren’s iconic character, has teamed up with the author’s estate and
Riot to celebrate Pippi Longstocking turning 75. |
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Claire Adam has scooped the Authors' Club Best First Novel
Award for her “outstanding” novel Golden Child (Faber). |
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Puffin is launching a seven-day online festival in
partnership with Waterstones on 8th June, The Festival of Big
Dreams, featuring a range of its authors and illustrators
including Jacqueline Wilson and Nick Sharratt. |
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National Book Tokens and Puffin have joined forces to
launch a new writing competition for children across the UK and
Ireland. |
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Quercus is publishing Five Go Absolutely Nowhere, the latest
title in its Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups series, inviting
readers to join George, Dick, Anne, Julian and Timmy the Dog as they go
into lockdown. |
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Headline has acquired two new standalone
thrillers from Simon Kernick. |
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Century is publishing a health and fitness book from Tyson
Fury this November. |
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Bloomsbury Children’s Books has acquired a
pandemic-inspired picture book from author Michelle Robinson, with
illustrations by Emily Hamilton. |
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This year's Wigtown Book Festival will now be held online
owing to the pandemic, its organisers have confirmed. |
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Sebastian Faulks, Kit de Waal and Tessa Hadley are among
the judges for this year's Sunday Times and University of Warwick Young
Writer of the Year Award. |
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Hi Karen Naylor,
here's the latest jobs from thebookseller.com
Feel free to forward to a friend
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Welcome to this Friday's Jobs in Books. This week we bring you news of
another Marketing and Publicity virtual panel! This time we will be taking a
look at virtual events. You can find all the details on our M&P
website and you can sign-up for a Zoom invite here: bit.ly/3bz6DlS
There's also lots to catch up on from our #BooksellerChat this week. The
Bookseller editor, Philip Jones, spoke to Knights Of and Jacaranda Books
about how indie publishers are coping during the coronavirus pandemic. There
are lots of takeaways on our Twitter and on our news page here.
Make sure to subscribe to our free daily briefing/books in the media emails for all the news and all
the reviews in your inbox (that’s if you haven’t already)! In these
unprecedented times, the Bookseller will bring you as much publishing
information as humanly possible to enable you to make the business decisions
you need to.
If you'd like to take part in my job in 5 or if you have a new move or
promotion to announce, please get in touch at emma.lowe@thebookseller.com .
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People
& Moves
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Jason
Hook has left his role as publisher at Ammonite Press (GMC Books) to focus
on his own writing, packaging and publishing projects.
Rachel
Neely is joining Trapeze as commissioning editor after three and a half
years at Quercus
Mavis
Sarfo is joining Guinness World Records as UK key account manager.
Previously, Sarfo worked on Sainsbury's books team for 10 years. Since
leaving Sainsbury's in 2017, she has worked for Kings Road Publishing and
most recently Nielsen.
Isabel
Sinagola is joining the Guinness World Records publishing team as supply
chain and distribution manager. Sinagola is joining from Hachette. Sarfo
and Sinagola will start their new roles on 26th May.
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Product Manager – Library
Software
May 14, 2020 Our
client, a library software company, requires a new Product Manager to
define and deliver new enhancements to the company's core products. You
will be the product expert for...
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Library Software Engineer – SaaS
Our client, one of
the world’s leading information services provider, is looking to recruit a
Library Software Engineer, to join their Global Software Services team.
This team is committed to...
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Special Sales Manager (freelance,
home-based)
Our client, a fast
growing independent non-fiction book publishing company seeks a capable
Special Sales Manager to develop its UK non-trade sales activities. This is
a newly created position...
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Senior Publisher – STM Journals
Our Client, an
international non-for-profit STM organisation leading in scientific and
clinical education and research, is looking for a Senior Publisher to manage
the development of a Journals...
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(Senior) Acquisitions Editor
A leading academic
publisher is looking for Acquisitions Editors to commission books across a
variety of scientific areas and disciplines. If you have experience
of identifying and recruiting...
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Customer Service and Data
Coordinator
A leading
archaeology publisher in Oxford is looking for a reliable and enthusiastic
Coordinator with demonstrable administrative experience and excellent pair
of eyes for details to join their small...
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Publishing Director – STM, OA
Journals
Our client, a
leading and growing not-for-profit STM Open Access journal publisher, is
expanding and recruiting a new Publishing Director, to join its
multidisciplinary OA Journals team. Industry ...
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Head of Sales & Marketing
(STM publishing)
Do you have
experience managing a sales and marketing department for academic books and
journals? Do you have demonstrable knowledge on Open Access?
This 12-month maternity cover opportunity will...
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Sales & Marketing Director –
IOP Publishing
April 23, 2020
Morgan Healey Retained Assignment IOP Publishing, one of the worlds
most prestigious learned society publishers, requires a new Sales
& Marketing Director, reporting...
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Company: Penguin Random
House Group
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Location: London
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Company: Pan Macmillan
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Location: Greater London
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Company: Redwood
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Location: Cambridge,
United Kingdom
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Salary
Description: Attractive salary and company benefits
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Closing Date: TBC
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Company: Inspired
Selection
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Location: London
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Description:
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Closing Date: TBC
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