The Bookseller - Bologna Book Fair 2018 https://www.thebookseller.com/tags-bookseller/bologna-book-fair-2018 en Bologna attendees increase 3% https://www.thebookseller.com/news/bologna-attendee-numbers-increase-3-762496 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2018/04/04/Bologna%20Children%27s%20Book%20Fair%202018_0.png?itok=bV9HAsM8" width="192" height="181" alt="Bologna Children&#039;s Book Fair" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The number of Bologna Children’s Book Fair attendees totalled 27,642 last month, up 3% from 2017, according to the organisers.</p> <p>The number of visitors from outside of Italy also rose from last year, up 6% to 12,403, while exhibitors were up 8.6% to 1,390.</p> <p>The organisers said the figures demonstrated that the fair, which took place last week (26th-29th March), was “the most important international trade fair of the industry”.</p> <p>Other highlights included the Illustrators Survival Corner, which was attended by 6,000 illustrators, the Best Illustrated Children's Books Award, the the Dust or Magic event about apps, and a new event focused on audiobooks.</p> <p>China was the country of honour and 100 Chinese exhibitors took part, showcasing more than 3,000 titles.</p> <p>During the fair the organisers also promoted this year’s New York Rights Fair, which will take place in 30th May-1st June and is aimed at introducing American publishers and agents to their international counterparts, and the new collaboration with the China Shanghai International Children's Book Fair, which will be held 9-11th November.</p> <p>Next year the guest of honour will be Switzerland.</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-04-04T09:15:00+01:00">April 4, 2018</span><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/news">news</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/categories/childrens">childrens</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/bologna">Bologna</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/bologna-childrens-book-fair-0">Bologna Children&#039;s Book Fair</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/bologna-book-fair-2018">Bologna Book Fair 2018</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Wed, 04 Apr 2018 08:17:36 +0000 Charlotte Eyre 762496 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/bologna-attendee-numbers-increase-3-762496#comments Bologna Children's Book Fair in pictures https://www.thebookseller.com/news/bologna-pictures-759546 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2018/03/28/Bologna%20192x181%281%29.png?itok=gf-VBqYG" width="192" height="181" alt="Michael Morpurgo" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/_1150454.jpg" style="width: 750px; height: 500px; margin: 5px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Members of the Chinese Guest of Honour delegation with Bologna dignitaries&nbsp;at the fair’s opening ceremony.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/kori%20song%20illus%20hongn%20kong.psd" style="width: 300px; margin: 5px; height: 299px;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202018-03-26%20at%2009.13.32.psd" style="width: 400px; margin: 5px; height: 300px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Illustrator Kori Song<em> left</em> shows off her <em>Found in Melbourne</em> book at the Hello! From Australia stand, while Illustrator Sarah McIntyre was at the fair in spirit—and also in the form of a cut-out figurine.<br> ￼￼</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/Screen%20Shot%202018-03-28%20at%2017.39.59_0.png" style="width: 750px; margin: 5px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Fairgoers scour the fair’s Illustrators’ Wall.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/sue%20hendra%20paul%20linnet_0.jpg" style="width: 350px; height: 467px; margin: 5px;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/kathryn%20haworth%20bonnier2.jpg" style="width: 350px; height: 467px; margin: 5px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Creative duo <em>left&nbsp;</em>Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet prepare for a day at the fair, while Kathryn Haworth <em>right</em> of Templar shows off the Bonnier imprint’s stand.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/PAO_4857-1.jpg" style="width: 750px; height: 501px; margin: 5px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Michael Morpurgo <em>centre</em> with the HarperCollins team at an event celebrating his books.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/PAO_5048-1.jpg" style="width: 750px; height: 501px; margin: 5px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Morpurgo read from forthcoming title<em> Flamingo Boy</em> at the event.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/Screen%20Shot%202018-03-27%20at%2009.52.24_0.png" style="width: 350px; height: 351px; margin: 5px;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/Screen%20Shot%202018-03-27%20at%2009.57.30.png" style="width: 350px; margin: 5px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Antoana Oreski<em> left </em>shows off her picture book creations, while A G Jatkowska <em>right</em> pays a visit to her UK publisher, Lucky Bee.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/d29ab831-681c-49dd-bdb7-70c9af576d70.jpg" style="width: 450px; height: 541px; margin: 5px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Author Jess Townsend <em>centre</em> celebrates&nbsp;the success of debut novel&nbsp;<em>Nevermoor</em> with the Hachette team.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/29/Screen%20Shot%202018-03-26%20at%2010.53.28.png" style="width: 700px; height: 523px; margin: 5px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Laurence King’s stand, complete with a postbox for illustrator submissions.</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-03-28T17:15:00+01:00">March 28, 2018</span><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/news">news</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/bologna-book-fair-2018">Bologna Book Fair 2018</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/michael-morpurgo">Michael Morpurgo</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/laurence-king">Laurence King</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/sarah-macintyre">Sarah MacIntyre</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Thu, 29 Mar 2018 07:30:01 +0000 francesca.pymm_232490 759546 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/bologna-pictures-759546#comments Having a Hoot https://www.thebookseller.com/insight/having-hoot-759531 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2018/03/29/Two%20Hoots.png?itok=5mcjjk1A" width="192" height="181" alt="Two Hoots" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Two Hoots founder Suzanne Carnell looks back on the imprint’s nascent publishing years, and tells Tom Tivnan why readers and booksellers should expect the unexpected.</p> <p><strong>Can you tell us why you launched Two Hoots?</strong></p> <p>It’s every editor’s dream to have their own imprint, so of course when the opportunity arose, I couldn’t resist. My ambition was to create a list of exceptional illustrated books with no boundaries of format, age group, style or content. Beautiful, quality books with careful attention paid to everything from text and illustration, to design and production. I wanted to offer the most gifted authors, illustrators and designers the creative space to explore and experiment, and for the list to be one of wit and personality.</p> <p>It was a chance for me to publish broadly, and to work hands-on with authors and illustrators, which has always been the best part of my job. Also, by keeping the list relatively small we could engender a real sense of belonging for those who publish with us.</p> <p><strong>How have the two years or so gone?</strong></p> <p>They’ve gone by in a flash. We’ve been lucky enough to work with some extraordinary authors and illustrators, and I’m very proud of the results. They have created wonderful books, which have had a great reception in the UK and internationally. Last year we were shortlisted for all the major UK prizes and won Independent Bookshop Week and Association of Illustrators awards, as well as the Kate Greenaway Medal, which was a tremendous thrill.</p> <p><em>Little Red</em> by Bethan Woollvin was selected for the White Ravens catalogue of the best children’s books from around the world; both Emily Gravett and Morag Hood had their work exhibited at the US Society of Illustrators Exhibition in New York; and all our books have achieved multiple foreign-language deals.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/29/Two%20Hoots%20group%20shot_0.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 533px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Suzanne Carnell (back row, centre) with the Two Hoots team of authors, illustrators and staff</em></p> <p><strong>How do you see Two Hoots evolving?</strong></p> <p>I expect the list to remain roughly the same size (approximately 12 new titles a year)—deciding exactly what those books will be is all part of the joy of running a small imprint. I always planned to publish books in different genres and for different age groups. Alongside picture books, last year we published two poetry titles:<em> Fish Dream of Trees</em> by Franz Wittkamp, adapted by Roger McGough and illustrated by Axel Scheffler; and<em> I’m Just No Good at Rhyming</em> by Chris Harris and Lane Smith.</p> <p>This year we have <em>Suffragette: The Battle for Equality </em>by David Roberts, 128 pages of extraordinary illustrations and compelling text aimed at an older audience. In the autumn there’s a breathtaking alphabet book by Julia Donaldson, designed and illustrated by Sharon King-Chai: <em>Animalphabet</em> is richly illustrated with intricate, die-cut fold-out pages. It’s already sold in four languages, which is quite an achievement in an alphabet genre that’s notoriously unpopular with any rights department. Both books are quite unlike anything the writers have done before, which is what I hoped Two Hoots would encourage. An agent told me recently that I am very hard to please. I don’t agree: any idea, story, character or illustration style that lights a spark can be a Two Hoots book.</p> <p><strong>Two Hoots launched at a time when there seemed to be a lot of smaller, “boutique” imprints popping up. Why do you think this is, and what advantages do they have?</strong></p> <p>After the initial explosion of digital publishing, there has clearly been a renewed interest in printed books, and more attention than ever on design and production values. New imprints allow a personal curation from the publisher’s point of view, and space and attention and focus from the author/illustrator/book’s point of view. It can also offer a freedom to try new things, to be playful and have fun.</p> <p><strong>What are some of the titles you’ll be talking about at this Bologna?</strong></p> <p>We have another selection of terrific new titles, including brand new talent Puck Koper, whose brilliant <em>Where is Your Sister? </em>offers a very real, very funny, chase through a department store in a distinctively sophisticated two-colour illustration style. From Elina Ellis, winner of the 2016 Macmillan Prize for Illustration, we have the warm and witty <em>The Truth About Old People</em>, and there are also new titles from Gravett (<em>Cyril and Pat</em>, a squirrel and rat who dare to be friends) and Hood, who is adding a pair of gay aardvarks to her growing menagerie in <em>Aalfred and Aalbert</em>.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/29/Animalphabet%20cover%20cmyk.jpg" style="width: 186px; height: 250px;"> &nbsp; <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/29/Cyril%20and%20Pat%20cover.jpg" style="width: 283px; height: 250px;"> &nbsp; <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/29/Suffragette%20cover.jpg" style="width: 199px; height: 250px;">&nbsp;</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-03-28T16:45:00+01:00">March 28, 2018</span><div class="field field-name-field-written-by field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Written By:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Tom Tivnan</div></div></div><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/insight">insight</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/categories/childrens">childrens</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/suzanne-carnell">Suzanne Carnell</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/two-hoots-0">Two Hoots</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/pan-macmillan">Pan Macmillan</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/macmillan-childrens-books">Macmillan Children&#039;s Books</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/bologna-book-fair-2018">Bologna Book Fair 2018</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:53:41 +0000 caroline.carpenter@thebookseller.com 759531 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/insight/having-hoot-759531#comments Daylight’s raving time https://www.thebookseller.com/insight/daylight-s-raving-time-759516 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2018/03/29/Zhang%20Yuntao.png?itok=2Xu_Dxzj" width="192" height="181" alt="Zhang Yuntao" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Many Western publishers believe a relaxation of the one-child policy will result in China being a burgeoning growth market for kids’ books in the years to come. The editor-in-chief of the country’s Daylight Publishing House discusses the market with Tom Tivnan.</p> <p><strong>Can you tell us about Daylight Publishing House, and how it has developed in recent years?</strong></p> <p>Daylight Publishing House (DPH) is a children’s imprint of People’s Literature Publishing House: one of the most influential publishing house in China, with a history stretching back nearly 70 years. DPH itself was founded in 2009, so we’re quite a young company, and our main focus is children’s literature: we publish many picture books, and children’s non-fiction and reference [titles]. DPH’s annual growth has been 20%–30% over the past three years, which I think shows that we’re a children’s book publishing house of high quality.</p> <p><strong>How about the Chinese children’s books market in general? What are the key recent trends? What successes has DPH had?</strong></p> <p>The children’s book market has a good momentum, with [annual rates of] growth of more than 10% for several years in a row. In 2016, the children’s sector surpassed the social sciences, adult literature and art titles to be the number one category in the Chinese book market; the kids’ sector was responsible for more than a third of the wider market’s total growth. YA and children’s fiction accounted for the largest proportion [of that growth], followed by picture books and popular science.</p> <p>DPH’s biggest successes have been in the publication of original literature: we have many of the top Chinese children’s writers, as well as dynamic young writers and illustrators.</p> <p><strong>Which books and authors will you be talking about most at this year’s Bologna?</strong></p> <p>We’ll be talking a lot about <em>The Firefly King</em>, <em>The Draught </em>and <em>The Bat Aroma</em> by the Hans Christian Andersen Award-winner Cao Wenxuan; the Little Wolf’s Stories series by Tang Sulan, a well-known fairytale writer in China; and picture books with Chinese elements such as <em>Happy Mid-Autumn Festival</em>, <em>The Weird Dumpling </em>(its main character is a panda) and <em>Braids</em>, whose creator Bingchun Huang won a Biennial of Illustration Bratislava Golden Apple Award in 2015.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><br> <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/29/The%20Brand%28BIB%20GOLD%20APPLE%EF%BC%89.jpg" style="width: 232px; height: 300px;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/29/The%20firefly%20king%20by%20Cao%20Wenxuan.png" style="height: 300px; width: 233px;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/29/the%20weird%20dumpling.jpg" style="height: 300px; width: 294px;"></p> <p><strong>What sort of rights from abroad are you looking to acquire? What kinds of stories and authors work well in China?</strong></p> <p>We are interested in new standalone fiction, non-fiction and picture books with themes of philosophy, science and art. We are less interested in foreign campus or school-themed series, as there are already many of these on the market by home-grown writers which are actually closer to the life of Chinese children.</p> <p><strong>And can you name some of your own authors and illustrators who you think might work well in the Anglophone world?</strong><br> ￼￼￼<br> <em>Bronze and Sunflower</em> from Cao Wenxuan has already proven to be a success in the UK and the US, it’s been on an annual list by a US association of school librarians of most recommended titles for three years. Therefore, we believe that his new stories can also gain recognition abroad.</p> <p>Apart from this, picture books with Chinese elements have also been attracting attention: for example, our picture book <em>Happy Mid-Autumn Festival</em> is used as the text in a translation competition for Chinese-language learners held by the University of Leeds. The book was chosen for its illustration style, interesting story and also the content—it concerns a traditional Chinese festival. <em>The Weird Dumpling</em>, which was a big favourite of London Book Fair director Jacks Thomas when she visited China last year, will also be published in UK.</p> <p><strong>How do you see the Chinese children’s market developing?</strong></p> <p>The children’s book market in China is thriving and the marketing channels are becoming diversified. The emergence of various ￼￼￼￼￼online channels provides more possibilities for children’s books. Products which we found hard to sell well through traditional channels, such as expensive pop-ups and novelty books, may find a ready market via certain online channels.</p> <p>So all in all, there is an improvement in the quality of the books and the marketing, so the market will continue to grow.</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-03-28T16:15:00+01:00">March 28, 2018</span><div class="field field-name-field-written-by field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Written By:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Tom Tivnan</div></div></div><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/insight">insight</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/categories/childrens">childrens</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/categories/international">international</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/zhang-yuntao">Zhang Yuntao</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/china">China</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/daylight-publishing-house">Daylight Publishing House</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/bologna-book-fair-2018">Bologna Book Fair 2018</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:31:13 +0000 caroline.carpenter@thebookseller.com 759516 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/insight/daylight-s-raving-time-759516#comments Greg James and Chris Smith on new Kid Normal https://www.thebookseller.com/booknews/greg-james-and-chris-smith-new-kid-normal-757986 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2018/03/28/Greg%20James%20and%20Chris%20Smith_4.png?itok=mDug5NVF" width="192" height="181" alt="Greg James and Chris Smith" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>One of Bloomsbury’s big middle-grade outings this Bologna is the Kid Normal series by radio DJs Greg James and Chris Smith, who are attending the fair to meet their European publishers. Rights have sold in 16 markets to date and <em>Kid Normal</em> is shortlisted for <a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/british-book-awards/shortlists/2018#">The British Book Awards</a>' Audiobook of the Year. The duo’s second book, <em>Kid Normal and the Rogue Heroes</em>, was published last week (22nd March). The pair talk to Charlotte Eyre.</p> <p><strong>What are you doing at Bologna this year?</strong></p> <p>We were really excited to be invited to Bologna. It’s the Glastonbury of international children’s publishing, so we feel a bit like Coldplay right now. We’re going to be running around the fair like excited rabbits in a carrot factory, meeting as many publishers as we can.</p> <p><strong><span class="floatright"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/Kid%20Normal%20and%20the%20Rogue%20Heroes.jpg" style="width: 300px; height: 463px; margin: 5px; float:right;"></span>Did you expect to be published in other languages when you signed your first book deal?</strong></p> <p>We hoped we might, but we never expected things to get so brilliant quite so quickly. It’s an indescribable feeling to see your book in another language. We’re endlessly fascinated by what the international publishers have done with the text and the illustrations, and how they’ve translated the word “flumphing”.</p> <p><strong>What will you be doing in Bologna to promote your titles?</strong></p> <p>Greg’s going to base jump from one of Bologna’s medieval towers, and Chris is going to attempt a world record for the most flavours of gelato sampled during a single hour. And we’ll be buying a lot of publishers a lot of Prosecco.</p> <p><strong>You are already known personalities in the UK. Is that true in other countries where your books are sold?</strong></p> <p>No, and that’s what makes the international market so special for us. The book stands or falls on the strength of the story, and that’s what we wanted all along.</p> <p><strong>And what are you working on at the moment?</strong></p> <p>We’re busily writing book three at the moment. We are loving the way it’s shaping up, Murph’s story goes in some very unexpected directions this time.</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-03-28T15:15:00+01:00">March 28, 2018</span><div class="field field-name-field-written-by field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Written By:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Charlotte Eyre</div></div></div><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/booknews">booknews</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/categories/childrens">childrens</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/greg-james">Greg James</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/chris-smith">Chris Smith</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/bloomsbury">Bloomsbury</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/bloomsbury-childrens-books">Bloomsbury Children&#039;s Books</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/kid-normal">Kid Normal</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/bologna-book-fair-2018">Bologna Book Fair 2018</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:28:49 +0000 caroline.carpenter@thebookseller.com 757986 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/booknews/greg-james-and-chris-smith-new-kid-normal-757986#comments The Illustrator's Showcase https://www.thebookseller.com/insight/illustrators-showcase-757976 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2018/03/28/Illustrators%20192x181.png?itok=xOqeMGUI" width="192" height="181" alt="Elsa Frere" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Earlier this year, <em>The Bookseller</em> issued a call for illustrators to submit their work to our&nbsp;Illustrator Showcase, in association with the Association of Illustrators.</p> <p>Over two days of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, we featured the work of eight chosen illustrators, all of whom are unrepresented, in order to promote the work of those in the early stages of their careers.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/Harriet%20Hobday%20800x600.png" style="width: 800px; height: 600px; margin: 5px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/Elsa%20Frere%20800x600.png" style="width: 800px; height: 600px; margin: 5px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/Emma%20Lazell%20800x600.png" style="width: 800px; height: 600px; margin: 5px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/Screen%20Shot%202018-03-28%20at%2013.50.00.png" style="width: 800px; height: 601px; margin: 5px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/Lucy%20Semple%20800x600.png" style="width: 800px; height: 600px; margin: 5px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/Camille%20Zaza%20800x600.png" style="width: 800px; height: 600px; margin: 5px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/Laurie%20Stansfield%20800x600.png" style="width: 800px; height: 600px; margin: 5px;"></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2018/03/28/Faye%20Finney%20800x600.png" style="width: 800px; height: 600px; margin: 5px;"></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-03-28T14:30:00+01:00">March 28, 2018</span><div class="field field-name-field-written-by field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Written By:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Bookseller News Team</div></div></div><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/insight">insight</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/bologna-book-fair-2018">Bologna Book Fair 2018</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/emma-lazell">Emma Lazell</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/elsa-frere">Elsa Frere</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/harriet-hobday">Harriet Hobday</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/camille-zaza">Camille Zaza</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/lucy-semple">Lucy Semple</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/laurie-stansfield">Laurie Stansfield</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/faye-finney">Faye Finney</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/momoko-abe">Momoko Abe</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:43:54 +0000 francesca.pymm_232490 757976 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/insight/illustrators-showcase-757976#comments Another string to Fletcher’s bow https://www.thebookseller.com/insight/another-string-fletcher-s-bow-757946 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2018/03/28/Tom%20Fletcher%20192x181%281%29.png?itok=R8G7-bPW" width="192" height="181" alt="Tom Fletcher" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>One of the stars of Penguin Random House Children’s stand this year is Tom Fletcher, who says he is "excited"&nbsp;to meet his international publishing family at Bologna for the first time.</p> <p>Fletcher started writing children’s books when he was a member of the pop/rock band McFly, and has since sold 1.45 million copies of his titles, with value sales of £7m, in the UK. Internationally, he has been published in 25 languages around the world (rights have sold in 17 languages for <em>The&nbsp;Christmasaurus</em>&nbsp;and 13 for <em>There’s a Monster in Your&nbsp;Book</em>), but Fletcher has not yet met his foreign publishers. "Usually I get sent a box of books but I don’t really get to meet anyone, so it will be nice to meet them face to face."</p> <p>He will be putting on a show at Bologna, "singing, talking, doing a bit of performing, showing all the things I can do", he says. "My whole&nbsp;life was music and writing books is relatively&nbsp;new for me, but I don’t see them as two separate careers. Usually when I write there is some musical element to go along with the story... Even if I’m the only one who ever hears it."</p> <p>PRH is promoting Fletcher’s full range of titles at Bologna: his solo picture books, the picture books he writes with McFly bandmate Dougie Poynter, his middle-grade novels, and the upcoming YA novel he wrote with his wife, Giovanna Fletcher, called <em>Eve of Man</em>. The novel is about the last girl on Earth and was his hardest to write, he says. "Writing the first draft&nbsp;was relatively straight-forward, because the book alternates between two characters, roughly chapter by chapter."&nbsp;Fletcher says he wrote the chapters about one character, and his wife the other chapters featuring the co-star. "But with the edits, it was logistically difficult to keep on top of the changes. I would change one tiny thing and that&nbsp;would have implications for her character."</p> <p>Fletcher will also perform excerpts from the stage show adaptation of <em>The Christmasaurus</em>, which is also being adapted into an animated film directed by Michael Gracey, who recently directed "The Greatest Showman". "Most of&nbsp;my books are not specifically books,"&nbsp;Fletcher explains. "I write them as stories that can be used in different ways.</p> <p>"The thing about writing books is that the story is in my control, and I enjoy that, but it’s not the end of the process. Actually it’s nice working with experts [on stage shows or films] that share your creative vision. I’m not a scriptwriter, so it’s great working with scriptwriters who have a passion for my story."</p> <p>Two books are scheduled for release in May—<em> There’s a Dragon in Your Book</em>, illustrated by Greg Abbott, and a YA novel—and the paperback edition of <em>The Creakers</em> will be out this year too. He has to write at night, once his children have gone to bed ("basically I don’t sleep any more", he says), but promises there will be further middle-grade books and more titles in the Dinosaur that Pooped... range with Poynter.</p> <p>He collaborates with three illustrators: Abbott, who did the picture book <em>There’s a Monster in Your Book</em>; Garry Parsons (the Dinosaur that Pooped... series); and Shane Devries, who was working in film when Fletcher hired him to work on the book and movie version of <em>The Christmasaurus</em> concurrently. All of the illustrators have a different type of input into their projects; Devries was sent story ideas before the text was even finished. "We had lots of Skype chats,"&nbsp;laughs Fletcher.</p> <p>For now, he is recovering from World Book Day, for which he did several events with schoolchildren in the UK that sound far more intimidating than performing for publishers at Bologna. "When you are on your own with a class full of children, it’s terrifying,"&nbsp;he says. "Kids are so honest and don’t lie. The kids weren’t born when McFly started, so I can’t rely on that. The McFly thing doesn’t work with seven-year-olds."</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-03-28T12:30:00+01:00">March 28, 2018</span><div class="field field-name-field-written-by field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Written By:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Charlotte Eyre</div></div></div><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/insight">insight</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/tom-fletcher">Tom Fletcher</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/bologna-book-fair-2018">Bologna Book Fair 2018</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/penguin-random-house">Penguin Random House</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Wed, 28 Mar 2018 11:44:02 +0000 francesca.pymm_232490 757946 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/insight/another-string-fletcher-s-bow-757946#comments Sheppard flocks to Scholastic with OMGs https://www.thebookseller.com/news/sheppard-flocks-scholastic-omgs-755971 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2018/03/27/Alexandra%20Sheppard%20192x181.png?itok=isqPqnJj" width="192" height="181" alt="Alexandra Sheppard " /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Scholastic has bought world rights to a YA novel about the greek gods by Alexandra Sheppard.</p> <p>The story of <em>O.M.G.s (Oh My Gods)</em> centres on Helen, who has a secret: her family are Greek gods in disguise. When she goes to live with her father—who is Zeus, masquerading as a university professor—she must do her best to keep the family secret intact... but chaos ensues.</p> <p>London-based début author Sheppard is a social media manager who has worked on big-brand campaigns such as This Girl Can for Sport England. She has previously written for <em>Time Out</em>, Mslexia and Lit Hub, and was shortlisted for Megaphone, the UK-based mentoring and development scheme for children’s authors from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background.</p> <p>Sophie Cashell, commissioning editor for fiction and picture books at Scholastic UK, struck a deal for world rights with Leticia Vila-Sanjuán of the Pontas Agency, and will publish the title in January 2019.</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-03-27T13:45:00+01:00">March 27, 2018</span><div class="field field-name-field-written-by field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Written By:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Bookseller News Team</div></div></div><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/news">news</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/categories/rights">rights</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/bologna-book-fair-2018">Bologna Book Fair 2018</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/scholastic">Scholastic</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/alexandra-sheppard">Alexandra Sheppard</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Wed, 28 Mar 2018 06:00:11 +0000 francesca.pymm_232490 755971 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/sheppard-flocks-scholastic-omgs-755971#comments Rebel Girls propel non-fiction at BCBF https://www.thebookseller.com/news/rebel-girls-propel-non-fiction-bcbf-757856 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2018/03/27/Francesca%20Cavallo%20and%20Elena%20Favilli.png?itok=aHCM1hra" width="192" height="181" alt="Francesca Caallo and Elena Favilli" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Buoyed by the success of <em>Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls</em>, children’s non-fiction is the “place to be” this Bologna, with publishers eager for new voices on the back of strong sales in the sector in the past 12 months.</p> <p>There have been significant jumps in the illustrated non-fiction market: Quarto c.e.o. Marcus Leaver said the category earned his group $150m in revenue worldwide in 2017. Bloomsbury Children’s Books, meanwhile, said its non-fiction leapt 50% in revenue terms last year, led by titles in Kate Pankhurst’s <em>Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World</em> series.</p> <p>Sharon Hutton, Bloomsbury publishing director for children’s non-fiction, said: “The rise of non-fiction has created a space for outstanding stories that are connecting the world in new and powerful ways. Children are discovering an illustrated narrative landscape of triumphant tales, inspirational heroes, and a new age of science and technology.”</p> <p>Laurence King reported significant interest in its range of illustrated non-fiction at this year’s fair. Elizabeth Jenner, head of children’s, said: “It’s great to see illustrated non-fiction doing so well. There is so much of an appetite, both at home and internationally, for these traditional subjects treated in new, vibrant ways. [Our] titles on science and astronomy, and our Little Guides to Great Lives, have definitely been the stand-out stars of our fair.”</p> <p>Feminist-themed titles have been driving the illustrated non-fiction market’s rise in Ireland, too, with the sector boosted this year by Bold Girls, a multi-partner campaign backed by Children’s Books Ireland (CBI). The programme is tied to the centenary of women getting the right to vote in Ireland, and it promotes kids’ books that feature “strong, intelligent, self-possessed female protagonists” and celebrates women authors and illustrators. Jenny Murray, acting director of CBI, said: “Non-fiction is a big market for us and the standard is so high. With the Bold Girls campaign there is a huge number of books about women in history, as well as modern women. Ireland didn’t really ‘do’ non-fiction for such a long while, but Irish-interest picture books are now coming through—and many of these are non-fiction.”</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-03-27T16:45:00+01:00">March 27, 2018</span><div class="field field-name-field-written-by field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Written By:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Charlotte Eyre and Tom Tivnan</div></div></div><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/news">news</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/categories/childrens">childrens</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/bologna-book-fair-2018">Bologna Book Fair 2018</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Wed, 28 Mar 2018 05:59:24 +0000 caroline.carpenter@thebookseller.com 757856 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/rebel-girls-propel-non-fiction-bcbf-757856#comments Kerr’s smartphone tale Mummy Time due in September https://www.thebookseller.com/news/kerr-s-smartphone-tale-mummy-time-due-september-756041 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.thebookseller.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2018/03/27/Judith%20Kerr%20and%20tiger%20192x181_0.jpg?itok=jbOtVjpg" width="192" height="181" alt="Judith Kerr" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Judith Kerr’s next picture book, <em>Mummy Time</em>, will be published by HarperCollins Children’s Books in the UK in September, the publisher’s head of rights Carla Alonzi has told <em>The Bookseller Daily</em>.</p> <p>Set in a park, the book is about the adventures a small child has when his mother is distracted by her phone. It has already attracted "considerable"&nbsp;interest&nbsp;from overseas publishers, as has HarperCollins’ publishing around the 50th anniversary of Kerr’s <em>The Tiger Who Came to Tea</em>, said Alonzi.</p> <p>The publisher has struck several foreign rights deals for new authors, accepting an Italian pre-empt for Anna James’ Pages &amp; Co trilogy before the fair. Publishers in France and Germany are bidding for début author/illustrator John Bond’s Mini Rabbit picture book series, which HC signed earlier this month.</p> <p>Alonzi said the publisher also had one of its "busiest ever auctions in Germany"&nbsp;for Dominique Valente’s Starfell series, and that publishers at Bologna were "very excited"&nbsp;about Michael Morpurgo’s latest, <em>Flamingo Boy</em>, which has already sold in multiple territories, including France, Italy and Japan.</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-03-27T16:15:00+01:00">March 27, 2018</span><div class="field field-name-field-written-by field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Written By:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Bookseller News Team</div></div></div><li class="item-inline"><a href="/article-type/news">news</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/categories/rights">rights</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/bologna-book-fair-2018">Bologna Book Fair 2018</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/judith-kerr">Judith Kerr</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/harpercollins">HarperCollins</a></li><div class="field field-name-field-subscriber field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subscriber :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-premium field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">premium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">0</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-sticky-to-category field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Sticky at top of category lists:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Wed, 28 Mar 2018 05:48:20 +0000 francesca.pymm_232490 756041 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/kerr-s-smartphone-tale-mummy-time-due-september-756041#comments
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