The Bookseller - Nick East https://www.thebookseller.com/tags-bookseller/nick-east en Seven-book deal for Nick East https://www.thebookseller.com/news/hcg-signs-seven-book-deal-nick-east-737321 <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/Nick%20East.png?itok=n7DwCbBa" width="192" height="181" alt="Nick East" /></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>Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has signed a seven-book deal with author and illustrator Nick East.</p> <p>East, who is currently on the HCG list as the illustrator of <em>Simon Sock</em> by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet, and the "Knock Knock" books by Caryl Hart, will write and illustrate two picture books as well as illustrate Dermot O’Leary’s second Toto the Ninja Cat title. He has also signed up to write and illustrate four books in a series called Agent Weasel, aimed at children aged 7+.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>The deal for world rights was brokered between picture book publisher Emma Layfield, fiction editorial director Sarah Lambert and East’s agent, Heather Richards at Tallbean Illustration.</p> <p>Layfield said: “We truly believe Nick East is one of the finest draughtsman of this generation. We are delighted to be publishing him both on the picture book list and on the fiction list here at Hodder Children’s Books, allowing each book to excel individually within a broad, long-term strategy. Nick already has a wonderful reputation in the picture book world, and we’re looking forward to introducing him to fiction readers with Agent Weasel.”</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-02-21T11:00:00+00:00">February 21, 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="/categories/rights">rights</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/hachette-children-s-group">Hachette Children’s Group</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/nick-east">Nick East</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, 21 Feb 2018 10:59:46 +0000 Charlotte Eyre 737321 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/hcg-signs-seven-book-deal-nick-east-737321#comments Second Sparkes picture book from Egmont https://www.thebookseller.com/news/second-sparkes-picture-book-egmont-472466 <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/2017/01/19/Egmont-use_20.jpg?itok=9KxRr3Q4" width="192" height="181" alt="Egmont" /></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>Egmont Publishing will this year release the second picture book by Amy Sparkes.</p> <p><em>Ellie’s Magic Wellies</em> is a rhyming picture book about what happens when Ellie gets a new pair of magical wellies. It will be published as part of a previous two-book deal struck by Melissa Fairley, publishing director of picture book and gift at Egmont, and Julia Churchill of A M Heath.</p> <p>The text will be illustrated by Nick East, who has a four-book deal with Egmont. His agent is Heather Richards at Tallbean.</p> <p><em>Ellie’s Magic Wellies</em> will be released on 6th April in paperback, priced at £6.99.</p> <p>Sparkes is donating 5% of her author royalties to the charity ICP Support, which supports women with the condition intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP).</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2017-01-19T12:15:00+00:00">January 19, 2017</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="/categories/rights">rights</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/amy-sparkes">Amy Sparkes</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tag/egmont">Egmont</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/nick-east">Nick East</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/julia-churchill">julia churchill</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/melissa-fairley">Melissa Fairley</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, 19 Jan 2017 08:19:03 +0000 Charlotte Eyre 472466 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/second-sparkes-picture-book-egmont-472466#comments Tim Peake to publish picture book with PRH https://www.thebookseller.com/news/prh-publishes-picture-book-tim-peake-323876 <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/2016/03/08/Tim%20Peake.png?itok=zja1IYcj" width="192" height="181" alt="Tim Peake" /></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>Penguin Random House Children’s is publishing a picture book, by Michelle Robinson and Nick East, in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and astronaut Tim Peake.</p> <p><em>Goodnight Spaceman </em>is inspired by Peake’s mission to the International Space Station last year and how his sons Oliver and Thomas watched their father take off from earth.</p> <p>Peake, the ESA’s first British astronaut, said: “<em>Goodnight Spacema</em>n is a delightful book that tells the story of two children, just like my sons, who dream of joining their dad on his adventures in space. I hope it may inspire a new generation of boys and girls to look up at the stars and not just ask questions but to go and seek answers of their own.”</p> <p>He will pen a forward to the book, which is written by Robinson and illustrated by East, the duo behind books such as <em>Goodnight Tractor</em> (Puffin).</p> <p><em>Goodnight Spaceman</em> will be released 7th April in paperback, priced at £6.99.</p> <p>Margherita Buoso, head of ESA’s communication unit in the UK, said: “Congratulations to Michelle Robinson and Nick East for the fantastic book. Through this partnership with Penguin Random House, we hope that children will not only dream of a better planet but help shaping it themselves. Tim’s mission is all about peaceful international collaboration for science and technology. We wish to see the book translated into other languages.”</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-03-08T09:30:00+00:00">March 8, 2016</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="/categories/rights">rights</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/penguin-random-house-childrens">Penguin Random House Children&#039;s</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/tim-peake">Tim Peake</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/michelle-robinson">Michelle Robinson</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/nick-east">Nick East</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> Tue, 08 Mar 2016 09:36:58 +0000 Charlotte Eyre 323876 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/prh-publishes-picture-book-tim-peake-323876#comments Egmont to publish picture book by Hay and East https://www.thebookseller.com/news/egmont-publish-picture-book-hay-and-east-314691 <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/2015/10/20/Egmont-use_10.jpg?itok=dh4ggobX" width="192" height="181" alt="Egmont" /></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>Egmont has bought the world rights to a picture book by Sam Hay and illustrator Nick East.</p> <p><em>Do Not Wash This Bear</em> is about a teddy who comes to life once he’s been washed.</p> <p>Emma Dods, senior commissioning editor at Egmont, acquired the book in a deal with Gemma Cooper of The Bent Agency, and will publish 2nd June 2016.</p> <p>Dods said: “Sam captures family life perfectly and there is a wonderful warmth and humour to her writing. I think that all parents will be able to identify with Daddy’s dilemma over whether to ignore the Do Not Wash label on a favourite cuddly toy who has become grubby and smelly.”</p> <p>She also said children will be captivated by East’s “high-energy illustrations”.</p> </div></div></div> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2015-10-15T16:00:00+01:00">October 15, 2015</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="/tag/egmont">Egmont</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/sam-hay">Sam Hay</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/nick-east">Nick East</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/emma-dods">Emma Dods</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/gemma-cooper">Gemma Cooper</a></li><li class="item-inline"><a href="/tags-bookseller/bent-agency">The Bent Agency</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, 15 Oct 2015 15:00:34 +0000 Charlotte Eyre 314691 at https://www.thebookseller.com https://www.thebookseller.com/news/egmont-publish-picture-book-hay-and-east-314691#comments
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