In this month’s news, our clients have new books coming out, new book deals announced, new book covers revealed, and much more. Read on…
NEW BOOK DEALS
World Rights to a new picture book written by Caroline Starr Rose, RACING AROUND THE WORLD: TWO LADY JOURNALISTS, 75 DAYS, has been acquired by Wendy McClure at Albert Whitman & Company. The book tells the true story of Nellie Bly, who in 1889 set out across the Atlantic on a journey around the world that she hoped to complete in less than 80 days, and her rival, Elizabeth Bisland, who embarked on a competing westward trip the very same day. Publication is planned for fall 2019, with Alexandra Bye illustrating.
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
TIGER BOY by Mitali Perkins has won the best book award in the young readers category at the Neev Literature Festival Book Awards.
CROWN: AN ODE TO THE FRESH CUT written by Derrick Barnes and illustrated by Gordon C. James is a Kirkus Prize finalist.
Ammi-Joan Paquette’s recent middle-grade novel THE TRAIN OF LOST THINGS is a nominee for Ontario’s Silver Birch Award.
COVER REVEAL
We’ve got the wonderful cover for the latest picture book written by The Booking Biz founder and author Carmen Oliver.
The picture book biography A VOICE FOR THE SPIRIT BEARS: HOW ONE BOY INSPIRED MILLIONS TO SAVE A RARE ANIMAL tells the story of how young Simon Jackson found it difficult to navigate the school playground but felt at home in the woodlands learning about and photographing wildlife.
As a teenager, he became fascinated with spirit bears, a rare subspecies of the black bear but with creamy white fur, and when he found out they were losing their habitat to deforestation, he decided to become their voice so he could protect them.
The book comes out May 7, 2019, from Kids Can Press. Carmen talked about the book and how authors must insert their passions into their author visits in a guest post on the popular Cynsations writing blog with author Cynthia Leitich Smith.
APPEARANCES
R.W. “Bob” Alley will be providing a Paddington lecture at the Barrington Rhode Island Public Library on Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 6:30pm – 7:45pm. This is a public event geared for adults, but all are welcome to attend. Bob will also be appearing with his co-creator and wife, Zoë B. Alley, at the Village toy Funatic bookstore in Ogunquit, Maine, on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 11:00am.
Oct. 27 and 28 is the Texas Book Festival in Austin, and Typewriter Rodeo co-authors will be chatting on a panel.
Author April Henry will be on a panel for “Secret Identities: Deception and Disguise” at the Portland Book Festival on Nov. 10.