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PubWest 2020: Children's Publishers and Librarians Share Engagement Tips
At last week's annual PubWest conference, 225 publishing professionals from around the country focused on the trade show's central theme: "Practical Solutions for Big Ideas."
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2020 African American Children's Book Fair in Photos
The annual African American Children's Book Fair, which took place this year on February 1 at in Philadelphia, is the largest non-industry event bringing together African American authors and illustrators and book lovers of all ages.
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Publishers, Agents Scramble to Reschedule Bologna
The news on Monday that the Bologna Children's Book Fair has been rescheduled has left North American publishers and agents hustling to rearrange appointments and make alternative plans.
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Bologna Book Fair Moves to May Due to Coronavirus
The Bologna International Children's Book Fair has been rescheduled to May due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus; it had originally been planned to run from March 30 to April 2 and will now be held from May 4 to May 7.
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Movie Alert: 'All the Bright Places'
Netflix is set to release a film version of Jennifer Niven's YA novel 'All the Bright Places' on February 28.
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In Brief: February 20, 2020
This week, Kamilla Benko kicks off her national tour; Beth Ferry drops in to Blue Bunny Books and Toys; Kenneth and Sarah Jane Wright have "love"-ly school visits; and Jim di Bartolo channels the dragon.
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Schwartz and Wade to Get Separate Imprints at Random House
Random House Children’s Books has announced that Anne Schwartz and Lee Wade, of Schwartz & Wade Books, will each get their own imprints in summer 2021.
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Long Live the Bestseller Kings
Scholastic and Penguin Random House retained their #1 spots in our rankings of children’s frontlist fiction and picture book bestsellers by corporation, respectively, though each company’s share of positions on its list diminished slightly from 2018.
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HarperCollins Launches Shelf Stuff Tour for MG Authors
HarperCollins Children's Books has announced the first-ever Shelf Stuff tour, a multi-author middle grade program kicking off in March.
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Children's Authors Renovate Washington Bookstore
With the help of her fellow children's authors, Suzanne Selfors has remodeled Liberty Bay Books in Poulsbo, Wash.—in preparation for the community bookstore's soft reopening on February 15.
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In Brief: February 13, 2020
This week, the 2020 Golden Kite and Sid Fleischman Awards are bestowed; Kate Messner serves up a surprise on her book tour; DC creators descend on the Los Angeles Zoo; and Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome stop by Holiday House.
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Bologna 2020 Debuts Comics Award Winners, Comics Corner
The Bologna Children’s Book Fair announced the winners of the inaugural 2020 BolognaRagazzi Comics Award, and released details about the Comics Corner, a new exhibition and rights section of the fair.
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Movie Alert: 'Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made'
Following its debut at Sundance on January 25, 'Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made,' Disney’s $42 million film adaptation of Stephan Pastis's middle grade debut novel is releasing on the streaming platform Disney+ this Friday.
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HBG Buys More Than 1,000 Disney Book Group Titles
The Hachette Book Group has acquired more than 1,000 titles published by Disney Book Group; the deal involves bestselling authors, award-winning as well as backlist and recently published books, plus a number of unpublished titles.
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2020 Children's Book Week Poster Revealed
Children's book author-illustrator Carin Berger has designed the official poster for the 2020 Children's Book Week, which will take place May 4–10.
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ALA Midwinter 2020 in Photos
This year's ALA Midwinter conference, which took place January 25–29 in Philadelphia, brought together librarians and publishers, educators, authors, and illustrators for networking and professional development.
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Licensing Hotline: February 2020
Read on for news about Gibbs Smith's BabyLit publishing plans; an expansion of Simon & Schuster's list featuring YouTube and Nickelodeon star Ryan Kaji; new digital deals for Angry Birds; a new middle-grade prequel graphic novel tied to 'On the Fastrack' from Hermes Press; and more.
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Children's Job Moves: January 2020
Job moves in children's publishing during January, 2020.
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Winter Institute 2020 in Photos
See children's book-related highlights from the 15th annual Winter Institute, which brought together authors, indie booksellers, and industry professionals
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Wi15: Children's Books, Authors Make Attendees Happy
For approximately 800 booksellers from across the U.S. and elsewhere, Winter Institute was packed with educational sessions, networking events, offsite excursions, book signings, publisher parties, and presentations by a number of the 140 authors in attendance.



