In a new three-part TV series aired on BBC Four, Clarissa Dickson Wright examins our nation's history of meals, beginning with Breakfast. The programmes tie in neatly with areas covered in her book, A History of English Food, recently published by Arrow. The show will be repeated on BBC Four throughout the week, as well as available again on iplayer.
Rebecca Patterson's My Big Shouting Day has won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize - voted the funniest book for children aged six and under.This year's Prize saw schools across the country involved in the judging process. Over 500 pupils from across the UK were selected to read the shortlisted titles, discuss with their classmates, and pick their favourite funny book in the relevant category for their age. Their votes were combined with the votes of the adult judging panel to find the two winners for 2012. (Dark Lord: Teenage Years by Brighton-based games developer Jamie Thomson won for the 7-14 category)Journalist and author Lucy Mangan on My Big Shouting Day: 'What can I say? It just made me...
Dead Good is an exciting and innovative way of reaching fans of crime fiction. Our conversation will also cover film, TV series, real life crime and unsolved mysteries and we hope this blend of content will create an interest-led community of loyal and engaged fans who will keep coming back for more.Every month there will be regular features including In the Dock (this month it's Ethan Cross...
Random House Children's Screen Entertainment have announced the news that the fantastic Wanda books by award-winning writer and illustrator, Sue Hendra, are set to hit screens everywhere with a brand-new television series comissioned by Channel 5's Milkshake!Wanda is a little girl rabbit who meets an Alien, who then proceed to share a series of funny and touching adventures discovering just how different their worlds are, but that in the end friends can come in all shapes and sizes. Celebrating how people are both alike and different, the book series appeals to both pre-school boys and girls.This is the first book-to-screen transfer for Random House Children's Screen Entertainment....
Random House have been shortlisted in three categories for Cornerstone's A Possible Life digital marketing campaign, Vintage's World of Stories website and the new A Clockwork Orange app for iPad.The awards were first launched 2 years ago to celebrate innovation and recognise teams, companies and individuals involved in the transformation of the book trade. This year the panel received 221 entries from 19 different countries including: USA, Israel, Norway, Australia, Croatia, India, South Africa, Singapore, Germany and more.Random House has been shortlisted in the following categories:Adult AppRandom House (Cornerstone Digital) / PopLeaf - A Clockwork Orange for iPad Profile Books / Sh...
Bertelsmann and Pearson to Combine Book BusinessesThomas Rabe implements new Bertelsmann strategy in the book publishing businessBertelsmann to hold 53 percent of new publishing group, Pearson 47 percentMarkus Dohle (Random House) appointed as CEO, John Makinson (Penguin) as Chairman of the Board of DirectorsBertelsmann to appoint five representatives to the Board of Directors, Pearson fourGütersloh / New York / London, October 29, 2012 – The international media groups Bertelsmann and Pearson announced today that they will combine the activities of their respective trade-book publishing companies, Random House and Penguin Group. Bertelsmann will own 53 percent, Pearson 47 percent....
Random House have a fantastic 9 titles included in the 2012 Irish Book awards shortlist - 6 from Transworld, 2 from Vintage and 1 from Random House Children's Publishers:A Kick Against The Pricks: My Autobiography by David Norris, Transworld Ireland, Argosy Non-Fiction Book of the YearIsn't it Well For Ye: A Guide to Irish Mammies by Colm O'Regan, Transworld Ireland, IES Best Irish Published Book of the YearToo Close For Comfort by Niamh O'Connor, Transworld Ireland, Ireland AM Crime Fiction AwardCliffs Of Insanity: A Winter On Ireland's Big Waves by Keith Duggan, Transworld Ireland, Lifestyle Sports Book of the Year The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan, Doubleday Ireland, Sunday Indep...
Authors from Cornerstone, Vintage and Transworld were awarded three of the four Specsavers Crime Thriller Award daggers last night.Gene Kerrigan's The Rage (Harvill Secker) won the CWA Gold Dagger. His suspense driven storm of violence set in the backstreets of Dublin proved unbeatable, an immense accolade given the literary oomph of his co-nominees. The CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger was awarded to Wiley Cash, named the best new crime author of the year for A Land More Kind than Home (Bantam). Cash toughed it out against serious competition from Tanya Byrne, Tom Wright and Ewart Hutton to win the title for his tale of the smarting underbelly of religious fanaticism ...
The 2012 Nobel Literature Prize has been won by Random House author, Mo Yan.Mo Yan has published novels, short stories and essays on various topics and is seen in his homeland as one of the foremost contemporary authors.The 57-year-old, whose real name is Guan Moye, is best-known for his 1987 novella, Red Sorghum, a tale of the brutal violence that plagued the eastern China countryside - where he grew up - during the 1920s and 30s.The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday 12th October, bringing the Nobel Prize season to a close.The laureates will each receive their prizes at formal ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo on December 10, the anniversary of the death of prize creato...
Random House Children's Publishers has announced the first ever collaboration by esteemed author Shirley Hughes and her daughter, the talented author-illustrator Clara Vulliamy. The duo have created a brand new series, Dixie O'Day.Dixie and Percy's lives are full of fun and adventure, with thrilling car races, glamorous film stars, thieves, heroes and spooky old houses. Theirs is a world of fun, f...
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