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Nosy Crow launches first games app

Publication Date: Wed, 15/08/2012 - 08:15

Nosy Crow has launched its first free game app, The Grunts: Beard of Bees, based on the upcoming children's book series by Philip Ardagh and Axel Scheffler.

The free app is available on the App Store for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch and features original illustration by Scheffler, voice narration by Ardagh and an original score by...

App | chidren's | digital | Katie Allen | Nosy Crow
Publishers dismayed by DICF cancellation

Publication Date: Tue, 22/12/2009 - 07:49

Children’s publishers have said they are dismayed by the cancellation of the Dubai International Children's Fair, but will continue to look for opportunities in the region.

The inaugural event had been due to take place in February, but ...

Catherine Neilan | chidren's | DICF | dubai | Hachette Children's Books | Macmillan Children's Books
Random to sell or close The DFC

Publication Date: Wed, 04/03/2009 - 08:26

The Random House Group is to sell The DFC, a weekly comic launched in May 2008, or close it. The company said that if no buyer was found the title would close on 27th March, with the loss of one full-time position. Philippa Dickinson, managing director of Random House Children's Books, said: "Unfortunately, in the current...

chidren's | Philip Jones | Philippa Dickinson | random house | Random House Children's Books | the DFC