Scholastic has made two senior appointments in newly created roles.

Samantha Smith has joined from Little, Brown in the role of fiction publisher, with Rachel Partridge [pictured] moving from Universal Pictures to take up the post of group marketing and publicity director.

Smith will be joining Scholastic on 20th May, and...

In one of a chain of moves across children’s publishing, Scholastic UK publishing and commercial director Lisa Edwards (pictured) will be joining the Carlton Publishing Group in the newly-created role of adult publisher. Edwards will take up the appointment on 29th April, reporting to group editorial director Piers Murray Hill. Murray...

The number of children who have read an e-book has almost doubled since 2010 but children still prefer reading books for fun in print, according to Scholastic Inc's Kids and Family Reading Report, 4th Edition.

The publisher surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,074 US children aged six to 17, and their parents, to...

Macmillan Children's Books has appointed Alyx Price [left] to the role of communications director, covering Katharine Smales' maternity leave. Catherine Alport [right] is also joining as publicity manager. 

Both are moving from Scholastic Children's Books, where Price is consumer, marketing and communications...