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Tue, 26/01/2010 - 17:00
Walker Books has won an auction between seven other publishers for a debut novel from a co-designer of YouWriteOn.com, the website for new writers. Martyn Bedford, who co-designed the site's ratings system, has signed a five figure contract with Walker Books for his young adult fiction novel, Flip, and his second book.
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Wed, 23/09/2009 - 14:06
David & Charles has joined the Independent Publishers Guild, bringing the number of companies to have joined this year to a record-breaking 75.
D&C, which celebrates its 50th anniversary next year, is one of several well-established publishers such as Bloomsbury, Canongate and Walker Books, to join the IPG since its conference...
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Wed, 29/07/2009 - 10:19
Walker Books has appointed Kate Beal as head of UK trade sales. She is head of children's sales and UK development for Faber where she has been for nine years. Beal will be joining Walker at the end of August.
In her new role Beal will report to sales director Jane Harris, who said: "Kate has great and varied experience, and I...
children's | Faber | Kate Beal | Philip Jones | Walker Books -
Wed, 15/07/2009 - 07:11
Walker Books has brought forward publication of a new Alex Rider novel, Crocodile Tears, to this autumn after author Anthony Horowitz delivered the manuscript earlier than expected.
The announcement will be welcome news to the book trade in the run-up to what is expected to be a difficult Christmas on the high street.
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Mon, 13/07/2009 - 11:18
Walker Books has appointed Paul Rhodes as head of digital as part of its ongoing digital strategy. The newly created role will see Rhodes continuing to develop Walker owned content for other media platforms. Rhodes will report to managing director of Walker, Helen McAleer.
Most recently, Rhodes worked as a third party business...
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Wed, 17/06/2009 - 14:04
Walker Books is to promote the new Cassandra Clare title with a widget including exclusive content.
The widget has been created by digital media company Galactus for Clare’s new novel City of Glass, which is published on 22nd June. It includes exclusive content such as the first chapter of the book pre-publication, a...
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Wed, 27/05/2009 - 13:00
Canongate and Australian-based Allen & Unwin are the latest publishers to join the Independent Publishers Guild, which has seen its membership swell by 10% since the beginning of the year.
Fifty-four publishers have signed up with IPG so far in 2009, including the publicly-listed Bloomsbury and the children's independent Walker... -
Tue, 17/03/2009 - 08:30
Independent publisher Walker Books has joined the IPG "with immediate effect", a week after Bloomsbury confirmed it was to become a member.
The guild described 30-year-old Walker as being "among the most successful and ground-breaking of all children’s publishers", adding that it was "one of the most...
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Thu, 05/03/2009 - 08:28
Walker Books is taking on the sales representation within the UK and Ireland for WingedChariot Press, which specialises in children's translated picture books.
The partnership kicks off this month and aims to extend the reach of WingedChariot's list. The publishers said the "two-way partnership" was "a perfect fit...
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Thu, 30/10/2008 - 09:02
Borders UK has teamed up with Walker Books and Google Earth for a Where's Wally competition with a digital spin.
Customers can enter at www.borders.co.uk/whereswally. From Monday, daily clues will be published in the Daily Telegraph to find Wally...
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