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Capstone Sponsors Residency for Children's Authors and Illustrators
Capstone Publishing Group is launching a Children's Literature Fellowship to support one artist annually in a month-long residency in Minnesota.
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We Need Diverse Books Becomes 501-c-3 Nonprofit
We Need Diverse Books, the organization that emerged last April from the controversy over BookCon's initial author lineup, has officially become a 501-c-3 public charity with tax-exempt status.
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Bologna 2015: Photos from the Fair
The Bologna Book Fair opened this week to spring sunshine and plenty of activity. See our photo essay of the publishers, authors, and deal-making from the week.
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Mattel Takes More Control of Storytelling, Forms Vertical Publishing Team
Mattel is forming a vertical digital publishing team and creating more story narratives and other content in-house for use by its global network of publishing licensees.
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Edda USA Teams with DreamWorks for Nonfiction
Edda USA is launching a line of illustrated nonfiction lifestyle books under license from DreamWorks Animation this fall.
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Bologna 2015: Authors in the Aisles and on the Town
Meg Cabot, Sophie Kinsella, Malorie Blackman, and Dav Pilkey were among the authors celebrating new books and meeting international publishers in Bologna.
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Irving Place Capital Acquires Bendon
Private equity firm Irving Place Capital has acquired Bendon, Inc. from The Wicks Group.
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Bologna Prize for the Best Children's Publisher of the Year
The winners for the Best Children's Publisher of the Year were announced in Sala Borsa in Bologna on Monday, March 30.
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Bologna 2015: Early Impressions from a Busy, Sunny Fair
Amid its warmest weather in years, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair got off to a strong start on Monday, with most of the agents, editors, and rights managers PW spoke with finding it to be a positive, active fair, though no single title had yet risen to be a "book of the fair."
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South Africa's PRAESA Wins Astrid Lindgren Award
The Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (PRAESA) is the recipient of the 2015 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award – the largest award for children’s literature, with a prize of five million Swedish crowns (more than $575,000).
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Bologna 2015: The ABCs of Children’s Apps
Before the opening of the Bologna Children's Book Fair, app creators and developers gathered to discuss the digital children's market, including pricing and pitfalls.
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Literacy and Young Readers at the 2015 IPA Congress
The one and only session on children at the International Publishers Association Congress was perhaps indicative of a thriving and stable segment in an industry that has been roiled by digital challenges and online piracy.
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Spanish-Language Children's Bookstore Opens in Los Angeles
La Librería is the first Spanish-language bookstore for children in Los Angeles County, home to 4.9 million Hispanics.
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Klutz Brand Inspires 'Amazingly Immature' Exhibit
The Klutz brand of book-based activity kits, long a staple in the Children's Museum of Houston's gift shop, is the basis of a new exhibition which opened on March 7.
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In Brief: March 26, 2015
This week, authors visit Dubai; a musical novel has a theatrical release party; readers take part in a Saint Patrick's Day book event; and a book van gets a makeover.
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More on Little Brown's Lego Deal; PaperCutz Moves On
Little, Brown's new license with Lego for graphic novels will center initially on three brands that will be featured in a quarterly release, on a rotating basis.
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Children's Job Moves: March 2015
New job announcements in children's publishing for March 2015.
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Multiplatform Start-Up Lands Author Mary Hoffman
The newly formed Time Traveler Tours & Tales has announced its first acquisition, written by author Mary Hoffman.
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NYC Teen Author Festival in Photos
The eighth annual NYC Teen Author Festival featured events throughout the week of March 15-23. Several authors participated, and shared photos from the event across social media.
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Rights Report: Week of March 23, 2015
New deals for Akilah Hughes, Stephanie Kuehn, Dave Engledow, Gennifer Choldenko, Ryan Gebhart, and Molly Booth.



