Templar UK has announced a new imprint, called Brubaker, Ford & Friends, which will launch in spring 2011. The acquisition marks the next stage in the life of Brubaker & Ford, a book packager and consulting firm founded in 2007 by David Ford, former publisher of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, and magazine marketing executive Brett Brubaker. As part of the arrangement with Templar, Brubaker and Ford will work with a team of editors and designers in both New York and London.
“David and Brett have a wealth of publishing experience between them and, with their contribution, we can increase our network of established best selling authors and illustrators and fresh new talent,” said Templar managing director Amanda Wood in a statement announcing the imprint.
Eight titles, set to start arriving in April, are planned for the imprint’s debut list. They consist of two picture books by Nanette Newman, What Will You Be, Grandma?, illustrated by Emma Chichester-Clark, and That Dog!, illustrated by Flora Daneman; four books from Edward Gibbs; and two books from Robie H. Harris, Look!, illustrated by Patrick Benson, and Turtle and Me, illustrated by Tor Freeman.
