All children have the right to read quality books: a report from Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2022
I was lucky this year to have the chance to attend the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) for the first time. Like most of the…
Tag: Children’s Publishing
Wednesday Wisdom: Live Interview with Tig Wallace (Hachette Children’s)
Tune into a live Wednesday Wisdom Q&A for Editorial Season on 3rd March with Tig Wallace, senior commissioning editor at Hachette Children's. Find out…
Production Assistant [JOB POSTING]
Job Title: Production Assistant, full time Job Location: London, UK The Quarto Group are looking for an enthusiastic and organised person to join their busy…
Why reading for pleasure is a serious business: Cressida Cowell on the vital importance of children’s literacy
I have spent fifteen years writing the How to Train Your Dragon books, and over those fifteen years I have lost count of the times…
Why we should be publishing more children’s books in translation
Lisa Davis is the Book Purchasing Manager at BookTrust, the UK’s largest reading charity that gifts books to over two million children, and works on the…
How technology can make reading fun: Sven Huber interview
Ahead of How technology can make reading fun, an event in London, we decided to interview the expert speakers. Sven Huber is founder & CEO of…
How technology can make reading fun: Louie Stowell interview
Reading opens up our minds to new experiences and unknown facts. However, with the rise in digital devices, today’s story telling has taken on a…
How technology can make reading fun [EVENT]
Reading and technology are hot topics. If kids are glued to their devices, where do books fit in? How can we make sure they keep…
Publishing for children: a thought-piece [winning blog idea October]
Each month BookMachine offers a community member, with great ideas, the chance to write on the site. This month Barb Kuntova, a publishing student at University…
Editorial Director vs Publisher: The differences
Venetia Gosling is Publisher of the 6+ division at Macmillan Children’s Books, overseeing a list which combines YA, fiction, non fiction and poetry, for readers…
Trends in children’s publishing: Interview with Charlotte Eyre
Charlotte Eyre is Children’s Editor at The Bookseller, covering the UK children’s and YA book market. She is also chair of the @YABookPrize, and programmes the annual Bookseller…
Origins of the interactive book
Digital formats provide a wealth of opportunity to experiment with, and push the boundaries of, the traditional book. With much focus on what this can do…
Free Nielsen key findings report: The UK Children’s & YA Book Consumer
Since 2012, Nielsen Book UK has undertaken a Children’s Deep-Dive Study each summer to investigate children’s book reading and buying habits in the context of…
All the facts and stats from the UK Children’s Summit
For the first time this year, Nielsen Book held a UK Children’s Summit at London Book Fair, covering the incredible growth we’ve seen in Children’s…
Publishing for kids: how to reach book buyers online [event round-up and photos]
Guest Speakers from different areas of the publishing industry came together to discuss how to make a success of publishing for kids in an online world.…