17 Aralık 2013 Salı

The holiday season offers us a special opportunity to
extend our personal thanks to our friends, and our
very best wishes for the future.
We wish to
you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Asli Karasuil

16 Aralık 2013 Pazartesi

Jessie Norman: Stand Up Straight and Sing!

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muhteşem kapak resmi ile birlikte dünyaca ünlü opera yıldızı Jessye Norman'ın anı kitabının ms'si elimize ulaştı. Eser, Houghton MifflinInline image 1 Harcourt tarafından 2014 Haziranında çıkacak.
İlk yazar Nancy Scanlon
Tarafından kaleme alınan
Mists of Fate
İn yayın haklarının  
Entranced Publishing!’e
Satıldığını duyurmaktan memnunum.



HALEN;


Başarılı çöpçatan Brianagh O'Rourke sonsuza dek mutlu, mesut birlikteliklerin olmadığına  inanır-Üstelik bu durumun sadece kendi için geçerli olmadığını düşünmektedir. Tutkunun sadece hayallerinde var olduğuna, gerçek hayatta olmadığına adeta kendini kandırmıştır. Peki acaba bunun için bir sebebi var mıdır? Ona sıfır tutkuyla bağlı olan erkek arkadaşı (onun veritabanına göre)onun için başka her şekilde mükemmel biridir.Ona beklenmedik şekilde evlilik teklifi yaptığında, Brianagh bu teklifi düşünmek için hemen bir uçağa atlayıp, İrlanda'ya gider. Ancak Kader ona her zaman başka planlar hazırlayacaktır; Gizli bir aile geleneğini yerine getirmesi için  13. yüzyıl İrlandasına yolculuk yapacaktır.



GEÇMİŞ
Laird Nioclas MacWilliam'ın çok büyük sorunları vardır: Aşırı hırslı, sürgündeki babası onun ölmesini istemektedir. Nioclas'ın kavmi güçlü bir ittifak sağlaması için evlenmesi yönünde ona baskı yapar. Nioclas O'Rourke kızıyla yıllardır nişanlıdır - kızın çoğu için bir kayıp oldu gerçeğine rağmen. Eski nişanlısı, Nicholas bir başkasıyla nikâhlanacağı gün ortaya çıktığında, Nicholas ikili birçözüm sunar: eski nişanlısı onla evlenir ve kavmine bunun bir aşk evliliği olduğuna  ikna ederse, Nicholas eski nişanlısının üç ay içinde eve dönmesine yardımcı olacağına yemin eder.



GELECEK

Brianagh, ailesi ve hayatını geri kazanmak için eve dönmekten baika bir şey istemez. Ancak günler haftalara dönüşüp, Nioclas kavmini eşinin kendisini çok sevdiğine  ikna etmeye çalışırken, eşi ona yavaş yavaş  aşık olmaya başlar. Zamanı geldiğinde, eşi karar vermelidir: ya istikrarlı ve başarılı hayatına geri dönecek, ya da gerçek aşka bir şans vermek için geçmişte kalacatır. Acaba hangisini yapacak?

ROSEMARY'S BABY Ira Levin







ROSEMARY’S BABY tekrar haberlerde!!!!

THE SOUND OF MUSIC'in NBC'deki canlı yayın başarısının ardından, NBC Ira Levin'in klasik 1967 de kaleme aldığı  korku / gerilim romanı Rosemary's Baby'nin mini dizi uyarlamasını  için  yeşil ışık  yaktı. James Wong ve Scott Abbott senaryo üzerinde çalışıyor, proje Agnieszka Holland tarafından yönlendirilecek. Lionsgate Televizyon, Joshua Maurer ile bu mini diziyi üretirken, , Alix Witlin ve David Stern  yönetici yapımcı olarak görev alacaklar. Filmin castingleri hemen başlıyor, bu yüzden  heyecan verici gelişmelerden sizleri haberdar edeceğiz.

Ira Levin'in eserleri  yılın son çeyreğinde epeyce farklı ülkelere satıldı.Çince(Hem geleneksel Çince harfleriyle hem de sadeleştirilmiş karakteriyle basım haklarının her ikisi de) satıldı. Bundan başka Almanya, Hollanda ve Brezilya'ya satıldı.

Bildiğiniz gibi Romanda oyuncu eşiyle birlikte New York'ta yeni bir daireye taşınan Rosemary Woodhouse'un yaşamının yan dairede oturan yaşli çiftle tanıştıktan sonra nasıl değiştiği ve korkuyla dolduğu gayet ustalıklı ve akıcı bir şekilde anlatılır. Bu eser daha önce  romana sadık kalınarak Roman Polanski tarafından 1968'de  aynı adla sinemaya da aktarılmıştı.

İlgilenen yayıncılarımıza duyurulur.

13 Aralık 2013 Cuma

L'archipel bülten


*Kasım ayında
MIKA by Brigitte Hemmerlin and Vanessa PontetItalyanca yayın hakları satıldı.


*Yayınevinin iki kitabına önemli ödüller geldi:

  • Prix littéraire Gilbert Gratiant 2013 du Salon international du livre de la Martinique (prize for the best Caribbean literary novel) for THE MAZURKA OF WOMEN IN SEARCH OF LOVE AFFAIRS (LA MAZURKA PERDUE DES FEMMES COURESSE) by Mérine Céco
  • Prix du meilleur polar 2013 Le Parisien-Aujourd’hui en France (prize for the best detective novel) for MOORS’ HEADS (TÊTES DE MAURES) by Didier Daeninckx 
İki kitapları ödül için seçildi; 
  • BLACK WIDOW (VEUVE NOIRE) by Michel Quint for the Prize Historia 2014
  • YIDDISH COOK (CUISINE YIDDISH) by Alain Taubes for the Gourmand Awards 2013. 

* Kasım ayında yayınladıkları kitaplar:
SAXO PROMENADE FROM MY LIFE (BALADE EN SAXO DANS LES COULISSES DE MA VIE) by Manu Dibango
Manu Dibango, the famous jazzman, will celebrate his 80 years tomorrow. On this occasion, he recounts his life in a book.
Music – 304 pages
KENNEDY OR THE INVENTION OF LIE (KENNEDY OU L’INVENTION DU MENSONGE) by Stephane Trano
50 years after Kennedy’s death, Stephane Trano, a French journalist who lives in Chicago, deconstructs item by item the myth JFK.
History – 320 pages
SHORT STORIES FROM CREOLE WORLDS (NOUVELLES DES MONDES CRÉOLES)This book gathers eleven short stories by eleven Creole writers among whom Mérine Céco, Dany Laferrière or Raphaël Confiant.
Short stories – 256 pages

Folio Literary Management'dan Haberler

Booklist’s 2013 Editors’ Choice Picks for Youth listesine Folio Literary Management'dan iki çocuk kitabının girdiğini müjdelerim: Adele Griffin’in LOUD AWAKE AND LOST, ve Chris Moriarty’nin THE WATCHER IN THE SHADOWS ( THE INQUISITOR’S APPRENTICE'ın devamı)

Adele Griffin
Young Adult/Contemporary
Random House/Knopf BFYR, November 2013.  North American.                        Books available.

* A Booklist Books for Youth Editors' Choice title for 2013.

LOUD. There was an accident. Ember knows at least that much. She was driving. The car was totaled. She suffered back injuries and brain trauma. But she is alive. That's the only thing left she can cling to.

AWAKE. Eight months later, Ember feels broken. The pieces of her former self no longer fit together. She can't even remember the six weeks of her life leading up to the accident. Where was she going? Who was she with? And what happened during those six weeks that her friends and family won't talk about?

LOST. One by one, Ember discovers the answers to these questions, like a twisted game of dominos. And little by little, the person she used to be slips further and further away.

“[A] moving and surprising story . . . Griffin’s writing is exquisite.”—Booklist, Starred review

“The startling conclusion itself is worth the ride, and chances are that readers’ “aha” moment won’t come any sooner than Ember’s.”—Kirkus

“[A] mesmerizing romance . . . sorting hallucinations from reality is an intriguing and chilling mental exercise.”—Publishers Weekly

“[A] a compelling page-turner with a gut-wrenching plot twist.  . . . Fans of Griffin will be eagerly awaiting this title, and this latest standalone is sure to gain her many new ones.”—VOYA

“Griffin has crafted a story with well-developed characters and a suspenseful plot that keeps readers turning pages.”—School Library Journal

“The lure of secret romance and just plain secret secrets will draw readers to this inventive take on changing teen identity.”—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books


Random House/Knopf BFYR, 2012.  North American.                                         Books available.

Alex has it all—brains, beauty, popularity, and a dangerously hot boyfriend. Her little sister Thea wants it all. Even if it means spinning the truth. Even if it means uncovering a shocking secret her older sister never wanted to share. Even if it means crying wolf. Told in the alternating voices of Alex and Thea, Adele Griffin's mesmerizing novel is the story of a sibling rivalry on speed.

“A sumptuously written examination of sibling rivalry and socioeconomic class.”
Kirkus, Starred review

“The book is so raw that at times it’s difficult to read—yet it’s impossible to put down.”
—Booklist, Starred review


Random House/Knopf BFYR, 2011.  North American.                                         Books available.

When 17-year-old Jamie arrives on the idyllic New England island of Little Bly to work as a summer au pair, she is stunned to learn of the horror that precedes her. Seeking the truth surrounding a young couple's tragic deaths, Jamie discovers that she herself looks shockingly like the dead girl—and that she has a disturbing ability to sense the two ghosts. Why is Jamie's connection to the couple so intense? What really happened last summer at Little Bly? As the secrets of the house wrap tighter and tighter around her, Jamie must navigate the increasingly blurred divide between the worlds of the living and the dead. 

Griffin interweaves subtle commentary about social class, drug abuse and mental illness into this marvelous homage while winding the suspense knob all the way to 11...A contemporary reboot that does the original proud.”—Kirkus, Starred review

“Full of mystery, spectral encounters, and disorienting lapses in time, this is a ghost story that melds seamlessly with one of a mental breakdown...An engaging thriller with wide appeal.”
School Library Journal

Sure to please fans of gothic romance, Griffin's tale adds new psychological dimensions to James's classic novella [The Turn of the Screw]...Eerily intriguing from first page to last.”—Publishers Weekly

“[Will] gratify those seeking a full-on contemporary gothic (or a dynamite curricular pairing with The Turn of the Screw, to which the title may possibly be a reference), and the rest will simply enjoy a summer of adventure, gentle romance, and near-lethal disturbance."
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
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Adele Griffin is the acclaimed author of many books for young readers, including SONS OF LIBERTY and WHERE I WANT TO BE, both National Book Award finalists. She is also the author of ALL YOU NEVER WANTED, TIGHTER, PICTURE THE DEAD, THE JULIAN GAME, and the Witch Twins and Vampire Island middle-grade series. Adele lives with her husband and children in Brooklyn, New York.


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Chris Moriarty
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.  North American.                                            Books available.
German: Dressler Verlag. Polish: Fabryka Slow.

* A Kirkus Best Book of 2011.
* A Kirkus Top 25 Pick at BEA 2011 and a Publishers Weekly Best Book Pick at BEA 2011.


“Moriarty’s thoroughly imagined alternate history has a killer premise… a world this well thought out richly deserves the sequel that’s no doubt coming.”—Booklist

“It’s a fascinating example of alternate history.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred review

“A marvelous, mystical romp that doesn’t ignore reality.”—Kirkus, Starred review

“Fantastic...a great magic trick.”—Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother


Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 2013.  North American                                    Books available.
German: Dressler Verlag.

* A Booklist Books for Youth Editors' Choice title for 2013.

At the turn of the twentieth century, New York’s Bowery District becomes the scene of a terrible murder when the Klezmer King gets fried to a crisp by his Electric Tuxedo—on stage! The Inquisitor’s apprentice, thirteen-year-old Sacha Kessler, tries to help find the killer, but the closer he gets to solving the crime, the more it sounds as if the creature that haunted him in his first adventure is back. Worse still, his own family is in danger. Sacha has avoided learning magic until now, but as his world falls apart around him, he changes his mind.


Houghton Mifflin, TK.  North American.                                                                  Manuscript TK.
German: Dressler Verlag.
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Chris Moriarty is also the author of the adult sci-fi/fantasy thrillers SPIN STATE and SPIN CONTROL (Bantam Spectra, 2003 and 2006). Chris’s website is www.inquisitorsapprentice.com.

Macmillan Çocuk Kitapları Yayınları

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Değerli Yayincilarimiz;Geçen hafta  Battling Boy  ve Boxers & Saints
​, 
PW’s Comics World Critics Poll​ de dahil olmak üzere bir kaç tane Yılın En İyisi listelerine girdi. Yayınevinin MacKids Get to the Point
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​bloğundan ​2013'ün En İYi kitapları ödüllerinin de yer aldığı bir değerlendirmeyi okumak için buraya tıklayınız


BESTSELLERS:

·         BATTLING BOY by Paul Pope New York Times Bestsellers List, Paperback Graphic Novels, December 22, 2013: #9 (5th  week on the list!)



FIRST SECOND HIGHLIGHTS

BESTSELLERS:

·         BATTLING BOY by Paul Pope New York Times Bestsellers List, Paperback Graphic Novels, December 22, 2013: #9 (5th  week on the list!)

AWARDS:
·         BATTLING BOY by Paul Pope / An Onion AV Club Best Graphic Novel of the Year
·         BATTLING BOY by Paul Pope / Paste Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2013
·         BATTLING BOY by Paul Pope / PW Comics World Critics Poll: Best Graphic Novels of 2013
·         BATTLING BOY by Paul Pope / A Washington Post Best Graphic Novel of the Year
·         BOXERS & SAINTS by Gene Luen Yang / An Onion AV Club Best Graphic Novel of the Year
·         BOXERS & SAINTS by Gene Luen Yang / Winner, PW Comics World Critics Poll: Best Graphic Novel of 2013
·         BOXERS & SAINTS by Gene Luen Yang / A Washington Post Best Graphic Novel of the Year
·         THE CUTE GIRL NETWORK by MK Reed & Greg Means, illus. by Joe Flood / Honorable Mention, PW Comics World Critics Poll
·         JERUSALEM by Boaz Yakin, illus. by Nick Bertozzi / Honorable Mention, PW Comics World Critics Poll
·         ODD DUCK by Sara Varon, illus. by Cecil Castellucci / Honorable Mention, PW Comics World Critics Poll
·         RED HANDED by Matt Kindt / USA Today’s Pop Candy: Best of the Year 2013
·         RELISH by Lucy Knisley / PW Comics World Critics Poll: Best Graphic Novels of 2013
·         RELISH by Lucy Knisley / USA Today’s Pop Candy: Best of the Year 2013
·         TEMPLAR by Jordan Mechner, illus. by LeUyen Pham & Alex Puvilland / Honorable Mention, PW Comics World Critics Poll

REVIEWS:

BATTLING BOY by Paul Pope
Publishers Weekly, December 11, 2013: Critics Poll (2 votes!)
“A feverish, technicolor adventure.”


Onion AV Club, December 11, 2013: Best Graphic Novels of 2013
“When it comes to pure, unbridled funno graphic novel this year tops Paul Pope’s Battling Boy.”

Paste, December 6, 2013: Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2013
“Nothing short of glorious.”

Washington Post, November 22, 2013: Best Graphic Novels of 2013
“Crackling action.”
                http://us.macmillan.com/battlingboy/PaulPope


BOXERS & SAINTS by Gene Luen Yang
Onion AV Club, December 11, 2013: Best Graphic Novels of 2013
“Creat[es] two characters that are relatable to contemporary readers even if their circumstances aren’t.”


Publishers Weekly, December 11, 2013: Critics Poll (5 votes!)
“Yang uses cleanly efficient art and multi-leveled storytelling.”


Washington Post, November 22, 2013: Best Graphic Novels of 2013
“Twin perspectives, a singular epic.”


RED HANDED by Matt Kindt
USA Today’s Pop Candy, December 9, 2013: Best of 2013
“I couldn't put down his mind-bending tale of a detective who has never met a crime he couldn't solve.”


RELISH by Lucy Knisley
Publishers Weekly, December 11, 2013: Critics Poll (3 votes!)
“Rich and engaging.”

USA Today’s Pop Candy, December 9, 2013: Best of 2013
“Delightful, mouth-watering.”





HOLT BYR HIGHLIGHTS

SALES:

·         BO AT BALLARD CREEK by Kirkpatrick Hill, illus. by LeUyen Pham / Japanese rights licensed to Kodansha
·         DUCK SKATES by Lynne Berry, illus. by Hiroe Nakata / Japanese rights licensed to Holp Shuppan

REVIEWS:

DUCK TO THE RESCUE by John Himmelman
Publishers Weekly, December 9, 2013
“Certain to have kids laughing.”




FSG BYR HIGHLIGHTS

BIG SNOW by Jonathan Bean
Associated Press, December 10, 2013: Featured in “For Gifters”
Tells the story of an antsy young boy who awaits a big snowstorm.”

The New York Times, December 22, 2013: SCAN ATTACHED
“We are suddenly and safely returned to the consoling home life – portrayed in happy and straightforward watercolor pictures – that has become the signature of Bean’s work. It’s a nifty trick: The brief and unexpected peril of the dream makes the long-anticipated moment when the family bundles up and goes out to enjoy the storm all the cozier.”
                http://us.macmillan.com/bigsnow/JonathanBean


DUSK by Uri Shulevitz
The New York Times, December 11, 2013: READ IT HERE!
Streets are lit with garlands of snowflake decorations, brass bands glitter in front of enormous illuminated Christmas trees, and snowy, toy-filled wonderlands fill the shop windows.”
                http://us.macmillan.com/dusk/UriShulevitz


SNOW by Uri Shulevitz
Associated Press, December 10, 2013: Featured in “For Gifters”
May be just the thing to cheer up a modern-day ‘grandfather with beard.’”
                http://us.macmillan.com/snow/UriShulevitz




ROARING BROOK PRESS HIGHLIGHTS

REVIEWS:

WHEN THE BEAT WAS BORN by Laban Carrick Hill, illus. by Theodore Taylor III
The New York Times Book Review, December 22, 2013: SCAN ATTACHED
“Hill tells the story of the birth of hip-hop with his own catchy rhythm, and Taylor’s illustrations bring out the enthusiasm and sense of community at the heart of this trend-setting sound.”
 

4 Aralık 2013 Çarşamba

The Scimitar and the Veil: Extraordinary Women of Islam

The Scimitar and the Veil İslamın doğumundan 19 yüzyılın sonuna kadar yaşamış otuzun üzerinde olağanüstü Müslüman kadını anlatır . The Scimitar and the Veil alimlerden savaşçılara, cariyelerden sultanlara kadar  İslam kadınları hakkında topladığı olağaüstü bilgileri genel okuyucuya yönelik büyüleyici bir kitap halinde sunuyor. Yazar, 2014'de Türkiyede gerçekleşecek kadın yaşamları üzerine bir konferansa konuşmacı olarak katılacak.



Based on sources ranging from Swahili lore to Persian pageant plays to Muslim feminist writings to the explorations of Western scholars of Islam, The Scimitar and the Veil is written in a poetic, sometimes humorous, energetic and contemporary style that will appeal to a broad range of readers.
Muhammad was born to a widowed mother, tended by a slave woman, and fostered by a Bedouin woman. His marriage to Khadija, a wealthy businesswoman from Mecca was long, fruitful, and faithful. She was the first to convert to Islam.
From Barakah, Muhammad's surrogate mother, and Fatima, his cherished daughter, to the Sufi mystic Rabi'a, The Scimitar and the Veil is the first popular history and overview of Muslim women and their great accomplishments. While there are other books about women in Islam, The Scimitar and the Veil is the most comprehensive and written in a style meant to appeal to a general audience.

3 Aralık 2013 Salı

Tawakkol Karman: IRON JASMINE

IRON JASMINE(Demir Kadın) 2011'de Nobel Barış Ödülünü kazanan üç kadından biri olmasının yanında bu ödülü alan ilk Arap ve en genç kadın, Yemenli  aktivist ve gazeteci Tawakkol Karman'ın üzücü hikayesi. Bu eseri Palgrave Eylül 2014'de yayınlamayı planlıyor. Sizlere eserin sunumunu ekli dosyada paylaşmaktan memnunum.

34 yaşındaki üç çocuk annesi Tawakkol  2005 yılında kurulan "Zincirleri Olmayan Kadın Gazeteciler" grubunun kurucularındandır. Eser  anı kitabı olmaktam çok,  evrensel bir barış beyanı; sadece geçmişle ilgili değil, gelecekteki sorunları ve Tawakkol'ın ilham verici cevaplarını da içerir. Eserle ilgilenen yayıncılarımıza duyurulur.

RON JASMINE is the harrowing story of Tawakkol Karman- a Yemeni journalist and activist, who was one of three women awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first Arab woman to win the prize and the youngest person in history. Palgrave plans to publish in September 2014 and I am attaching the proposal.

The 34-year-old mother of three founded Women Journalists Without Chains in 2005. She has been a prominent activist and advocate of human rights and freedom of expression for the last five years, and led regular protests and sit-ins calling for the release of political prisoners. The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited Ms. Karman for her "non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work." The Nobel jury specifically lauded Ms. Karman for playing "in the most trying circumstances, both before and during the Arab Spring... a leading part in the struggle for women's rights and for democracy and peace in Yemen."

Written with French journalist Diane Ducret, IRON JASMINE will tell Ms. Karman’s story and help bring her message to a global audience. The book will describe the exhilarating journey of this young, revolutionary woman, taking the reader inside the thrilling changes that have rocked the Arabic world in recent years. Drawing on her personal experiences, and using interviews with esteemed members of the Global Compact, the book will examine Karman’s particular vision for the future as the youngest member of that UN council, and explore her international efforts for world peace and human rights.

More than a memoir, this book is a peace universal declaration; it is not only about our past, but deals directly with future issues and provides Tawakkol’s inspiring answers.

27 Kasım 2013 Çarşamba

Kristi Cook: Mgnolia

 Kristi Cook’ungen. yetişkinlere yönelik çağdaş aşk romanı MAGNOLIA, Amerika'da  2014 yazında Simon Pulse / Simon & Schuster tarafından yayınlanıyor.

Ryder ve Jemma’nın öyküsü, Romeo ve Juliet’in tam tersidir. Atalarının İç Savaş sırasında başkalarının hayatlarını kurtardıklarından beri, Marsdenler ve Caffertyler birbirlerine bağlıdır—ve aile fertlerinin hatırladıkları sürece ailelerin evlilik yoluyla birleşmesi konusunda çok umutsuzlar. Yalnızca Savaştan bu yana geçen onca senede bu aileden bir tane bile kadın/erkek birbiriyle evlenememiştir. Ryder ve  Jemma'ya kadar....
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Sorun birbirlerinden nefret etmeleri. Ancak Jemma ve Ryder evde tek başına kaldıklarında jkasabalarını tehliklei bir kasırga vurur, evlerini korumak ve hayatta kalmak bir araya gelmek zorundadırlar. Dünyayla ilişkilerinin kopuk olarak bir arada kaldıkları süre içinde, aralarında daha önce hiç farkedemedikleri kadar çok ortak noktaları olduğunu keşfederler, ve Jemma kendini neden Ryder'dan nefret ettiğini hatırlamak için mücadele ederken bulur.

Kristi Cook New York City'da yaşıyor. Genç yetişkinlere yönelik paranormal aşk hikayesi üçlemesi HAVEN, MIRAGE, ve ETERNAL (Simon Pulse)'in yazarı. Kristina Cook ve Kristi Astor mahlazıyla genç yetişkinlere yönelik tarihi aşk romanları yazıyor. Website is www.kristi-cook.com.