London, 06 July 2009
CHANGES ANNOUNCED AT PENGUIN IN THE UK
Penguin is today announcing a series of changes to its UK business which are designed to strengthen the appeal and relevance of its publishing, reduce costs in all areas of the business, and prepare the company to take advantage of structural change in the book publishing industry. It is anticipated that these changes will result in the loss of around 100 jobs in the UK, and Penguin is now beginning a process of consultation with employees and their representatives.
London, 06 July 2009
HELEN FRASER RETIREMENT ANNOUNCED AS TOM WELDON STEPS UP AT PENGUIN
It is announced today that Helen Fraser, managing director of Penguin Books, is to retire at the end of 2009 after almost thirteen years with the company. Tom Weldon, currently managing director of Penguin’s General Division, moves up into a newly-created position as deputy chief executive of a restructured Penguin UK business.
London, 09 March 2009
PENGUIN AND PAN MACMILLAN TO JOIN FORCES FOR HITCHHIKER BONANZA THIS AUTUMN
In what promises to be one of the biggest events in the publishing calendar this year, Penguin is publishing Eoin Colfer’s specially commissioned sequel to Douglas Adams’s remarkable Hitchhiker series, And Another Thing…
London, 02 March 2009
PENGUIN GROUP ANNOUNCES RECORD 2008 PROFITS
Profits up 26% to a record £93 million, double digit margin achieved.
London, 13 February 2009
PENGUIN SWOOPS ON MADOFF
Joel Rickett at Viking (an imprint of Penguin) has acquired the definitive account of Bernard Madoff, the alleged $50bn hedge fund fraudster.
London, 02 February 2009
AMANDA PUNTER PROMOTED TO PUFFIN EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
Amanda Punter has been promoted to Editorial Director for Fiction at Puffin. Amanda is the editor for some of Puffin’s biggest authors, including Charlie Higson and Cathy Cassidy. Amanda continues to report into Sarah Hughes, Fiction Publishing Director, who returns from maternity leave on 4 February.
London, 03 November 2008
PENGUIN AND CRIME & INVESTIGATION NETWORK CRAFT A THRILLING NEW ONLINE MYSTERY
Penguin and Crime & Investigation Network announced today the launch of Monkeys, Skulls and Crosses , an exciting new online crime game scripted by Penguin author Michael Morley.
London, 07 October 2008
COLM TÓIBÍN MOVES TO PENGUIN WITH HIS NEXT NOVEL
Penguin announced today that Viking has acquired two new novels and a collection of short stories by Colm Tóibín from Peter Straus at Rogers Coleridge and White. Tóibín's new novel is entitled Brooklyn and will be published by Editorial Director Mary Mount in the UK and Ireland in May 2009 by Viking.
London, 07 October 2008
PENGUIN ACQUIRES WORLD RIGHTS IN EPIC NEW TRILOGY
Penguin announced today that it has acquired, pre-emptively, from Anthony Goff at David Higham, world rights to an epic trilogy written by British author and screenwriter Paul Hoffman.
London, 07 October 2008
EXCITING NEW ACQUISITIONS AS PENGUIN READIES FOR FRANKFURT
London, 07 October 2008... Penguin announced today a superb list of recent acquisitions in the run-up to the Frankfurt Book Fair.
London, 17 September 2008
NUMBER-ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR EOIN COLFER IS CHOSEN TO WRITE THE SIXTH HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Penguin announced today that it is to publish the sixth novel in the ever-more increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. Eight years after the tragically early death of its creator, Douglas Adams, widow Jane Belson has sanctioned the project to be written by the international number-one bestselling children's writer, Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl novels. The new book is entitled "And Another Thing..." and will be published in hardback by Penguin in October 2009.
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