Little Island Talks!
It’s been a little while since we at Little Island published our very first talking book — a book of poems, Hopscotch in the Sky by Lucinda Jacob, read in her most chocolatey voice by the inimitable...
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Seamus the Turkey Writes Back!
Seamus the Turkey is the sole investigator for the Free Range Detective Agency – you can read all about his adventures in his first book MURDER MOST FOWL, written by Jed Lynch. Readers of the book have...
View ArticleThe Mother of all blog tours!
If you follow us on any of our social media channels, you’ll know that our wonderful author Patricia Forde was touring this month – without even leaving her home! Eight brilliant blogs invited Patricia...
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Bonjour everyone! As its collection of international books suggests, Little Island is curious about the world and believes in the benefits of travelling, getting to know different cultures and...
View ArticleNot one, but two rentrées littéraires!
Bonjour! Today, I’d like to kick off this series of blog posts with an article that will help you understand what happens in French bookshops each year. Rentrée littéraire d’automne: the traditional...
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Don’t judge a book by its size
Bonjour! If you come from an English-speaking country you might notice something when you walk into a French bookshop, or rather a lack of something… Where are the hardback novels? At home, they are...
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Special(ised) agents
Bonjour! Morton L. Janklow, Andrew Wylie, Marie Brown … These names might sound familiar: they are all well-known American literary agents who represent famous authors such as Danielle Steele, Salman...
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A look at bookshops in Ireland and France
Bonjour! Jen Campbell’s The Bookshop Book, Roger Michell’s Notting Hill, Isabel Coixet’s The Bookshop, Jenny Colgan’s The Bookshop on the Corner … Bookstores and booksellers are not only in the...
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When books cross borders
Bonjour! Little Island aspires to expand our own perspectives and those of our readers by publishing books in translation. A look at our catalogue reveals that we have published a dozen international...
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Books Create Waves: Little Island has had a (little) makeover
Dear friends and readers It’s been over a decade since Little Island first rose up out of the depths to appear on the horizon. A lot has changed since then, on the island and in the world, and so the...
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