Walking the Canon to the gate | Canongate Walker
Canongate and Walker books are joining forces to create an imprint for Young Adult fiction – using adult titles from Canongate (both published and new books) and Walker’s experience, contacts and marketing in the Children’s market.
July 2010 will see Yann Martel, Niccolo Ammaniti, Kelly Link and Matt Haig’s adult titles on the shelves with new covers (and some being abridged) and will include teaching aids and other add-on material.
In a tough fiscal year – it is encouraging to see publishers try new ideas and experiment (even just a little) – and of course, who could argue with unleasing some great fiction on to the masses?
Now… I wonder if Faber could be talked into repackaging Philip Ardagh’s Grubtown Tales into adult editions (abridged for the market, of course!)
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I absolutely love Cannongate books, so i’d be really interested in new ‘YA’ books that have their flavour, but if i’m reading your post right – are they really just repackaging old pieces and then perhaps marketing new novels (that would be pubbed with canongate anyhoo) towards younger people?
Thanks for the post – really interesting
Hi Emily – as far as I can tell that is the plan… It’s an attempt to broaden the remit for Cannongate, and Walker step in as one of the market leaders.
Some of the books are being abridged for the market – which is interesting…