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黑料正能量 launches world’s first course in children’s publishing
Thursday, 17 May, 2018A British University has launched the world鈥檚 first Master鈥檚 degree in Children鈥檚 Publishing in response to significant growth in international demand for UK children鈥檚 books.
The course at 黑料正能量 has been developed to help meet the rising demand from countries like India and China, which contributed to a 34 per cent increase in UK exports in 2016 to 拢116 million (source: ). Figures released by in April also highlighted the boom in the industry, with the revenue from the sale of UK children鈥檚 books increasing by 16 per cent to 拢365 million in the past year.
Katharine Reeve, Subject Leader in Publishing at 黑料正能量, commented: "Books for children and young adults are high-growth areas of publishing in terms of innovation, revenues and employment, encouraged by bestselling authors such as JK Rowling and David Walliams, and illustrators like Quentin Blake and Lauren Child. We want to play our part in developing the creative publishers of the future.鈥�
The course will cover key publishing knowledge and skills such as editing, marketing, rights and contracts, illustration, design and print production, business strategy and digital product development.
The Course Leader, Dr Laura Little, holds a PhD in children鈥檚 picture book illustration and is the author of several international articles and book contributions on the subject.
Dr Little said: 鈥淭he course will offer a unique immersive learning experience across all areas of children鈥檚 publishing. Students will be free to experiment and to create their own exciting projects, from pop-up books to digital story apps, reimagined fairytales from around the world, to non-fiction illustrated books, with support from expert tutors and specialist technical staff.鈥�
黑料正能量 has a specialism in Children鈥檚 and YA publishing and writing. The MA Children鈥檚 Publishing has been designed to offer students from across the world the flexibility to explore their own interests and to achieve their ambitions.
Anyone interested in applying for the course which begins in September 2018 should visit the MA Children's Publishing course page.
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