In accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1), The Quarto Group LON:QRT has told DirectorsTalk that it has received notice that, on 6 June 2016, Mr Peter Read, Chairman, purchased 10,000 ordinary shares in Quarto at a price of 237.50 pence per share.
Following the share purchase Mr Read holds 10,000 ordinary shares representing approximately 0.05% of Quarto’s issued share capital.
Printing company Severn has won the contract to print Greta and the Giants, a book inspired by Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg, on the basis of its green credentials. Frances Lincoln Children’s Books announced it had commissioned the fictionalised picture
A Year of Nature Poems by Joseph Coelho and published by Wide Eyed Editions has been shortlisted in the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards shortlist, in the Poetry category. The Books Are My Bag Readers Awards are one
A Year of Nature Poems (Wide Eyed Editions), If all the World Were (Frances Lincoln Children’s Books), The Lost Book of Adventure (Frances Lincoln Children’s Books) and Boy oh Boy (Wide Eyed Editions) have made the longlist for the annual UK Literary Association
As the Global Climate Strike officially kicked off today, Quarto employees showed their support for the movement by doing a symbolic, 5-minute walkout at lunchtime across all of the company’s seven offices in the UK and the US.
Ahead of National Coming out Day on 11 October, Quarto has made resources available to the public and to booksellers. The “Coming Out” chapter of Yay! You’re Gay! Now What? by Riyadh Khalaf has been made available as
Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, the back-to-back Waterstones Children’s Books Prize winner imprint of The Quarto Group, is putting the final touches to a fictionalised picture book for young readers inspired by the story of global climate
The Everyday Journeys of Ordinary Things, published by Ivy Kids, has made the shortlist for the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards 2019 in the ‘Learning and Development’ category. Now in their sixth year, the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book
An exciting children’s book covering the history of the race to Space is illustrated with bold illustrations by Paul Daviz. Using a limited palette and striking compositions, Paul’s artwork for Quarto Publishing illustrates Clive Gifford’s educational book on
The ninth edition of The Bookseller Rising Stars — The Bookseller’s annual list of the up-and-comers and future leaders of the UK Publishing industry — was revealed earlier this month, following a record number of submissions. We are
On Thursday 20 June, Tales of the Cocktail’s Spirited Awards announced the long list of semifinalists for the upcoming 13th Annual Spirited Awards®.Two Quarto titles have been shortlisted. Northern Hospitality with The Portland Hunt + Alpine Club (Voyageur Press) is shortlisted
White Lion Publishing, an imprint of The Quarto Group, has acquired the UK publishing rights to The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook and The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Book in a deal negotiated by Kerry Enzor, Publisher of White Lion Publishing
Seven Quarto Kids titles have been selected to appear on the Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 2019 list, a cooperative project of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Children’s Book Council (CBC)! The titles selected as
Frances Lincoln Children’s Books’ acclaimed series Little People, Big Dreams has just sold its millionth copy in the English Language worldwide! The pioneering picture book biography series about the childhood of famous women was first published in the
Quarto Group Inc (LON:QRT), the leading global illustrated book publisher today announced its unaudited half-year results for the six months ended 30 June 2018. Results ($m) H1 2018 H1 2017 Group Revenue 56.2 50.2 Adjusted2 Group
Jessie Sullivan, Senior Campaigns Manager at Quarto’s White Lion Street has won an award from Printing Charity, the Print Futures Awards. The Awards, established in 2003, help attract and retain new talent in printing, publishing, packaging and graphic
Amazon has chosen three Quarto titles among its Best Books of the Month for July! Vegan Yack Attack on the Go, by Fair Winds Press, and Buddha Bowls by Harvard Common Press, have both been picked by Amazon in
Grandad Mandela is being published this year to celebrate what would have been Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday on July 18, 2018. This beautiful, timely book about the life of Nelson Mandela, world-renowned freedom fighter, South African President
Quarto’s very own Editorial Director, Katie Cotton, has appeared on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Open Book’ programme on 27 May in a discussion about children’s non-fiction with Mariella Frostrup. BBC Radio 4 reaches 11,550,000 weekly listeners, many of whom
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