Sweet Cherry Publishing
Sweet Cherry Publishing is an independent children's book publisher based in Leicester, United Kingdom. The company was founded in 2011 by bookseller Abdul Thadha. In 2020, Sweet Cherry was nominated for Independent Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards.....[1] and Children's Publisher of the Year at the IPG's Independent Publishing Awards[2]
Sweet Cherry has published licensed books for a number of popular children's brands, including Numberblocks, Alphablocks, Geronimo Stilton, The Rubbish World of Dave Spud[3], The Next Step, Shaun the Sheep and Rainbow TV.
History[edit]
Sweet Cherry Publishing was founded in 2011 and published its first book series in 2012. Sweet Cherry's children's books have since achieved global recognition, with international editions translated in over 11 languages.
In 2019, the company signed a major distribution deal with Baker and Taylor Publishing Services to sell their books to bookshops, schools and libraries in the USA and Canada[4]
In 2020, the company signed another major distribution deal with Penguin Random House South Africa for distribution in Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe[5]
Books[edit]
Sweet Cherry publishes books for children aged 0-14[6], including board books, picture books, annuals, fiction, abridged classics and repackaged classics. Their most successful books includes the Danny Dingle's Fantastic Finds series by Angie Lake, Numberblocks Annual 2020 and Numberblocks Annual 2021 and the Geronimo Stilton series.
Sweet Cherry became the official book publishing partner with the Alphablocks and Numberblocks brands in 2019[7] - the BAFTA-winning Cbeebies show. They have since published Numberblocks Annual 2020, Numberblocks Wipe-Clean: 123, Alphablocks Wipe-Clean: ABC and Numberblocks Annual 2021.
In 2019, Sweet Cherry published Scottish YA author Gill Stewart's teen romance Lily's Just Fine, which was launched at YALC in The London Film and Comic Con and nominated for the People's Book Prize[8]. In 2020, Stewart's second book in the Galloway Girls series, titled Gemma's Not Sure, was endorsed by Estelle Maskame, international bestselling author of the DIMILY series[9]. Gill Stewart judged Premier Inn's under-15s short story competition alongside Katie Tsang, Jim Smith and Barry Cunningham, former Publisher who signed J.K. Rowling at Bloomsbury[10]
In 2020, Sweet Cherry became the first brand licensing partner for The Illuminated Film Company's The Rubbish World of Dave Spud[11]. The show airs on CITV and stars TV comedian Johnny Vegas as the voice of its main character.
Sweet Cherry acquired the rights from United Agents to publish ten novels by Dick King-Smith in Autumn 2021.
Award Shortlists[edit]
Business Award Shortlists[edit]
- Shortlisted for the Independent Publisher of the Year Award at the British Book Awards[12] - 2020
- Shortlisted for the Blackwell's Children's Publisher of the Year Award at the Independent Publishing Awards[13] - 2020
- Shortlisted for the International Achievement Award at the Independent Publishing Awards[14] - 2019
- Shortlisted for Small Press of the Year Award at the Independent Publishing Awards[15] - 2019
Book Award Shortlists[edit]
- Rainbow Hand Puppet Fun shortlisted for Best Written Range at The Licensing Awards[16] - 2020
- Lily's Just Fine (Galloway Girls, Book 1) shortlisted for The People's Book Prize[17] - 2019
- The Farts of Gratitude (Danny Dingle's Fantastic Finds, Book 5) shortlisted for The People's Book Prize[18] - 2019
- The Blue Carbuncle (The Sherlock Holmes Children's Collection) shortlisted for The People's Book Prize[18] - 2019
- An Official Guide to... THE NEXT STEP! shortlisted for The People's Book Prize[19]- 2019
- A Study in Scarlet (The Sherlock Holmes Children's Collection) shortlisted for The People's Book Prize[20] - 2019
- Numberblocks Annual 2020 shortlisted for The People's Book Prize[21] - 2019
- The Mighty Iron Foot (Danny Dingle's Fantastic Finds) shortlisted for The People's Book Prize[22] - 2018
- Here Comes Hercules! (Hopeless Heroes, Book 1) shortlisted for the Lancashire Fantastic Book Awards[23] - 2018
- The Lost Kodas (Apley Towers, Book 1) shortlisted for The People's Book Prize[24] - 2016
References[edit]
- ↑ "The British Book Awards 2020 | The Nibbies | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ↑ "IPG Independent Publishers Guild Awards shortlists unveiled | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- ↑ "Sweet Cherry meets Dave Spud". Bookbrunch. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sweet Cherry signs with Baker & Taylor". Bookbrunch. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sweet Cherry Publishing signs distribution deal with PRH SA". Media Update. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- ↑ "Books". Sweet Cherry Publishing. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ↑ "Larkshead Media signs first publishing deal for Alphablocks". Licensing.biz. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ↑ "People's Book Prize summer 2019 finalists announced". Bookbrunch. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Gemma's Not Sure by Gill Stewart". www.lovereading4kids.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ↑ "Short stories". www.premierinn.com. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ↑ "Sweet Cherry, Illuminated Film Company Strike Book Deal". licenseglobal.com. 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ↑ "British Book Awards 2020: Books of the Year shortlists revealed | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ↑ "IPG Independent Publishers Awards shortlists see 10 new names for 2019 | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ↑ "IPG Independent Publishers Awards shortlists see 10 new names for 2019 | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- ↑ "New at the British Book Awards: 41 Contenders in Small Presses". Publishing Perspectives. 2019-02-23. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ↑ "The Licensing Awards 2020: The Finalists". Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ↑ "People's Book Prize releases longlists". BookBrunch. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 18.0 18.1 "People's Book Prize releases longlists". BookBrunch. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "People's Book Prize winter 2019 finalists announced". BookBrunch. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Prizes, News (21 November 2019). "People's Book Prize winter 2019 finalists announced". BookBrunch. Retrieved 15 January 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "People's Book Prize winter 2019 finalists announced". BookBrunch. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Danny Dingle's Fantastic Finds: The Mighty Iron Foot | Peoples Book Prize". Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ↑ "How fantastic! Lancashire's Fantastic Book Awards". Stella Tarakson. 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ↑ "People's Book Prize summer collection 2016". BookBrunch. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2021. Unknown parameter
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