David Fickling Books
David Fickling Books Ltd (DFB) is a publishing company which was founded in 1999 and became an independent publishing house in July 2013 following 12 years (2001-2013) with Scholastic and later Random House. They have published several prize-winning and bestselling books including Lyra's Oxford (from the world of His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne, Bing Bunny by Ted Dewan, Pants by Nick Sharratt and Giles Andreae, Before I Die by Jenny Downham, Trash by Andy Mulligan (shortly to be a major movie with script by Richard Curtis) and A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton. They are the only other publishing house to have ever won the Branford Boase Award three times, other than Chicken House’s Barry Cunningham.
David Fickling Books
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- 2002
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- Oxford
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David Fickling Books Ltd (DFB) is a publishing company which was founded in 1999 and became an independent publishing house in July 2013 following 12 years (2001-2013) with Scholastic and later Random House. They have published several prize-winning and bestselling books including Lyra's Oxford (from the world of His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne, Bing Bunny by Ted Dewan, Pants by Nick Sharratt and Giles Andreae, Before I Die by Jenny Downham, Trash by Andy Mulligan (shortly to be a major movie with script by Richard Curtis) and A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton. They are the only other publishing house to have ever won the Branford Boase Award three times, other than Chicken House’s Barry Cunningham.
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DFB also works closely with The Phoenix, a weekly story comic for children which David Fickling founded.
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• Founder — David Fickling • Country — United Kingdom • Headquarters — Oxford • Publications — books • Url — http: www.davidficklingbooks.com
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