Tim Holman, senior vice-president and publisher of the Orbit division at Hachette Book Group in the US and the Orbit imprint of Little, Brown in the UK, will be returning to the UK with his family later this year.

He will continue to oversee Orbit's publishing programmes in the US and UK and be making frequent trips to New York....

Little, Brown has acquired a memoir by Stuart David, founding member of the indie pop band Belle & Sebastian, well-known for songs including "The Boy With the Arab Strap" and "I'm a Cuckoo".

Editor-in-chief Antonia Hodgson bought world English language rights from Joanna Swainson at Hardman & Swainson...

Little, Brown has acquired a book about the sometimes perverse health and safety rules which have cropped up in nearly every corner of contemporary life.

Sphere non-fiction publishing director Adam Strange pre-empted world English language rights in In The Interests of Safety: How to Challenge the Rules That Make Our Lives More...