The Publishers Association has reiterated its support for the Defamation Bill currently going through parliament, with chief executive Simon Juden pledging to put the industry's case for change as a priority. The bill, which seeks in part to address libel tourism, received its second reading on Friday (9th July).

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The MP for Malden John Whittingdale has been elected as the new chair of the All Party Writers Group.

The group said Whittingdale had "taken a keen interest in copyright protection, and supported the Digital Economy Act as it progressed through parliament, quoting him as saying it was needed because “We need to send a signal...

Labour MP Lyn Brown is hoping to re-establish the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Libraries and continue campaigning for a library development agency, the idea dropped by new arts minister Ed Vaizey just weeks into his post.

Brown is the former chair of the APGL and was the moving force behind a report into the public library service...

A Devon-based author has recommended introducing a small fee for book loans from libraries to help maintain the service as local authorities look to cut back spending, the BBC reports.

Michael Jecks, who writes medieval crime fiction, said other than...