Hilary Mantel will turn her attention to the downfall of Anne Boleyn, after Fourth Estate bought the follow-up to her Man Booker prizewinning Wolf Hall.

Publishing director Nicholas Pearson bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to Bring Up the Bodies from Bill Hamilton at AM Heath. The book will be...

Simon & Schuster has appointed Meg Wang as editorial director for licensed properties.

She will be responsible for the publisher's licensed character list, which includes tie-ins for the likes of the Smurfs, the Nickelodeon portfolio, Mike the Knight and Octonauts. She will also direct the development of digital products for...

HarperCollins Children's Books has appointed a marketing executive who has worked with the likes of Orange, Coca Cola and Disney as its new marketing director.

Nicola Way joins on 9th January and will report to associate publisher Alison Ruane. She was most recently a board director at Iris Nation, an integrated marketing agency...

HarperCollins Children's Books has bought world rights to the original Bugsy Malone book, which was later adapted into the much loved musical.

Publisher Ann-Janine Murtagh bought rights to the novel and graphic novel directly from the author Sir Alan Parker, who later adapted his own title for the screen. The book will be...