The Crime Writers Association has revealed the shortlists for many of its annual Dagger Awards, with Quercus dominating in the international category.

The independent publisher picked up three nominations in the International Dagger award, half of the six nominated titles.

Quercus picked up four more nominations in other...

HarperCollins and Quercus have become the latest publishers to sign the Publishing Equalities Charter, launched by Equip in 2010.

The charter aims to encourage greater diversity across the publishing business, with each signatory committing to undertake two actions during the year.

HarperCollins has pledged to partner with...

When the news came to The Bookseller last year that James Heneage had inked a three-book deal with Quercus my first thought, perhaps like many in the trade, was: oh, the former boss of Ottakar’s. I’m sure it was hard for him to get a book deal.

I tell Heneage this when we meet at the bar at the top of Waterstones...

Quercus has signed a new two-book contract with Hilary Boyd [pictured], whose debut novel Thursdays in the Park topped the Kindle chart and was hailed as the first in a new “gran-lit” genre.

Jane Wood at Quercus bought world English language rights to two new novels from Laura Morris, with the first book, A...