Quercus Books imprint MacLehose Press has acquired two new titles by Australasian authors C K Stead and Murray Bail. Both authors were previously published by Harvill Press.

Publisher Christopher MacLehose acquired world rights including ANZ to novel Risk by New Zealand author Stead, with plans to publish in October 2012 with...

A novel banned by the Chinese government has made the longlist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012, worth £10,000.

Yan Lianke’s novel Dream of Ding Village, about a blood-selling scandal in contemporary China, was given a "three nos" order—no distribution, no sales, no promotion—...

English PEN is to look for a new director after Jonathan Heawood announced that he will step down in June.

Heawood, who has served as director of the writers' association for six years, is to take up a new role as director of programmes at human rights foundation, the Sigrid Rausing Trust.

Gillian Slovo, English PEN...

The Publishers Association has said it is looking forward to working with internet service providers BT and TalkTalk and the government in implementing the Digital Economy Act, as the Court of Appeal this morning upheld the bill.

The Court of Appeal quashed BT and TalkTalk's argument that the act could limit users' rights. The...