The Pan Bookshop in west London is to close in January after 32 years of trading. Parent Macmillan blamed "tough market conditions, a decline in the overall trading of independent bookshops combined with an expensive high street location in Chelsea" for the closure.

The publisher said that it is in discussion with a potential...

Bloomsbury is expected to cut around 10% of its staff, in line with efforts by the publicly listed company to position itself for "continued organic growth" after Harry Potter. Insiders say that eight to 12 jobs are under threat, primarily across the marketing department and children's editorial. Most of the cuts are expected to...

Picador has unveiled plans to launch its new fiction in dual hardback and paperback editions, in a bid to combat the ailing market for hardback literary fiction. The move raises serious questions about the future of the hardback literary novel, which Picador publisher Andrew Kidd described as a "moribund format".

From spring...

Patricia Wood has had many incarnations. She has served in the US army, been a horse riding instructor, and taught marine science to problem children. She is a PhD student at the University of Hawaii and lives on a 48-foot sailing boat. Now, in her 50s, she has added a début novel to her CV: Lottery (Heinemann, January).