Profile weathers pandemic year with small dip in turnover

Indie publisher Profile ended the financial year with a turnover of £12m, down just 1.5% on 2019, weathering a year that saw bookshops closed throughout multiple lockdowns. Read more

Nick Cave's Faith, Hope & Carnage goes to Canongate in 10-way auction

Canongate has triumphed in a 10-way auction for Faith, Hope & Carnage, an insight into the life and meditations of Nick Cave, co-written by the singer-songwriter and Sean O'Hagan... Read more

Cornerstone and Transworld to publish all paperbacks under Penguin brand

Cornerstone and Transworld are to start publishing all their paperbacks under the Penguin brand rather than their imprints in a change of strategy for the Penguin Random House divisions. Read more

PA launches guidance on author data collection

The Publishers Association has released guidance for publishers seeking to collect data about the protected characteristics of authors, illustrators and translators after a report found... Read more
Davies and Aslam join Creative UK Council

John Murray Press m.d. Nick Davies and Bradford Literature Festival c.e.o. Syima Aslam have been appointed to the Creative UK Council.... Read more
HarperNorth strikes deal for Whitelaw's Bingo Hall Detectives

HarperNorth has struck a deal for The Bingo Hall Detectives by Jonathan Whitelaw, an “irresistible slice of murder and mystery” set against the backdrop of the Lake... Read more
Monoray lands Vasquez-Lavado's memoir ahead of Selena Gomez movie

Monoray has secured a deal for In the Shadow of the Mountain, the “heart-breaking and empowering” memoir from climber Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, which will soon be adapted into a film... Read more
DK appoints Hopkins as content licensing director

Toby Hopkins has been appointed director of content licensing at DK as the publishing house develops plans to grow B2B sales in the digital space.... Read more
Mendez, Sethi and Walsh on inaugural Working Class Writers Festival bill

The programme for a new literature festival showcasing the work of working-class writers has been announced, featuring Paul Mendez, Anita Sethi and Tony Walsh. ... Read more

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Opinion

The lost books

Andrew Hankinson Author

My second book was due out on 9 July 2020. Then, like a lot of authors, I got an email from my publisher: “I am... Read more
Missing persons wanted

Indi Deol Founder of DesiBlitz Literature Festival
Picture power

Charlotte Hacking Learning and Programmes Director, CLPE
Supporting neurodivergent writers

Louise Tondeur Author
Together

Philip Jones Editor at The Bookseller