PRH UK pledges £15k to Knights Of bookshop

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The Reader receives £107k Children in Need funding

Liverpool-based charity The Reader has received funding of £107k from BBC Children in Need to encourage children across the city to read for pleasure. Read more

Michelle Obama's Becoming is the Christmas number one

Michelle Obama’s Becoming is the UK Christmas number one, holding on to the UK Official Top 50 number one spot for a second week running. Read more

Sovereign takes on 'dream project' of Chopin's Piano

Sovereign Films has bought global film rights for Paul Kildea’s recently published book, Chopin’s Piano: A Journey Through Romanticism (Allen Lane). ... Read more
Breslin and Kite bolster HQ marketing team

HQ has strengthened its marketing team, taking on Jennifer Breslin and Joanna Kite. Read more
Joyce and Humble join Costa Book Awards judging panel

Writer and broadcaster Kate Humble and novelist Rachel Joyce will join the final judging panel which selects the overall winner of the 2018 Costa Book... Read more
Two-book deal marks new beginnings for Erin Green with Headline

Headline has acquired two new novels by women's fiction writer Erin Green, the first of which centres on three strangers on holiday. Read more
Saer retires from SMH after 30 years

SMH Books founder Sandra Saer is retiring 30 years after setting up the publisher. Read more
4th Estate buys Innes' novel about silencing of women and celebrity

4th Estate’s Jordan Mulligan has made his first acquisition, Scabby Queen, by Scottish author Kirstin Innes. Read more

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Editor at The Bookseller

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When push comes to shove

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Pressing 'reset' on harassment in publishing

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A united front

Jonathan Emmett
The narrow road up North

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Finally, academic publishing is catching up with the future

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Becoming

by Michelle Obama
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The Ice Monster

by David Walliams; Tony Ross
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Veggie Lean in 15

by Joe Wicks
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Guinness World Records 2019

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The Meltdown

by Jeff Kinney
6.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz

by Heather Morris
7.
The Wonky Donkey

by Craig Smith; Katz Cowley
8.
Private Eye Annual:2018

by Hislop, Ian
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Past Tense

by Lee Child
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The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book: Pit your wits against Britain's greatest map makers

by Ordnance Survey

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