Oseman wins YA Book Prize with 'joyful' Loveless

Alice Oseman has scooped the YA Book Prize 2021 with her “joyful” story about a romance-obsessed teenager who realises that she is aromantic and asexual, Loveless. Read more

Octopus relaunches Gaia imprint with new direction

Octopus Publishing Group will relaunch its Gaia imprint with a new direction. Read more

PRH sees double-digit growth in first quarter

Penguin Random House saw double-digit growth in the first quarter of 2021. Read more

Hodder to publish Jodi Picoult's pandemic-inspired novel

Hodder will publish Jodi Picoult’s new novel, Wish You Were Here, inspired by the global pandemic and about how a young woman's life unravels in lockdown.... Read more
Quadrille lands Bradford's cookbook on Sierra Leone's cuisine

Quadrille is to publish Sweet Salone, a cookbook on the food of Sierra Leone by chef Maria Bradford. Read more
Chandler made Bookseller news editor, Bayley joins team

Mark Chandler, previously senior reporter on The Bookseller, has been promoted to the position of news editor, effective from today (Friday 7th May). ... Read more
Transworld and Puffin do three-book deal with Hammond

Transworld and Puffin have acquired three books from Alison Hammond, including the "This Morning" presenter's memoir, a novel and a non-fiction title for readers aged... Read more
Bonnier snaps up Josh Widdicombe's '90s memoir in 'major deal'

Bonnier Books UK has bought comedian Josh Widdicombe’s first book, billed as part-childhood memoir, part-comic history of 1990s television and culture. Read more
Children's booksellers across UK report solid sales after reopening

A number of children’s bookshops up and down the country have spoken of their joy at being able to welcome children and parents back into... Read more

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Opinion

Childhood is poetry

Yasmine Shamma Lecturer in Literature at the University of Reading

Yesterday, our son Nadim had the poems he wrote when he was four published by Walker Books. His book, Take Off Your Brave, is vibrantly... Read more
Man Down

Philip Jones Editor at The Bookseller
Defend our designers and illustrators

Libby Hamilton Editorial director of picture books, Andersen Press.
Piracy is not the answer

Nick Fowler and Steven Inchcoombe Co-chairs of the Scholarly Networks Security Initiative
Academic publishing is broken

Raphael Tsavkko Garcia Journalist

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Author Interviews

Femi Fadugba | 'The best way to get broad creativity is to narrow the confines around it'

Femi Fadugba’s time-travelling début has already been picked up by Netflix, which is adapting his book into a film starring recent Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya Read more
Adam Silvera | 'For me the story has always been about the journey and not the destination'

Thirty-year-old Bronx-born Adam Silvera is one of the leading figures in Young Adult fiction, focusing as he does on gay-themed stories. His first book More... Read more
Tanya Byrne | 'It gives the reader hope that things will be OK'

Six years after the release of For Holly, and after a period where she swore she would never write again, Tanya Byrne is publishing a... Read more
Paris Lees | 'I grew up feeling like I wasn’t good enough, so to feel respected for my writing is really moving'

A contributing editor for British Vogue, Paris Lees made her name as the UKs first high-profile transgender woman to break into the mainstream when she was... Read more