Avon x Mushens Entertainment Prize longlist announced

Avon and Mushens Entertainment have revealed a 12-strong longlist of the inaugural Avon x Mushens Entertainment Prize. Read more

PRH tightlipped on Prince Harry 'four-book deal' claim

Penguin Random House has declined to comment on a press report that Prince Harry's forthcoming memoir, which PRH announced it had acquired last week, will be just one title in a four-book deal... Read more

Escapism booms while Black British figures lead key submissions, editors say

Figures such as Michaela Coel and Marcus Rashford are driving change in publishing tastes. Read more

Books in the Media: Brown heralded a 'powerful new voice in British literature'

Natasha Brown's Assembly (Hamish Hamilton) saw a spike in reviews this week, despite its early June publication. The debut picked up new mentions in the Sunday Times, the Independent and the London Review... Read more
Swift Press soars with 100,000 sold in first nine months

Independent publisher Swift Press says it has sold 100,000 books within its first nine months. Read more
BBC Contains Strong Language Festival comes to Coventry

BBC Contains Strong Language Festival will come to Coventry for the first time in September to celebrate poetry and spoken word as part of the... Read more
Lagardère denies wrongdoing as Le Monde reveals judicial inquiry

The Lagardère group, Hachette Livre’s parent company, has denied any wrongdoing after a report published in French daily newspaper Le Monde that France’s National Financial Prosecutor has... Read more
Society of Authors condemns raid on sister union in Belarus

The Society of Authors (SoA) has strongly condemned a raid on the offices of its sister union in Belarus earlier this month. ... Read more
John Murray wins Klaussman's latest in five-way auction

John Murray has snapped up a new novel from Tigers in Red Weather author Liza Klaussmann in a “strong” six-figure deal following a five-way auction. ... Read more

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There is a crack in everything

Anna Vaught Author

I say this a lot: we may write alone, but everything else about hauling a book into existence is a collective endeavour. Then, when we... Read more
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Nels Abbey Author and founder of Black Writers Guild
Cry freedom

Philip Jones Editor at The Bookseller
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