Still Jojo: Moyes swipes top spot for a second week

Jojo Moyes’ Still Me has held the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, with the highest single-week volume for any title so far in 2019. Read more

Blackwell’s opens new Manchester bookshop

Blackwell’s will open a new bookshop in Manchester, with c.e.o. David Prescott saying the store “feels like nothing we’ve done before”. Read more

Poetry looms large on Carnegie and Kate Greenaway longlists

A number of poetry titles are in the running for this year’s CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway awards, with titles about Norse myths, suffragettes, mental health and human rights also on the... Read more

Rubenhold Ripper book The Five to be turned into drama series

Historian Hallie Rubenhold’s story of Jack The Ripper’s victims, The Five (Doubleday), is to be turned into a drama series by Mainstreet Pictures.... Read more
Abrams announces new Questioneers title

The next book in the Questioneers series by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts will be Sofia Valdez, Future Prez, publisher Abrams Children’s Books has announced.... Read more
Sir Alastair Cook memoir snapped up by Michael Joseph

Michael Joseph has signed the memoir of ex-England cricket captain Sir Alastair Cook, revealing the story of his landmark 33rd Test hundred and the “intimate... Read more
Picador lands 'magnificent' Wood novel set in Bauhaus art school

Picador has acquired a “magnificent” new novel by Naomi Wood set in Germany’s Bauhaus art school. Read more
Ebury scoops artist Mackesy's debut

Ebury Press has acquired The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse by British artist Charlie Mackesy for Christmas 2019. ... Read more
Cassell signs 'definitive guide to activism'

Octopus imprint Cassell has bagged rights for One Young World’s “definitive guide to activism” featuring advice from Sir Bob Geldof, Black Lives Matter and author... Read more