Frankie Boyle's 'phenomenal' crime fiction debut netted by Baskerville

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Ishiguro, Rashford and McCartney make Waterstones Book of the Year shortlist

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Industry welcomes Budget business rates cut but disappointment at lack of further action

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W F Howes and HoZ partner on audio launch for In Every Mirror She’s Black

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Stepanova features twice in longlist for Warwick Prize for Women in Translation

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Amberley picks up 'comprehensive' history of the British Indian Army by Rathee

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Holding and Burrow shortlisted for William Hill Sports Book of the Year

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Chatto signs 'major reassessment' of 20th-century philosophy

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White Rabbit signs Lanegan's 'terrifying' account of Covid-19 fight

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No more pulp

Lizzie Norton Trustee at the Children's Book Project

With sustainability and green practices now top of the agenda for many companies, here at the Children’s Book Project (CBP) we are asking you... Read more
Building bridges

Trevor Cox Professor of Acoustic Engineering at the University of Salford
Copping in

Sherri Aldis, Chief of United Nations Publications in the Department of Global Communications, UN
That creeping feeling

Simon Ings
Protecting stillness

Silé Edwards Agent at Mushens Entertainment