Book Trade Charity pays out £112k in 'life-changing' hardship grants

The Book Trade Charity has handed out £112,000 in hardship grants from funds raised by the trade, but it expects applicants to keep coming forward until the end of the year as the effects of Covid-19... Read more

Moyes' The Giver of Stars rockets to number one

Jojo Moyes' The Giver of Stars (Penguin) has soared into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 25,331 copies through Nielsen BookScan's TCM in its first full week on the shelves... Read more

Borough Press wins debut imagining 'the end of men' in six-figure deal

The Borough Press has triumphed in a multi-publisher auction for journalist Christina Sweeney-Baird's debut novel The End of Men in a “significant” six-figure deal... Read more

Atwood to narrate Dearly audiobook

Margaret Atwood is to narrate the audiobook her new poetry collection, Dearly, which publishes simultaneously with the print edition on 10th November. ... Read more
Dead Ink and Bloomsbury showcase Northern literary talent in new anthology

Dead Ink Books and Bloomsbury are publishing Test Signal, a "ground-breaking" anthology of the best contemporary Northern writing. Read more
W H Smith to cut up to 1,500 jobs in restructure after Covid-19 hits business

W H Smith has announced plans for a major restructure which could see around 1,500 roles made redundant across the business. Read more
Profile Books joins Facebook boycott

Independent publisher Profile Books, including imprints Serpent’s Tail, Viper Books and Souvenir Press, has joined the global Facebook advertising boycott led by by the advocacy group Stop Hate for Profit, withdrawing... Read more
Thousands sign open letter against 'brutal' Southbank Centre cuts

More than 2,500 people have signed an open letter expressing concern about “brutal” plans to make up to 400 people redundant at the Southbank Centre. Read more
Amazon Charts: Stephen Hawking soars into the stratosphere

Stephen Hawking's Brief Answers to the Big Questions (John Murray) has rocketed to the top of the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Non-Fiction chart, as Val McDermid's... Read more

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Opinion

Lockdown diaries: the librarian

Zoey Dixon Librarian at Lambeth Libraries

Some people are surprised when I say I didn’t find lockdown that bad. I had some practise (although less restrictive of course) when I stayed... Read more
Lockdown diaries: the book club founder

Melissa Cummings-Quarry Co-founder of Black Girls Book Club
Ignore, focus or avoid? How authors are tackling COVID-19

Gillian Harvey author
How to promote books by black authors

Hephzibah Kwakye-Saka Senior campaigns manager at Riot Communications
How coronavirus made me fall in love with bookselling again

Katie Clapham bookseller at Storytellers, Inc.