Small Press of the Year

Small presses from Hebden Bridge to Cardigan have made it onto the regional shortlists for The British Book Awards’ Small Press of the Year, which returns in 2020 for a second time, and is sponsored... Read more

Pearson forecasts lower 2020 profits

Pearson has has said it expects profit to fall in 2020, in its latest annual report. Read more

Peaks and troughs for travel market

The market for travel books has struggled in the past year, but publishers are finding ways to rise to the challenges of a tough retail environment, changing trends and a shift to more sustainable... Read more

Canongate to publish Marine Corp veteran's 'astonishing' debut

Canongate is publishing an "astonishing" debut novel of “extraordinary suspense” from writer and US Marine Corps veteran Phil Klay. Read more
Bloomsbury Children's signs 'rare talent' Lesley Parr

Bloomsbury Children’s Books will publish Lesley Parr’s debut novel The Valley of Lost Secrets, featuring two children evacuated to Wales during the Second World War with a mystery to solve.... Read more
Scholastic to publish YA exploration of modern-day antisemitism

Scholastic UK is publishing Keren David’s "highly topical, thrilling and thought-provoking" YA book exploring modern-day antisemitism in the UK. Read more
Holocaust survivor's 'courageous' memoir to Michael Joseph

Michael Joseph is posthumously publishing the memoir of a Jewish dressmaker who survived three concentration camps. Read more
Welbeck scoops Matthews' debut thriller

Welbeck Publishing Group is publishing "standout" debut thriller The Prank by L V Matthews. Read more
Ebury signs poet Helen Mort's climbing memoir

Ebury has signed a memoir from poet and novelist Helen Mort which it says could do for climbing what other books have done for running... Read more

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Opinion

A climate for change

By Benedicte Page

Deputy Editor And News Editor at The Bookseller

As floods swamp Britain in yet another reminder of the weather extremes engendered by climate change, this week’s announcement from German media giant Bertelsmann, parent... Read more
The £10bn question

Jared Shurin Head of Strategy at M&C Saatchi’s Social Impact Practice
More city, less village

Lizzy Kremer Head of Books at David Higham Associates
The invisible army: how e-books are saving authors

Nicola May at
The one and (not) only

Philip Jones Editor at The Bookseller

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Book Previews

FutureBook

BookTech pitch-off | Super six start-ups make the cut

By Bec Evans

Co-founder at Prolifiko

Whittling down the entrants to a shortlist of five start-ups to pitch at FutureBook Live proved a tough task—so much so that an additional firm made the cut this year. Read more
Boom time?

Dominic White Head of Publishing and Commerce at W F HOWES LTD
What is the futurebook?

Molly Flatt Comment editor at The Bookseller
What the publishing world looks like from an outsider's perspective

Jasper H Joffe Publisher at
How big is the pre-order market?

Philip Jones Editor at The Bookseller