Midnight Library gives Haig and Canongate first overall charts top spot

Matt Haig's The Midnight Library (Canongate) has checked itself straight into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot... Read more

Scottish booksellers frustrated over 'vague' April reopening plan

Some Scottish booksellers have reacted with frustration to Nicola Sturgeon's announcement of an April reopening and are seeking further clarification of exactly when customers can return... Read more

Cape unveils string of initiatives for imprint's centenary

Jonathan Cape is celebrating its centenary this year with initiatives including a deep dive into Ian McEwan's Atonement and podcasts with Salman Rushdie, Julian Barnes and Ottessa Moshfegh... Read more

Paul McCartney tells life story through lyrics for Allen Lane

Paul McCartney has written the “extraordinary” story of his life for the first time through the prism of 154 song lyrics, to be published by... Read more
Hodder Studio snaps up Phil Wang's debut, Sidesplitter

Hodder Studio will publish comedian Phil Wang’s debut Sidesplitter: How to be from Two Worlds at Once, exploring his experience of living between England and Malaysia.... Read more
Bonnier reveals inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan

Bonnier Books UK has published its inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan to boost representation and discussion across its workforce, publishing lists and the wider... Read more
MacLehose Press scoops Norwegian 'rights sensation' thriller

MacLehose Press will publish “international rights sensation” domestic noir The Therapist by psychologist turned author Helene Flood. It will be the imprint’s lead thriller debut for 2021. ... Read more
Welbeck Children's Books appoints Hope as art director

Welbeck Children's Books has appointed Margaret Hope as its art director. Read more
Housmans and Comma to release playback of Peake and Eccleston readings

Housmans Bookshop is to release a free playback of two online events featuring actors Christopher Eccleston and Maxine Peake reading stories published by Comma Press. ... Read more

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Opinion

Writing for likes

Lisa Greghi Student and writer

Wattpad has increasingly become a very popular platform among young writers. Allowing anyone to share their works and providing a route for aspiring authors to... Read more
Reading on my mind

John Mitchinson Publisher at Unbound
Yinka, where is your editor? Part 4

Lizzie Damilola Blackburn and Katy Loftus Author and editor at Penguin Books
We've proved we can change - let's keep going

Silé Edwards Agent at Mushens Entertainment
The great unbowed

Philip Jones Editor at The Bookseller

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Author Interviews

Rahul Raina | 'Part of my thinking was trying to put my version of Delhi onto the map'

With its witty, ruthless skewering of the Indian middle classes, Rahul Raina’s roistering, whip-smart and deliciously fun Delhi-set crime caper, How to Kidnap the Rich... Read more
Owen Eastwood | 'We never want anybody to leave their culture at the door'

Over the past decade, from somewhere under the radar, Cotswolds-dwelling Kiwi Owen Eastwood has become... Read more
Melvin Burgess | 'Like a lot of white folks, I’ve been wary of writing Black characters'

Melvin Burgess’ Three Bullets, which interrogates themes of brainwashing and the far-right, will be released this summer alongside a 25th-anniversary edition of the author’s pioneering... Read more
Clare Weze | 'It’s only latterly I’ve been making the characters whatever [I want them to be]'

"I like the hybridity of literature and science. They belong together, and they certainly belong together in my head,” says Clare Weze, a trained scientist... Read more