YA Book Prize 2021 shortlist revealed; Blackman honoured

The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize has revealed its shortlist for 2021, which includes books by former winner Patrice Lawrence and two début authors, Darren Charlton and Danielle Jawando. Read more

Jonny Duddle's Gigantosaurus: Dino Spot roars into top spot

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Picador triumphs in 11-way battle for Rabess debut

Picador has triumphed in an 11-publisher auction for Everything's Fine by debut US author Cecilia Rabess, amid a scramble for rights around the world... Read more

S&S Children's to publish second in Sáenz's LGBTQ series

Simon & Schuster Children’s Books is to publish YA LGBTQ+ romance Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz.... Read more
Edna O’Brien to receive France’s highest cultural distinction

Irish author Edna O’Brien is to be named Commander in the French “Ordre des Arts et Lettres” by the French minister of culture, in recognition of... Read more
Sunak's budget announces restart grants, furlough and business rates holiday extension

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has laid out his budget, announcing £6,000 “restart” grants for shops alongside an extension of furlough and the business rates holiday. Read more
Daisy May Cooper pens 'wonderful' memoir for PMJ

Comedy writer and actor Daisy May Cooper has written a "wonderful and ultimately uplifting" memoir, Don't Laugh, It Will Only Encourage Her, to be released... Read more
Faber details campaign for Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun

Faber has detailed its publicity and marketing for Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun, published this week, which features the first ever in-conversation public event... Read more
Scholastic UK to publish Aoife Dooley's 'love letter to being different'

Scholastic UK has acquired Frankie's World by Aoife Dooley, a graphic novel based on the author's real-life experiences of autism.... Read more

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Serving Autism better

Lydia Wilkins Journalist

When we think of the past dreadful year, what is the one activity that defined our lives? Well, aside from the home schooling and working,... Read more
Climate of fear

Maz Evans Author
Libraries are lifelines

Miriam Balanescu Writer
Every little helps

Nels Abbey Author and founder of Black Writers Guild
Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow

Philip Jones Editor at The Bookseller